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Previous events

Tuesday 31 January 2012 at 1430-1830

Miniconference: "Sustainable Growth Strategies"

- Why size doesn't always matter and small can be beautiful too. 

What is your growth strategy for 2012? Increase your turnover or number of employees? Improve the environment? Boost employee happiness? Build a movement?

No matter how you want to grow, come and get great inspiration to your work with personal and corporate sustainability. Among others you will meet:

  • The social entrepreneur, who has built his business through a multitude of 'shared value' partnerships (Niels Bonefeld, Baisikeli)
  • The co-founder of the internationally recognized organic foods home delivery company, whose growth has been fueled by green venture capital (Søren Ejlersen, Aarstiderne)
  • The successful serial entrepreneur, who has run three large multinationals and started about 20 new businesses in the Netherlands, the UK and USA. (Leen Zevenberger, chairman, Social Venture Network Europe)

Throughout the programme we will be networking about how you can apply a sustainable growth strategy in your own organization, company – and (work)life.

The miniconference is for you who wants:

  • Insights into sustainable growth strategies
  • Ideas for how to engage stakeholders in partnerships
  • Inspiration for your work with CSR and sustainability
  • To start or grow your own (social) business
  • To network with other sustainability like-minded 

Date: 31 January 2012
Time: 1430-1830
Place: La Oficina, Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C

Participant price (excl. VAT):
Non-members: 889 kr.
Club members: 789 kr.
Students: 289 kr.

Early bird reward: the first 10 who sign-up before 31st December get a free copy of Leen Zevenberger's bestseller "Rip off your necktie and dance"!


The miniconference will be held in English.
 
 

Not yet a (free) member of The Social Business Club? Read more here

Sign-up for the conference here

Watch our Club introduction video (in Danish) here

Download full programme here

22 November 2011

ERGO 11 Conference

Tuesday the 22nd of November the Occupational Therapy Association (Ergoterapeutforeningen) host the conference ERGO 11 in Odense at the Odense Congress Center.

The theme of this one-day conference is the future of welfare, innovation and occupational therapy as a sustainable business path. Participate in workshops and hear how your peers are planning to maintain occupational therapy in the future labor market. Come and hear among other speakers, Tania Ellis, who holds the lecture "Occupational therapy as a sustainable business."

The conference is for members of the Occupational Therapy Association and is held in Danish.
 

View program and sign up here:

7-9 December

FYI Conference 7-9 December

The FYI Conference – Business Driven CSR - will take place between the 7-9th of December 2011 at Marriott Hotel in Copenhagen. Tania Ellis will be leading the optional workshop on December 9.

The Workshop is about integrating CSR to the heart of a company’s business strategy. No matter if you are a beginner or a more advanced CSR practitioner, this workshop will strive to help you to optimize your CSR related activities. You will get introduced to The 4 C’s of Sustainable Business Success, which can be used as a basis for your future CSR related work. Through real-life cases from both Denmark and abroad, together with practical tools, you will get some valuable inputs to how CSR can get aligned with the business strategy and the overall organization.
 

View program and sign up here:

5 - 6 October 2011

HR Exhibition 2011

Personalechefer i Danmark (PID) hosts the biggest and most important Human Resources Exhibition in Denmark: Træfpunkt Human Resources © 2011 on Wednesday 5 - 6 October in Copenhagen. 

Come and experience what’s new and happening within IT- systems, HR, management deveopment, recruitment tools, and much more.

This year the exhibition is about 'Performance in the Future' and 'Social Capital'. Among many other You’ll have the opportunity to hear Tania Ellis talk about ”Heartcore business – samfundsengagement i hjertet af medarbejderen og forretningsstrategien”.

The exhibition will be held in Danish.
  

Read more about the exhibition

Read more about Tania Ellis' session

10-10-2011

Conference about The U Theory

Come and get inspired by The U Theory as a basis for rethinking, motivation and job satisfaction.

COK, Cubion og PureMind invites you to an exciting and different conference where we together will create inspiration and test the U-theory as a basis for an everyday full of meaning, joy and motivation. At the conference we’ll walk through the U together and investigate how the model’s different elements can contribute to new perspectives and solutions.

