Centre for Social Enterprise Development - CSED

🌟 Expand Your Network! Join the CSED meetup for Invaluable Networking Opportunities! 🤝

🗓️ October 3rd, 2024 | ⌚ 5:00 - 6:30 PM📍 Rideau Community Hub

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-social-enterprise-meet-up-tickets-1001307185747?aff=linkedin

🌍 Most business owners, and social entrepreneurs are no different do a very bad job of networking and building their connections. This week's meetup provides you an excellent opportunity to:

🔹 Engage in meaningful conversations with other practitioners
🔹 Interact with CSED team, exchanging ideas and build relationships.
🔹 Introduce yourself to new and like-minded social impact practitioners
🔹 Catch up with colleagues
🔹 Practice and improve your networking skills in a safe environmen
🔹 Learn how to make an impact

Don't miss this chance to connect with like-minded professionals passionate about social enterprise and impact leadership!

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-social-enterprise-meet-up-tickets-1001307185747?aff=facebook

🔁 Help us spread the word! Tag a colleague or friend who is passionate about social impact and business.. Share to your network and invite them to join you on October 3rd. 🙌

Ottawa Social Enterprise Meet Up Meet with SE practitioners and ecosystem participants to strengthen relationships, share knowledge and explore collaborative opportunities.

📣 Join us for our our Fall 2024 Meetup 🌟

CSED is calling all social enterprise and impact practitioners, supporters and everyone interested in finding out more about social impact business🚀

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-social-enterprise-meet-up-tickets-1001307185747?aff=facebook

We are excited to invite you to our Fall 2024 Meetup!! Summer holidays have ended, kids are back at school and everything is ramping up again. This is a great opportunity to connect up connect up and catch up. It will be an energizing in-person gathering of like-minded individuals at the Ottawa Social Impact Cluster Meetup! As always, the event is a fantastic way to connect and build your network with other social enterprise practitioners, purchasers, funders and supporters!

We will be meeting at the Rideau Community Hub in the RRCRC incubator13 space. It's an excellent opportunity to explore the facility and meet some of the young start-ups there. In addition, you can expect to:

🔹 Discover just how large and varied the market is.
🔹 Opportunity to share and hear about challenges
🔹 Learn how other organizations are adapting to the market place

🗓️ Date: October 3rd, 2024
⏰ Time: 5:00- 6:30 PM
📍 Venue: Rideau Community Hub, 815 Saint Laurent Boulevard
🎟️ Tickets are $10 which includes refreshments and light snacks

Limited spots available! Don't miss the chance to connect up with other social enterprise and impact leaders. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-social-enterprise-meet-up-tickets-1001307185747?aff=facebook

🔁 Help us spread the word! Tag a colleague or friend who is passionate about social impact and business.. Share with your network and invite them to join you on October 3rd. 🙌

Looking to connect with social impact professionals?

The next Social Enterprise Meetup is on October 3rd.

Link in comments section for more details.

As you begin to scale your business outside of Canada, there are many funding opportunities available to support you such as CanExport, Export Development Canada Investment Matching Program, and more.

Want to learn about the various sources of funding? Check out our upcoming webinar on funding your export journey as you begin to scale your business globally.

Register now: https://lu.ma/cq8j4l5z

Presented in partnership with UPS and Export Development Canada - Exportation et développement Canada

Today at 1!

Join our Social Impact 101 webinar next Tuesday from 1-2 pm!

Learn about how to integrate social impact into your business model and why it's important.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-impact-101-virtual-tickets-966480668697

Volunteer Expo is coming up on Friday, September 20 at the Nepean Sportsplex! This free event is a chance to meet with dozens of organizations and talk about opportunities to volunteer with them. Learn more: https://volunteerottawa.ca/events/calendar/expo/

Happening this week!

There's still time to get your free ticket for next week's Community Benefits in Construction: Mandate, Design and Implement webinar on August 15!

Are you a community advocate, policy maker or project owner who wants to create community benefits in construction, infrastructure, and development projects? This webinar shares a new Guide that was designed with you in mind, along with updates and best practices from current projects across the country which are implementing community benefits.

We'll hear from:
- Tim Coldwell, Énska Advisors
- Jordan Sterling, Delnor Construction
- Marcia Nozick, Embers Staffing

Download the Guide ahead of time and bring your questions to the webinar: https://buff.ly/3X2Q4dt

Register now to join us: https://buff.ly/4cxGX9k

Join our Social Impact 101 webinar next Tuesday from 1-2 pm!

Learn about how to integrate social impact into your business model and why it's important.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-impact-101-virtual-tickets-966480668697

The 2024 Bootcamp participants recently participated in the "Marketing and Sales Strategies for Social Enterprise" session led by Len Fardella.

Hello! We at Operation Come Home are reaching out to you & the community to donate some essentials this summer if you have the chance to!

Our youth are in need of these items in particular and we would like to be able to provide them! We are always extremely thankful for anyone who has the opportunity to donate to us.

You can donate between 8AM-8PM Mondays through Thursdays, 8AM-12PM on Fridays, or 8AM-12PM on weekends! Thank you a lot!

Join our webinar today from 1pm -2pm to learn all about the social enterprise business model! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-enterprise-101-virtual-tickets-942112924117?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thank you so much to everybody who came out to our 2024 Summer Social Enterprise Meetup! Networking and connecting with all of you was a blast. 🎉

Our 2024 social enterprise bootcamp kicked off on May 16 with 10 participant projects this year. We have led 4 workshops thus far about Motivation and Mindset, SE Hybrid Model, Impact Model design and Business Model Design.

We are very excited for pitch day on September 12, which is when participants will share their final ideas and work progress.

Tomorrow! Join us.

Don't miss our meetup this Thursday! Tickets are limited.

This is an incredible initiative! 👏

Are you interested in learning more about Social Impact and how to incorporate it into your business model?

Join us on Tuesday June 25th at 1 pm for our Social Impact 101 session in collaboration with Invest Ottawa.

Link in comments to register.

There are still some tickets left! Meet up with us this Thursday at 5.

If you are a social enterprise practitioner, come meet and chat with others in the community next week!

Thursday June 20th at Bayview yards. It'll be a sunny day. We'll be out on the patio.

We’d love to see you there. Link in the comment section.

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Don't miss our meetup this Thursday! Tickets are limited.