Autistic Social Entrepreneurship-The Program for Autistic Innovators, Systemisers & Social Entrepreneurs
Innovation & Social Justice- Dr Sharon Zivkovic of Community Capacity Building & the Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship will provide a brief intro to their Program for Autistic Innovators, Systemisers & Social Entrepreneurs. Specifically, they will outline their reasons and motivation for the development of the program, emergent learnings from the first round and what to expect if you sign up for future rounds.
Dr Sharon Zivkovic
Autistic
Dr Sharon Zivkovic is an Autistic social innovator and entrepreneur who has been supporting communities to build capacity for over 25 years. As Founder & CEO of Community Capacity Builders, she established the Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship in 2023 to create stronger support systems and tools for autistic social entrepreneurs. She combines systems thinking and applied complexity science with lived experience, mentoring changemakers, developing programs, and working to reshape social enterprise ecosystems in a neurodiversity-affirming way.