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“Social Entrepreneurship and Online Movement for Social Change”

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: The Only One Club at FX Lifestyle X’nter – F5
Senayan Jakarta, Indonesia

Social Entrepreneurship is a concept that has gained momentum during the past years. Bill Clinton calls it the next ‘big thing’. Business and social experts claim that future world change depends on social entrepreneurs. In a nutshell, it is a process that applies innovative solutions and business strategies to the world’s most pressing social problems.

In the past, only the public, private and social sectors have been involved in solving social problems. Recently, more celebrities like Bono (U2) has come on board. Now, attention is on online communities.

In this momentous event, organized by FreSh!, an online community; we invite speakers from all of those sectors to present how they are using innovative ideas to solve Indonesia’s social and healthcare problems. More than that, we will explore how online communities can play a significant role in becoming social entrepreneurs. Speakers for that night include:

• Pandji (DJ, Celebrity and ACER’s partner in the C3 movement)
• Liem AyLing (Chief of Private Sector FR, UNICEF)
• Dita (Top Blogger, Microsoft)
• Grace Sai (Founder & CEO, Books for Hope)
• Olga Lydia (Model, TV Host, Books for Hope’s Ambassador for Reading)

Other highlights include:

• Launch of “Bringing ICT into Villages” partnership between ACER-Microsoft and Books for Hope in our joint project to bring computer literacy to children and teachers in villages.
• Launch of Olga Lydia as Books for Hope’s Ambassador for Reading
• Pandji Performance (To be confirmed)

Please reply on your attendance ASAP as seats are limited to only 150!
Ticket is FREE, and dinner is sponsored by ACER & Microsoft.

Live Streaming can be viewed at:
http://freshyourmind.com/tv

At Books for Hope, we pride ourselves in operating with available resources to deliver maximum output. Our focus on results and efficiency is unparalleled. You can be assured that your contributions are channeled and used in the most efficient manner for your intended beneficiaries – the children.

Highlights of May 2008 – May 2009 financials include:

• During the first year of its operation, Books for Hope received Rp177 million in in-kind donation and cash. In-kind donations, primarily children’s books constitutes 78% our total donations.
• Rp88 million was invested for Library Programs which constitute 72% of our total expenses.
• General and administration of Rp34 million mainly relates to start-up costs (website, legal, etc.). Approximately 80% of the expenses are received in in-kind donation and only 20% in cash.

On August 29, 2008; some of the top bloggers

in Indonesia gathered  in their first ever FreSh! event in central Jakarta. Named ‘get FRESH’, the event explores new ideas in the online blogging world. They  are the creators of some of the most frequented and most powerful blogs in the country.

Books for Hope was given a 10 minute presentation slot to share some of our experiences and journey.

Represented by our founder, Grace Sai, the session went up to 30 minutes with a vibrant Q&A session.

The FreSh committee generously contributed all proceedings from ticket sales to Books for Hope. Thank you, and here we go, the Blogging World!

Link:
Pertemuan Pertama Fresh (Freedom of Sharing)

FreSh : Freedom Of Sharing Community

FreSh – Freedom of Sharing (August 29, 2008)

Tentang Pertemuan Perdana FRESH