This Week In Social Entrepreneurship: Events, Opportunities, News, Insights & More.
1st October 2019
Opportunities and Events
Earlybird Closes 4th October 2019
Impact Investment Summit- Sydney, Australia
The fifth Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific will take place from 13–14 November 2019 at Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, Sydney. The purpose is to be the catalyst and champion for impact investment in the Asia Pacific region. It is time to collectively shift to the new paradigm of Risk-Return-Impact.
Closes 16th October 2019
The Global Change Award
The Global Change Award are looking for early stage innovators who are creating new circular approaches with the goal to reinvent the fashion industry. Five winners are selected each year and gets to share 1 million euro and embark on a one-year Innovation Accelerator Program.
Closes 7th October 2019
Brand for Growth 2019–20
Calling all social enterprises in Scotland who can demonstrate that they are approaching a point of change or would benefit significantly from a top level branding exercise. For the competition, an independent judging panel made up of individuals from the design world, the social enterprise world and previous recipients will select FIVE organisations to be the recipients of the 2019–20 interventions.
Closes 16th October 2019
Echoing Green Fellowship
Echoing Green solves the world’s biggest problems by raising up transformational leaders who challenge the status quo. They are providing a two-year full-time Fellowship, for impactful leaders looking to change the world by connecting them with the tools, resources, and communities they need to bring their ideas to life.
Early Submission Closes 20th October 2019
D- Prize
D-Prize supports new entrepreneurs who increase distribution of proven poverty interventions. The world has already invented products and services to end poverty, yet the best are not being distributed at mass-scale. The competition requires you to design a business or NGO that solves one of the Distribution Challenges. The award winners will be funded up to $20,000 USD to launch a pilot version of an organisation in any region where extreme poverty exists.
Closes 22nd October 2019
Amnesty International Aus Grants- Australia
Amnesty International Australia’s Human Rights Innovation Fund allows anyone interested in promoting and defending human rights direct access to funding to support new, innovative, creative initiatives.
Indigenous Rights and the Human Rights Innovation Fund
Through the Human Rights Innovation Fund, Amnesty International will provide at least one grant each year to Indigenous organisations working to end youth incarceration.
Closes 5th November 2019
Chevening Fellowships and Scholarships
Chevening Fellowships are offered to mid-career professionals who have reached a position of influence and want to increase their knowledge, networks, and potential through tailored short courses, research, or professional placements at UK institutions.
Close 15th November 2019
UNWTO Tourism Startup Competition- Global
For the second straight year, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is running the world’s largest startup competition in tourism boosted by wakalua, the global tourism innovation hub. Together, with their corporate partners, they want you to tackle the core concepts of travel shaping the sectors future by designing the most disruptive, innovative and sustainable solution.
20 October 2020–10 April 2021
Expo 2020 Dubai
173 days of fun. Expo 2020 Dubai will see the best of the world’s Food, Music, Tech, Culture and Creativity in one place! Every day at Expo 2020 Dubai will be a time to create memories, connect and be part of the future. Attendees can also immerse themselves in Expo’s sub-themes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability.
News, Insights and Key Stories
How to Build a Brand Online in 2019- 5 Digital Marketing Strategies
Need some help with branding for your start up business? Here are some top words of advice to gain momentum in your digital marketing strategy. It provides 5 tips on how to get started and where your focus should be.
Housing with Dignity: This women’s trade union is helping low-income Indian women become homeowners.
SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association), a social enterprise based in New Delhi, India, was founded in 1972 as a women’s trade union and eventually grew into a social movement. They provide multiple economic services to its low-income members to support self-employed females in the workforce. In addition, they help women from different trades by providing them an institutional platform to advocate for their rights and build institutions.
The 5 Principles of Social Impact
Marian Spier is a visionary business professional, social entrepreneur, and strategy consultant. While consulting multiple organizations around the world Marian Spier discovered 5 principles to help professionals find out how to become game changers and create impact.
1. Chance
2. Clarity
3. Craze
4. Courage
5. Considerate and determined
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