At the conference you will:

• Get introduced to The U Theory and the way it can be used

• Get familiarized with the concepts and phases of the U-model

• Be part of an enlightenment journey through the U

• Get an opportunity to discuss your own experiences and challenges with colleagues from other municipalities

• Be there when we take the first step

Come and hear Tania Ellis speak about “Downloading – et CSR perspective” on the 10th of October 2011 in Kolding.
  

Read more about the conference (in Danish) here

12-10-2011

Business conference

This year Näringslivsdagarna in The Helsingborg Business Region looks at how entrepreneurs can revolutionize the world in different ways. Revolutions don’t always happen in a dramatic way like the one in Egypt last winter. Most revolutions happen unnoticed, but still affect many people’s life. All the speakers are interesting people who have changed the world in some way.

Tania Ellis will talk about social business trend on Wednesday the 12th of October at 12.15.
  

Read more about the conference here

Read more about the programme here

7 September 2011 2.30-6.30 pm

Miniconference "Employer branding with meaning"

About employee engagement and the meaningful (work)life

We focus on social entrepreneurs, employees and managers who are creating value on both the commercial and personal bottom lines.

Among others, you will meet:

  • The social entrepreneur, who has created a prize-awarded sustainable international design company (Kasper Andersen, A QUESTION OF)
  • The project manager, who creates meaning through corporate volunteering (Vibeke Molin, Skandia)
  • The HR director, who works systematically with values, responsibility and self-management at one of Denmark's Best Places to Work (Knud Herbert Sørensen, Middelfart Sparekasse)

Along the way we will discuss, network and exchange experiences around business practices that boost employee engagement for both economic and social value creation.

Date: 7 Sep 2011
Time: 2.30-6.30 pm.
Place: La Oficina, Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C

Price (incl. VAT):
Non-members 899 kr.
Club members: 799 kr.
Students: 299 kr.

Not a member of The Social Business Club? Read more and free sign-up
here

PS. The miniconference will be held in Danish.  

Sign up for the miniconference here

See miniconference intro video (in Danish) here

Download whole programme (in Danish) here

30-08-2011

Rebuild21.org

Leaderlab launches”Rebuild21.org” a two day conference about leadership and growth in the 21th century. At the conference there will be interesting speakers and breakout sessions.

Among the speakers is Tania Ellis, founder of The Social Business Club, who will talk about how companies can put social value creation into the heart of its business strategy – and into the hearts of people and organizations.

The conferencen is on the 30th/31th of August 2011 in Copenhagen and among the other speakers are Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Davis Heinemeyer Hansson (37signals/Ruby On Rails), Sue Siddall (IDEO, Steen Rissgaard (NovoZymes), Lisbeth Valther Pallesen (LEGO Group), Claus Meyer (Meyer Group), Thomas Becker (Genan), Henrik Werdelin (Prehype) og Esben Danielsen (Roskilde Festival).
 

Read more about the programme here

Read more about Tania Ellis' session here

22 – 25 August 2011

DJØF Summer University

This year the focus is on the following three themes and Tania Ellis speaks on August 24th on the Development track about how the social megatrend is changing the way we think, live and work.

1) Djøf leaders - Leadership Track
Where do DJØF leaders find their inspiration when the classical law, political science and economics education rarely focuses on topics such as leadership, organization, negotiation, strategy, budgeting and financial management?

2) Control and management in the public sector - Management Track
What are the dilemmas in public administration and management, and how we handle them? How can we manage wisely and responsibly without losing awareness about the choices that must be made since everything can not be met equally well simultaneously? 
 

3) How DJØF thinking outside the box - Development Track
How do we become better at spotting new opportunities in a landscape of restrictions? What happens when we challenge the logical and established perceptions and thoughts about the reality we face? 

It is possible to switch between the three themes during the summer university days. There is also a Common Track, so everyone has the opportunity to participate.

 

Programme DJØF Summer University

Tania Ellis Session 24/08

8 - 9 November 2011

Course in Management of Welfare Innovation

Are you looking for new ideas that can make your daily routine more effective? Do you want to develop new solutions that can save both money and deliver a better service? Would you like to involve citizens, private companies and voluntary organizations in the development of new welfare services but do not know quite how to begin? Or do you want to combine employee ideas and community involvement in new ways?

