June 14 fundraiser for Women's Education Project (India)

Just heard about this from the founder of the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Network (www.yalenonprofit.org).  Check out a great event below!
--Katharine

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Women’s Education Project is celebrating its 10th year helping young women in Madurai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, India graduate from college and discover meaningful careers!

Join us for Champagne, Chaat, an Auction and a toast to WEP alumnae who today are teachers,
health care workers and entrepreneurs!

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 6:30 VIP; Event: 7:00—9:00
Place: 35 West 31st Street

VIP tickets: $65 (a performance by Radhika)
Entrance: $50 online, $65 at the door.
http://raiseherspirits.eventbrite.com


Visit www.WomensEducationProject.org to learn more.

Auction items:
2 Nights at the Plaza
Dolce Vita dress and shoes
Bird Watching in Central Park
Adventure hike followed by a personal firework show
Beer for a year at Jimmy’s 43
Your portrait by artist Matt Langland
...and more

Social Innovation Demo Night @ General Assembly, May 30

I just heard about this from the StartingBloc network, and this looks awesome!
-Katharine
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Social Innovation Demo Night  

Hosted by Alexis Ohanian

May 30th 

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Complimentary beer and wine will be served.

Location: 

General Assembly
902 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, 10010

Brought to you by General Assembly and TechiesGiveBack, the Social Innovation Demo Night highlights companies that are using technology to make an impact on everything from politics to charity. A handful of companies will demo their products to showcase how they have integrated tech to make a positive change. 

About the Host

Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder of reddit, which was acquired by Conde Nast in 2006. He is currently the founder of breadpig, an angel investor with Das Kapital Capital, the East Coast Ambassador for venture fund Y Combinator, and  a former Kiva Fellow.

Alexis is also an advisor to the travel search website hipmunk which he helped launch in 2010, and is working on a book titled "Without Your Permission," set to debut in early 2013.

Demos:

• Charity Bribes
• Amicus
• Catchafire
• CauseCart
• Charitybuzz
• DonorsChoose.org

May 21 Q&A with Acumen Fund and Monitor Group - Philanthropy in Impact Investing

Just heard about this from the NY+Acumen community (www.community.acumenfund.org) -

Check out the launch briefing and Q&A session in New York on May 21st, led by the authors of the report, "From Blueprint to Scale: The Case for Philanthropy in Impact Investing" launched recently by Monitor Group in collaboration with Acumen Fund.

Details:
DATE: May 21, 2012
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
VENUE: The Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets
Please RSVP to kashmira_ranji (at) monitor [dot] com

Design Thinking and Community Engagement workshops, June 2012

Want to learn how to use design thinking to improve your startup or nonprofit?  Trying to engage with your community better to get the word out about something? Check out these great workshops coming up in June.
Katharine

Design thinking techniques for non-profits & entrepreneurs 

(http://skl.sh/JlRowC) Monday, June 11th, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, Grind Co-Working Office Space (419 Park Ave South, 2nd Floor, New York, NY) Cost: $20

Design thinking can be used to solve real world problems and is a technique that can be used by design or non-designer to approaches every day challenges. This workshop will introduce practical design thinking and idea generation techniques for individuals who are entrepreneurs, working in non-profits and/or someone looking to resolve challenges in their office. We will brainstorm ideas, push them to their limits, and pilot test them to determine the ones worth developing. By attending this workshop, participants will learn how to advance their creative thinking and idea assessment skills essential to creating, developing, and growing a successful project, company and/or idea.

Throughout this workshop, you will learn: 

1. ‘How to’ do empathic research: Empathic research is similar to 'ethnographic research' - which is to gain a deep understanding of how people live their lives. This workshop will train you in some key methods in understanding your community and/or client.

2. ‘How to’ team-design: Learning how to bring a range of individuals together to co-create solutions that meet the needs of the community or people using the service or product.

3. ‘How to’ pick an idea: Learning how to narrow down ideas without getting overwhelmed by the small details, the costs and negativity.

This workshop is not a quiet taking-notes kind of class, everyone will be participating, coming up with ideas, and going through the techniques. You will walk away with a cheat-sheet on how to bring these techniques into their regular work life.

Finding influences: engagement tools for non-profts & start-ups.

