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SUMMARY:Pollinate Impact SG/Board Monthly Meeting
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URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/sg-board-meeting/2026-04-21/
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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SUMMARY:CAT Kickoff: Building Smarter Screening & Selection Together
DESCRIPTION:For many impact incubators\, screening is one of the most important and most demanding parts of the programme journey. It takes time\, focus\, and careful judgment to identify the right entrepreneurs for a cohort. And as application volumes grow\, that process can become heavier\, more uneven\, and harder to sustain. \nThis two-part kickoff marks the beginning of Pollinate Impact’s first Collective Action Team (CAT) on smarter screening and selection. Rather than producing another static report\, this is a working space for members who want to co-create something practical together grounded in the lived realities of impact incubators across contexts. The CAT is designed for those ready to move beyond identifying the problem and begin building more effective ways of approaching it. \nIn Part 1\, we’ll focus on building trust within the group\, validating shared challenges\, and co-creating a problem statement that reflects what’s actually happening across your organisation. By the end\, you’ll have moved from a shared pain point to a clearer\, collectively owned direction for action. If screening and selection are challenges your team is grappling with\, this is your opportunity to help shape what comes next alongside peers solving the same problem.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/cat-kickoff-building-smarter-screening-selection-together/
CATEGORIES:The Build Table
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SUMMARY:The Funding Flora: Conversations With Investors — Sector-Specialised Investor in Health\, Climate\, and Gender
DESCRIPTION:You’ve helped a founder refine their model. The impact case is strong. The mission resonates. But when it comes to raise capital\, the conversation suddenly changes. \nOne investor asks about regulatory pathways in health. Another wants deeper climate data. A third asks how gender outcomes will actually be measured. What felt like a strong pitch suddenly becomes a very different conversation. \nAcross the Pollinate Impact network\, this experience is becoming more common. As more investors specialise in particular sectors\, their expectations around evidence\, timelines\, risk\, and impact measurement begin to diverge. What works for one type of investor may fall flat with another. \nThe Funding Flora is where we begin to unpack these differences. \nSector-specialised investors are increasingly shaping the landscape of impact capital. Whether working in health\, climate\, or gender-lens investing\, these investors often evaluate opportunities through very specific lenses – looking closely at evidence\, sector dynamics\, and the pathways to impact. \nIn this session\, we’ll be joined by Andia Chakava from Graça Machel Trust\, who works closely with founders and ecosystem builders supporting enterprises across these sectors. \n \nWhat we’ll explore together \nThis is not a panel or presentation. It’s a two-way conversation structured around questions that continue to surface across the Network\, including: \n\nHow does sector specialisation change what investors look for in a startup?\nWhat sector-specific signals — or red flags — influence investment decisions?\nHow should incubators adapt their support for founders working in different impact sectors?\nWhere do sector-specialised investors see the biggest gaps in current pipelines?\n\n\nSpeakers will share what they are seeing from the investor side. Participants will bring what they are experiencing on the ground from the incubator side. Together\, the session aims to surface practical insights that help incubators better support founders navigating sector-specific investment landscapes. \nWho should join? \nThis session is open to all Pollinate Impact members and is particularly relevant for those working in: \n\nLeadership or partnership roles\nFundraising support or investor relations\nProgramme design\, especially where founders are being prepared for sector-specific investment conversations\n\n\nIf you’re working with founders in health\, climate\, or gender-focused ventures – or supporting pipelines across multiple sectors – this conversation offers a chance to understand better how sector-specialised investors think. \nAbout The Funding Flora \nThe Funding Flora is a series of grounded conversations between impact incubators and investors across the Global South. Each session focuses on a different type of capital and examines how funding decisions are made\, where expectations misalign\, and what stronger partnerships look like when both sides better understand each other’s realities. \nSpeaker\nAndia Chakava — Graça Machel Trust \nFacilitator\nRuod — Pollinate Impact
