III ISEP Portugal: 35 New Social Entrepreneurs Join the ISEP Network

 
For the 3rd year, IES - the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Portugal ran ISEP powered by INSEAD. 35 social entrepreneurs from Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique inspired each other and the faculty with their amazing projects and passionate ambitions to improve the world.

ISEP Portugal replicates the high-quality content and frameworks developed by INSEAD and adds local content and networking with inspiring social entrepreneurs as speakers, the showing and discussion of a new Brazilian movie on social entrepreneurs – Quem Se Importa (The ones who care), and a visit to CERCICA one of the best run organizations in Portugal working for the inclusion of people with disabilities. From the INSEAD faculty, Filipe Santos led the program and Nuno Delicado taught the Negotiations workshop.

The number of ISEP Portugal alumni now totals 100, reinforcing the network of more than 400 ISEP graduates. We give a warm welcome to the new members of our network.

Please see pictures of the session here: Álbum de fotos do III ISEP Portugal.

Dr. Seth Berkley Chief Executive Officer The GAVI Alliance (‘GAVI’) will speak on Global Health Partnerships and Leadership, Wed September 11th at INSEAD

The Social Innovation Centre, the Strategy & Entrepreneurship Department and the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
are pleased to announce a Workshop presentation to take place on the Fontainebleau Campus

  

Please RSVP to ana-cristina.de-sa@insead.edu

if you wish to attend the presentation

  

Wednesday 11 of September

 Fontainebleau 12:00 – 13:30 /  Amphitheatre W. Soeryadjaya (Euro-Asia Centre, ground floor)

Singapore 18:00 – 19:30 / visio-link to be confirmed

Abu Dhabi 14:00 – 15:30 / visio-link will be organised on demand

Dr. Seth Berkley

Chief Executive Officer

The GAVI Alliance (‘GAVI’)

will speak on

Global Health Partnerships and Leadership at GAVI

Biography

Seth Berkley

Chief Executive Officer

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Seth Berkley serves as CEO of the GAVI Alliance.

Seth Berkley joined the GAVI Alliance as CEO in August 2011, as it launched its five year strategy to immunise a quarter of a billion children in the developing world with life-saving vaccines by 2015.

Prior to joining the GAVI Alliance, Seth was the founder, president and CEO for 15 years of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the first vaccine product development public-private sector partnership. Under his leadership, IAVI implemented a global advocacy programme that assured that vaccines received prominent attention in the media and in forums such as the G 8, EU and the UN.

He also oversaw the creation of a virtual vaccine product development effort involving industry, academia, and developing country scientists.

Prior to founding IAVI, Seth served as associate director in the Health Sciences Division at The Rockefeller Foundation. He has also worked for the Center for Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and for the Carter Center where he served as an epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health in Uganda.

He has consulted or worked in more than 25 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Seth sits on a number of international steering committees and corporate and not-for-profit boards, including those of Gilead Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences and the Acumen Fund.

In the past, he has also served on the boards of public and private vaccine companies such as PowderJect and VaxInnate and health and development organisations such as OXFAM America.

He has been featured on the cover of Newsweek, recognised by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” and by Wired Magazine as among “The Wired 25 – a salute to dreamers, inventors, mavericks and leaders.”

Seth received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University and trained in internal medicine at Harvard University.

- See more at: http://www.gavialliance.org/about/governance/#sthash.LVhGcpf8.dpuf

If you plan to attend the presentation, please e-mail ana-cristina.de-sa@insead.edu and indicate if you want to order a sandwich.

We look forward to meeting you there

Social entrepreneurship bootcamps scheduled for this fall - October 4-6, 2013 in Fontainebleau and November 29-31, 2013 in Singapore

Hi All, INSEAD is excited to announce that two new social entrepreneurship bootcamps are scheduled for this fall.  The dates are October 4-6, 2013 in Fontainebleau and November 29-31, 2013 in Singapore.  The bootcamps are open to current students, partners, alumni and external participants.

The Rudolf and Valeria Maag INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship (ICE) has developed a wonderful series of limited enrollment 48 hour intensive hands-on workshops designed to build entrepreneurial muscle.  The bootcamps are offered over the weekend (beginning on Friday evening and ending on Sunday evening) to INSEAD MBAs and alumni, MBA partners and external participants.

The Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamps are part of the award winning Social Impact Catalyst programme (Finalist for the AMBA's MBA Innovation Award 2011) have been receiving great reviews (the last bootcamp offered in Singapore received an overall evaluation of 4.75/5).  The format is as follows: During the bootcamp, individuals form teams around social venture ideas and/or societal problems they are looking to solve. After teams are finalized on the Friday evening, the participants are walked through frameworks and methodologies to develop their venture throughout the course of the weekend. Some of these frameworks include: defining your value proposition, mapping your activity system, analyzing stakeholders and partnership opportunities, piloting your venture, growing your venture through scaling/replication, assessing your impact, and finding the best means of financing. The bootcamp finishes with pitch presentations in front of external judges - either impact investors, social entrepreneurs themselves, or other experts in the social impact ecosystem.

It is an intensive and thrilling process to experience.  Participants have been amazed at how much they can achieve in just one weekend. 

Structure and fees:

Timing: The bootcamp will begin on Friday at 8pm and end on Sunday at about 7.30 pm.

