Serious enterprise development

With unemployment near 40% and skills backlogs constraining South Africa's ability to create enough formal jobs, enterprise development (ED) is increasingly chosen by the private sector to expand opportunity and bring our economy to its full potential.

This intensive one-day workshop exposes companies to hands-on lessons in how to best use their resources to unleash entrepreneurial activity in our country's marginalised constituencies.

This is not a talk shop. Rather, participants will work with people experienced in funding ED that works and will learn about ways in which their own companies can avoid mistakes in this field, and how to get the best ED results from their social spend.

Limited to 100 participants for effective learning and engagement, potential ED funders will be exposed to lessons in how to source ED opportunities in their business, how to find partners; how to work alongside them; avoiding pitfalls; and understanding related legislation.

Finally, participants will engage around the potential impact of this country's budding social enterprise movement, and explore how this can be linked into ED infrastructure, legislation, and funding streams.

All materials, lunch, teas and cocktails included. Delegates will also receive a six-month subscription to the Financial Mail.

The Serious Enterprise Development workshop is brought to you by Tshikululu Social Investments (www.tshikululu.org.za) and the GIBS Network for Social Entrepreneurs, in association with First National Bank and Financial Mail.

Date: 06 October 2010
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, Illovo campus, Johannesburg
Cost: R 3250.00 p/person