Social Innovation Generation is pleased to announce that the Inspiring Action for Social Impact Series is concentrating its next webinar events entirely on Canadian ideas in social innovation. All events are scheduled on Wednesdays 12noon - 1pm (ET, Nth America), with the exception of Tim Brodhead's presentation which coincides with the anniversary of the Task Force on Social Finance report... [read more]

Social Innovation Generation is pleased to announce that the Inspiring Action for Social Impact Series is concentrating its next webinar events entirely on Canadian ideas in social innovation. All events are scheduled on Wednesdays 12noon - 1pm (ET, Nth America), with the exception of Tim Brodhead's presentation which coincides with the anniversary of the Task Force on Social Finance report release on Tuesday December 13, 2011. You can register for one webinar or for the entire series. November 2: Frances Westley on Social Innovation and Resilience Launching the series will be Frances Westley, internationally renowned social innovation academic and thought-leader and co-author of Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed. Frances will frame her discussion around resilience. Frances is also the JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation at the University of Waterloo and the co-Founder of the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience. November 9: Stephen Huddart on Managing Innovation. Stephen will talk to the following points: why do we need managers who are skilled at social innovation? what are the key capacities that leaders and managers bring to social innovation? how do we create a social innovation culture inside our organisations? how do we become a society that practices continuous social innovation? November 16: Allyson Hewitt on Shared Value and what it means for the non-profit sector.  Allyson will discuss Shared Value, the concept first popularized by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer in their Harvard Business Review article, and shape the discussion around the impact & import for the non-profit sector. November 23: Cheryl Rose on Community-University Partnerships November 30: Tim Draimin on Global learning: Australia/Canada social innovation synergies December 7: Al Etmanski on Natural Care December 13: Tim Brodhead on Key trends in philanthropy for grant seekers from a SI perspective December 20: Dr. Ilse Treurnicht on Upcoming trends in Canadian innovation Register for one or all events today. All webinars will include time for questions and comments from you.    Speaker bios in order of appearance: Frances Westley: JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation, University of Waterloo, SiG@Waterloo Stephen Huddart: President and CEO, JW McConnell Family Foundation Allyson Hewitt: Director, Social Entrepreneurship at MaRS, SiG@MaRS Cheryl Rose: Director, Partnerships and Projects for SiG@Waterloo Tim Draimin: Executive Director, Social Innovation Generation (National) Al Etmanski: President and Co-Founder of PLAN, Director, SiG@PLAN Tim Brodhead: Senior Fellow, SiG National. Fmr President, JW McConnell Family Foundation Dr. Ilse Treurnicht: CEO, MaRS Discovery District