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/sector-specialised-impact-investors/
CATEGORIES:Funding Flora
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LOCATION:Zoom (Link will be emailed to registrants)
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260401T083000
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SUMMARY:Member Orientation 2026
DESCRIPTION:Member Orientation is designed to help you find your footing within the Pollinate Impact network. It’s a shared space for members to connect\, understand how the network functions\, and explore the tools\, opportunities\, and convenings available to support your work. The session offers practical guidance on how to engage meaningfully and make the most of being part of Pollinate. Our Community Choreographer\, Ruod Ariete\, and Membership Mobilizer\, Sophia Morita\, will guide you through all that’s available to you as a member of our Network\, including fundraising resources\, tools\, and upcoming opportunities. During the session\, you’ll explore: \n\nOur Tool Library – Curated resources to help impact incubators run smarter\, scale bigger\, and better support their entrepreneurs.\nFundraising Opportunities – Including our curated grants and opportunities emailer\, plus Fundraising Office Hours.\nConvenings – Updates on learning spaces and member-only sessions with funders and ecosystem leaders.\n\nYou’ll also get a snapshot of what’s unfolding across the Network\, including: \n\nUpcoming Collaborative Action Teams (CATs)\nResearch Projects & Communities of Practice \n\nThe session also creates space to connect with fellow members navigating similar challenges and opportunities across the Global South. Join us to get oriented\, understand what’s available\, and begin engaging with the network in ways that matter most to your work.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/member-orientation-apr/
LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed to participants)
CATEGORIES:Member Orientation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260325T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260325T100000
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SUMMARY:The Funding Flora: Conversations With Investors Networks
DESCRIPTION:You’ve made a warm introduction. Your founder has a solid pitch. The investor says\, “Interesting\, keep us posted.” \nAnd then… nothing. \nAcross the Pollinate Impact network\, this experience is familiar. Referrals stall\, feedback is limited\, and it’s not always clear where expectations diverged. Was the startup not ready? Did the referral land differently than intended? Are investor networks looking for signals that incubators are not always preparing founders for? \nThe Funding Flora is where we begin to unpack these questions. The series creates space for honest\, grounded conversations between impact incubators and investors across the Global South. Rather than focusing on pitch decks or funding announcements\, the sessions centre on how capital actually flows\, how decisions are made\, and where collaboration can be strengthened in practice. \n \nThis session: Investor networks\nInvestors are often the first believers. They write early cheques—sometimes before traction is clear\, before revenue stabilises\, or before a full team is in place. Yet investor networks remain one of the most misunderstood sources of early-stage capital in the ecosystem.\nIn this session\, we’ll be joined by speakers from Viktoria Ventures and ANGIN Indonesia\, who work closely with investor networks across emerging markets. Drawing from their experience\, the conversation will explore what makes incubator-referred startups stand out\, where referrals tend to fall short\, and how trust and readiness are assessed in practice. \nWhat we’ll explore together\nThis is not a panel or presentation. It’s a two-way conversation structured around questions that continue to surface across the network\, including: \n\nHow do investor networks actually source and evaluate deals? \nWhat makes an incubator referral credible — and where does trust come from? \nWhere do incubators tend to over-prepare founders\, and where do they send them into conversations under-equipped? \nHow do investors think about risk\, timelines\, and founder readiness at the earliest stages? \nWhat could stronger\, more transparent relationships between investors and incubators look like over time? \n\nSpeakers will share what they are seeing from the investor side. Participants will bring what they are experiencing on the ground from the incubator side. Together\, the session aims to surface practical insights that can strengthen referrals\, relationships\, and long-term collaboration. \nWho should join\nThis session is open to all and is particularly relevant for those working in: \n\nLeadership or partnership roles \nFundraising support or investor relations \nProgramme design\, especially where founders are being prepared for early investment conversations \n\nIf you’ve ever wondered why a “strong” referral didn’t land\, or how to better position founders for investment\, this conversation offers a practical place to start. \nAbout The Funding Flora\nThe Funding Flora is a series of grounded conversations between impact incubators and investors across the Global South. Each session focuses on a different type of capital and examines how funding decisions are made\, where expectations misalign\, and what stronger partnerships look like when both sides better understand each other’s realities. \nLess mystique. More mutual understanding. \nSpeakers \nFiona Kiruja\, Viktoria Ventures \nDavid Soukhasing\, ANGIN Indonesia \nFacilitator\nRuod\, Pollinate Impact
