Developing Grassroots Entrepreneurs Workshop: The ABCD Approach

Friday May 28th, 2010 14:30 – 16:00, CICG Room 5

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Corné Theunissen, Program and Resource Development Manager for the Greater Rustenburg Community Foundation will provide participants with a glimpse of the Asset Based Community Driven Development (ABCD) approaches she utilizes to assist communities in grassroots business development. ABCD is a cutting edge program that identifies and effectively utilizes existing community assets and provides community members with the tools necessary to develop their own businesses as a way out of poverty.

Learn more about the ABCD Approach.

Facilitated by: Corné Theunissen, Program & Resource Development Manager, Greater Rustenburg Community Foundation

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Designing Your Social Business Model

Saturday May 29th, 2010 10:00 – 14:00, CICG, Room 5

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Building on the world renowned work of Alex Osterwalder, this workshop will take the “Business Model Canvas” and apply the lens of social impact. In this session we’ll give a brief introduction into the business model canvas, why its useful, and the overall adoption of such a robust prototyping tool. We will then outline the new project being undertaken by Alex Osterwalder, Patrick Keenan, and  Alan Smith, to apply the canvas to social business. In the session we will showcase a couple examples of social business within the Business Model Canvas, as well as areas for which the canvas does not account. There will be groups, there will be a competition, and ultimately a happy winner with a prize. All those who attend will leave with a new way to see business models, as well as questions about impact oriented businesses which can be carried online to the “Model Business” platform. Facilitated by: Patrick Keenan, Co-founder, The Movement Elisabeth Crudgington, Learning and Leadership Officer

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Garbage Dreams: Community Empowerment through Education and Entrepreneurship

Friday May 28th, 2010 13:00 – 14:00, CICG, Room 5

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Filmed over four years, GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world¹s largest garbage village, a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo. It is a world folded onto itself, an impenetrable labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash; it is the home to 60,000 “Zabbaleen”, arabic for “Garbage people”.  When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community.

This workshop will examine The Spirit of Youth Association, featured in the film, and their work to offer the youth of the garbage village education and employment opportunities. We will also explore innovative on-the-ground strategies and online tools that have been developed for using this film to empower students and other citizens around the globe to learn about their local economy¹s relationship to the lives and livelihoods of its youth and families and get involved in creating new paths of opportunity for community development. Facilitated by: Duong-Chi Do, ITVS Mai Iskander, director of Garbage Dreams —————————————————————————————————————————————–

Social Media Workshop:  Knowing Your Community

Friday May 28th, 2010 16:30 – 17:30, CICG, Room 5

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How can you use the power of new media to market your business or organization? How can you best use internet to have a social impact? These and other questions will be the focus of the workshop held by the filmmaker Ian Harrington. Ian will show the work of Stop Genocide Now, an NGO that works to put in direct contact refugees with people who wants to help them, explaining practically how to use internet applications to have a social impact. With his experience in movie directing, Ian will involve the public in some practical experiences to understand the power of new media. The mantra of the workshop is “think locally, then act globally using social media”. Ian will also talk of his experience as filmmaker in the refugee camps in Darfur and how an independent filmmaker can promote is own work in order to determine a social change Facilitated by: Ian Harrington, Film Maker, Stop Genocide —————————————————————————————————————————————–

What’s Your Calling?

Friday May 28th, 2010 11:00 – 12:30, CICG, Room 5

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The Calling is a groundbreaking documentary that explores faith through the eyes of young Americans who have decided to join the clergy. Sparked by religious inspiration, each of the subjects embarks on a unique journey of rigorous study and training. But it is their common determination to serve humanity that fuels their actions, solidifies their commitment and vaults each of them into positions of leadership within their respective faith communities.  This workshop will examine how the film can be used to create new and critical connections across lines of faith and culture by highlighting common values and moving community members to take action through service. Facilitated by: Duong-Chi Do, Associate Director of Communications, ITVS

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Inclusive Business for Poverty Alleviation

Saturday May 29th, 2010 14:30 – 15:30 CICG, Room 5

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Translating & brokering profitable business solutions for sustainable social change & poverty alleviation – The case of Inclusive Business in Latin America This workshop explores the novel idea of bringing together large private companies and the poor in a mutually beneficial win-win relationship focused on profit generation. Inclusive business is a new development model which engages low-income communities across a company’s value chain – through direct employment; the development of suppliers, distributors and service providers from low-income communities; or through the innovative development and delivery of affordable goods and services that address unmet needs of low-income communities. Together with the participants of this workshop we explore the strengths, weaknesses and potential of this model for creating social change and poverty alleviation. The presentation is meant to foster a productive discussion on future strategies for convincing western companies of all sizes to care about social change and poverty alleviation in developing countries beyond peripheral CSR measures. Facilitated by: Hubert Johannes Mørch, Access To Innovation —————————————————————————————————————————————–

Debate Camp: The Next Generation

Saturday May 29th, 2010 12:30 – 13:30, CICG, Room 5

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Motion:  That this House believes that social entrepreneurship is essential for development. Participate in an exciting and vibrant debate on this motion led by social entrepreneurs of the future from the International School of Geneva, La Grande Bossière. The debate, in British parliamentary style, encourages members of the audience to participate by making interventions or short speeches from the floor. If you have never debated, this is your chance to learn about the rules and format of debating while listening to the arguments on both sides of the motion, and testing your speaking skills. If you have debated in school or university, then you can sharpen those skills by speaking from the floor or bringing up points of information. At the very least, you can support the young debaters and vote – to use parliamentary parlance – on whether the motion is carried or not. Facilitated by: Jeya Wilson, PhD, IOMBA Ambassador ————————————————————————————————————————————-

Scaling innovative business models

Friday May 28th, 2010 14:30 – 15:30, Room 4

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The subject will be “Scaling innovative business models” where an Accenture Development Partnerships client example will be presented followed by an interactive period.  Current and future social entrepreneurs who wish to apply the approach to their own social ideas or business models are encouraged to attend. Facilitated by: Sally Atalla,  Senior Manager, Accenture ————————————————————————————————————————————-