Entries For: February 2007
2007-02-28
Social-Impact
Apply now to attend a year-long professional development in Hyderabad, India
Social-Impact’s professional development programme offers training, mentoring, networking opportunities and access to financial support to help successful social entrepreneurs advance to the next level in pursuit of their vision. These unique services will be delivered and supported in collaboration with leading local, state and national practitioners and mentors.
Social-Impact’s one-year programme requires a serious time commitment from selected social entrepreneurs, and ultimately enables them to effectively ramp up and scale their social ventures. Between ten and 15 talented individuals will be selected to participate in the 2007 professional development programme in Hyderabad, India.
Social entrepreneurs interested in participating in the programme can download the guidelines and application. Space is limited and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through May 1, 2007.
2007-02-27
Ceres Conference 2007
April 25-26, 2007 | Seaport Hotel | Boston, MA
The Ceres Conference 2007, Advancing Sustainable Prosperity, comes at a critical juncture. The world is struggling to meet energy and water needs, the planet is warming at an alarming pace, and many still live and work in poverty. While corporations are under increasing pressure to compete globally while maximizing returns, these environmental and social challenges are business issues that need serious attention. They pose both risks that must be managed proactively and opportunities that must be leveraged immediately.
Advancing sustainable prosperity is about understanding that capitalism and sustainability are deeply and increasingly interrelated. By uniting investor and environmental perspectives, business strategies can be aligned with sustainable solutions so that the planet can be protected at the same time that people can prosper.
Ceres, the world's largest network of investors, environmentalists and companies united for sustainable prosperity, challenges conventional short-term thinking, builds long-term value and produces measurable results.
Join us for the Ceres Conference 2007, which will bring together and mobilize CEOs, corporate directors, investors and national environmental leaders to take action on these vast challenges before us.
2007-02-20
Edge Upstarts Awards 2007
The New Statesman has launched its annual social enterprise awards – Edge Upstarts Awards 2007.
The awards recognise excellence in all aspects of social enterprise and highlight the value of social enterprises and their vital contribution to the nation. This year's awards will recognise in particular those employers who pass on practical skills and those who benefit from learning-by-doing, a chief concern for many social enterprises.
Entries or nominations can be made here by 8 April 2007.
2007-02-16
Social Entrepreneurship and Global Change
A Mini-Summit for Young Social Entrepreneurs - New York
Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center, NYU, 60 Washington Square South, New York
Food and refreshments will be served. Event is free.
The mini-summit will feature a plenary discussion with some of today’s most prominent social entrepreneurs followed by breakouts where participants can discuss social entrepreneurship with young professionals currently working in the field.
Confirmed speakers for the opening panel include:
- Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director, Witness
- Beth H. Cohen, Acting Director, Global Philanthropists Circle, Synergos Institute
- Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green
- Jimmy Lee, Acting Director of Policy & Research, Global Business Coalition
- Jeff Trexler, Helene and Grant Wilson Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Pace University
After the panel, representatives from Endeavor, StartingBloc, Women’s World Banking, E On Fire, and numerous other organizations will lead breakout discussions on how young people can get involved in social venture capital, corporate social responsibility, micro-finance, non-profit start-ups, and cause marketing.
Sponsored by Informed Democracy at NYU and the Donald & Paula Smith Family Foundation
Co-Sponsors: Economics Honor Society, CAS Student Council, Bridge, and NYU School of Social Work Graduate Association
Click here to register for this event.
2007-02-08
National Volunteer Week
This National Volunteer Week (April 15-21, 2007) recognize outstanding community partners with a nomination for a 2007 Volunteering Award.
All nominees will be honored at The Volunteer Center’s annual volunteer recognition party Hat’s Off! A Celebration of Community Volunteers on April 20, 2007. All nominations are due March 2, 2007.
2007-02-04
5th World Summit on Media for Children
Media for Children – A Tool for Global Peace
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
March 24 – 28, 2007
Policy on Children’s Media will be discussed
Roy Disney will be a keynote speaker
Ambassador Moushira Khattab from Egypt will lead a delegation to 5WSMC
Costs:
5 days package all inclusive
R2,500.00 for South African delegates
US$ 500.00 for international delegates
Daily Rates
R600.00 per day, per delegate
US$ 150 per day, per delegate
REGISTRATION - Limited spaces available! Everyone has to register. This includes guests, speakers, facilitators, presenters, child delegates, chaperones, delegates and exhibitors. Register online now here.
2007-02-02
An Evening with Bunker Roy
The Barefoot Approach Beyond India
Wednesday, February 7th, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Helen Mills Theater, 137-139 West 26th Street, New York
Hailed by Fast Company magazine as "the best thing going" in rural development, Bunker Roy and the Barefoot College have demonstrated to the world that what may seem impossible is possible, that "experts" don't have all the answers, and that with the Barefoot approach, the rural poor develop their own communities.
The Ordinary Heroes of Afghanistan: Watch the remarkable story of 10 Afghan men and women who travel to the Barefoot College of Tilonia in India to become Barefoot Solar Engineers.
2007-02-01
Investors' Circle 2007 Spring Conference
Apply by February 15, 2007
The Investors' Circle 2007 Spring Conference will take place May 22-24, 2007 in San Francisco, CA. It is a meeting place for angel investors, professional venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, and entrepreneurs who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable future.
The 2006 Fall Conference attracted over 300 attendees, including over 150 investors. The last three conferences have resulted in over US $12 million in total investment in approximately 1/3 of presenting ventures, with additional investments pending.
If you are interested in presenting at the Venture Fair at the 2007 Spring Conference, please apply by February 15, 2007.