 (http://skl.sh/Hm1koq)

Wednesday June 6th 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, Grind Co-Working Office Space (419 Park Ave South, 2nd Floor, New York, NY) Cost: $20

No matter where you are in the development process of your organization, idea, start-up and/or non-profits, identifying new opportunities to engage with your community/client can be a challenge. This workshop will provide a hands-on approach to the practice and how to apply the principals of ‘design thinking’ to uncover the influencers and values of your community/client.

Uncovering the influences are an important step to reaching your target market. Influencers are external factors (including individuals/groups) and ideals that effect individual behaviors. Whether it’s understanding who your community seeks advice from or listens to on the radio, understanding influencers give you the insight into why people behave as they do, who they interact with regularly and allows for new opportunities of future engagement. 

Within this workshop you will learn:

1. 'How to' do empathic research: Empathic research is similar to 'ethnographic research' - which is to gain a deep understanding of how people live their lives
2. 'How to' develop your own community/client influencer map. How and where to look for these external factors, help understand who your audience is and where they can be reached.
3. 'How to' turn the influencers into opportunities. Look at case studies of other organization/companies finding new and impact way engage their communities /clients. 

This workshop is not a quiet taking-notes kind of class, everyone will be participating and going through the techniques. You will walk away with a cheat-sheet on how to bring these techniques into their regular work life.

Neuroscience of innovation workshop May 15, Brooklyn

Are you interested in how innovation works?  Want to learn more about neuroscience? Check out this great workshop on May 15 in Brooklyn!
Katharine
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You're Invited to dd:Workshop - Brain Technology, Hosted by IEA & Sponsored by Berocca
 

Platypus is an innovation lab with a foundation in neurological tools. We are at a time where change and problems are at every corner; everyone is interested in creating the next tech innovation. However, can we move forward without understanding our own brain technology?

 

Platypus will give you an introduction on how your brain reaches innovation and do a live case-study to put the tools into practice.

You'll Learn:

• How to understand your brain in the context of problem solving
• Problem solving tools based on neurological research
• The dominant neurochemicals involved in problem solving

Also: There will be beer, networking, and samples of Berocca!

About the Speaker

Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick received her MA in English from Kings College London and from there went on to create the first innovation space in London called THECUBE. She is currently researching neurology and the plasticity of the brain. She is also exploring energy and quantum physics in an aim to understand how the brain works, how we perceive things, and how to encourage success in the idea implementation process.

 

When? May 15th, Arrive at 5:15PM, 5:30PM-7PM EST Brain Technology Workshop
7PM-8PM EST Networking
Where? NYU-Poly DUMBO Incubator, 20 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY. Ste 313

NY Women in Tech Events

Check out these great upcoming events!  I heard about this through the Meetup group.
Katharine
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Sunday Social Brunch meets Internet Week NY

May 20, 11AM – 2PM

Gravy in Gramercy/Flatiron

$25 includes an incredible brunch menu + a cocktail

RSVP Today – Space is Limited

Our big quarterly events are your best opportunity to really get to know the wonderful women in this group. For our first ever brunch, we have a private reservation for the lounge area for cocktails, coffee and mingling along with several table reservations to sit for brunch. If you want to invite personal friends or another social network, we would be glad to reserve a personal table for your brunch. 

This event will bring together women in tech from leading tech organizations in the city for an Internet Week. We differentiate NY Tech Women by building an approachable, social community for women in technology. We aim to foster and nurture mutually rewarding, long-lasting relationships within our membership. There are many groups available that are dedicated to networking, sales, pitches, panels or skill building but our focus is to attract members who want to build something more than a collection of business cards.

Website: NY.TechWomen.co 

Other Upcoming Events

June Manic Monday Social Hour

June 4, 6:30 PM at Vapiano

$10 registration fee includes your first drink

We have decided to make these happy hour events a monthly tradition. Please come out and join us!

June Pre Meetup for the big monthly NYTM event

Tuesday, June 5, 6:15 PM

Today at 1PM the tickets go on sale for the June New York Tech Meetup (NYTM) event. NYTM is the largest tech group in NYC and we’ve made it a regular event to meet and attend together. Deborah C. With over 30,000 members and less than 1,000 seats to their monthly events, tickets sell out in minutes. If you want to join us, mark your calendar for 1PM today or one of the other upcoming ticket release dates and log in at exactly 1PM.

