Global Entrepreneurship Week + OnContact + InitiativeTO: November 15 – 21, 2010

InitiativeTO 2010 Invites: citywide personal stories
you may face as entrepreneurs, November 17
Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 15 – 21, 2010
Credit: cg6.com

Global Entrepreneurship Week:
100 countries. 40,000 events.
10 million people.
A global movement unleashing new ideas

InitiativeTO: attend, participate and engage in any cross city platform with entrepreneurs themselves. Treats will be provided. Lucky Draw made for Entrepreneurs at Closing Note.

Twitter: @Cg6Inc | Hashtag: #Initiative10

Wednesday, November 17th, InitiativeTO - A citywide initiative of social connection; promoting entrepreneurship, enterprise and social cause to aspiring entrepreneurs on the challenges they may face of being an entrepreneur by entrepreneurs themselves. The effort consists of lead discussions, engaging workshops and local business tours.

InitiativeTO is in part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, hosted and managed by Cg6 Inc; a lifestyle media relations agency socially focused to promote entrepreneurship to creatives and aspiring markets through socially engaging programs, partnerships and placement.

InitiativeTO is a first time 12-hour event consisting of more than 17 entrepreneurs and industry professionals sharing personal stories of challenges they have faced in their career path, 6 seriously fun; down-to-earth life experiencing workshops and up-to 25 businesses taking part in industry tour spawned by venues of social connection ranging from Etobicoke, Junction, Dear Park District, Riverdale and Scarborough.

Event Details:

Speaking: Formats

• Lead Discussions, 40 minutes followed by 15 minutes Q&A
• Engaging Workshops, 90 minutes followed by 10 minutes Q&A
• Local Tours, 20 minutes followed by 5 minutes Q&A

Venue: Contributors

• Scarborough Civic Centre
• Iconica Communications, 55 St. Clair West
• The Armoury, 201 Weston Road
• Longbranch Coworking, 3299 Lake Shore West
• Toronto Model Photography, 1840 Danforth
• Gafas, 561 Queen West

Event: Supporters

• CYBF
• City of Toronto
• Enterprise Toronto
• Impact Entrepreneurship Group
• Centennial College Student Association, Inc.

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InitiativeTO
Cg6 Inc.
Nov. 17
8:00 am – 8:00 pm

Promoting entrepreneurship, enterprise and social cause; InitiativeTO engages and educates aspiring entrepreneurs the challenges they may face in running their own businesses by like-minded industry professionals. This story telling 12-hour event consists of lead discussions, engaging workshops and local business tours.
Registration is required, www.cg6.com connect with tm.mahdi@cg6.com

OnContact with an Entrepreneur
Cg6 Inc.
Nov. 15, 16, 18, 19
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

OnContact with an Entrepreneur educates and promotes to young professionals the different faces of entrepreneurship. 16 industry-experienced entrepreneurs will engage YOU, the audience, with informative answers in an open mike format.
YOU will have the opportunity to witness first-hand, the runnings of a business as an entrepreneur. The hardships and perks, the highs and the lows - all provided from real view points of our speakers.
Registration is required, www.cg6.com connect with mimi.lee@cg6.com

Have a great Entrepreneurship Week!

Last year we participated locally in Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 16-22, 2009

SIP Heartwarming Holiday Networking Dinner: Every Participant Has Power!

Once again, a terrific holiday dinner for SIP in conjunction with Life Transformation Institute was held at the Bright Pearl, a historic landmark of Toronto on November 24, 2009.

Over 40 people enjoyed a seven-course meal along with the opportunity to win some wonderful door prizes.

A stimulating and fun Speakers’ Contest made the evening even more entertaining with all of the participants getting public acknowledgment for their speaking endeavors and talents.

But, this heartwarming event would not have happened without the hardworking efforts of the great volunteers.