Tania Ellis and Christian Bason provide you with knowledge and tools to kick-start innovation of welfare solutions in your own organization.

You will get the knowledge and tools to plan and implement an innovative project that can help you to develop new and effective welfare solutions in your own organization.

When the two days are over you will have a clear overview of the principles, process, design and measurement tools that are central to welfare innovation. You will have prepared the cornerstones of an individual action plan which will assist you with the creation of economic and social value for the benefit of society and the bottom line.

The course is conducted in Danish. 

Look at the program and sign up here

24. - 25. juni 2011

Social Venture Network Europe conference

The Social Venture Network Europe launches Get on the Dancefloor Part I, Inspiring Moves in Sustainability, connecting entrepreneurial individuals that have sustainability as the core idea in their business.

The two-day conference has speakers and participants from Europe and USA, including Peter Price-Thomas, CEO The Natural Step; Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO Vestergaard Frandsen; Tania Ellis, author; Ramon Arratia, Director Sustainability InterfaceFLOR; Ben Cohen, founder Ben&Jerry's.

In the late 1980’s the SVN was founded by socially engaged entrepreneurs like Richard Branson (Virgin), Anita Roddick (Bodyshop) and Eckart Wintzen (BSO/Origin). They have shown the path to doing meaningful business to thousands of entrepreneurs. The purpose of SVN is meeting other engaged entrepreneurs, learn from best practices and forming alliances and creating sustainable business together.

 

Read more about Social Venture Network Europe

Programme and sign-up here

01.06.2011

MINI CONFERENCE - The inner globalization

Miniconference about social engagement and the good (work)life.

What characterizes 'the conscious labor market'? And how can managers and employees create value for both themselves, the company and society at large?

Come and get inspired and expand your network Wednesday 1 June, when social business expert Tania Ellis focuses on community-conscious entrepreneurs, employees and managers who create value on both the commercial and personal bottom line.

The speakers include:

  • The social business school student, who has created a sustainable international design company which has been nominated for Danish Fashion Award's ethical prize 2011 (Kasper Andersen fra A QUESTION OF).
  • The project manager who creates meaning through employee volunteering (Vibeke Molin, Skandia)
  • The HR director who works systematically with values, responsibility and self-managementat one of Denmarks Good Places to Work (Knud Herbert Sørensen, Middelfart Sparekasse).
 
Throughout the program we will discuss and network about the opportunities and pitfalls of navigating between economic and social value creation.

Time: Wednesday 1st June - 14.30-18.30

Location: La Oficina, Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C

Participant price: 799 kr. (Students: 299 kr)

Prices incl. VAT.

PS. The miniconference will be conducted in Danish.
  

Sign up to the miniconference here

Become a member of The Social Business Club here

Download miniconference programme (in Danish) here

24.05.2011

HR DAGEN 2011

Where is HR heading? The strategic business interaction is still on the agenda but there are still challenges in realizing the full potential of HR practices - whether we talk about innovation, future leaders, competency or performance management. The organization's values ​​play an increasing role in HR. Trust and social responsibility are not just positive brand values ​​- they are good business.

You set the agenda: choose from 12 different tracks with leading experts and inspirational case studies and compile the program which matches your challenges. The day is a unique opportunity to meet and share experience with HR professionals from other companies and industries. 

The final keynote speaker is Tania Ellis who will speak about the future of HR.

 

Read more about the event and download program (in Danish)

17.05.2011

The role of social entrepreneurship in tackling poverty

London centre of Initiatives of Change hosts a Greencoat Forum conference on how social entrepreneurship can be used in tackling poverty.

Speakers include Dr Bob Doherty, who will focus on the impact and challenges of establishing fair trade farmer-owned enterprises in the chocolate and nut markets, and Gavin McGillivray, Head of the newly set up Private Sector Department of DFID, the Department for International Development.

Tania Ellis, the Anglo-Danish writer and specialist in social business trends, will give her response with particular focus on corporate sustainability and responsibility.

  

Read more about the event here

Download the program here

14 Marts 2.30-6.30 pm

Mini conference - Social Money Talks

Social Money Talks - miniconference about money that creates social value. 

