SEE Change Magazine

SEE Change As It Happens...
Issue 2.2February 2011
In This Issue
Toronto for Acumen Chapter Launches
Help Comes to Those Who Barter
Leading Social Change
In Conversation with Matt Flannery

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As the SEE Change team busily prepares for the March Issue while doing our best to stay warm, please enjoy our recent blog posts and read up on the latest news and events from Canada and across the globe. Of course if, like many entrepreneurs, financial sustainability remains top-of-mind, re-visit our Money Issue for inspirational advice, stories and profiles. 
 
 

Help Comes to Those Who Barter  


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The Barter Babes' Shannon Simmons decided to leave the corporate world behind in order to help young women attain financial security. Read our blog to see what inspired this innovative entrepreneur to adopt the barter system into her budgeted business plan.
 

 


 Leading Social Change: In the words of Justin Trudeau


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 SEE Change recently attended Leading Social Change, a one-day event, part of Advertising Week 2011. Keynote speaker Justin Trudeau advanced the notion of advertising as a powerful force of social change, especially in collaboration with government. Read the blog for the full story.   
 
 
kiva

A micro-lending pioneer, Kiva has been alleviating poverty and empowering entrepreneurs around the globe since 2005. In honour of their recent fifth anniversary, SEE Change spoke with CEO and co-founder, Matt Flannery about the organization, its challenges and its dreams moving forward.

 

 

 

NEWS  & EVENTS

 

Did you miss it? SEE Change got a great write-up in Trend Hunter. "SEE Change is a young publication with endless potential for creating positive social change."


Ideavibes and Fundchange invite you to two interactive workshops on Thursday February 24, 2011 at Toronto's Centre for Social Innovation: Social Media and Crowdfunding for Charities and Practical Crowdsourcing - How to Engage/Listen/Learn and Prosper with your Crowd. Sign up today.


Social Enterprise Alliance is holding its annual Social Enterprise Summit in Chicago on October 31-November 2, 2011
 
We hope you enjoyed this edition of our newsletter and our new look. Drop us a line anytime to let us know what you think.

Sincerely,

Nicole Zummach & Elisa Birnbaum
Co-founders, SEE Change Magazine
info@seechangemagazine.ca