Guest speaker this wednesday, March 31, is Linda Magnusson who was appointed Green Capitalist of the Year in 2009 by swedish magazine Veckans Affärer. Linda is responsible for sales and communication at O2, a green company within windpower who both builds wind power plants and sells wind power electricity. She is also CEO of O2 Vindel who sells shares in wind power plants.

On wednesday you can hear her talk about business, entrepreneurship and how customer involvement can be a power that can lead towards a sustainable society!

Time: Wednesday March 31, 17:30-19:00

Location: Restaurang Publik, PUB, Hötoget

Are you a social entrepreneur? Have you started an enterprise that pioneers some product or service fulfilling an important and still unmet social need?    Do you want your enterprise to become more profitable to be able to make  a real difference in your community?

If so, access free resources that will be produced during the British Council’s Creative Cities: Innovation for Urban Challenges workshop for social enterprises that will be held in Warsaw, Poland, on 21-23 March 2010. The content from the workshop will be placed online in real time as the event goes on. It will be also available later on via the Creative Cities project website.

The Creative Cities: Innovation for Urban Challenges workshop aims to support the management and delivery of social enterprises.  It will centre around four themes: the business idea, its profitability, management and sustainability. It will showcase best practice in a sequence of master classes run by some of Europe’s leading social, creative and civic entrepreneurs. 

Social entrepreneurs from all over the world will be able to access among others:

- Interviews and statements from social entrepreneurship experts
- Presentations delivered during the workshop master classes 
- Interviews with the workshop participants – social entrepreneurs from all across Europe
- The workshop blog that will capture all inspirational advice
- Case studies with context specific advice
-  The workshop micro-blog on Twitter
- Discussions on the Creative Cities facebook site

Read more.

Björn Söderberg is the entrepreneur that at the age of 25 has started three companies with social focus. By so doing, he has also shown that it can be profitable to be both socially innovative and responsible. 

In this short interview by Lina Stjern from The Fair Tailor (read more about this other social enterprise here) Björn shares his thoughts on social entrepreneurship and provides some valuable tips on how to proceed when you are about to start a social business.       

Once a month we are inspired by social entrepreneurs in various fields. A big thanks to all SE BAR speakers of 2009. Check out these amazing change makers:

PeePoople, Camilla Wirseen

Cradle to Cradle, Mattias Ohlsson and Magnus Hedenmark

Wiminvest, Anna Edwall

Social Initiative

Mikrofinanshuset Andreas Ullsten

Solvatten Petra Wadström and Claire Wigg

Swedish sustainability foundation Aapo Säsk

Mikrofinanshuset Andreas Ullsten

Ideas for change Daniel Daboczy

MEST (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology) Ylva Strander

Telge Kjell Hasslert

Since 2001 YouthActionNet® has been devoted to investing in the potential of young talents and leaders within social entrepreneurship. YouthActionNet® acknowledges that social entrepreneurs look beyond obstacles and are willing to take risks in order to achieve innovative solutions and lead positive change.

Each year 20 young entrepreneurs are elected to take part in the YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship. If you are the founder or co-founder of an existing organization or project this could be a unique opportunity. Applications are due on the 9^th of April.

More information.

Social Entrepreneurship Forum annual meeting is Monday 15th of March 17.30-20.30 at Holländargatan 8b, Hötorget, Stockholm.

Discussions about plans for 2010 and election of the new board of members.

RSVP via email to  create [at] se-forum.se   or at Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=384074981202&ref=ts

WELCOME!

Check out the ad:

Annons. Världens bästa jobb

Framtidsboxen is a new project launched by SE Forum.

Framtidsboxen trains young social entrepreneurs and give them tools to develop their home towns all over Sweden.

Framtidsboxen has received financial support from Allmänna Arvsfonden.  SE Forum are grateful.

Read more about Framtidsboxen here.

See the debate published on the The confederation of Swedish enterprise’s website: “An innovation competition, business hothouses, a research centre for innovation and entrepreneurism in new growth markets — this is how Sweden can play a part in helping poor countries develop faster, claim representatives of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.” Read more here.