CISED invites all social entrepreneurs and social enterprises to come to an event on June 4, 2013 to buy and sell products and services vital to your business.The event will be held from noon-4pm at the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health at 299 Montreal Road, Ottawa. CISED believes that every social enterprise in Ottawa should [...]
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BUY SOCIAL: Business to Business event
By Jonathan Wade on April 24, 2013 in Creating Market Demand, Social Business Tools, Upcoming Events, Vital SE Info, What's New for Ottawa SEs
Workshop: Build Your Social Enterprise
By Jonathan Wade on February 5, 2013 in Social Business Tools, Upcoming Events, Vital SE Info, What's New for Ottawa SEs
CISED is pleased to offer the enp-Ottawa Build Your Social Enterprise Workshop May 28, 2013 9:30 am-4:00 pm This full day workshop offers an introduction to the definitions, the types, and the goals of social enterprise. It provides a series of working activities to help non-profit organizations understand and prepare for social enterprise. It outlines [...]
Technology Supporting SocEnts: social impact app for android and ios
There is a free application that allows you to find a social enterprise wherever you are and whatever you need. Visit http://socialimpactapp.com for more information, or visit the Android Play Store or the Apple Store to download the app. Although originally populated with US based social enterprises, there are a growing number of Canadian social [...]
Article: Evaluating Social Impact
By Jonathan Wade on April 30, 2013 in Social Business Tools, Vital SE Info, What's New for Ottawa SEs
A globally recognize expert in social impact measurement, and Ottawa resident, Edward Jackson, offers a view of how one’s theory of change ought to inform the social metrics to be used for social enterprise. This paper can be downloaded or read online at no cost from this website.
Social Enterprise definitions from practitioners
There is an active community of non profit professionals across North America who are regular contributors to the npEnterprise Online Forum. A few weeks ago, the group’s owner and editor, Rolfe Larson, solicited input from the subscribers and has compiled the top ten “sound bites” from practitioners. This list offers a perspective on how social [...]
Business seminars at Invest Ottawa
Invest Ottawa provides business supports to entrepreneurs in Ottawa. They draw upon experts in the city, as well as their own qualified staff, to offer an array of workshops for free, or for a nominal cost. Visit their website for a listing of events and workshop, or to register.
CISED is now a social enterprise
The Collaborative for Innovative Social Enterprise was initiated and supported by seven collaborative members for the last four years. The founding partners saw the need for support and funding for organizations in Ottawa to design and launch businesses that would address social needs in our community. The Ontario Trillium Foundation supported this vision, as did [...]
CISED in the news
See Change Magazine has featured CISED’s work through three organizations we’ve supported in the community. We are honored (and humbled) to be described as a resource for social entrepreneurs in the Ottawa Region.
Regulations approved for the CCC in BC.
By Jonathan Wade on March 4, 2013 in Social Business Tools, Vital SE Info, What's New for Ottawa SEs
British Columbia has approved the regulations for the Community Contribution Corporation. We’ve written about this model as an innovation in Canada, but now that the regulations are available, we have more of a sense of what it means to be a Community Contribution Corporation. The full news release is available here, but in short, these [...]
Social Impact APP continues to grow
The award-winning Social Impact App is now on the web at www.socialimpactapp.com, and on Facebook. Although based in the US, it is now getting tens of thousands of visitors every week, from around the US, Canada and overseas (40 countries at last count). It is designed for the ios operating system currently. They have expanded listings for the San [...]
New Government of Canada support for social enterprise development in Ottawa
By Jonathan Wade on February 20, 2013 in Social Business Tools, Upcoming Events, Vital SE Info, What's New for Ottawa SEs
We are pleased to announce that CISED, as a site of enterprising non profits Canada, has receive an injection of support for social enterprise development in the Ottawa region from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. CISED offers Mission Multiplier Grants to non profits wishing to access technical expertise to design, plan and launch a [...]
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