On September 28^th, For Youth Initiative is hosting part II of our IGNITE Your Idea series in partnership with Inspired Initiative. In part I: Design thinking, participants were able to explore their idea from the ground up. In part II, participants will be taking this idea further by creating a business model canvas. It is a model that is extremely useful for describing, designing, and summarizing a start-up idea and business. Through this workshop participants will be able to draft the canvas business model.

       Through this KEM attendees will be able to be:

• Think innovatively about their idea
• Draft business model canvas  
• Share and exchange knowledge with participants

This session will be facilitated by:

Chris Duff, Inspired Initiative. Christopher 'Mr. Inspired' Duff is the founder of a program design and consulting firm called Inspired Initiatives. He is a speaker, youth advocate and trailblazer fiercely committed to solving some of the world’s most challenging and complex social problems. Chris sits on a number of committees including being a member of the Youth Justice Committee of Ontario where he acts as a mediator between youth who have committed crimes and the victims of those crimes. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the George Brown Social Innovation Hub, where he works with the hub to develop and refine their long term and short term strategies, connect them with community-level resources and provide support for the ‘hubsters’ that are enrolled in the program.