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Event Reports
Rebekah Lin
Fuze Night January 2017

In January, Fuze Night brought together people who were keen to learn, meet and share their ideas, to build better together. We heard from General Assembly, GRAB, Dakota Adventures and Tango 5 share inspiring narratives of social change. 

Fuze Night January 2017
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Cheryl Chong, The Social Co.
Fuze Night November 2016

In November, Fuze Night brought together people who were keen to learn, meet and share their ideas, to build better together. We heard from Think Big Communications, Pangdemonium, UN Women and Jia Foundation share inspiring stories of their work, and took part in a giving experiment, organised by The Social Co. for Giving Week.

Fuze Night November 2016
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Rebekah Lin
Fuze Night October 2016

We jointly hosted women leaders in social innovation, in conjunction with the Young Women's Leadership Connection's Ladies' Night - and heard from NVPC, the Awesome Foundation, The Social Pantry and BLESS - Bringing Love to Every Single Soul. 

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Rebekah Lin, The Social Co.
Fuze Night September 2016

Environmentally-responsible, social good and business innovation ideas were shared by #Up2Degrees, Samaritans of Singapore, The Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE and ServisHero. Read on to find out more.

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Charmaine Fong
Fuze Night August 2016

Our Fuze Night August edition featured the folks that are building social movements in Singapore and beyond. Martin Tan, from SMU's Institute of Societal Leadership, talked on what it takes to lead society. Mizah Rahman and Daniel Ong talked on engaging communities to different ways to make them stronger. Lastly, Paul Foster shared his journey's into philanthropy from a personal space.

Launching Be An Idea Reading Pods

Launching Be An Idea Reading Pods

Today, we're soft launching our Be An Idea Reading Pods, our interpretation of a book club gathering. The platform aims to connect people of purpose with each other and ideas that will help them be more effective in delivering social impact and positive change for their communities. Each quarter takes a look at three select books with interested readers being organised into small pods that connect through a number of facilitated conversations over the same period. Pod members are encouraged to discuss, reflect and explore how the content can be made relevant for themselves, their fellow participants and their communities.

Batam Build - June 2018

Batam Build - June 2018

On June 9, Be An Idea sent a volunteer team to the Indonesian island of Batam to collaborate with Habitat for Humanity’s mission to provide affordable housing for locals as well as support our personal mission to build thriving communities. The 6-strong team, led by founder Nadim van der Ros, was made up of Be An Idea team members and volunteers from our extended network.

Pivot. Pivot. Pivot.

Be An Idea is changing. In fact, we've been quietly changing over the last several months and what's really changed is that we're ready to announce this to the world. We recognise that being a 6-year old enterprise that is still pivoting in start-up mode feels very much like being Steve Carell's Andy Stitzer character in Forty Year Old Virgin. We've pivoted a few times and each new pivot sows plenty of confusion about what we do.

Fuze Night August 2016

Our Fuze Night August edition featured the folks that are building social movements in Singapore and beyond. Martin Tan, from SMU's Institute of Societal Leadership, talked on what it takes to lead society. Mizah Rahman and Daniel Ong talked on engaging communities to different ways to make them stronger. Lastly, Paul Foster shared his journey's into philanthropy from a personal space.

Kari Tamura, SAMASAMA @ Fuze Night July 2016

Together with an artist Calvin Tay, Kari Tamura founded the SAMASAMA initiative - which aims to reshape the narrative from sympathy to empathy for migrant workers in Singapore. She shared learnings from the engagement with migrant workers, partner organization HealthServe and the process of creating the exhibition in Westlake Dormitory. 

Kari spoke at Fuze Night July 2016, and funds raised during the evening were channelled to Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support.

The giving continues at giving.sg/campaigns/fuze-night-july-2016

Video production courtesy of Pharaoh Entertainment

Scott Lai, Paint the Town Red @ Fuze Night July 2016

Scott developed Paint the Town Red to raise awareness of HIV amongst youth in Singapore. Statistics indicate that low testing rates are especially prevalent amongst heterosexuals, and youths surveyed stated that they know very little about HIV support services.

Scott spoke at Fuze Night July 2016, and funds raised during the evening were channelled to Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support.

The giving continues at giving.sg/campaigns/fuze-night-july-2016

Video production courtesy of Pharaoh Entertainment

Geraldine Ang, UNHCR @ Fuze Night July 2016

Geraldine spoke about the global refugee crisis - with the 65 million people forced to flee their homes, changing certain misconceptions about the refugees' mindsets. Our response will determine the safety and stability of our world today - for a start, we can show our support by signing a petition at: http://www.withrefugees.com

Geraldine spoke at Fuze Night July 2016, and funds raised during the evening were channelled to Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support.

The giving continues at giving.sg/campaigns/fuze-night-july-2016

Video production courtesy of Pharaoh Entertainment

Kok Xinghui, The Straits Times @ Fuze Night July 2016

Xinghui was the knowledge speaker at Fuze Night, who shared about how to pitch newsworthy stories to the local newspaper. Hear from her tips shared, from her experience covering social issues with the Straits Times.

Xinghui spoke at Fuze Night July 2016, and funds raised during the evening were channelled to Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support.

The giving continues at giving.sg/campaigns/fuze-night-july-2016

Video production courtesy of Pharaoh Entertainment