How can you make or invest money, so it improves the world as well as your bottom line?

Get the answers Monday 14 March, when social business expert Tania Ellis hosts this year's first miniconference, which focuses on social banks, investments, and companies.

You will meet the banker, who supports good causees every day at Merkur Bank, the social entrepreneur who is in the process of establishing Denmark's first Social Capital Fund in support of social entrepreneurs and social businesses, and you will meet the social intrapreneuer, who is Head of SRI and corporate governance at Danske Bank.

Throughout the proramme we will discuss how you can create social value with your own money or in your own company. 

The miniconference will be held in Danish.

Time: 2.30-6.30 pm.
Place: La Oficina, Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C Price: 799 kr. incl. VAT (for students: 299 kr. incl. VAT)
 

Sign up for the miniconference here

Member of The Social Business Club? Read more here

Download the mini conference programme (in Danish) here

5 APRIL 2011

CSR KICK-OFF MASTERCLASS

Are you considering CSR engagement as part of your business strategy, but unsure where and how to begin? Or are you already engaged in donations and other social activities, and now ready to embed sociall responsible activities as part of your core business strategy? Then sign up to our CSR kick-off masterclass, Sustainable business - how to get started. 

Purpose of the masterclass is to qualify you to make your company's or department's CSR-engagement strategic, systematic and valuecreating.

Time: 9-4 p.m.
Place: La Oficina, Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C
Price: 6,545 DKK + VAT

10% discount
for members of The Social Business Club.
that have attended other of the club's masterclasses or miniconferences. 

PS. The masterclass will be conducted in Danish.
 

Read more about the masterclass here

Sign-up for masterclass here

11 February 2011, 9-5 p.m.

GREENWASH CONFERENCE

"What comes after greenwash?" is the title of a whole-day conference, which focuses on sustainability communication in companies and organisations. The main purpose of the conference is to start a constructive discussion about how companies and organisations can rethink their communication, so it becomes both interesting and in agreement with their strategy. 

Presentations by EU-commissioner Connie Hedegaard, IKEA, InterfaceFLOR, Greenpeace, Danwatch, the Danish consumer ombudsman and many more. Tania Ellis is moderator throughout the day.
 

Programme (in Danish) and sign-up here

31 January 2011

SOCIAL BUSINESS MEDIA MASTERCLASS


Are you curious about social media but unsure of where to start? Are you already on Facebook, Twitter or a blog but having a hard time making the connection to your (responsible) activities? Do you need a concrete action plan to get started?

Then sign up to our social business media masterclass, How to use social media in CSR and sustainable business.

The purpose of the masterclass is to guide you in developing a plan for your social media activities, so they connect to and support your socially responsible business activities.

Time: 9 am - 4.30 pm.
Place: La Oficina, Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C Price: 5.200 kr. + VAT
Lastest sign-up: 24 January 2011

Former Inspiratorium mini conference participants gain an extra 10 % discount.

PS. The masterclass will be conducted in Danish.
 

Read more about the masterclass here

Sign-up to masterclass here

Download product sheet (in Danish) here

19. NOV. 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

HALF-DAY CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

Monday Morning has in collaboration with the Danish Chamber of Commerce, Novozymes, Codan, Crowne Plaza, Merkur Bank, Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster and a number of leading experts developed a navigation tool for Danish companies to use for incorporating sustainability as a strategic business driver.

The navigation tool will be launched at a half-day conference at the Danish Chamber of Commerce, Copenhagen. Tania Ellis will give a talk on sustainable business opportunities.
 

Read more and sign-up here

Sign-up with Tania Ellis-discount here

1 DECEMBER 2.30-6.30 p.m.

MINI CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA

Do you want insight into the value that social media can create for your responsible business practices? Do you need new ideas for your product and business development? Do you need new inspiration for your work with CSR and sustainability? Or maybe you just want to network with other like-minded with an interest in the social business field?

Then attend the mini-conference with focus on how social media can be used to promote socially responsible and innovative business approaches. 

Among others, you will meet development manager, Pernille Tranberg, who experiments with social media every day, the campaign bureau behind the huge viral success "Mukhtar's birthday" and the founder of TheFairPages, a social search index for ethical companies and consumers.