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/investor-networks/
CATEGORIES:Funding Flora
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LOCATION:Zoom (Link will be emailed to registrants)
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260318T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260318T110000
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SUMMARY:Smarter Screening and Selection of Entrepreneurs into your Programme
DESCRIPTION:How much time\, energy\, and coffee does your team really pour into screening? It’s the behind-the-scenes story of selection that rarely gets told — and as application volumes grow\, it quietly pulls resources away from deeper programme design and founder support: the work that actually moves the needle. \nSound familiar? You’re not alone. And we think there’s a better way forward together. \n \nHere’s how it works: \nThe Build Table is a series of exploratory sessions where Pollinate Impact members dive deep into shared challenges. Each session presents a research-informed snapshot of a concrete problem emerging across regions and contexts — highlighting insights\, trends\, and potential directions for solutions. Sessions serve as the starting point for forming a Collective Action Team (CAT) of members committed to co-designing\, testing\, and piloting solutions together. \nWhat This First Session Is About \nOur partner Impact Intelligence has developed a beta AI-supported screening tool\, informed by the participation of 20 member organisations — putting real data behind the anecdotal evidence surfaced across the network. The aim is not to automate decision-making\, but to explore how AI\, when trained responsibly using real incubator inputs\, could help surface signal from noise\, reduce manual effort\, and support human judgment. \nWe’ll share: \n\nA snapshot of what the network is seeing\, where screening bottlenecks emerge\, where processes break down\, and why this work is best taken forward together.\nEarly thinking on an AI-supported screening concept is being explored with our partner\, Impact Intelligence.\n\nThis work does not aim to replace human judgment or automate difficult decisions.  \nInstead\, we’re exploring how responsibly designed support tools informed by incubator inputs might help surface signal from noise\, reduce manual burden\, and strengthen decision-making while keeping practitioners firmly in control. \nWhat You’ll Walk Away With \nBy the end of this session\, you’ll have clarity on: \n\nUnderstand the key screening bottlenecks surfaced through Pollinate Impact’s early research — from common pain points to where processes break under scale\nGain clarity on why this is being taken forward as a CAT — not a one-off tool or webinar — and why collective action is the right approach for this challenge\nAssess whether the problem resonates with your own screening reality and how your insights\, processes\, or data could help shape the solution. Leave with a concrete pathway to join the CAT cohort and help co-design what effective\, ethical screening could look like in practice\n\nWe’ll close with an invitation to join the CAT cohort\, a group of Pollinate Impact members committed to co-designing\, testing\, and learning together as this work evolves. \nWe’ve done the listening. Now it’s time to build. 🍽️ \nAbout The Build Table \nThe Build Table is where Pollinate Impact members move from shared challenges to shared solutions. Each session introduces a concrete issue emerging across regions and contexts\, and invites members to join a Collective Action Team (CAT) to co-design\, test\, and build something practical together. \nThis is not a webinar series. It is a space for collective work.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/ai-supported-screening/
LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed to participants)
CATEGORIES:The Build Table
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260317T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260317T163000
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SUMMARY:Pollinate Impact SG/Board Monthly Meeting
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URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/sg-board-meeting/2026-03-17/
CATEGORIES:Board Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260311T090000
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SUMMARY:Pollinate Potluck 2026 Appetiser: What Are You Bringing?
