ABOUT
Unleashed 2019, powered by the Centre for Social Enterprise Development, is a half-day conference featuring networking opportunities, panel discussions and breakouts designed to bring innovators, motivators, doers and disruptors together to learn and share their insights, nurture ideas and help formulate strategies around Ottawa’s growing social enterprise landscape.
The theme this year is balancing strategy and operations for growth and impact. To be successful, social enterprises must meet customer expectations and drive operational performance in the short term while ensuring that their organization remains relevant over the long term. Hear from social enterprise practitioners and other ecosystem players on what they’re doing to find this balance and the advice they have for others.
WHO WILL BE ATTENDING
- Veteran and emerging social entrepreneurs looking to expand their impact through strategic growth
- Representatives from charities and not-for-profit organizations exploring the start-up of a social enterprise
- Funders and agencies who support the capacity building activities of the sector
- Public and private sector delegates interested in engaging with the social enterprise sector
- Other agencies/stakeholders who want to join and support Ottawa’s rich social enterprise ecosystem.
Expect to be inspired while exploring the balance between strategy and operations.
PROGRAM
Date
November 19, 2019
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Venue
Bayview Yards, 7 Bayview Station Road, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5
8:00 | Registration, Breakfast Meetup & Social Enterprise Showcase |
8:45 | Welcome & Opening Remarks Aleatha Bedard-Poole, Board Chair, Centre for Social Enterprise Development Michael Murr, Executive Director, Centre for Social Enterprise Development |
9:00 | Keynote Presentation Tonya Surman, CEO, Centre for Social Innovation |
9:30 | Panel Discussion: Balancing Strategy and Operations Moderator: Michael Lachapelle, Founder & Principal Analyst, Innovation by Design Panelists: Ian Bingeman, Executive Director, Youth Ottawa Katie Miller, Executive Director, Impact Hub Ottawa Richard Plummer, Executive Director, Causeway Work Centre |
10:30 | Networking Break & Social Enterprise Showcase |
11:00 | Spotlight: Leaders who are Re-imagining the Sector and Charting New Frontiers Tessa Hebb, Distinguished Research Fellow, Carleton University in conversation with Marco Pagani, President & CEO, Ottawa Community Foundation |
11:30 | Table Breakouts: Challenging Sacred Cows Facilitator: Michael Lachapelle, Founder & Principal Analyst, Innovation by Design |
12:45 | Closing Remarks |
13:00 | Networking Buffet Lunch & Social Enterprise Showcase |
14:00 | Conclusion of Event |
SPEAKERS
Katie Miller
Katie Miller is the Managing Director of Impact Hub Ottawa & Chair of the Impact Hub Global Association. Impact Hub Ottawa is a collaborative co-working space and community that inspires, connects and enables people working to solve the worlds challenges big and small. The Impact Hub global network Association Board of Directors, represents the Impact Hub Association; a not-for-profit association of all 100+ Impact Hubs around the world.
Aleatha Bedard-Poole
Aleatha is a Senior Advisor on the Strategy Deployment and Governance team at BDC where she has been dedicated to working with entrepreneurs over the last ten years of her career. A passionate advocate for entrepreneurship; she actively volunteers with organizations that have a mandate to support positive social impact and seek prosperity beyond profits. Aleatha served on CSED’s Board of Directors from 2016 – 2022 and was Board Chair from 2019-2022. She has also been a CSED mentor.
Michael Murr
Michael is a versatile and client-focused leader with broad experience in governance, strategy, operations in not-for-profit and municipal government settings. As part of his role, Michael regularly coaches and consults with social enterprise practitioners to help them navigate complex business problems, solve strategic challenges and build capacity within their organization. He is collaborative and thoughtful by nature and is inspired by the power of social enterprising activities as a force for good.
Prior to joining CSED, Michael was the executive director of an Ottawa-based environmental non-profit were he led the organization through a time of significant change and renewal. He has also spearheaded economic development programs and partnerships with industry stakeholders, chambers of commerce, business improvement areas and other levels of government to improve business conditions and support business success.
SPONSORS
A special thank you to our sponsors who are championing Ottawa’s growing social enterprise sector.
Registration includes access to the full event including keynote speaker, panel discussion and table break-outs; networking break; social enterprise showcase; and breakfast/lunch.
Please download the 2019 conference snapshot below
You can find the program details of the 2018 conference here.