Director: Christine Driscoll Goulay, Associate Director INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and MBA July 2006.

Limited to: 34 attendees. Will be opened to partners and external participants only when space is not taken by MBAs. Registration is on first come first served.

For the Singapore bootcamp:

	Fees: (Covers teaching, course materials, facilities and food. No accommodation).
	·         Currently registered MBA/EMBA students	SGD 595 (no tax)
	·         Currently registered student partners INSEAD Alumni and partners	SGD 930 (no tax) SGD 1270 (+7% tax)
	·         Non-INSEAD affiliated individuals	SGD 1600 (+7% tax)
	Application
	Apply by sending an email to bootcamps@insead.edu. Send us your full name, email, mobile number, INSEAD affiliation (if any). For the Fontainebleau bootcamp: Limited to: 34 attendees. Will be opened to partners and external participants only when space is not taken by MBAs. Registration is on first come first served. Fees: (Covers teaching, course materials, facilities and food. No accommodation). ·         Currently registered MBA students Euro 350 ·         Currently registered student partners -     INSEAD alumni and partners Euro 550 Euro 750    Non-INSEAD affiliated individuals Euro 950 Apply by sending an email to bootcamps@insead.edu. Send us your full name, email, mobile number, INSEAD affiliation (if any).

*Quotes from past Social Entrepreneurship Bootcampers*

“Best experience I had at INSEAD so far (learning wise). Thank you so much. While before I only thought that this could be an option for the future, I am really inspired to do something asap.

"Very inspiring, motivating and well-structured. The bootcamp has now taught me how to start up my own social enterprise and I am thankful for that!”

"I went into the weekend completely blank, but got so enthusiastic about most of the ideas that I lost track of time every time we were working on our project. How cool is that! :) I liked all the examples of actual initiatives that were given to clarify a task or to just show us what is out there... 

"The atmosphere in the group is set to be very stimulating and open so that everyone feels comfortable to share their more personal thoughts and ideas  - this is great! - A perfect balance between entrepreneurship & social impact in one weekend."

Summary: Learn how to create a meaningful social impact venture. Identify the problem, define your theory of change, construct your business model, and measure your impact. During the bootcamp you will go through an intense and tailored 48-hour methodology for designing a novel solution that addresses a neglected societal problem. We will start on Friday at 8:00pm and by Sunday 5:00pm you will be presenting your social innovation to a judging panel of social impact experts and investors. It promises to be a challenging and exciting weekend.

All your meals during this period are taken care of – from dinner on Friday at 8:00pm to an afternoon coffee break on Sunday. We start with breakfast at 8:30am on both Saturday and Sunday. We will finish most likely by 9:30pm on Saturday (though you are welcome to stay and continue working) and finish the bootcamp by 7.30pm on Sunday.

You can have a team formed already or come individually. You can bring a problem that you want to address or come with a clear mind and be open to focus on problems proposed by other participants. We will use the Friday evening to do a brainstorm of societal problems and form teams of two to four participants who will work together for the rest of the bootcamp in coming up with an effective solution. Please note that societal problems also include inefficiencies that lend themselves to new financial innovations for social impact as well as new government or social sector initiatives. A goal of the bootcamp is to form bonds and connections that last during INSEAD and beyond, aligned by a goal of achieving social impact in a meaningful career.

We hope that you will have a great experience of learning and inspiration during the weekend and that you will develop a high potential project that you can move forward during your INSEAD degree and turn it into a valuable social innovation.

Please contact Christine Driscoll Goulay at Christine.driscoll@insead.edu with questions.

Ten Young Hopefuls to Battle It Out for US$25,000 Grant at Project Inspire 2013; Voting ends tomorrow!

Ten Young Hopefuls to Battle It Out for US$25,000 Grant at Project Inspire 2013; Public Voting is at www.facebook.com/ProjInspire

Ten innovative grassroots projects will compete for a US$25,000 Women’s Empowerment Grant as Project Inspire 2013 reaches its final selection stages today. These finalists were deemed as having the most sustainable idea with the greatest possible social impact.

The Singapore Committee for UN Women (UN Women Singapore) and MasterCard today revealed the finalists of the social media-driven campaign to encourage young people to create sustainable, long-term business projects that benefit marginalized women and children in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa. This year’s competition has attracted more than 570 submissions from 62 countries worldwide.

The finalists include ideas ranging from helping disabled women run a bee-keeping business in Uganda, a solar lamp project for female inmates in the Philippines, and a Tanzanian livestock-based initiative. All ten finalists will be flown to Singapore for the Grand Finals to decide who wins this year’s competition. The winning team will be given the opportunity to bring their idea to life using the US$25,000 cash prize.

The public is also invited to show their support for their favorite project by casting their vote on the Project Inspire Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ProjInspire); the project entry that receives the most online votes will win the People’s Choice Award. The winning project for the Women’s Empowerment Grant will be determined by an esteemed judging panel during the ‘live’ pitch event on 30 August 2013 at INSEAD Singapore. 

Ø Cast your vote now on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProjInspire

Ø Public voting concludes on 29 August 2013 

Project Inspire is jointly organized by UN Women Singapore and MasterCard, and supported by INSEAD.