Local Wikipedia for Social Change and Entrepreneurship

Concern.sg is a community-edited encyclopedia dedicated at the social change organisations and non-profits. While primarily focused on Singapore-based organisations, there is also global coverage in terms of Singapore-linked initiatives.

There are many topics listed there, but the few that might interest you are: Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Social Finance.

Generate And Sustain Creative Ideas To Take Non-Profits To The Next Level

In this Social Conversation, the Lien Centre for Social Innovation will focus on “Good Ideas – Generating and sustaining creative ideas to take non-profits to the next level“. While social entrepreneurs also have the bottom-line to worry about, this seminar might also be helpful in their social enterprises. Read more

In Conversation with Wong Joon Ian, co-founder of Bloomerang

Bloomerang is a start-up founded by two founders, Zhiwen and Joon Ian. Their first product, BloomerHang® transforms clothes hangers into a novel, eco-friendly advertising platform. What’s more interesting, it is a product made of recycled cardboard and completely biodegradable and recyclable. The product even goes as far as ending the team as a finalist to the President’s Design Award Singapore 2009: Design of the Year. What’s the story behind this eco-conscious and ideas-driven startup? We caught Wong Joon Ian, one of the co-founders and sat down to interview him about the story behind Bloomerang, the process of getting the trademark and the challenges in position BloomerHang as an advertising platform.
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Unreasonable Institute Looking For 25 Global Young Social Entrepreneurs

If you’re a social entrepreneur looking for mentorship, funding and global connections, the 10-week programme to be held in Boulder, Colorado, USA next year (from May 28th to August 7th, 2010) might be the thing for you. The Unreasonable Institute aims to bring together 25 young social entrepreneurs (called Unreasonable Fellows) from all around the world for an intensive summer training programme. Read more

TiE NUS Social Entrepreneurship Talk – 2 Nov

A social entrepreneurship talk organised by TiE NUS will see two speakers talk on two different topics: (1) Experiences and Challenges faced while starting a Social Enterprise and (2) Landscape of Social Entrepreneurship in Singapore. Read more

Social Entrepreneurs Have New Association To Band Together

With the launch of the Social Enterprise Association (SE Association), social entrepreneurs can now look to the networking platform for greater opportunities like mentorship for their businesses. While the site hasn’t launched yet, the Association aims to bring together all players in the social enterprise space, including social entrepreneurs (duh!), social enterprises (no surprise here either) and academic institutions (like the NUS Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy) and businesses. Read more

3 TED Videos on a Greener Future

We all hear about the inspiring and brilliant TED videos where inventors, thought leaders and social activists give a scintillating 18-20 minutes speech about their own topic of interest. While the talks about social media, politics, economics, language, design, architecture and many more gave us much food for thought, there are interesting TED demo videos which give us a glimpse of future technologies and what is going to come. For this week, we look to 3 TED videos on a Greener Future for social entrepreneurship and sustainable development from Al Gore’s update on the environment, Shai Agassi’s initiative on how we can transition to an electric car economy and finally Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s new project “Home”. Read more

Forum on Youth Social Entrepreneurship – Go Global, Stay Local

The Social Entrepreneurship Forum for Youths (SEFFY) is an outreach event that is jointly organised by NUS Business School’s Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (CSEP) and NUS’ University Scholars Club (USC). It targets youths aged 17-25. Read more

SIF Organises Young Social Entrepreneurs Residence Programme

The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) is holding a week-long residence programme for young social entrepreneurs who would like to learn the fundamentals of starting a social enterprise. Read more

Charity Fundraising 2.0 at GIVE.sg

GIVE.sg is a social enterprise that places itself in between individuals and charities, attempting to create a better bridge that allows individuals to contribute to charitable causes easily over the web and at the same time, making it easier for charities to reach people by receiving donations on behalf of these charities. Read more

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