Community Newsletter September 2020: Apply now for the new Wellbeing Lab & Systems Change Courses

Dear Community,

We hope you are doing well as we are transitioning into autumn after a difficult spring and an interesting summer.

We hope to offer some inspiration and to inform you about upcoming opportunities of the Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program.

Our two upcoming offers:

1- We are launching our new Wellbeing Lab with a series of 8 selected virtual wellbeing sessions that are practical and reflective. These will be facilitated by leading wellbeing practitioners from the Ashoka community and beyond, including Ashoka Fellows Sharon Terry, Vishal Talreja, Lucas Simons & Catalina CockDuque. We will explore key issues that influence leaders and their ability to create impact. In these challenging times, we invite you to invest in building resilience and the capacity to be well.

Wellbeing Lab Series, 15th October 2020- 11th of February 2021: For more information and the application form, please click here and read further below. (This offer is designed for Ashoka Fellows, Fellows’ Team Members, and Ashoka Staff)

2- We are soon starting the third round of our Systems Change Online Course. Join us and learn about the most powerful strategies to achieve systems change!  Analyze your system and explore a range of interventions for scaling your impact on your system; meet some of the most innovative social entrepreneurs and deep dive into their system change strategy. Heads-up: deadline to apply is this week on September 18, 2020.

Systems Change Online Course, 2nd October 2020- 22nd January, 2021:  Join to analyze your system and to explore a range of interventions to scale your impact on the system, to meet some of the most innovative social entrepreneurs and deep dive into their system change strategy for greater social impact. For more information and the application form, please click here

If you have any questions about the Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program or you are interested in co-leading
an initiative with us, please reach out to us! 

Take care,

The Ashoka Europe Fellowship Team

Opportunities coming up! 

Join the Wellbeing Lab and build your capacity to be well while creating impact
From exploring how wellbeing affects system change work, to building wellbeing during times of hardship, stress and anxiety, to balancing professional and personal life, to reframing our relationship to money and how it impacts our financial reality, we invite you to take a step back with us and explore essential wellbeing elements that affect systems leadership.
When: October 15, 2020 - Feb 11, 2021 (bi-weekly online meetings from 2-4pm CET)
Who: This offer is designed for Ashoka Fellows, Fellows Team Members, and Ashoka Staff
Apply by: October 1st, 2020 (first come, first serve)
Find out more here and /or  apply directly to the Wellbeing Lab here!

Final Call to apply to the Systems Change Online Course!

Learn about the most powerful strategies to achieve system change and apply them to your venture! Participants will explore how to scale their impact without necessarily having to grow their organizations.
When: October 2, 2020 - Jan 22, 2021 (bi-weekly online meetings from 2-3:30pm CET)
Who: Ashoka Fellows (free), Ashoka Support Network members (free), Core partners of the Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program (free), other Partners and Change Leaders (the cost of the module is €2000). 
Apply by: Friday September 18, 2020 (first come, first serve)
Find out more here and /or  apply directly to the Systems Change online course here!

News from the Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program

Bold goals to make the world a better place: How partnerships unlock potential & ignite impact!
The bridge between corporates, social entrepreneurs and intermediaries such as Ashoka is a powerful connection to amplify social impact. We explore the partnership between Steelcase and the Ashoka Europe Fellowship Program through the lens of shared values, impact goals and the common desire to shape the world we live in for the good of all.
Please click here to read the interview

Who Are You If Not Your Organisation: Elders Council Organised Its Second Webinar 
Last August, The Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs organised its second Webinar around the question of “Who Are You If Not Your Organisation”. Two experienced world-leading social entrepreneurs, Jim Fruchterman and Sheela Patel, shared their personal story and reflection on the topic. They discussed how they moved on from their organisation and left their life’s work for other people to develop.
Click here to learn more about the Elders Council and click here to join 3rd Webinar on October 26th - "When I'm Sixty Four: Provision In Old Age".

Opportunities from Fellows

The Ashoka European Fellowship Program is a co-learning and co-creation community of Ashoka Fellows, partners and supporters from across Europe. Our goal is to work together to overcome barriers and accelerate the field of social entrepreneurship in Europe. We want to open up this platform for Fellow announcements.
Dear Ashoka Fellow, please reach out to us here if you have an announcement to co-create and collaborate with other Fellows.

News & Resources

Save The Date for  The Ashoka Changemaker Summit

The Changemaker Summit, Ashoka's largest global gathering, will be a global online space to reflect on what brings certainty into our lives, along with our newly elected Ashoka Fellows and Ashoka Young Changemakers. This November, we will showcase the most transformative social innovations of 2020 and connect the largest community of social entrepreneurs and leaders from business and philanthropy to learn and collaborate on strategies for systemic social change.
To receive further information, please subscribe to the ACMS newsletter form here. To become a partner or for any questions, please e-mail us!

New Report: Insights from the Ashoka Global Fellow Survey on COVID-19 Challenges & Opportunities

In April and May, Fellows from around the world responded to our global Fellows survey on the challenges and opportunities they experienced in the COVID-19 crisis at that time. We analyzed and synthesized their invaluable input around several themes such as social impact, financial sustainability, personal and organizational challenges as well as recommendations to policy and decision-makers. These insights are instrumental for Ashoka’s work on many levels and have already informed a range of initiatives and key partners, such as the World Economic Forum, Catalyst 2030, new emergency funds, media pieces, and more.
To read the full report, please click here!

Stay in touch & spread the word! 

We are truly happy you are part of this community! If you are excited about the program, please share it with other Fellows, ASNs, partners or key change leaders. 

Looking forward to receiving your applications or co-creative ideas!
If you have any ideas or feedback, please contact us ([email protected]). Thank you! 

Last but not least: As we could not do this without the support of incredible partners, we want to thank our partners and friends at Steelcase for their generous support of this program! 

If you, too, want to partner and team up with us, please reach out!

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