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WEDNESDAY
March 27, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Lakeshore Campus Auditorium

 

The New Social
Innovation Paradigm

Tonya Surman

Tonya SurmanTonya Surman is upending our notions of work, innovation, and community by shaping them into a new model of social entrepreneurism. Surman speaks about the emerging economy, and how creative business models and collaborative strategies are engaging all types of stakeholders, and making the world a better place.

In this talk, Surman outlines three trends in social innovation that are changing mainstream discourse. She discusses entrepreneurism, collaboration, the power of local and why, above all, business missions must be systems-changing. It’s not about non-profits asking for free money; it’s about harnessing innovative new business models that produce real, and lasting, change.

Tonya Surman is co-founder of the Centre for Social Innovation – the celebrated Toronto workspace that houses nearly 350 disparate but like-minded non-profits and social enterprises. Surman was recently named a Global Ashoka Fellow. Currently, she co-chairs the Ontario Nonprofit Network, and is a founding trustee of the Awesome Foundation Toronto.


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