Events @ The Hub Amsterdam | December 2008

SPECIAL GUEST | 'Open Business Models' with Michel Bauwens
16 December | 12.00-14.00 | 7 euros Hub members, 10 euros non, light lunch included

The Hub Amsterdam is happy to welcome international peer-to-peer expert and theorist Michel Bauwens after his recent talks all over the world and in Hubs London and Brussels on 'open business models'. Michel, who founded The Foundation for P2P Alternatives, will share his expertise and host a conversation with you on:

- how can p2p approaches and tools help entrepreneurs boost their business?
- what new tools and practices and opportunities are emerging through p2p for entrepreneurs?
- what can p2p mean for my business, and the impact I want to make?

This is especially relevant given recent Hub member conversations about drawing on crowdsourcing and community based principles to innovate business models for new social enterprise. Come learn from Michel, one of our respected thought-leaders over for just a short visit.

Limited places! Register soon at: amsterdam.hosts@thehub.net


Other events...

How does Hub Membership work?
5 and 12 december | 16.30 to 17.30

The Hub Amsterdam is an innovation and flexible workspace for social- and eco-innovators. The Hub is an inspired space for working, meeting, innovating, learning and connecting. Membership: It's like your mobile phone, you sign up on the tariff that works for you. Membership ranges from €20 to €410 a month depending on how much time you spend here. Still have questions? Not sure how it works for you? Come and ask all your questions about Hub membership in an informal and informational meeting at The Hub on 5 and 12 December at 16:30. Email us at amsterdam.hosts@the-hub.net so we know you're coming.


Orange Pebble Change Agent of the Year Award 2008
12 December | 20.00 | free

Last year, Marianne de Jager, senior evolutionary change consultant at IBM, was the first to receive Engage's Orange Pebble Award as an acknowledgement of her dedication and hard work as a change agent in her organisation. This year Engage! will again present the award to one of the change agents encountered in 2008 work, starting at 20.00. Shortlisted are 4 candidates each from Shell, ABN AMRO, Danslab and ICCOKerkinActie. RSVP to jouk@engagency.nl

After the ceremony, join us for some bits & bites, and slam poetry...

Rhyming for a Reason
12 December | 21.00 | 3 euros, snacks available but bring your own drinks

Join us for an evening of slam poetry, music and conversation. We will run the night like a kitchen Ceilidh - hearing songs, poetry, stories and jokes from all of us who would like to - so bring your own contributions, instruments and whiskey! The night will be hosted by Tim Merry, social entrepreneur and internationally performing slam poet. Check him out at www.oftheshire.org and www.merryanddurkee.com

Please RSVP to amsterdam.hosts@the-hub.net


Poetry Workshop
13 December | 14.00 - 16.00 in the Hub Studio | free

Look into your heart
The dreams you want to start.
To make a better world
More green, more love, more art.

Join Federico (director TVPP) and Ilonka (director of the School der Poezie) who will talk about The Valentine Peace Project, using 14 February as a day for 'world citizens' to share poems throughout the world on interpretations of love and peace in the 21st century. Thousands of fair trade flowers will arrive next February in Amsterdam, Antwerp, San Francisco and other cities for citizens to share with selected poems. In this free workshop you'll learn a little bit of history of this developing endeavor and how you can participate. We will also read and appreciate international poetry. You will get a chance to write from our own heart and also dialogue about your own ideas on this 'world citizenship' approach to the commercial Love holiday. Ilonka will also introduce different cultural approaches to poem making.

See www.valentinepeaceproject.org and www.schoolderpoezie.nl and to register please drop a note to info@valentinepeaceproject.org