Webinar on improving business by collaborating with social enterprises
Collaboration is what makes us stronger and help us create bigger and better impact but more needs to be done to make collaborations between corporates and social enterprises happen. As part of our current project to increase and strengthen collaborations between corporates and social enterprises, we joined the panel in a webinar on the topic.…
Take part in an annual all-day event on social entrepreneurship
Sweden’s biggest event for companies and organisations being socially responsible through business is the annual ‘Stora sociala företagsdagen’. Its focus is how we can use entrepreneurship and business to meet our biggest social, environmental and financial challenges and will this year be a digital event on 6 October. Because of the pandemic it’ll be a…
Join webinar on cross-sector collaborations on 30 Sep
This has been one odd and challenging year so far. Many companies are having to update their business models to survive the pandemic crisis, but many are also able to use this as an opportunity to change, develop and improve. And an opportunity to look at new ways of using your business as a force…
An evening of conversation to create communities across conflict
Last week’s evening event at Norrsken House saw the end of a fantastic first week of this year’s GATHER Fellowship, and the start of the Fellowship that will help our 16 Fellows develop their social initiatives for conflict transformation. It was an evening amongst supporters, peace-builders, Ambassadors, professionals, students and friends, all sharing a passion…
A gathering for GATHER with ideas for peace and entrepreneurship
Applications for the 2019 GATHER Fellowship are now closed and we have officially kicked off planning next year’s programme. We kicked it off by hosting a breakfast briefing at Norrsken House on Tuesday with a focus on peace, entrepreneurship and conflict transformation. Our Interim ED Thomas Kanestad welcomed current and potential partners, as well as…
An evening of collaboration across borders and seeing a future of peace
Thursday night saw the end of a fantastic first week of this year’s GATHER Fellowship, and the kick-off of a one-year programme where our 16 Fellows will be developing their social initiatives for conflict transformation alongside our mentors. It was an evening amongst friends and supporters, all sharing the passion for social innovation and for…
Celebrating SE Outreach entrepreneurs and the SDGs
Thursday night saw the culmination of six months of hard work, new learnings and new friendships. Our SE Outreach Accelerator participants have spent the last few weeks in Stockholm developing their social businesses with the help of our trainers and mentors, as well as the support from each other. We have seen big changes in…
SE Forum took on a Ukrainian challenge in Kiev
SE Forum was invited to present at the second all Ukrainian Forum of Social Entrepreneurs in Kiev last week. It was there we and the audience received the challenge, do you dare to live a day only purchasing products and services from social entrepreneurs? In Ukraine it looks promising. We started with a morning coffee…
SE Outreach Accelerator 2016 Graduation
The SE Entrepreneurs of 2016 held their final presentations in front of a full audience at Berghs School of Communications, together with keynote speakers Stefan Krook (founder of GoodCause Foundation) and Lena Ramfelt (Stanford lecturer and lead author of Gear Up). We are humbled, proud and happy about the turnout, the stories and the energy…
Trine Harnesses the Power of Crowdfunding to Launch Solar Projects
Sam Manaberi, Founder and CEO of Gothenburg-based Trine, recently stopped by Impact Hub Stockholm to share his journey as a social entrepreneur with SE Forum and its members and talk specifically about Trine’s experience with running a crowdfunding campaign. Manaberi shared a number of tips for social entrepreneurs throughout the evening, with his number one…