DESCRIPTION:Here’s the thing about this year’s Potluck: You’re not just attending\, you’re cooking. \nParticipant-led sessions are where the magic happens. They’re how we surface the real\, messy challenges from the field\, how we learn from one another across borders and contexts. How do we build the kind of momentum that actually moves the needle? \nThis appetiser session is your backstage pass to the Call for Participant-Led Sessions. Think of it as a friendly walkthrough\, no jargon\, no perfection required\, just practical guidance on what we’re inviting and how you can contribute. \n \n  \nWe’ll cover: \n\nWhat participant-led sessions are (and what they’re definitely not)\nThe three Potluck streams: Value Proposition\, Talent\, and Financial Sustainability\, and how your idea might align with one or dance across all three\nSession formats you can explore\, from peer-led workshops to collaborative deep dives (yes\, even escape-room style sessions\, we’re here for it)\nWhat makes a proposal strong (spoiler: it’s not about polish\, it’s about purpose)\n\nHere’s what we want you to know: You don’t need a perfect idea to show up. Early questions? Bring them. Exploratory thinking? We love it. Want to co-facilitate with another member or even a non-member? Absolutely welcome. \nBy the end of this hour\, you’ll have clarity on how the call works\, what’s required\, the timeline\, and whether you’re ready to submit. We’ll also save space for your FAQs and real talk about scope and facilitation. \nThink of this as your orientation to the call and your invitation to bring something meaningful to the table. 🍲 \nSample proposal
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/pollinate-potluck-2026-appetiser/
CATEGORIES:Pollinate Potluck
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LOCATION:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/pollinate-potluck-2026-appetiser/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20260227T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20260227T123000
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SUMMARY:The Elephant & the Match: Incubators and Investors in Discovery
DESCRIPTION:Incubators and investors often talk about each other\, but rarely with each other.\nWhen they do connect\, it’s usually through pitches\, panels\, or assumptions rather than an honest exchange. \nThe Elephant & the Match creates space for a different kind of conversation. This focused\, in-person session brings incubators and investors together for direct\, structured dialogue—designed to move beyond surface introductions and explore where real value\, alignment\, and collaboration may exist. \nBuilding on earlier Pollinate Impact discussions\, the session shifts from diagnosing the gap to engaging with it—one conversation at a time. \n👍What you’ll gain \n\n\n\nClearer insight into how incubators and investors define value\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStronger questions for future fundraising or partnership conversations\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA small number of meaningful connections built through honest dialogue\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreater confidence in navigating incubator–investor relationships\n\n\n\n🌟Who this is for \n\n\n\nLeaders and teams from incubators and accelerators\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestors and partnership leads\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnyone working at the intersection of incubation and investment\n\n\n\nIf bridging the incubator–investor divide is part of your work\, this session offers a practical place to start.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/incubators-and-investors-in-dialogue/
LOCATION:ABC Place Nairobi\, Waiyaki Way\, Nairobi\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Elephant in the Room
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260218T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260218T100000
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SUMMARY:What Evidence Says About Incubator-Incubator Collaboration and Value Alignment
DESCRIPTION:Collaboration between incubators is often touted as essential\, but in practice\, it can be hard to get right. Partnerships form with good intent\, yet many struggle to deliver real value\, sustain momentum\, or align around shared priorities.\n\n \nSignals from the Field is an interactive session that steps back to ask: what does the evidence really show about when incubator collaboration works and when it does not?\n\n \nDrawing on Pollinate Impact’s latest literature review\, this session invites members to examine what research and real-world experience say about collaboration\, value alignment\, and what makes partnerships truly meaningful. We’ll highlight key findings\, discuss what aligns with your experience\, and make time for open conversation across the network.\n \nWhat you’ll take away\n\nGet a clear snapshot of what research says about collaboration between incubators\nUnderstand why value alignment matters and where misalignment often shows up\nExplore common collaboration models and see where they tend to succeed or face challenges\nGain practical language to assess partnerships more thoughtfully\nHelp shape Pollinate Impact’s ongoing research agenda\n\nWho should attend\n\nLeaders and team members from incubators and accelerators\nPartnership\, research\, or strategy teams\nDecision-makers who are thinking about cross-organisation collaboration\n\nFeaturing\n\nHimakshi Chaudhary (Pollinate Impact)\nAnand Sri Ganesh (NSRCEL)\nGertrude Mawuena Goh (RUG Hub Ghana)\nKeni Kariuki (Impact Hub Nairobi)\nPeninah Kanyua (Dimewise)\nSaurabh Lall (University of Glasgow)\nTony Sheldon (Yale School of Management)\n\nIf collaboration is part of your work now or in the future\, this session will be helpful.\n\nWe’d love to see you there.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/incubator-collaboration/
