With the first annual SEE event complete, I want to thank all of the volunteers, sponsors, and participants for making it a overwhelming success. The ideas and organizations that came out and shared their social innovations were simply inspirational. With over 100 people in attendance on March 4th, the event saw over $2,600 and 200 hours of time were dispersed to these organizations and ideas through the poker-chip exchange. Congratulations to Mike Prosserman at UNITY Charity and Lindsay Seegmiller's initiative, Eat to Feed Liberans, for winning Laurier CMA's Centre for Business & Sustainability's pitch competitions for the organization and idea respectively that took the $300 prize. For information about the pitches, see the list of the videos and contact information below. To watch the introduction video featuring local entrepreneurs and community leaders, click here.

Mike Prosserman,UNITY Charity (WINNER) Click here to watch his pitch	Lindsay Seegmiller, Eat to Feed Liberians (WINNER) Click here to watch her pitch
Cathy Brothers, Capacity Waterloo Region Click here to watch her pitch	Graham Whiting, "Micro credit for energy retrofits" Click here to watch his pitch
Caitlin Howlett, Sustainable Waterloo Click here to watch her pitch	Aiden Abram, "Online Time Marketplace" Click here to watch his pitch
Caterina Lindman, Supportive Housing of Waterloo Click here to watch her pitch	Renjie Butalid, "socialentrepreneurship.ca" Click here to watch his pitch
Pauline Richards, Whole Society Health Click here to watch her pitch	Meghan Hennessey, "Rethink Energy" Click here to watch her pitch
Ruxi Coman, Waterloo High School SOS Click here to watch her pitch	Asha Snyders, "Asha’s Big Idea" Click here to watch her pitch
Scott Burton, Dolphin Digital Technologies Inc. Click here to watch his pitch	Lisa Stapleton, "Job opportunities for the Unemployed" Click here to watch her pitch
Stephen Wilson, Kitchener Waterloo Cooperative Cafe Initiative (KWACCI) Click here to watch his pitch	Josh Wright, "Jamii" Click here to watch his pitch
Richard Hildred, "Innovation for Economic Development" Click here to watch his pitch	Lucas Lu, "Ei3" Click here to watch his pitch

Social Entrepreneurship Exchange [soh-shuhl, ahn-truh-pruh-nur-ship, iks-cheynj] Event
On March 4th 2010 at the Children's Museum, the Waterloo Region community is going to come together around Innovation, but this time for ideas and organizations focused on supporting a social or environmental injustice. This isn't another networking event, but a celebration of the amazing initiatives and ideas that are coming out of this area. This event allows everyone to get involved and support Social Innovation. With a neat poker chip exchange format for the event, everyone can play a part in supporting Social Innovation; with your 2-$10 chips or your volunteer time chips. While you discover social innovation, there will be musical innovation showcased throughout the night as well as innovative cuisine created specifically for this event. If you know of people or organizations doing great work, pass this along. If you know of innovative talent, tell them to contact us. Registration is now open, we hope to see you on the 4th.

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