Glen Winney is a man with a mission. He has invested in property development on the Fraser Coast and he is prepared to invest in the economic health of the region.
That thinking was behind the decision of Glen and his brother Alan to commit their Seashift Developments company to sponsoring the visit to Hervy Bay last week of Dr. Ernesto Sirolli.
To read more: http://www.sirolli.com/resources.cfm?cat=2
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Sirolli Institute- Fraser Coast Chronicle
Sirolli - breath of fresh air for council
A powerful message about a simple catalyst for change will be delivered to the Fraser Coast on Friday.
It comes just weeks before the new Fraser Coast Regional Council elections and shines a strong light on a path down which the new council could walk.
The Dr. Ernesto way of invigorating local economies by tapping into entrepreneurs at grass roots level has given a vibrant new lease of life to hundreds of towns in a dozen or so countries.
His inspiring message is both simple and complex.
The simple part is to help a town (or in our case a region) appoint a facilitator to draw the threads of funding, markets, transport and expert advice to get a business venture off the ground.
More complex is the way the facilitator is trained to draw out the entrepreneurs. they have interesting riding instructions; they are not allowed to initiate anything nor are they allowed to motivate anyone.
If the passion comes fro the person with the dream, the facilitator helps turn it into reality.
The Sirolli initiative is a breath of fresh air in the midst of our current council election. After the messy smear campaigns and anonymous venom on the Internet, we have genuine interest from good people who sincerely want to give our united region a quick leg-up.
Nancy Bates-Editor
article posted in Fraser Chronicle on February 22, 2008
for more information:
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/
A powerful message about a simple catalyst for change will be delivered to the Fraser Coast on Friday.
It comes just weeks before the new Fraser Coast Regional Council elections and shines a strong light on a path down which the new council could walk.
The Dr. Ernesto way of invigorating local economies by tapping into entrepreneurs at grass roots level has given a vibrant new lease of life to hundreds of towns in a dozen or so countries.
His inspiring message is both simple and complex.
The simple part is to help a town (or in our case a region) appoint a facilitator to draw the threads of funding, markets, transport and expert advice to get a business venture off the ground.
More complex is the way the facilitator is trained to draw out the entrepreneurs. they have interesting riding instructions; they are not allowed to initiate anything nor are they allowed to motivate anyone.
If the passion comes fro the person with the dream, the facilitator helps turn it into reality.
The Sirolli initiative is a breath of fresh air in the midst of our current council election. After the messy smear campaigns and anonymous venom on the Internet, we have genuine interest from good people who sincerely want to give our united region a quick leg-up.
Nancy Bates-Editor
article posted in Fraser Chronicle on February 22, 2008
for more information:
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/
Friday, 7 December 2007
The Sirolli Institute in Leeds
L-R Mike Chitty, Yvonne Fizer, Anne Sherriff (Re'new) and Ernesto SirolliErnesto Sirolli and Yvonne Fizer visited Leeds this week to bring the message of Enterprise Facilitation to the City. As invited guests of Re'new Ernesto and Yvonne spoke for a couple of hours on the importance of responsiveness in economic development as a compliment to the more traditional infrastructure led and strategic approaches to economic and social development.
It is hoped that the interest shown in the message might lead to a project in the City.
Rob Greenland, one of the participants at the meeting, has already blogged on the event. You can read his thoughts here.
If you attended the event or have a view on the appropriateness of Enterprise Facilitation in Leeds then please do leave us a comment.
Friday, 23 November 2007
African aid: Fairport's Kamina Friends
After visit, Kamina Friends decide to help war-torn village thrive:
(November 18, 2007) — When the Rev. Ann Kemper entered the African village of Kamina in 2003, she said it was a spiritual awakening.Villagers were trying to recover from a war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that had left the area impoverished and without a sound economic system.
"It was tremendously eye-opening to all of us," said Kemper, of Covenant United Methodist Church, 1124 Culver Road. "We were the first group (of Americans) to have visited Kamina since the war ended."
Slowly, several small businesses have emerged which Kemper, of Fairport, and others traveling with her from the United States, witnessed upon returning to Kamina in 2005.
A bicycle repair shop was found operating under the shade of a tree. Soap, rice, ground corn and other items were available at a roadside kiosk. A women's sewing cooperative was formed. Problems with roads and other infrastructural issues persist, but commerce is present.
And Kemper, along with the seven other members of Kamina Friends, a Fairport-based nonprofit, have committed to be a financial and business training resource for the village.
Kamina Friends Kemper and Jeff Tyburski, with representatives from other groups, traveled to Kamina in September with a strategy to further bolster the economy. The group hopes to implement an Enterprise Facilitation program developed by the Sirolli Institute, a nonprofit specializing in growing sustainable markets here and abroad.
The model establishes a volunteer board of residents who then train a full-time facilitator to work directly with residents wanting to start businesses.
Kamina Friends would pay the village facilitator's salary for three years until the village could afford to pay it.The Sirolli model has been successful in more than 200 communities, said Tyburski, adding that its effectiveness stems from people taking responsibility for growing their economy from within.
"The philosophy is a very bottom-up, people-centered approach," he said. "We're hoping Kamina is just a pilot study" that will lead to assisting other countries in Africa and other regions.