The mini-conference will be held in Danish.

Place: RUMMET, Republikken, Vesterbrogade 24B, 1620 Copenhagen V

Early bird advantages:
Purchase your ticket before 15 November, and participate in the draw of 5 gift vouchers with the value of 250 DKK.
 

Sign-up to the mini-conference here

Read more about the conference (in Danish) here

3 & 4. Nov 2010

Seminar on welfare innovation

Innovation has become an important key word in the debate about future welfare solutions. Citizen interaction, education, integration, prevention and treatment in new ways are just few examples of future welfare needs. But how do you generate welfare innovation in the public sector, and where do you start?

Get the answers at DJØF's 2-day seminar hosted by Mindlab's innovation manager, Christian Bason and Tania Ellis. The output of the seminar is compiled in a concrete individual action plan. 

Read more and sign up here

27 October 2010

Conference on welfare innovation and social entrepreneurship

What if... the solution is to do something new and not more of the same? 27th October a large conference in Oslo, Norway will focus on tomorrow's opportunities. Opportunities that are created through social innovation, social entrepreneurship and social responsibility.

The conference will particularly focus on innovation within the public sector and cross-sector partnerships between the public, private, civil organizations as well as social entrepreneurs.

Meet Tania Ellis and other inspiring speakers from the  public sector • private sector businesses • investors • researchers • social entrepreneurs.
 

Read more about the conference in Norway here

23 September 2010, 2.30-6.30 p.m.

Mini-conference on hardcore & heartcore business

Do you want insight into the field of social business? Are you planning on starting your own (social) company? Do you need inspiration to your work with CSR? Do you want to learn from the failures and successes of other companies? Or are you just intereted in networking with other people with an interest in the field?

Then come and attend the mini-conference on the opportunities, challenges and paradoxes that companies may meet when creating economic and social value. The conference is in Danish.  

Place: RUMMET, Republikken, Vesterbrogade 24B, 1620 Copenhagen

Early bird advantages:

First 6 sign-ups receive a free copy of Tania Ellis's new international book, The New Pioneers. 
 

Sign up here

Download programme here

KL Ledertræf 2010

Local Government Denmark (LGDK) invites all public leaders to its annual Leader Summit (Ledertræf) 16th September 2010. The theme of this year's summit is "The Competent Leader". 13 theme sessions and plenum debates will focus on why local governments in Denmark cannot afford to down prioritize their managers' competence development. Tania Ellis contributes with a theme session on The Personal Leadership.
 

Read interview with Tania Ellis here (in Danish)

Sign up here

25th August 2010

The New Pioneers - on innovation and sustainable business

Do you want to make sure that your business strategy, employee engagement efforts, customer programmes or new products are keeping up with the current changes?

Then attend the speaking event with social business expert, Tania Ellis, Wednesday 25th August at 5-8 p.m. in Business Club Aarhus. The presentation (in Danish) lasts 1-1½ hours, then dinner (included in the price) and networking opportunities.
 

Read more and sign-up here

1 JUNE 2010, 3.30 P.M. - 6 P.M.

Free mini seminar about CSR in sales and marketing

CSR: Window-dressing management words - or actions that are visible on the bottom line? Do you want to learn about one of the hot management topics right now, Corporate Social Responsibility? Then come and meet one of Denmark's greatest capacities on the field, trendspotter and strategic advisor Tania Ellis.

Tania Ellis explains how you can use CSR in sales and marketing, so it is not just words, but actions that permeate the company's bottom line.
 

Sign up to the seminar here

18 & 19 MAY 2010

Welfare innovation seminar

Innovation has become an important key word in the debate about future welfare solutions. Citizen interaction, education, integration, prevention and treatment in new ways are just few examples of future welfare needs. But how do you generate welfare innovation in the public sector, and where do you start?

Get the answers at DJØF's 2-day seminar hosted by Mindlab's innovation manager, Christian Bason and Tania Ellis. The output of the seminar is compiled in a concrete individual action plan.
 

Read more and sign up here

28 JANUARY 2010

Winner Day conference

Three of the Denmark's leading trend advisors - sociologist and author Emilia van Hauen, lawyer and mediator Tina Monberg, and executive MBA and business advisor Tania Ellis - focus on how winning organisations put ethics, purpose and meaning first to keep up with the demands from customers, market and employees.
 

