I am excited to share these stories of working with you,
as the generation of innovators and entrepreneurs
taking powerful action for the planet
as the generation of innovators and entrepreneurs
taking powerful action for the planet
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Inspiring Ecolint GB students to design a healthy campus
On 24th June 2019, Ecolint La Grande Boissière Year 11 students came to the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva. Running this workshop in partnership with UNCTAD's Division of Investment & Enterprise (DIAE), Flow In Action set the students the challenge to apply SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities to create a healthy campus of their own. Read on
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Raising awareness about sustainability with Grenoble Ecole de Management MBA students
As MBA students taking the sustainability specialisation at Grenoble Ecole de Management, their exploration is about how to engage colleagues and implement sustainability solutions in their workplaces or entrepreneurial ventures. Elaine France ran a workshop as visiting faculty to teach her methods on raising awareness in business environments. Read on
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Preparing young entrepreneurs for their journey
Back in April 2019, Flow In Action ran a 'resilience for the entrepreneur's journey' workshop with young entrepreneurs participating in Capacity Zurich's Incubator Programme for entrepreneurs with refugee and migrant background. Read on
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Resilience for Entrepreneurs Workshop with Capacity Zurich
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Saturday 13th April 2019
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I felt your facilitation and the journey you took us on was more then that. I felt that you shared your life experience and passed on your valuable lessons learned. I felt that your workshop had so much ‘Herzensblut’ as it said in German. Herz - Heart + Blut - Blood ==> so much passion, compassion ,commitment and enthusiasm!
This way - your way - can only be facilitated by someone who knows exactly what she/ he’s talking about!
I felt you cared. And this all made your training , facilitation , session on resilience so valuable, so genuine, so wholehearted! Spring 2019 Programme Participant
Amazing workshop Elaine! Thank you. Your open spirit and joyfulness inspired us to jump in and out and test the tools. You reinforced the power of positivity and how important it is in building resilience, which is essential for entrepreneurship. For me it was the channel which reached not only my understanding but also my emotions.
Spring 2019 Programme Participant
I really loved your presentation, it was one of the most honest ones I know. And very encouraging!
Spring 2019 Programme Participant
Attending the Resilience session with Elaine was a moment of inspiration and supportive coaching to move forward with our project. It was really beneficial as members of a team and as individuals with personal stories to heal and look back on them. The concept of realizing I am unprecedent, is something I´d like to remember all the time. Personally, it gave me an assurance that it´s right to listen to ourselves, not only for personal situations but for all situations we are in. It is not common to find workshops that do this link between how we are inside and how we perform at our 'business level´. I wish more people/Companies could take a look at this. I felt an incredible rapport with Elaine, she is sensitive, knowledgable and inspiring to be around! Can´t wait to connect again.
Spring 2019 Programme, Capacity Zurich
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Empowering young entrepreneurs from developing countries
at UNCTAD's Start-Ups & Scale-Ups for SDGs 2018 youth pitching event As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018, Flow In Action worked with UNCTAD's Division of Investment & Enterprise (DIAE), to organise the event, train and support the pitching candidates and host the event, held in Hall IV in the Palais des Nations. Watch the video here.
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Engaging youth in entrepreneurship for gender equality with UNCTAD
For the UNCTAD Empretec Women In Business Awards 2018, Flow In Action partnered with UNCTAD's Division of Investment & Enterprise (DIAE) to create an SDG Innovation Challenge for primary and secondary school children to be distributed around the world.
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UNCTAD's Start-Up for SDGs pitching event 2017
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017, Flow In Action worked with UNCTAD's Division of Investment & Enterprise (DIAE), to organise the event, train and support the pitching candidates - working on resilience for their entrepreneurial journey and ran an audience innovation session.
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Building Resilience Workshop,
GEW 2017, UN, Geneva
13th November 2017
GEW 2017, UN, Geneva
13th November 2017
Flow In Action partnered with UNCTAD (UN Conference for Trade & Development) to support the 10 young entrepreneurs pitching in their prestigious event during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. In the workshop we explored resilience and ‘soft’ leadership skills as a vital part of living sustainably as a change-maker and entrepreneur.
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Agents of Change Club
@ St George's International School, Switzerland
@ St George's International School, Switzerland
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Working alongside the CAS Coordinator, Richard Lineham, students undertaking their IB Diploma were invited to set up an Agents of Change Team as part of their CAS activities.
Their remit was to take ownership of the way social change activities were run in the school, to encourage more creativity and engagement from the students. Two students initially came forward, Talita and Mayo, who set up the logistics of the club and planned the calendar of activities. |
Soon, more CAS students joined the club and delivered different fundraising events across the school year, with the proceeds mainly going to World Bicycle Relief.
The highlight of 2016 was Star Wars Day on May 4th, with themed activities designed to involved as many students and staff across the whole school. It was a triumph and earned the students great praise from WBR's founders, FK Day and Leah Missbach-Day. |
CAS Student Workshop at International School of Zug & Luzern
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As part of the development of their High-School Service Learning Strategy, Flow In Action worked alongside Vicky Wasner, Experiential Learning Coordinator to build greater understanding of 'service' and social impact with all students from Year 10 - 12.
In June 2016, we ran a workshop for 110 students from Year 10, to prepare them for starting their CAS activities. Using the Learn to Move Mountains approach, they were introduced to CAS and explored how to use their creativity to take action. |
In August 2016, we followed up with a further event to reinforce some key messages around creativity and change-making.
The key principles for each young person are that their creativity counts, so that each student understands that their unique strengths are the foundation for positive change. As part of this process, several students accepted the invitation to set-up an Agents of Change Team to work alongside Vicky Wasner, to encourage their peers to embrace their creativity. |
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Innovation in Emergency Relief Housing Workshop
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Student Council as Young Leaders
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In April 2016, Elaine France brought the Year 9 students at St George's International School in Switzerland together to explore innovation in Emergency Relief Housing.
Having embedded the ideas & innovation process with the students, by exploring bamboo houses and cities of the future, they were then introduced to how innovation works in disaster relief and humanitarian aid scenarios. With MedAir as guest speakers, the students were able to hear first-hand what creative solutions happen in real-world situations. In groups, the students were then able to use materials destined for the recycling bins, to design and construct maquettes of emergency relief houses designed for specific scenarios. 
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In 2016/2017, Elaine worked with the Student Council at the International School of Zug & Luzern (ISZL) to build their skills as young leaders in two half day workshops.
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How do you want to make your positive impact & move mountains?
Get in touch to get started
E: elaine@flowinaction.org T: +41 (0) 765 673 870
Get in touch to get started
E: elaine@flowinaction.org T: +41 (0) 765 673 870