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People, Planet... and Progress

Posted by Chris Roth on Feb 16, 2010 at 6:26 pm in Inside Story
In selecting the winner of our second Idea Challenge (congratulations again to Nadia Bini of Montreal!), Challenge Your World was forced to revisit the question of how the “people” and “profit” elements of sustainability interact with one another. And for good reason — 8 of the Top 10 ideas in our recent Challenge were concepts for social enterprises. By now, we’re all very familiar with the lexicon of sustainability — the “triple bottom line”, and the “3Ps: People, Planet and Profit”. When looked at separately, the social, environmental and economic components have fairly specific definitions. But when it comes to tightly integrating the social [...]
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Idea Challenge Winner: “BIMAM” by Nadia Bini

Posted by David-Vincent Bone on Feb 15, 2010 at 6:12 pm in Inside Story
Challenge Your World is pleased to announce that Nadia Bini’s idea BIMAM: Banque interactive MAM was selected as the winner of our second Idea Challenge. Nadia will receive a $ 5000 USD incentive and 3 months of support and services to further develop her idea. For 3 months, the Challenge Your World community voted for their Top 10 favourite ideas. These ten IdeaMakers then had one week to submit additional information about their project, from which our judging panel picked the winning idea. The judges use an Idea Scorecard to evaluate and select the winner. This Idea Scorecard has weighted criteria in the fields of Opportunity, Sustainability and [...]
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An Update on our IdeaMakers

Posted by Chris Roth on Feb 11, 2010 at 5:51 pm in Inside Story
Next Monday, February 15th, we’ll announce the Top IdeaMaker from our January 2010 Challenge. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to provide an update on the Top IdeaMakers from our very first challenge in November 2009. To give you a quick summary, a Challenge Your World judging panel selects the Top IdeaMaker from the Top 10 Ideas as voted by the community. We provide the Top IdeaMaker with a $5000 USD development incentive and three months of direct support and services to advance the development of their idea. Challenge Your World provides the remaining Top 10 with direct support to assess the potential of their idea, so the [...]

The Top 10 in our latest Idea Challenge!

Posted by Administrator on Feb 02, 2010 at 1:02 pm in Inside Story
Here are the Top 10 ideas, as voted by the Challenge Your World community. The winning idea will be selected by our Judging Panel and announced on February 15th. Best of luck to the Top 10 candidates! For more information about the Idea Challenge, click here. OpenAction: Your Actions. Open to the World by OpenAction Shop Pal by Preethi Narayan Matribu.biz by Chantal Dauray and Annie Hébert BIMAM: Banque interactive MAM by Nadia Bini Projet OASIS by Matthew Trowell Un sou à la fois! - 1 penny for kids! by 1sou Kuuala: Where Green Feels Better. by Mikael Cho Fancy and Delicious Baking Company by Maura Pellettieri Gardens in Every School by [...]

Les Top 10 de notre Défi idée !

Posted by Administrator on Feb 02, 2010 at 12:42 pm in Inside Story
Voici les Top 10 idées, telles que voté par la communauté Challenge Your World. L'idée gagnante sera sélectionnée par notre Jury et annoncée le 15 février. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur ce Défi idée, cliquez ici. Bonne chance aux 10 candidats ! OpenAction: Your Actions. Open to the World par OpenAction Shop Pal par Preethi Narayan Matribu.biz par Chantal Dauray et Annie Hébert BIMAM: Banque interactive MAM par Nadia Bini Projet OASIS par Matthew Trowell Un sou à la fois! - 1 penny for kids! par 1sou Kuuala: Where Green Feels Better. par Mikael Cho Fancy and Delicious Baking Company par Maura Pellettieri Gardens in Every School par [...]

The January 2010 challenge is now closed

Posted by Administrator on Jan 31, 2010 at 1:08 pm

You had until Jan 31th, 2009, noon (EST), to enter our Idea challenge for the best idea! The voting is now closed for a few hours to count the vote and select the top 10. The top 10 ideas, as voted by the Challenge Your World community, will be highlighted in the winner section of our website Tuesday.

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Challenge Your World Ignites Montreal!

Posted by Administrator on Jan 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm
As part of Global Ignite Week (March 1-5, 2010), Challenge Your World will be part of an evening of networking, information, and fun, encapsulated in the Ignite motto: "Enlighten us, but make it quick." In the tradition of Pecha Kucha Nights, it's a rapid-fire, high-energy series of talks by people who have an idea—and the guts to get onstage and share it with the audience. Presenters get 20 slides and five minutes to make their point. Fast-paced, thought-provoking, social, local, global—Ignite is all of these and more. Stay tuned for more information about the date and location! If you'd like to be involved in this unique event, email us at [...]

Venture Medium Conference this Saturday January 23rd in Montreal

Posted by Debbie Carman on Jan 20, 2010 at 5:28 pm in Inside Story

This Saturday in Montreal SIFE Concordia is hosting Venture Medium, an open event showcasing the community of varied and innovative Montreal entrepreneurs. This day long conference will be split into 3 distinct topics covering: Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Finance (including two workshops given by Challenge Your World!).

Visit http://www.sifeconcordia.com for details and to register.

Support for Haïti

Posted by Debbie Carman on Jan 15, 2010 at 1:14 pm in Headlines
Following the disastrous earthquake that struck on Tuesday, millions of people in Haïti are trying to recover from the tremendous shock and damage. The situation in Haïti is especially critical, because the earthquake hit the capital, Port-au-Prince, crippling government institutions and local aid agencies. On Wednesday, members of the Challenge Your World team took part in the Ski4CARE fundraiser. The event, which was organized by our partner CARE Canada, raised $39,000 for Haïtian families and orphans. What's more, for every dollar raised, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is supporting the project by matching every donation 3 [...]

NFB: GDP Partnership

Posted by Administrator on Jan 14, 2010 at 4:25 pm in Inside Story
The National Film Board has been telling stories that reflect Canada back to Canadians for seven decades now. With "GDP - Measuring the human side of the Canadian economic crisis", the NFB is running the country’s first bilingual web documentary, a pan-Canadian project that bears witness to the far-reaching effects of the crisis in our lives and communities. Challenge Your World is collaborating with the GDP webdoc for the duration of the GDP production (planned until end of August 2010) in order to document and show how entrepreneurs reinvent themselves. For more information about the GDP webdoc and to view a sample of their videos, visit our NFB [...]
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