We were very pleased with the outcome but don’t just take our word for it – read some of the heartwarming comments given below:

"… Max, I just want to say from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for your kindness and understanding. My friend Deka and I enjoyed the wonderful event that you put together. I personally think that you are an extraordinary person and it was pleasure to meet you…" Maryan

"… Thank you for having us last night, we met some great people. Thank you for making the evening so successful …"
Mimi Lee, Director of Operations, Cg6 Inc.

"… What a pleasure it was to attend last night's event - thank you so much for a lovely and profitable meeting…"
Kim Taylor-Galway, Perfect 10 Communication

"… Narmin and I enjoyed ourselves, and the great company, and making many new connections. Did you take the Life Quiz? …"
Karim H. Ismail, Best selling author: Keep ANY Promise

"... This was a very impressive, passionate and committed group …"
Attila Lendvai, The Atlas Project

"... We had a terrific seven-course dinner and an opportunity to speak and to top it all we all had FUN … giving us some memorable moments.…"
D. A. (Di) Wright, author, teacher and a career coach

We were glad to see the mingling, exchanging of business cards and engaged discussions during the dinner and the dedicated Networking session, a networking game ensured that each one met more than seven people.
Many thanks to the wonderful generosity of those who donate prizes and bought raffle tickets.
To rekindle these moments, take a peek at the photo gallery at:
http://sipgroup.org/events/dinner2009/
Once again, a really big thank you to all who made the event so successful, such as some of the following:

• Audio-Video-Graphics: Russell for designing the professional looking name badges and posters, looking after audio-video logistics.
• Volunteers: Di, Alicia, Linda, Fari, and Lori for all of their great registration efforts
• Anna and Ray who hustled around selling raffle tickets (we raised $260 for a good cause)
• Ray and Olga who shot photos and video
• Vikas for Ch’ing speakers’ session.
• SIP's Corporate members: Paul, Edward and Vikas
• The Great Speakers
• Last, but not least - All of you!!!

If you wish to receive SIPpost, our newsletter, then subscribe at:
http://sipgroup.org/SIPpost-signup.html

Let us Promote Our Colleagues & Members by leveraging the power of Message Board of a Social Media Website "Meetup".

Finally, if you would like to post your professional profile then please join SIP. You may join SIP as a SIPper; there are no dues for the meetup membership:
http://www.meetup.com/Society-of-Internet-Professionals/

Participate Locally in Global Entrepreneurship Week: November 16-22, 2009

Global Entrepreneurship Week Logo: Canada
Credit: gewcanada.com

Learn on how to run business and entrepreneurship first-hand from innovators and entrepreneurs themselves. Discuss the challenges and opportunities, the highs and lows, the setbacks and rewards of entrepreneurship through this open-mike event.

A total of 13 industry-experienced entrepreneurs - our guest speakers - will engage the audience with informative answers. Nov 16 - 19. Toronto, Waterloo.

Be sure to attend the panel discussion at the George Brown College on Nov. 16 at 7 pm, where Max Haroon, President of the Society of Internet Professionals (SIP), is a part of the panel discussion.

Get details in the following press-release:

Media relations agency promotes entrepreneurial spirit among young minds

Cg6 Inc. returns for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009

October 29, 2009, Toronto – After last year's successful 107% turnout, Cg6 Inc. (www.cg6.com) is hosting three sessions of open mike discussions again this year in the support of the Entrepreneurship Week Canada. The sessions focused to educate and promote young professionals the different faces of an entrepreneur on November 16th to 19th inclusively. ONCONTACT withanEntrepreneur takes in industry-experienced professionals to prosper with first-hand knowledge.

Entrepreneurship Week Canada is a nation-wide campaign that embraces innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity. As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009, the week will bring together like-minded individuals to promote and celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship; the campaign will engage entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations from across Canada to host educational and inspirational programs from November 16-22, 2009.

As a partner, Cg6 Inc. joined Entrepreneurship Week Canada 2008 last year, hosted three sessions of open mike discussions, focused to educate and promote young professionals the different faces of an entrepreneur. “In less than 10 days, we have got so many supporters from all sources that we actually made it happened last year. This year, we are returning with a very strong line-up. I am very excited about the event.” Tm Mahdi, director and founder of Cg6 Inc. pointed out.

