October 2019

Find the full newsletter here: Updates from Albertan Changemakers (October 2019)

Resources

1. Atlas of Social Innovation
   The Atlas of Social Innovation - Second Volume includes 43 articles by leading experts of the field who share new insights into current trends of social innovation research and practice.
   

2. Edmonton Shift Lab Tools
   In this toolkit you'll find key resources from Edmonton Shift Lab's first year, including their field guide, videos from their international speaker series, and frameworks and tools related to systems thinking, prototyping, and behaviour change.
   

3. Webinar Recording: Collective Impact through the Lens of Asset-Based Community Development and Results-Based Accountability
   In this Tamarack Institute webinar, Dan Duncan suggests that collective impact requires a “sea change” in the way we think and develop community-led strategies that focus on real change in the lives of communities we serve.

Opportunities

1. SDX20: Design by Doing 2.0 (Nov. 7 in Edmonton)
   Join the Systemic Design Exchange (SDX) on Nov. 7 to learn from an Edmonton-based example of how a group came together to culturally adapt social innovation processes to reflect a blend of Western and Bhutanese approaches to problem solving.
   

2. Social Finance Investment Readiness Exploration Sessions (Nov 12, Nov 13)
   Attend one of these free events to learn about social finance opportunities and explore how your organization can benefit to enhance your impact.
   Nov 12 - Exploration Session in Fort McMurray, co-hosted by Innoweave and FuseSocial.
   Nov 13 - Exploration Session in Calgary, co-hosted by Innoweave and United Way Calgary.
   

3. The Problem Solvers Companion: An evening with Shaun Loney (Nov. 13 in Calgary)
   Join Canadian changemaker and Ashoka Fellow Shaun Loney for a free event celebrating the release of The Problem Solver's Companion, a guide to starting social enterprise in Canada (written and published in collaboration with the Institute for Community Prosperity at Mount Royal University).
   

4. Soul of the Next Economy Forum (Nov 14 - 15 in Calgary)
   Learn and be part of the conversation on how business, the non-profit sector, government, and educational institutions are coming together to change the way we do business and impact society. Register here.
   

5. A Youth Explosion (Nov. 16 in Calgary)
   Join Canada Bridges for their annual youth storytelling event. This event is a chance for youth to show up, stand up, and be heard by sharing their story through a chosen art form. Most of the performers will be Indigenous youth and many will share their wisdom through traditional cultural arts.
   

6. Contribute your Social Innovation Resources for Learning & Impact (Deadline: Nov 18)
   The Social Innovation Institute & Social Innovation Canada invite you to contribute your field-tested and applied activities, exercises, games, tools, methods and/or learning opportunities to an open-source curriculum project. Please fill out this survey by Nov. 18 to contribute best practices, receive project updates in the future, or explore ways to collaborate.
   

7. Social EnterPrize Awards 2019 (Nov. 21 in Calgary)
   Register to attend the Social EnterPrize Awards evening in Calgary on November 21 to celebrate the best, most innovative and impactful Canadian social entrepreneurs using business models to solve social problems. Together you will recognize the 2019 recipient of the $100,000 Social EnterPrize award. The 10 finalists for What’s Next YYC will participate in a live pitch fest vying for $25,000 for the most popular audience choice.
   

8. Social Calgary 2019 (Nov. 26-29 in Calgary)
   Are you an entrepreneur, marketer, creative, or beyond looking to enhance your social and digital marketing skills? Join Social School for their Social Calgary 2019 four day conference in November to learn how to enhance your online presence. (*Edmonton conference in May 2020).