CATEGORIES:Signals from the Field
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260211T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260211T123000
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SUMMARY:Reimagining ESO Futures with WDI: Building Pathways Forward for East Africa and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Across the Global South\, ESOs are navigating shifting markets\, rising expectations\, and tightening resources — and East Africa is no exception. In partnership with the William Davidson Institute (WDI)\, this Seeds of Success session takes a closer look at the research behind Reimagining the Future of Enterprise Support Organisations in East Africa to surface the region’s most urgent challenges and the practical solutions that can move us forward. \nWe’ll unpack key insights from the report\, explore the evidence-backed recommendations WDI has put forward\, and most importantly\, open the space for ESOs to reflect on what these findings mean in their own contexts. Because at Pollinate Impact\, we’ve seen these same challenges echoed across Southeast Asia\, South Asia\, and Sub-Saharan Africa — and we know that real progress happens when we turn shared pain points into shared solutions. \n  \nThis session is designed not just to inform\, but to mobilise. Together\, we’ll identify high-potential solutions\, explore what can be adapted or piloted across the network\, and collectively imagine what the future of enterprise support could look like if we move beyond insights and into action. \n  \nWhether you’re an ESO leader\, practitioner\, or ecosystem builder\, join us as we chart a path toward a stronger\, more resilient support ecosystem in East Africa and beyond. \n  \nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nWendy Taylor\, President and CEO\, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nRajat Chabba\, Sr. Director of Innovation & Partnerships\, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nYaquta Fatehi\, Program Manager\, Impact Management & Measurement\, William Davidson Institute at University of Michigan\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nKarnika Yadav\, Partner\, Director – Africa\, Intellecap\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/reimagining-eso-futures/
CATEGORIES:Seeds of Success
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260204T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260204T093000
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SUMMARY:Member Orientation 2026
DESCRIPTION:Member Orientation is designed to help you find your footing within the Pollinate Impact network. It’s a shared space for members to connect\, understand how the network functions\, and explore the tools\, opportunities\, and convenings available to support your work. The session offers practical guidance on how to engage meaningfully and make the most of being part of Pollinate. Our Community Choreographer\, Ruod Ariete\, and Membership Mobilizer\, Sophia Morita\, will guide you through all that’s available to you as a member of our Network\, including fundraising resources\, tools\, and upcoming opportunities. During the session\, you’ll explore: \n\nOur Tool Library – Curated resources to help impact incubators run smarter\, scale bigger\, and better support their entrepreneurs.\nFundraising Opportunities – Including our curated grants and opportunities emailer\, plus Fundraising Office Hours.\nConvenings – Updates on learning spaces and member-only sessions with funders and ecosystem leaders.\n\nYou’ll also get a snapshot of what’s unfolding across the Network\, including: \n\nUpcoming Collaborative Action Teams (CATs)\nResearch Projects & Communities of Practice \n\nThe session also creates space to connect with fellow members navigating similar challenges and opportunities across the Global South. Join us to get oriented\, understand what’s available\, and begin engaging with the network in ways that matter most to your work.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/member-orientation-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed to participants)
CATEGORIES:Member Orientation
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260127T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260127T100000
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SUMMARY:Coaching SMEs From Invisible to Investable with ONOW’s DayTwo
