Last Thursday, the Patricelli Center, Career Center, and WAPPS hosted a workshop entitled “Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Business Plan Essentials” featuring philanthropist, investor, consultant, and business leader Steve McCarthy ’75. Here are some highlights of my notes from Steve’s talk: General advice- Be a salesperson, know your audience and tailor your pitch to them When…
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Grant Opportunity: Peace First Prize
A $50k prize. Applications are due 4/12. Get on it! “Five Prize winners will each receive a $50,000 Peace First Fellowship over two years to continue their peacemaking work. Through mentoring and coaching, the Peace First Fellowship is a real investment in young people’s ability to take their peacemaking to the next level of action and impact.…
ENGAGE link of the day: Predictions For 2013
There are many resources online for those of us who want to make the world a better place. The Patricelli Center is constantly on the lookout for links of interest to Wesleyanchangemakers. Read ours and share your favorite links in the Comments section below. Today’s ENGAGE link is SOCAP’s Predictions For 2013: Seed Funding To Grow,…
ENGAGE Link of the Day: Starting Bloc Detroit Institute for Social Innovation ’13
There are many resources online for those of us who want to make the world a better place. The Patricelli Center is constantly on the lookout for links of interest to Wesleyan changemakers. Read ours and share your favorite links in the Comments section below. Today’s ENGAGE link is Starting Bloc’s application for the Detroit…
Patricelli Center Drop-in Hours
Want to learn about social entrepreneurship and “doing well by doing good”? Do you know about the resources that are available to you through Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship? PCSE Interim Director Makaela Kingsley ’98 has drop-in hours Mondays 3-5 p.m. (except 4/15), Thursdays 1-3 p.m. (except 4/18), and by appointment. Stop by, email…
Workshop this Saturday: Leading Change through Social Entrepreneurship
Wesleyan is hosting the National Domincan Student Conference on March 29-31, 2013. The theme of this year’s NDSC is Fighting Injustice and Making Headlines. The Patricelli Center is sponsoring a workshop entitled Leading Change through Social Entrepreneurship, and 5 seats at this workshop have been reserved for Wesleyan students who are not participating in the…
Wesleyan World Wednesdays | Make the World Your Workplace
This Wednesday, March 27th, Wesleyan World Wednesdays, the Wesleyan Career Center, and the OISA Student Advisory Group Present: Make the World Your Workplace, a Discussion with the Wesleyan Career Center. The event will take place from 5PM to 6PM in the Olson Commons (Career Center). Light refreshments will be served. This event is a great…
Vote for Brighter Dawns
Tasmiha Khan ’12 and Brighter Dawns are finalists for the prestigious Dell Social Innovation Grant. Vote today! http://www.dellchallenge.org/projects/improving-sanitation-slums
Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Business Plan Essentials
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Wesleyan Alumni in Philanthropy and Public Service (WAPPS), and the Wesleyan Career Center present Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Business Plan Essentials Thursday, March 28, 2013 6-7:30 p.m. Allbritton 004 The first in a series of “Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp” workshops, this will be a highly-interactive session covering: Developing a business model canvas…