Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 9:00 am - noon
Location: Ma-te-way Activity Centre, Renfrew
English only
Social Enterprise Workshop
Speaker: Stacey Corriveau, BC Centre for Social Enterprise
This free morning session provides an introduction to social enterprise – businesses operated for community impact, and as a possible means of building organizational sustainability.
The workshop is geared towards staff and Board members of charities and non-profit organizations, and people with a social enterprise concept who are unsure of next steps.
Topics to be covered in the session are:
ü Social enterprise ‘101’ – What is it? Why do it?
ü What are the common pitfalls, best practices, and lessons learned?
ü The legal landscape – brief overview of social enterprise and legal structures available (and special limits for charities and non-profits, with ‘workaround’ solutions)
ü An objective way to narrow down venture ideas, to ensure a best fit for the organization
ü Funding the enterprise – self-funding, grants, and social finance
Workshop presenter Stacey Corriveau is the founder and Director of the BC Centre for Social Enterprise. The Centre provides technical advice to community-based social enterprises in British Columbia. Ms. Corriveau is a subject matter expert on legal structures for social enterprise. Visit www.centreforsocialenterprise.com
Registration details: For further information please contact Dana Jennings at 613.735.3951 ext. 226. You can register online by Friday April 8th (noon) by visiting http://guestli.st/51060 | 
