【4th Yunus Prize】2019 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 📣APPLY NOW📣

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🌟This competition is conducted in English! 🌏 International Students in Taiwan are welcomed!

🌟It’s fun- Let’s pitch & PechaKucha 🗣

🌟Cooperate with 🇫🇷 French NGO organization makesense’ hotspot “makesense Taiwan” to provide international connection!

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Are you ready for the challenge?

🔰 First Round Challenge: “Describe a Social Problem in Taiwan” 💭
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【Orientation workshop】
🎙 Taichung – Taichung Social Innovation Unit (7F, Thought Kitchen)
▫Date: July 30th 12:00-15:00
▫Topic: Go global with social innovation
▫Speaker: Jessie Chang (PI, Taichung Social Innovation Unit)

🎙 Taoyuan- Youth Affairs Bureau, Taoyuan City Government (2F, PBL classroom)
▫Date: August 13th 18:00-21:00
▫Topic: Social Entrepreneur’s Night: Kaviiland
▫Speaker: Hung, I-Hung (Founder, Kaviiland)

🎙 Taipei – Social Innovation Lab (1F, A2 classroom)
▫Date：August 16th 10:00-13:00
▫Topic: What pain? So what? Now what? Social Impact Pitching
▫Speaker: David A. Hall (CEO, United States Business Consultancy Taiwan)
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【Competition Information】
🌿 Who can attend the competition?
Yunus Prize is a team-based competition. Each team should be composed of 3 to 5 full time university students under age of 35. Each person could only attend one team. International students are welcomed.

🌿 Materials to be prepared
Please prepare a PowerPoint presentation describing a “social problem” you want to solve in Taiwan. There is no format or page limitation for the slides. (Attention: You can’t withdraw your PowerPoint presentation file once it is uploaded.) Please go to the following link to complete the application form and upload the presentation file: https://forms.gle/TQMwnZpDS2sxepoL7

🌿 Application Submission Link
Please go to the following link to complete the application form and upload the presentation file: https://forms.gle/TQMwnZpDS2sxepoL7

🌿 Submission Deadline: September 8th 23:59 (GMT+8)

🌿 Download the General Regulation here: https://pse.is/EABEN 
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【Important Dates】
⚡ Sep. 08th: Application Deadline
⚡ Sep. 12th: Top 40 Teams Announcement (Rookies).
⚡ Sep. 21st: Pitch Contest (Semi-Final Round)
⚡ Oct. 19th: Social Business Colosseum (Final Round)
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【Organizer】
Yunus Centre, Yunus Social Business Centre at National Central University

【Partners】
makesense Taiwan, Social Impact Institute of Taiwan, Taipei Social Innovation Lab, Taichung Social Innovation Unit, Taoyuan-Hsinchu-Miaoli Regional Branch of Workforce Development Agency.
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🔔Latest News will be updated in the official site of 4th Yunus Prize
https://sbc.mgt.ncu.edu.tw/yunusprize
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【Contact Us】 
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🌵Email: yunus.sbc@g.ncu.edu.tw
🌵Web: https://sbc.mgt.ncu.edu.tw/yunusprize