mediterranean sense tour 2013

Mediterranean SenseTour powered by MakeSense

The Mediterranean SenseTour,by MakeSense

A social entrepreneurship journey through every Mediterranean country to collect and solve the challenges of social entrepreneurs


We connect individuals with sociale entrepreneurs ready to take up their challenges !

We allow anyone showing interest to find social entrepreneurs operating in fields close to their hearts, to be in contact with them and eventually to solve the challenges they are

facing. We do it both online via www.makesense.org and offline through specifically designed problem-solving workshops.

The first one we created, the Hold-up, is a creative brainsorm.

http://www.makesense.org



Who are we ?Right now, we are 500 active members all around the world !Students, entrepreneurs, young working people, engineers, managers, journalists, designers, coders, … All passionnate about social business, innovation and social media.

Our results since January 2011200 social entrepreneurs met, 50 challenge-solving events,

8000 persons who went into action


A challenge can be...• Business oriented

• eg : How do I launch my products in France ? (MAMMU)

• Design oriented• eg : How to conceive a lighter VeloRickshaw ?

(VeloRickShaw Bank)• Technology oriented

• eg : How to create a virtual university campus using twitter ? (CRI)

And many others to discover on www.makesense.org !




4 possible actions :• I can help• I know someone• I spread the word• I organize an event


Mediterranean SenseTour - Objectives

• Raise awareness on social entrepreneurship, specifically among the youth ;• Connect the different stakeholders et spread the ideas to create/reinforce a Mediterranean

ecosystem of social entrepreneurship ;• Reveal the trends and challenges of social entrepreneurs ;• Make collaborative innovative solutions emerge.


Mediterranean SenseTour - Our values

• Open to everyone : there’s no need to be an expert, only to be interested in social entrepreneurship issues.

• Everyone can participate in designing solutions thanks to collaborative methods.

• Creativity : « Problems have imagination ! »• Open source culture : innovative ideas and models are shared and

hacked.


Why the Mediterranean region ? Why now ?

• An area of interdependencies : the Mediterranean countries share many challenges and the situation of one of them has an impact on the others ;

• Creation of new Mediterranean cooperation programs and intergovernmental organizations : a new momentum to reach regional cooperation ;

• In the current regional environment of political upheavals and economic crisis, the rise of social business as a solution and alternative makes sense.


Concretely, in each city...

Two of the most experienced and motivated members of the MakeSense community will be selected to achieve the Mediterranean SenseTour.


In each city 1. a presentation and a Sensedrink (approx. 30 people)

It consists in making a short description of what has already been done during the previous stages of the SenseTour (an interview of

a social entrepreneur for example) and bring together, connect, and raise awareness during an open event.


In each city 2. one or several Hold-Ups (15 people per Hold-Up)

A Hold-Up is a 2 hours creativity workshop that aims at taking up the challenge of an innovative project leader. It results in 100 ideas and 3 to 5

concept-solutions explained with videoprototypes (videos showing the solution with drawings).


In each city 3. a training (10 people)

To train those that are interested for the methodology of the Hold-Up and sustain our impact locally.


The route and our partnersGoal : 15 countries - 60 people involved in each country


Deliverables

Content will be shared on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Youtube...), shared by the Makesense community and the people we will meet during the SenseTour.


Deliverables

1. A website updated daily with the events we organize, the social businesses we come accross and the challenges we collect/solve.


Deliverables

2. A white paper including :– An update of the actual situation ;– A field report in 3 categories :

1. The youth and social business2. The challenges of social entrepreneurs3. The local ecosystem

– Our recommendations and next steps to go further


Planning

Before End of 2012 - Feb 2013 : Fundraising and preparing the tripDuring March - June 2013 : Mediterranean SenseTour - approximately a week in each city and a city per country After June 2013 : Writing the white paper and capitalizing on our experience


Budget

• Transportation : €10,000• Visas : €300• Food : €5,000• Equipment & supplies : €2,000• Accomodation is not taken into account as the 2 travellers will be

able to be housed by members of the MakeSense community.


CounterpartsGolden pack - €5,000

• Your logo on the deliverables (website and white paper)• Your company mentionned at the beginning of each Hold-Up

Platinium pack - €10,000• Items of the Golden pack• A dedicated page on the deliverables (website and white paper)• Your logo on the videoprototypes that come up from the Hold-Ups (which will be shared on our Vimeo and Youtube accounts)


But most importantly, take part to the journey with us

• Please give us your thoughts and recommendations on the itinerary, subjects to investigate in the white paper, local partners to contact...

• Talk about the SenseTour in your internal communication tools• Newsletter, social network, teambuilding events…

• Become local intermediaries of social business by connecting you to our other partners and thus create a pioneer network in the Mediterranean region


A unique opportunity to involve your employees

• Encourage them to take part to the Hold-Ups : • Their skills would add significant value to the solving of the challenges of social

entrepreneurs ;• Enable them to sponsor the first promotion of new Gangsters in the Mediterranean that the

SenseTour will create :• A sponsorship can include : giving advice, participate in events (Hold-Ups), open up your

network, help them getting in touch with other local actors...


Thank you ! Contact : [email protected]

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