Becoming a Social Entrepreneur

Wednesday 29th May 2013, 9:30am – 4:15pm

How to transform your ideas into thriving self-funding revenue streams.

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.” -Nolan Bushnell

Many charities and voluntary organisations have relied and are still relying on direct funding (cash) and indirect funding (e.g. provision of building, equipment, volunteers) from their sponsors, i.e. government or lottery groups or private companies, which allows them to continue to operate. The economic downturn has impacted these organisations with funding reducing. Traditional revenue streams such as donations, street collections, door knocking and other appeals are reducing.

Our Social Entrepreneur Seminar provides a comprehensive overview of entrepreneurism. This is a highly interactive, practice-driven training class; you will not only learn how to take a more entrepreneurial approach to increasing revenue streams but you will participate in role-plays and small group interactions to help you learn tools and techniques to use back in your organisation.

Objectives

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate social entrepreneurial capability
• Develop business ideas
• Identify and select business opportunities;
• Mobilise resources
• Network for enterprise development;
• Implement business decisions,
• Communicate in various business situations

29/05/2013 09:30 - 16:15