DESCRIPTION:This is a Pollinate Impact Members-Only webinar. \nThe Pollinators’ Toolkit is a members-only event series that shares practical tools\, tested frameworks\, and real-world lessons to strengthen our support for impact incubators. \nInformal record-keeping is a significant barrier to entrepreneurs’ access to finance. Most small businesses worldwide use receipts\, notebooks\, and memory\, making them invisible to lenders and hard for impact incubators to assess or support. \nIn this hands-on Pollinator’s Toolkit workshop\, Pollinate Impact member ONOW will showcase how its fintech platform turns everyday SME financial activity captured informally in photos\, chats\, and voice notes into clean\, dated financial records and lender-ready signals. Already used by more than 600 businesses\, DayTwo generates weekly income statements and daily cash flow visibility. The tool helps incubators see real financial health\, coach with more precision\, and connect entrepreneurs to capital with less friction. \nIf you want to move from\n\n\nGuessing at your clients’ financial health based on incomplete or outdated information \n\n\nStruggling to connect entrepreneurs to lenders due to a lack of credible documentation \n\n\nCoaching without visibility into real-time cash flow or profitability \n\n\nBeing unable to demonstrate measurable financial outcomes to your funders and stakeholders\, this session is for you. \n\n\n  \nWhat to expect:\n\n\nIntroduction to behaviour-based financial tracking: See how DayTwo converts messy\, informal records into structured data and credit signals that lenders recognise. \n\n\nLearn how daily habits become investability signals: A live exercise contrasting paper tracking with digital records\, showing how simple behavioural nudges translate into financial credibility. \n\n\nActionable coaching frameworks: Walk away with practical tools for interpreting profit and cash flow\, plus a hands-on demo showing the platform in action. \n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nMatthew Wallace\, Co-founder\, ONOW Myanmar\, Co-founder and CEO\, ONOW Ascent Inc\nNathan Temeyer\, Co-founder\, ONOW Ascent Inc\n\n———————————————————— \nThe Pollinators’ Toolkit Series\nThe Pollinators’ Toolkit series is designed to equip impact enablers with practical\, field-tested tools and resources to strengthen organisational capacity and improve how you support entrepreneurs. We know there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to enabling impact\, so this series showcases adaptable models\, frameworks\, and practices that you can make your own. \nWhether you’re looking for financial sustainability models\, mentoring strategies\, or impact measurement frameworks\, the Pollinator’s Toolkit is here to help you strengthen your operations while staying true to your work.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/coaching-smes/
LOCATION:Zoom (link will be emailed to participants)
CATEGORIES:Toolkit Showcase
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SUMMARY:Member Kickoff & Connections 🎉
DESCRIPTION:Members – Come join us as we start the year together!\nAs we step into a new year\, we’re creating space to do something simple and important. \nPollinate Pulse: Kickoff & Connections is our start-of-the-year member gathering: a relaxed\, energising moment to reconnect across the network\, meet new faces\, and get a shared sense of what’s taking shape in the year ahead. \nThis is not a formal presentation or a webinar. It’s a warm\, interactive space designed to bring members together — to reflect\, exchange\, and begin the year grounded in community and collective direction. \nWhy this gathering matters\nThe work of impact incubation doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s shaped by shared questions\, emerging priorities\, and the people doing the work every day. \nAt Pollinate Pulse\, we’ll: \n\nCreate space for members to share what they’re excited about\, curious about\, or grappling with as the year begins\nSurface themes and signals emerging across the network\nOffer a clear\, high-level snapshot of Pollinate Impact’s focus for the year ahead\, grounded in what members are already surfacing\nStrengthen connections across roles\, organisations\, and geographies\n\nYou’ll leave feeling more connected\, energised\, and oriented to what’s coming — and how you might want to engage this year. \nWho this space is for\nThis gathering is for everyone across Pollinate Impact member organisations: \n\nNew team members looking to get oriented\nPractitioners deep in the day-to-day work\nLeaders and CXOs wanting a clear view of what’s ahead\n\nIf you’re part of a Pollinate Impact member organisation and want to start the year connected to the Network\, this space is for you. \nWhat to expect\n\n🌟Light\, interactive prompts to spark conversation and reflection\n🖧 Time to reconnect and meet others across the network\n🗫A short\, accessible strategy snapshot — conversational\, not formal\n🤗A welcoming\, low-pressure environment where your voice matters\n\nCome as you are. Join for the full hour or as your schedule allows. \nStart the year with the Network!\nWe’d love to see you there.
URL:https://www.pollinateimpact.org/event/kickoff-connections-%f0%9f%8e%89/
CATEGORIES:Pollinate Pulse
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