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Advancing Social Entrepreneurship: Reflections of an IRP Jury Member

May 5, 2023 No Comments

Funded by the Government of Canada, the Investment Readiness Program (IRP) supports social purpose organizations as they contribute to solving pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges across Canada.

Its goal is to help social purpose organizations prepare them to be ready for investments and participate in Canada’s growing social finance market.

The latest IRP round was overseen in Alberta by the Banff Canmore Community Foundation (BCCF) in partnership with Red Deer Community Foundation (RDCF). BCCF and RDCF utilized a jury of 14 community members to deliberate on the applications and Dan Overall, Executive Director of the Trico Foundation, was honoured to be part of that jury.

Recently, BCCF sent Dan five questions about IRP. Some of his answers formed the basis of a BCCF blog that is available here. You can see the entirety of the questions and answers below.

Summer Job Will Pay YYC Student to Work on Their Social Enterprise: Apply Now

January 15, 2019 No Comments

“This program represents a ‘summer of opportunity and social impact’, for the student and the Trico Foundation”, said Overall. “The student will be able to move their venture forward while generating additional income and plugging into our support services, network activities and events; and we get another bird’s eye view on what is needed to take promising social enterprises to the next level. It’s a real win-win.”

Social Entrepreneurship and Social Finance at a Crossroads: Three Recent Works Call For A Transformation in Social Impact

November 26, 2018 No Comments

Will this bring about the transformation of capitalism the world needs? It’s a fortuitous moment that could well be a watershed, the potential dawn of a fundamentally new era of social impact.

The 6 Key Mindsets of Social Entrepreneurship (& Entrepreneurship & Changemaking)

April 26, 2018 No Comments

Effective learning is shrinking your feedback loops as much as possible: Everything you do that really matters should either confirm your thinking or teach you something new, and it should do so as cheaply, efficiently and quickly as possible. Effective learning is knowing what to test, how to test, and how to learn from the results of that test in a way that you use to improve your efforts and impact.

A Renaissance in Social Problem Solving: The Introspection and Inspiration of Al Etmanski

March 13, 2018 No Comments

The social entrepreneur/changemaker sums up his journey as “fumbling towards ecstasy”. He thinks collectively we could be on the cusp of a renaissance in social problem solving, but the 1st step is how we each work on ourselves. With the benefit of his inspiration & insights, we should see less fumbling & more ecstasy.

The Secret Sauce of Success: Do You Answer Questions Like an Expert or a Changemaker?

March 7, 2018 No Comments

“The Story of Louis Pasteur” and “Einstein & Eddington” offer powerful insights into the importance of learning. At the heart of learning, is how we respond to questions & frustrations. Never forget; every frustration or disappointment you encounter is a really a ‘golden-opportunity question’ hidden under bad branding.

Ain’t No River Wide Enough: How Social Entrepreneurs & Social Innovators Cross the Chasm

February 13, 2018 No Comments

A look into why “crossing the chasm” is crucial for social entrepreneurship, scaling social ventures and social innovation/systems change. Bonus: we also talk about the history of the thermometer and zombies.

Overcoming ‘Elevator Syndrome’: The Case for Cross-Sector Collaboration

November 7, 2016 No Comments

To give you an example of just how similar our challenges are, I want to focus on a recent and wonderful publication called “Breakthrough Business Models: Exponentially More Social, Lean, Integrated and Circular” by Volans.

Calling all Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions: the Global Challenge is Coming to Canada. Register your school!

October 6, 2016 No Comments

The Skoll Centre at the University of Oxford; RECODE, an initiative of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation; and the Trico Charitable Foundation, are partnering to bring the Global Challenge to Canada. We’re inviting Canadian higher education institutions to run the Global Challenge at their school, with the support of tools provided by the Skoll Centre. The Global Challenge offers students and recent graduates the opportunity to learn more about the issues they care about and present their findings to the world – and win some awesome prizes!

What Would Happen if the Social Sector Embraced Lean Startup? 3 Q’s with Sept 16 Keynote

September 8, 2016 No Comments

We are pleased to announce the five local social ventures that will be competing for $10,000 on September 16 as part of Social Entrepreneurship Day in Calgary (listed alphabetically):

Age-in-Place Laneway House
aGRO Systems
Bundles of Hope
Deepwater Farms
Green Cup

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