Communicate

Join our LinkedIn group and Facebook group to communicate with members in-between events. And, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and mention us in your tweets @NYTechWomen.

"Dare, Dream, Do" in NYC on May 17

One of my favorite HBR bloggers and inspiring author and speaker, Whitney Johnson, is releasing her latest book in NYC on May 17!

RSVP here.

Details:

Celebration of Dare, Dream, Do
 Thursday, May 17th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The Blaze Newsroom
1133 Sixth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, NY

Also check out her TED talk, "Disrupt yourself" - 
http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDx-Embarcadero-Whitney-Johnso

And of course you can buy the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Dream-Do-Remarkable-Things/dp/1937134121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336445222&sr=8-1

Be Social Change events in NYC, May 2012

Hey social innovators of NYC - check out these great upcoming events. I'm going to try to attend the May 16 one, though these are all good!
With enthusiasm,
Katharine
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Be Social Change Events
"Change"- Story Love with Change for Kids
Wednesday, May 9th 7:00-8:30pm at CFK Office
Change for Kids's Story Love nights bring together volunteers to review fun, original stories written by our students. You'll learn of The Adventures of Captain Shortpants and discover the tale of Lulu the Alien. And you'll help our kids embrace creative writing by providing each of them positive feedback through personal, hand-written notes. Time Commitment: 2 hours in the evening. If you are interested, please e-mail allie at besocialchange(dotcom) and volunteer at changeforkids (dotorg).

"Social"- Happy Hour with Be Social Change, Charity Connector & The Giving Project
Tuesday, May 8th 7:00-9:00pm at the Ainsworth
Join us at the Ainsworth to connect with fellow change makers and help support The Giving Project, an international non-profit improving the quality of education for the developing world's children.

"Be"- Women Leaders in Technology Panel Event for Internet Week
Tuesday, May 15th 7:00-9:30pm at TBD
Come join Be Social Change, Wimlink, The Hatchery and The White House Project for an exciting evening with inspiring and accomplished women leaders in technology who will share their personal leadership lessons and the best practices that have helped them succeed.

"Social"- Change Makers Happy Hour
Wednesday, May 16th 6:30-9:00pm at TBD
Come share your ideas and passions and connect with a diverse group of change makers, social entrepreneurs, techies, designers, non-profits, educators and overall do and want-to-do gooders at our monthly "Social" Change Makers Happy Hour!


Events and News from the Community:
Reboot Workshop: Live Outside the 9-5
Saturday, April 28th, from 10am-4pm at New Work City
Reboot is an inspiring day-long workshop with unique presentations from entrepreneurs, freelancers and business owners and includes focused group sessions on tailored topics like branding, marketing and selling your idea. Allie will be speaking and she would love to see you there!
Sign-up here: http://rebootworkshop.com/register & learn more here: http://rebootworkshop.com/
Make sure to use the Be Social Change Discount Code: rw428bsc.
Doing Well & Doing Good: Opportunities in Social Innovation- Skillshare Class by Lyel Resner
Wednesday, April 25th at MLB Fan Cave
http://www.skillshare.com/Doing-Well-Doing-Good-Opportunities-in-Social-Innovation/585966073/1660894846 Discount Code: BECHANGE for Be Social Change members

Goodnik in Residence Program
The Goodnik in Residence program provides social entrepreneurs with membership in coworking spaces around New York and the following are open for applications: Sunshine Suites is looking for a social entrepreneur working on poverty/youth issues. Projective Space is supporting two goodniks who are using consumer-facing technology to fix social problems. Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts has an opening for a social entrepreneur for the summer who is working on a product that will have a tangible positive impact.

To learn more and apply for any of these programs, visit the program overview page: http://www.goodnik.org/resources/goodnik-in-residence-program/

We enjoyed seeing many of you at our Storytelling for Social Change event in March (photos on our Facebook page) and at our Change Makers Happy Hour this month. Make sure to stay in touch and let us know if you or your company/business/start-up/etc. is hosting something that is relevant to the Be Social Change community.
We are always happy to receive feedback from the community and encourage you to let us know if there are any event topics or speakers you'd love to see Be Social Change host. We will also be sending out an open call for volunteers who are passionate about the mission of Be Social Change and would like to become more involved with the community on a project-by-project and event-by-event basis.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Allie & Marcos
@alliemahler
@marcossalazar