SEE: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXCHANGE - Event Details

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Location / Directions: The event takes place March 4th @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the Children's Museum, arrive anytime after 5pm. The museum is located at 10 King Street West in downtown Kitchener. For those driving, there is ample parking in a lot right behind the museum and parking is only $2 for 3 hours. Click here for a map.

The Premise – The ‘Exchange’: For your $30 fee, you will receive two $10 poker chips (you can purchase up to 5 more if you choose to at the event) and one 2 hour volunteer time chip (you can get as many of these as you want for free). Throughout the course of the night, you need to give these to innovations. You can give it to the person directly, or you can drop off your chips in the boxes at the registration on your way out. Regardless, innovations will be supported by time and money – the question is which will you support?

Discover Innovative Ideas - SEE 'Pitch' Competition: This is not your standard pitch competition. This is simply an opportunity for everyone at the event to have 30 seconds to share their social innovation. Laurier's Centre for Sustainable Business will pick two winners who will receive a cash prize of $300 to help their social innovation develop and grow. This is a great way for everyone to hear what everyone is doing. It takes forever to have 200 individual conversations, but with 30 seconds to do so, you will really be able to discover innovation. If you have an idea or work for a socially innovative organization, tell us on the registration page here.

Innovative Entertainment: From 5pm to 8pm there will be music featured throughout. Local talent who have something different to them and want to share it with the community. If you know of anyone or a group that you think would fit for such an event, let them know about it and have them contact us as soon as possible. (see the participate section for more details)

Innovative Food: Over the course of the event, there will be an array of innovative food, specially crafted by the Children's Museum Cafe. A great way to try new things and keep you tied over until dinner.

Special Offer - Children's Museum Our Body Exhibit: For those in attendance, they will have the opportunity to experience the Children's Museum's new exhibit, Our Body, at a discounted SEE price of $13.50 (Regular $20). The exhibit will stay open after the event till 9pm for those who want to check out this extremely innovative display of the human body. Click here for details and if you want to pre-pay for this special offer. Use the code 'SEEInnovation', but note that it is only valid in conjunction with the SEE event on March 4th.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN: Now that you know what the event is about, click here to register. You know you want to – why wouldn’t you?

About the Hosting Organization, Students Offering Support (SOS): SOS is a national social venture, headquartered in Waterloo. The organization has over 500 student volunteers who work with local university SOS chapters across Canada. Within each chapter, students teach their peers in exam-prep group review sessions which raises money for sustainable development projects around Latin America, built by SOS volunteers on outreach trips. What started as a school club back in 2004, SOS's Founder and Executive Director, Greg Overholt, has been able to grow it into a national social venture which has raised over $340,000 for various projects by teaching over 5,000 university students. The website is www.studentsofferingsupport.ca for more information.

About the Idea: The idea initially came from an event held in Toronto called 'Bar Philanthropy' by an organization called DreamNow founded by Dev Aujla. Held in a local bar, the exchange idea was born and SOS wanted to adopt it and bring it to the Waterloo Region.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at seeinnovation@studentsofferingsupport.ca