NEWS
1. CSI Incubating ChangeCamp 2010
We are delighted to announce that we have agreed to incubate the 2010 ChangeCamp project! ChangeCamp is an event format, a community, and a set of tools and ideas designed to give citizens and governments the ability to work collaboratively in new ways to make change and to better address real-world challenges in our communities.
The incubation will include access to space, administrative support, and national networks of expertise (and potential funders). The goal of this incubation project is to launch a self-sustaining nonprofit organization that can support the community, develop and share innovative civic engagement models and methods while creating tools that can be used by community organizers everywhere.
To read more about ChangeCamp, visit the website!
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2. Social Finance Blog Series Goes Live
Causeway and Ashoka Canada have partnered with socialfinance.ca to promote social finance in Canada through an interactive online discussion. The blog series will feature commentary from Ashoka Canada Fellows, social entrepreneurs and practitioners and key enablers of the Canadian non-profit sector including representatives of funding organizations. Information gathered through online discussions will be used to develop a guide to social finance in Canada and used in capacity building workshops.
It will address the following seven topics:
1) What is Social Finance?
2) What are the different types of finance that exist in Canada?
3) What organizations are suited for each type of finance?
4) What financial challenges do social enterprises face?
5) How to get finance?
6) Lessons from abroad: social finance in other parts of the world
7) How to get started?
For more information, please visit the website.
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EVENTS
3. Toronto Net Tuesday: Podcast Basics
Jan 12, 2010
5:30pm - 8pm
Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120
Whole Connector
$5, light snacks will be served
Many of you probably have heard of podcasts. A Podcast is just an audio file that is syndicated via an RSS feed, that you download and listen to with your computer or a portable device such as an iPod. It's similar to having your own radio talk show, with topics ranging from health, arts & culture or raising awareness for social causes. For this meet up we will feature two organizations that have been using podcasts and we will take you through the steps of how to make one yourself!
Guest Speakers: Justin Kozuch from Refresh Events, Maria Moriarty and Monika Jankowska-Pacyna from AlphaPlus Centre will be sharing best practices and the steps necessary to make your own podcast. To register, please RSVP here or email us at team@techsoupcanada.ca.
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4. Network Your Way to More Business Using Twitter
January 13, 2010
6pm – 9.30pm
Centre For Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, 4th floor
Alterna Savings Boardroom
Presenters: Jaime Almond & Rachel Foster
$45 early bird, $60 at the door (if available)
If you have ever thought about using Twitter to generate more business but don’t know how to get started, this special seminar is for you. During this practical, hands-on workshop, you will discover how to get maximum results from the time you spend tweeting. You will also create a simple, yet powerful, marketing strategy that can allow you to grow your business using Twitter – in as little as 20 minutes per day.
Topics include understanding the 17 different types of tweets and how to use them to generate interest in your business, building a list of targeted followers, tools to help you automate building your twitter brand and much more. You can register and find out more at: http://www.twitterbusinessblueprint.com
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5. Entrepreneur Advisory Roundtable
January 14, 2010
6pm - 9pm
Centre For Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, 4th floor
Alterna Savings Boardroom
$20 - Members of Green Enterprise Toronto, Centre for Social Innovation & Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada
$35 - General Public
Interested in growing your business and need some advice and support? A group of experienced professional consultants dedicated to helping organizations like yours SUCCEED have come together to offer helpful advice and resources. We’ll explore proven ‘free taste’ techniques from system developed by Andrea Lee and Tina Forsyth as well as from sales guru Brian Tracy’s ‘Puppy dog sales’ approach. You’ll gain insights for your business in the following areas:
• How to attract and build relationships with new customers
• How to retain existing customers & introduce them to new products & services
• Make it easy and attractive for your customers to refer you
• Create new products and services for multiple income streams
REGISTER EARLY - SPACE IS LIMITED. Please submit information about your business upon registration. For more info, please go to: http://entrepreneuradvisoryroundtable.blogspot.com
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6. Authentic Facilitation I: Learning to Facilitate with Presence and Ease
February 5, 2010
9:15am- 5:00pm
Centre For Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, 4th floor
Alterna Savings Boardroom
$150 + GST
Registration is currently full, but contact us to be added to the waitlist!
Set yourself up for the New Year with this one-day facilitation intensive using Anima Leadership's trademark process. Effective facilitation is all about finding your own unique style and being yourself in front of a group, thereby encouraging others to authentically bring forward all of what they have to offer. At its core, it is about being deeply present. Each group, each situation calls for something different and the best facilitators know how to listen for, and serve this emerging truth.
Great for new facilitators, and those looking to brush up their skills! Topics explored include being present, directing group energy, handling differences and conflict, and how to let the process unfold without controlling it. Group learning styles and process theory, emotional intelligence research and mindfulness techniques are also covered. As well, lots of practical techniques and tips to make the job of facilitation easy. Join us for an enriching day of learning how to serve group intelligence more intelligently! To be added to our waitlist, and to hear about future courses, please contact Kate Bowers @ kate@animaleadership.com or 416-462-9512.
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7. Authentic Facilitation II: Learning to Sit in the Fire of Conflict
March 5, 2010
9:15am- 5:00pm
Center for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave., 4th floor
Alterna Savings Boardroom
Early Bird Fee: $125 + GST (available until January 31st, 2010)
Register Here
The real test of facilitating or leading a group happens not when groups are in harmony, but when differences emerge. Many of us tend to contract, to take one side over another, to want to control or direct group response when this happens. How do we stay open to the transformational learning possible in times of conflict? This one-day primer on facilitating group differences offers a framework and different techniques and tools for what to do when things get rocky.
This program is intended to build on and deepen facilitation skills and is for anyone in situations where skillful navigation of differences is required whether in a unionized environment, school classroom, coalition process, or other organizational context. Prior experience facilitating is required or completion of the Authentic Facilitation Level I . Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions concerning this prerequisite.
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