Read more about the conference here (in Danish)

3 November 2009

Skab fremtidens vinderorganisation

Earlier this year, JuliusB.dk hosted a seminar on the future winning companies. The event was a big success, and JuliusB.dk is now hosting another seminar - this time in Copenhagen. Three of the country's leading trend advisors - sociologist and author Emilia van Hauen, lawyer and mediator Tina Monberg, and executive MBA and business advisor Tania Ellis - will focus on how organizations can put ethics, purpose and solidarity first to keep up with the demands from clients, market and employees.
 

Read more about the event here (in Danish)

See the programme here (in Danish)

8 October 2009

Partnerships between companies and voluntary organisations

The voluntary centre, Frivilligcenter Århus, is holding a conference with focus on partnerships between local businesses and voluntary social organisations in Århus. In addition to workshops, the conference also includes presentations by Århus mayor Nicolai Wammen, the Pressalit Group, Body Shop Denmark and Save the Children Denmark.
 

Programme and sign up here

7 October 2009

CSR and partnerships

In collaboration with Copenhagen Business School, HumanConsult is hosting an inspiring conference on CSR and partnerships. The programme includes presentations by TDC, the Danish Red Cross, COWI and cbsCSR. There will also be discussions on topics like strategy, partnership experiences, and corporate volunteering, and collaboration with public Denmark.
 

Sign up for the conference here

8-11 August 2009

Bright Green Youth - a climate camp for teenagers

Danfoss Universe, ProjectZero and Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke are among the organizations hosting one of this summer’s biggest climate events in Denmark. The climate camp Bright Green Youth gathers 500 young people (ages 14-18) from around the world. During their three day stay in Sønderborg, the youngsters will learn about the consequences of the climate changes and work together to find new and innovative solutions.

The website brightgreenyouth.org is already collecting testimonials and ideas from young people connected to the project. The project is intended to go worldwide when the camp ends, with the young delegates spreading their inspiration in their home countries.
 

Read more at www.brightgreenyouth.org

22-24 June 2009

The Nordic Ergonomic Society Conference

This year’s conference about working environment takes place in Elsinore and focuses on globalization. Globalization affects our society in many ways and has great impact on how the working environment develops.

A key subject on the conference is the consequences of outsourcing – how to ensure that working environment standards are met in countries that are being outsourced to and how to improve the psychical working environment in businesses with a risk of being outsourced. Another subject on the conference is the integration of a foreign work force and how cultural differences are met in an open and including way. Also on the program is the need for corporations to respect and follow ethical guidelines and focus on CSR.
 

Read more about the conference and sign up at www.nes2009.dk

3 June 2009 9:00-16:00

Workshop about the future winning business

Solidarity, purpose and common visions have become very important for clients and employees in almost every business. The future winning business is a business that considers these factors and works actively towards a more socially oriented business – internally and externally. Esbjerg Højskole presents a workshop focusing on the challenges the future winning business will meet and giving three different views on how to prepare oneself the best.

Emilia Van Hauen (sociologist and trend consultant) will present how the new focus on community and solidarity can benefit the future business, Tina Monberg (mediator and lawyer) will tell about The Butterfly Effect and how it promotes sustainable growth and employees in sync with their employers, and Tania Ellis (author and guidance consultant) will present the social megatrend and its extent, paradoxes and possibilities.
 

Read more about the workshop and sign up here

6 May 2009 10:00-16:30

Conference about corporate volunteering

More and more Danish businesses see the advantages of organizing the social engagements of their employees in selected voluntary organizations. What are the possibilities, and what are the risks? How can the cooperation between the parties be improved for the future? The Knowledge Club of Strategy and Management in Voluntary Organizations hosts a conference at Copenhagen Business School about corporate social responsibility with presentations from Peter Holm (head of communications, Skandia), Anders la Cour, (lecturer, CBS), Kenneth Øhrberg (head of fundraising, Danish Red Cross), and Tania Ellis (author and innovation consultant, Inspiratorium).
 

