June 1, 2009

Doing Good While Earning an Income
Studio 904’s vision statement is, “To be a revolutionary business and create a unique economic opportunity by improving the quality of life for all the citizens we serve.

I have been giving a lot of thought to the label people have put on me and Studio 904.
People call us a social enterprise, community service oriented business, business with a philosophy, business with a heart and business which treats our employees well. When people call us by these names, it gives me a good feeling. I say to myself, “We must have been “walking our talk” for all these years.

My friend Sharon Cox from San Francisco called me shortly after Obama took office as our new President and said, “Kay, what are you waiting for? He is calling on us to step up and create innovative social changes in our perspective communities. He’s even created an Office for Social Innovation under his office. You’ve already been practicing what he is telling us to do. It’s time for you to step out of your box and carry his message out to the world.

Since then, I’ve attended a week-long Leadership Conference called the “Caring Citizenship” which was sponsored by Al Etmansky and Vickie Cammack of the PLAN Institute in Canada.
We spent a great deal of time studying about the subject of Social Entrepreneurship and how levering your resources with the right partner can bring about powerful changes in our organization and in the society.

After I got this kick-in-the-pants advice from my friend Sharon, and with what I learned at the Caring Citizenship Conference plus putting my thirty years of experience with Studio 904’s community service programs into the mix, I decided to hold a workshop together with Whitney Keys of Whitney Keys Productions, a well known media specialist from Seattle.

Whitney and I would like to invite you to this workshop …. guaranteed to re-awaken your passion and promote a new mindset which will move you and your organization to the next level, in-spite of the economic woes of our country!







Social Entrepreneurship Workshop

It’s Time for New Thinking… learn powerful strategies to create communities that support your organization and promote social changes



Presented by:
Kay Hirai, Social Entrepreneur
Whitney Keyes, Media Specialist

In this 3-part workshop, you will learn how to:
Apply entrepreneurial thinking to your organization
Identify social entrepreneurship opportunities with partners you may not even recognize yet.
Hold successful fundraising events that make money and meet Potential clients.
Get the media to publicize your story.

Who should attend this workshop?
Non-Profit organizations, businesses and government agencies that need
innovative ways to cast a wider net and grow in this new era.

Date: June 25 Thursday
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 AM
Location: Studio 904 Salon in Mercer Island
3041 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island, Wa. 98040
Fee: $35
RSVP: Reserve your seat by June 22, 2009
Register by calling Studio 904 at 206-232-3393.

About the speakers:
Whitney Keyes Media Specialist http://www.whitneykeyes.com/
Kay Hirai Social Entrepreneur http://www.studio904.com/

Additional workshops
This workshop is the first of a 3-part series on social entrepreneurial skills.
Other workshops will follow on July 9 and 23.