Promotion of Canadian Social Enterprise Directory
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- Anywhere
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Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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Positions available: 3
‘Social enterprise’, for the purpose of this project: is a Canadian business; is created with a primary aim of achieving an environmental, social, and/or cultural impact; and is operated by a community-based organization.
The BC Centre for Social Enterprise has recently launched the Canadian Social Enterprise Directory.
Users will be able to search the directory by location, social cause, and offering: 1. as a shopper, to find goods + services being offered by social enterprises e.g. someone wants to buy baked goods from a Calgary bakery that is also hiring folks with employment challenges; and/or 2. as a social enterprise, to network with others in their field e.g. a bakery social enterprise in Toronto hopes to connect with another social enterprise bakery in Canada to chat about a specific challenge or to trade best practices, key suppliers, etc.
We seek folks to promote the Directory to Canadian social enterprises so that they can add their own listing.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- promote the Directory (mainly by email with some telephone follow-up) to Canadian social enterprises so that they can add their own listing to this free online directory
- draft email templates that we can use to promote the project to organizations so that they can share the news with their own non-profit membership base
- craft a plan on how to reach out to potential social enterprise customers, so that they can connect with and use the Directory once we have a critical mass of social enterprises listed
- What is the main goal for this project?
-
Positions available: 3
‘Social enterprise’, for the purpose of this project: is a Canadian business; is created with a primary aim of achieving an environmental, social, and/or cultural impact; and is operated by a community-based organization.
The BC Centre for Social Enterprise has recently launched the Canadian Social Enterprise Directory.
Users will be able to search the directory by location, social cause, and offering: 1. as a shopper, to find goods + services being offered by social enterprises e.g. someone wants to buy baked goods from a Calgary bakery that is also hiring folks with employment challenges; and/or 2. as a social enterprise, to network with others in their field e.g. a bakery social enterprise in Toronto hopes to connect with another social enterprise bakery in Canada to chat about a specific challenge or to trade best practices, key suppliers, etc.
We seek folks to promote the Directory to Canadian social enterprises so that they can add their own listing.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
-
- promote the Directory (mainly by email with some telephone follow-up) to Canadian social enterprises so that they can add their own listing to this free online directory
- draft email templates that we can use to promote the project to organizations so that they can share the news with their own non-profit membership base
- craft a plan on how to reach out to potential social enterprise customers, so that they can connect with and use the Directory once we have a critical mass of social enterprises listed
About the company
- https://www.centreforsocialenterprise.com
- Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society
Our virtual (online) organization assists social enterprises across Canada, particularly at the start-up stage.
Our Centre serves voluntarily as the Secretariat for the BC Social Enterprise Network, and as a member of the leadership group that is planning the BC Social Enterprise Summit.