Read more about the conference here

22 April 2009

Social innovation in Norway

Innoteket is a yearly conference hosted by the organization Innovasjon Norge which is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Economy and Commerce. Among other papers at this year’s conference, there will be a chance to hear about ”Open innovation in a global perspective”, ”Time for autism” with the Danish corporation The Specialists, ”Consumer power as innovational drive”, ”Crowdsurfing” with Martin Thomas and ”From hardcore business to heartcore business” with Tania Ellis.
 

See the full programme and sign up for the conference here

Read more about the conference at www.innoteket.no

16 April 2009 08:30-13:00

CSR – Law and business in joint effort

In the spring of 2008, the government launched a plan of action focusing on corporate social responsibility, and the Parliament passed a bill committing 1,000 of the largest Danish companies to reporting their corporate social responsibility (CSR). The law firm Kromann Reumert host a conference that will give you knowledge on this subject. Mads Øvlisen, assistant professor of CSR and board member of The United Nations Global Compact Board will open the conference.
 

Read more about the event here

24 November 2008

Sustainable leadership and bottom line

Monday the 24th of November from 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Jobcenter Køge will be hosting the event "Virksomhedsdag 2008" [Corporate Day 2008]. This year focus is on corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Speakers are Soulaima Gourani, who will be talking about the attractive workplace. Tania Ellis, who will be presenting examples of how companies can put CSR into practice so it has an effect on the bottom line. And Bo Lundberg, sales and marketing director in DONG ENERGY A/S, who will be sharing his experiences with the use of CSR internally and externally.  

See more at www.menneskerogbundlinjer.dk

17-23 November 2008 (week 47)

Global Entrepeneurship Week

Countries all around the world - including Denmark - are joining together to carry the banner of Global Entrepreneurship Week (unleashingideas.org), an initiative aimed at young people everywhere.

During the week of November 17 - 23, 2008, partner organizations will conduct a range of activities, designed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Wednesday the 19th of November from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. focus in Roskilde is on sales and marketing trends. Among the speakers are Tania Ellis, who will be speaking on sustainability as a branding parametre.
 

See the programme for the 19th November in Roskilde here

See all events at www.uge47.dk

17 November 2008

Conference on corporate social responsibility

IDEA Nord is hosting a free conference on CSR, social entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in Ålborg on the 17th of November.

Speakers include The Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (DCCA), who will be talking about the Danish government's action plan for corporate social responsibility, Tania Ellis, who will be talking on social entrepreneurship, as well as a number of entrepreneurial practitioners.
 

Sign up before November 13th at www.idea-nord.dk

See the conference programme here

15 November 2008

Conference about social entrepeneurship and social economics

The conference "Nye veje - nye muligheder" [New paths - new possibilities] focuses on the relationship between social entrepreneurs, social economic enterprises, and the Danish welfare state. 

The programme consists of speaks and panel discussions that give you the possibility to meet both national and international experts. The event is held at Roskilde Universitetscenter (RUC) in cooperation between Center for Socialt Entreprenørskab and Center for Socialøkonomi.
 
 

Sign up for the conference here

See the programme here

12-13 September 2008

Entrepeneurship Fair

Denmark's largest fair for entrepreneurs at the venue "Forum" hosts workshops, presentations, and personal advisory service intended to help entrepreneurs get on the right track.

At 2.00 pm on September 12, Tania Ellis talks about social entrepreneurship at the stand "Hjørnet". 

Read more about Iværk08 here

9 September 2008, 15:30-17:30

Afternoon meeting about social economic experiences from the UK

Oliver Maxwell from the Danish Center for Social Economy has more than 4 years of experience in developing social enterprises in England.

The talk will include inspiring case studies of how social enterprises in Denmark and England can generate new opportunities for the public sector and new sources of funding for voluntary organisations. 

Read more about the event here

28-29 August 2008

Seminar on partnerships

Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Roskilde University and Center for Voluntary Social Work host a two day-seminar on partnerships.

The seminar provides insight into the concept of partnerships and how a partnership is best facilitated. The participants will study tools and tips that can be useful when developing personal and organisational learning about partnerships.

The seminar will also present a selection of case studies of different partnerships, their gains and difficulties.
 
 

Read more about the event (in Danish) here