All around the world, entrepreneurs gather to generate new ideas and seek bettrer ways of doing things. November 16-22, 2009 marks this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week and Thursday, November 19th is Social Enterprise Day. If you’ve ever wondered what Social Enterprise was all about, now’s the time to check it out.
Tonight, join YSEC at OISE (252 Bloor Street West, Room 8201) for the “Finance is Sexy” Workshop #2: Budgeting for Your Social Enterprise. Learn how to align your social mission and financial goals when putting together your budget. Eric Plato (CMA), the Director of Finance at Frontier College, is focused on making financial management understandable for the non-financial person.
George Brown is the place to be on November 17th with SIFE’s Canadian Social Enterprise Conference, an all-day Social enterprise conference, featuring open forums, case studies and networking. For an invitaion, contact Mick_theodore@hotmail.com. Later that night, from 7pm to 9pm, Cg6 presents ONCONTACT with an Entrepreneur, where 3 industry-experienced entrepreneurs will engage the audience with informative answers in an open mike format. Register with Mimi, mimi.lee@cg6.com.
TakingITGlobal’s Sprout e-course presents Entrepreneurship Without Borders, this Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm. Sprout is an e-course for aspiring social innovators and environmental entrepreneurs who want to grow their project ideas and learn to create lasting changes that take root in their communities. For more information about this event please contact sprout@takingitglobal.org.
Come to Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management on Thursday from 3pm to 5pm for Lemon Ventures FREE event, Brand:ology: Hands-on tips for a start-up brand. Led by Tim McCleary, former global director of brand and design for GE and creator of three successful small businesses, the experience will help you set your brand off in the right direction and have some fun along the way. For registration and inquiries email inquiries@lemonadeventures.com.
Mix and mingle with all the right people. Join SIFE at Ryerson for their End of GEW Networking Party at St. Louis in the Atrium (575 Bay St.). No registration required, just drop by anytime between 6pm and 10pm to network with fellow social entrepreneurs in Toronto.
The best way to end the week? With a conference made just for you! The Impact National Conference runs from November 20th-21st. Their star-studded lineup of speakers come from a wide spectrum of backgrounds including business, entertainment, technology and science. These speakers lead a variety of stimulating events designed to enrich delegates’ knowledge on entrepreneurship.
Go out, connect, and take advantage of this week’s events. Send us your pics from these, and other, events from GEW!!
