About Us

Introduction

Established in early 2009, the Social Innovation Park (SIP) chapter at Nanyang Polytechnic is the first of its kind in the local polytechnic landscape.

The chapter aspires to pave the way in educating and engaging polytechnic students about social entrepreneurship. It hopes to achieve this through forums, interactive workshops, social media and ground-up initiatives

 

Objectives:
1. To promote social entrepreneurship to students
2. To educate & groom future champions of social entrepreneurship.
3. To enable youths to channel their energies and knowledge to help social enterprises

Activities:
The objectives will be achieved through 3 main roles

Role	Activities
Thought Leader    A think tank where members research social enterprise, write articles, and debate on current issues in social entrepreneurship.	a. Social Entrepreneurship Forums (Once/Twice a year) Renowned social entrepreneurs will be invited to share their innovative ideas and experiences about social entrepreneurship to educate and inspire students. b. Interactive Meetings (Once a fortnight) Usual club meetings centre around routine discussions about club affairs or planning for upcoming events. Ours will go beyond that to include interactive presentations by members to members, on topics pertinent to social entrepreneurship. c. Workshops (Once every quarter) These open workshops can be an individual or joint effort with other SIP chapters, to teach practical skills and knowledge to anyone interested in social entrepreneurship. d. Online Community Members can share and exchange their perspectives, experiences through the main website, through blogging and the other vast variety of social media.
Action Leader   An organization that starts social enterprise initiatives, works with local social enterprises, and persuades corporate entities into becoming socially responsible companies.	a. Social Entrepreneurship Bazaar (Twice a year) Invite social entrepreneurs from SIP’s PaTH (Pop and Talent Hub) down once every semester for a 2-day long event. b. PaTH (Pop and Talent Hub) Students can tap from SIP’s PaTH platform at Vivocity to have a hands-on experience on starting up mini social entrepreneurship projects. c .Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives (Flexible) When the club has grown to a considerable size, members can come together to do projects with social enterprises.
Networking Platform   A platform that provides opportunities for leaders of the people, private, and public sector to interact with each other, with the goal of fostering collaborations and joint social enterprise initiatives between sectors	a. Collaboration with SIP chapters Being a chapter of SIP enables us to interact with chapters outside school (e.g. SIM, Japan, India, China), which in turn, helps to make room for possible future collaborations and joint-learning opportunities. b. Collaboration with social enterprises linked to SIP Being a chapter of SIP also enables to tap from their vast contacts of social enterprises, voluntary welfare organizations, etc.

Benefits for SIP Chapter participants:
1. Learn from global social entrepreneurs
2. Become social change makers
3. Implement social impact projects
4. Work with industry leaders
5. Increase network opportunities