South Africa Workshop for Social Entrepreneurship - 2008/Reflections/Setting the Tone

Kim outlined how we would be spending our time together during these two days.

The event is about:


 * Community building.
 * Taking the opportunity to get to know each other.
 * Interaction and sharing by all, rather than presentation by a few.
 * Collaborative creative thinking
 * ... towards co-creation of a social entrepreneurship network of students, educators and community workers.
 * Sowing the seeds of collaborative action
 * defining the objectives of this community.

The structure of these interactions is indicated in the structure of the Reflections page.

The initiative as a whole is about:


 * developing social entrepreneurs through networks of people in learning institutions, community based organisations, etc., incorporating practical experience in community-led initiatives in the context of a technology enhanced and increasingly connected world.

Some words, phrases and concepts to add to your vocabulary and incorporate in our modus operandum:


 * commons-based peer production
 * free culture
 * libre knowledge, the libre knowledge vision and manifesto.
 * democratising innovation
 * Strength in Diversity.
 * Appreciative.