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Uploaded Presentation Slides! Good Board Governance, Session II: Thursday April 29, 11:30am - 12:30pm Presenters: Gordon Floyd, Children's Mental Health Ontario and Sonia Pouyat, kidsLINK/NDSA
May 25, 2010: Lisa Nitze has been named President and CEO of the Social Enterprise Alliance, the largest membership organization for social entrepreneurs in North America and the national network linking social enterprises in the U.S. and Canada with peer networks abroad. Lisa takes over at the Alliance after nearly five years at Ashoka, where she most recently served as Vice President of the
Greetings! For those participants who joined me for the "Coming Up for Air: Work Smarter, Not Harder" Presentation, see attached Powerpoint as requested. Please contact me for individual questions and/or additional coaching. Happy to help! Best, Catherine Markman
Tristan reports on the final day of the 2010 Social Enterprise Summit and World Forum…Following the previous night’s performance of soothing and rustic tones of Wake For Dead, The Grateful Dead cover band with a Celtic twist, Day 3 at the 2010 Social Enterprise Summit started out with some Aussie flavor.I attended the Stories from Australian Social Enterprises: Key Learnings from the
A plenary session with a global perspective provided insight for Kylie and other delegates wanting to identify the commonalities. What would it take for government to take on social enterprise? That’s the question Jim Schorr posed to the panel of Anne Jamieson, Toronto Enterprise Fund, Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy and Peter Holbrook, CEO of the Social
I just learned about this through JustMeans: http://www.justmeans.com/Obama-Endorses-Social-Enterprise-Ratings-Idea/13685.html
Many of you have been asking about the attendee list. Well, here it is again :) Granted, it is not the most up to date but we will be sure to provide one soon after the Summit. So stay tuned! And don't forget that you can keep your networking right here, right now, tomorrow, and Saturday, hey, even a month after most of us leave the beautiful town of San Francisco!
In this post, Kylie talks about engaging young social entrepreneurs... A changing of the guards, or perhaps a little respite, seems to be on the minds of social enterprise stalwarts as they herald in the young social entrepreneurs through the development of networks, enterprises and skills building activities. Many are represented at the Conference and Summit including SAGE, a global
Tristan reports on day two of the 2010 Social Enterprise Summit and World Forum…Government and social enterpriseThe 2010 Social Enterprise Summit opened its second day with a plenary panel delving into the government and social enterprise collaboration. Social Enterprise Alliance public policy board member Jim Schorr started the event questioning the state of the union in each panel member’s
Tristan reports from the Summit Showcase and Reception... The 2010 Social Enterprise Summit and World Forum (#SocEnt10) kicked off Wednesday with a rallying call to Generation Y. As I weaved my way through the hoopla of the Summit showcase and reception I found many organizations that focus a large amount of their time educating and empowering students, youth and anyone else between the ages of
On a day of pre-conference tours and workshops, Kylie steps out with a bus load of social entrepreneurs to see what San Francisco has to offer... Social Enterprise may be a relatively new term, but the ethos is nothing new to those dedicated organisations that have been working in the field for decades. They are passionate about addressing a need in the community, committed to developing
Have you signed up for a tour yet? Luckily, we have a few spots left for Tour 5 on Friday afternoon. Come to the the Summit office to register and claim your spot now! Tour 5 - Friday April 30th 3:30pm - 6:00pm Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center Reliatech Goodwill
Annual bursary to honour Ray Murphy Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund and Philanthropy Ireland, announce a scholarship to encourage research on philanthropy and social finance in Irish Third level colleges. The EUR 10,000 annual bursary is open to students (part-time as well as full-time) that intend to undertake postgraduate study. Eligible areas of concentration include philanthropy, social finance, charities regulation, social enterpris... [read more]