“We are very pleased to have the support of our sponsors i-technique and RSC Business Group; as well as our partners Impact Entrepreneurship Group, George Brown College and University of Waterloo, who made this year’s ONCONTACT withanEntrepreneur a prime example for the many years to come.”


The sessions will be held as follows:

Monday, November 16th
7pm till 9pm
George Brown College - St. James Campus
Auditorium 128

Tuesday, November 17th
7pm till 9pm
University of Waterloo - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre
DC1302

Wednesday, November 18th
7pm till 9pm
George Brown College - St. James Campus
Auditorium 128

Our speakers include:
- Annette Borger - award winning publicist in professional development
- Johnson Chou - award winning media recognized multidisciplinary architect & designer
- Eleonore Goulet - media recognized translation broker
- Max Haroon - association founder of accredited Internet Professionals
- Laurent Ho - media supported social entrepreneur
- Joseph Khunaysir - founder of 77th fastest growing company in Canada
- Corinne Lor - life-changing success coach
- Adam McNeill & Maya Kenedy - young dynamic web media professionals
- Carol Moxam - one of Canada's top 3 Certified Special Event Professionals
- Patrick Monize - founder of project management office for media and financial sector
- Sean Ramsay - industry recognized interactive media producer
- Vwodek Wojczynski - trilingual business coach

Global Entrepreneurship Week is founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign and sponsored by NYSE Euronext. Last year, Global Entrepreneurship Week ran 25,022 events and engaged more than 3 million individuals.

In Canada, local and national events and contests will be taking place across the country, designed to help people explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada will be connecting hundreds of organizations to champion a culture of entrepreneurship and mentoring through a wide variety of initiatives. Students, educators, young adults, entrepreneurs, government, business and non-profit leaders, corporations and many others will participate in a range of activities, from online to face-to-face, and from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings.

As Global Entrepreneurship Week approaches, events and activities are continually being planned and updated, with many exciting, major entrepreneurial initiatives underway.

BACKGROUNDER:

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) – www.gewcanada.com
From November 16th to the 22nd, more than 100 countries will come together to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a movement to inspire millions of people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. GEW Canada will be connecting hundreds of organizations to champion a culture of entrepreneurship and mentoring, through local, national and global initiatives. Students, educators, young adults, entrepreneurs, business leaders, mentors, employees, non-profit leaders, corporations, governments, and many others will participate in a wide range of programs. The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the Official Host for GEW Canada.

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) – www.cybf.ca
The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the ‘go to’ place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national charity, CYBF dedicated to growing our nation’s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. CYBF looks at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business.

Founded in 1996, CYBF has invested to date in more than 3,000 young entrepreneurs, whose businesses have created more than 16,600 new jobs, $76 million in tax revenue and hundreds of millions of dollars in sales and export revenue. CYBF delivers its program coast to coast through a national network of more than 150 community partners and 2,800 volunteers including business mentors.

Cg6 Inc. – www.cg6.com

Cg6 Inc. is a lifestyle media relations agency entirely focused to the Arts & Media. For the last 8 years, Cg6 Inc. has been recognized and supported by the media for its social initiatives. Cg6 Inc. organizes Toronto’s largest portfolio review & internship night and annual Prospecting Freelancer, an open discussion resource led by successful freelancers themselves. Cg6 Inc works closely and is supported by industry experts, educational institutions, recent graduates, independent artists, media agencies and various social groups.

As an agency, Cg6 Inc lives its mission on 3 key focuses - Education, Promotion and Placement. Cg6 Inc. is the organizing founder of Design Guild of Toronto; a non-profit body made by entrepreneurial creatives and media professionals, representing over 1,100 specialized members locally situated in Toronto. Cg6 Inc is the publishers of the subscription based crossover magazine, taking a focus to the entrepreneurial freelancer. It is the transition from arts to business and business to arts.

Have a great Global Entrepreneurship Week!