None of this would have been possible in Kamina, said Kamina Friends members, without the leadership of Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda, a leader in the United Methodist Church in the Congo; his wife Mama Nshimba; and Kamina's residents. They said the 2006 democratic elections in the Congo further underscored the socio-political changes in the region.
Kamina Friends will hold a community event at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Fairport United Methodist Church, 31 W. Church St., Fairport, to educate and train those interested in helping with this project.Special guest Ernesto Sirolli will discuss the Sirolli Institute, and representatives from Kamina are expected to participate as well.
Talks have begun with USAID, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and other groups to secure more resources for Kamina, and address its health care and infrastructural needs. "These relationships are real," Tyburski said."There's no walking away from this."NLEE@DemocratandChronicle.com
(November 18, 2007) — When the Rev. Ann Kemper entered the African village of Kamina in 2003, she said it was a spiritual awakening.Villagers were trying to recover from a war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that had left the area impoverished and without a sound economic system.
"It was tremendously eye-opening to all of us," said Kemper, of Covenant United Methodist Church, 1124 Culver Road. "We were the first group (of Americans) to have visited Kamina since the war ended."
Slowly, several small businesses have emerged which Kemper, of Fairport, and others traveling with her from the United States, witnessed upon returning to Kamina in 2005.
A bicycle repair shop was found operating under the shade of a tree. Soap, rice, ground corn and other items were available at a roadside kiosk. A women's sewing cooperative was formed. Problems with roads and other infrastructural issues persist, but commerce is present.
And Kemper, along with the seven other members of Kamina Friends, a Fairport-based nonprofit, have committed to be a financial and business training resource for the village.
Kamina Friends Kemper and Jeff Tyburski, with representatives from other groups, traveled to Kamina in September with a strategy to further bolster the economy. The group hopes to implement an Enterprise Facilitation program developed by the Sirolli Institute, a nonprofit specializing in growing sustainable markets here and abroad.
The model establishes a volunteer board of residents who then train a full-time facilitator to work directly with residents wanting to start businesses.
Kamina Friends would pay the village facilitator's salary for three years until the village could afford to pay it.The Sirolli model has been successful in more than 200 communities, said Tyburski, adding that its effectiveness stems from people taking responsibility for growing their economy from within.
"The philosophy is a very bottom-up, people-centered approach," he said. "We're hoping Kamina is just a pilot study" that will lead to assisting other countries in Africa and other regions.
None of this would have been possible in Kamina, said Kamina Friends members, without the leadership of Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda, a leader in the United Methodist Church in the Congo; his wife Mama Nshimba; and Kamina's residents. They said the 2006 democratic elections in the Congo further underscored the socio-political changes in the region.
Kamina Friends will hold a community event at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Fairport United Methodist Church, 31 W. Church St., Fairport, to educate and train those interested in helping with this project.Special guest Ernesto Sirolli will discuss the Sirolli Institute, and representatives from Kamina are expected to participate as well.
Talks have begun with USAID, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and other groups to secure more resources for Kamina, and address its health care and infrastructural needs. "These relationships are real," Tyburski said."There's no walking away from this."NLEE@DemocratandChronicle.com
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Tynedale Progress
Mark Reed, one of the newest Enterprise Facilitators, has just published this piece on our forum:
Hi, just a quick note to say hello to all the forum readers from our facilitation project in Tynedale. For those of you that don't know, Tynedale is situated in the north of England, and it is such a great place that the Scots have been trying to invade and conquer us for hundreds of years. Hadrian had a problem with this so he built a wall between us and our Scots cousins. These days we manage to coexist (mostly) peacefully and Hadrian's wall has become one of our biggest attractions.Glad to see it is going well Mark. Thanks for the post!
We have been running our project since July and are starting to see results for the clients we are working with. One of them, Chris, is running his business from Hexham but has a clientele across the globe. He has been quite successful in getting press cover and you can read about his business using the following link.
http://www.gonomad.com/transports/0710/motor-home-swap.html
We just had our third board meeting and are starting to get a feel for the process. We all realise that we have a long way to go but the momentum we have now built up is tangible.
Feel free to get in touch and pass on your stories of success, failure, laughter and tears, in all aspects of your roles and experience.
My favourite quote this month comes from Banksy, my favourite vandal " A lot of people never use their initiative, because no-one told them to."
Mark.
Saturday, 27 October 2007
Dream team goes to the Extreme for security
DREAM High, an Enterprise Facilitation project helping residents to start their own businesses, has helped three partners with the formation of Extreme Security.
And already the firm has secured several five-figure-sum contracts.
John Elliott, Denzil Estridge and Richard Pickett drew on their experience in the sector to create their own business.
Dream High, which was inspired by the international Sirolli enterprise network, introduced them to funding agencies and recruited the help of existing local businesses through its enterprise facilitator Claire Chang.
Read more from the Liverpool Echo here.
Monday, 15 October 2007
OK Ball Success!
The recent Opportunity Kintyre Ball was a great success - raising funds for the project; raising the profile of the project and giving everyone a great time.
You can read more about it here.
If you were at the Ball and have any photos please share them with us!
You can read more about it here.
If you were at the Ball and have any photos please share them with us!
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