| | Early-bird registration closes tomorrow, January 15. As host of the 3rd global conference, we are excited to present a program designed to engage delegates from around the world in exploring the role of social enterprise in building healthy communities and economies across various cultures, such as: The New Social Impact Exchange Platforms for social stock exchanges have emerged in several countries. This session will present the Rockefeller Foundation's project as well as the GSIX and the Nexii transaction platform. Session participants will map their position in the global ecosystem of actors in social capital markets to develop information on the state of play in the field. Purposeful purchasing: new market opportunities for social enterprise through procurement
Sustainable purchasing is an evolving theme and growing practice within the procurement policies and purchasing practices of individuals, non-profits, corporations and government. The growing inclusion of social factors within sustainable purchasing is creating the opportunity for social enterprise market growth. Purchasers have to know what social enterprises provide, social enterprises need to know how to approach purchasers, and purchasers need to know how to include social enterprise in their existing purchasing supply chain. See more sessions
Plenary Panels not to be Missed
Thursday lunch, April 29
Engaging all Sectors - Can systems thinking help us gain traction? A cross-sector approach to tackling the challenges
We all have the same goal: to devise solutions that work to problems that matter. But what if the old categories into which we slot problems turn out to impede our ability to devise new, workable solutions? What if our old mental models are part of the problem, not part of the solution? This session will focus on the way blowing up old categories and embracing systems thinking can lead to the development of sustainable solutions that deliver real results in addressing deep-seated social, economic, and environmental problems.  Alan Webber, (moderator)
Founding Editor, Fast Company Magazine
Alan M. Webber is the author of "Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths For Winning At Business Without Losing Your Self." Previously he was editorial director of the Harvard Business Review and founding editor of Fast Company magazine. He is active in social entrepreneurially undertakings in a number of capacities around the world.  Kenneth Kaplan
MIT Collaborative Initiatives
Ken Kaplan serves as Associate Director of MIT Collaborative Initiatives, an incubator for projects that rethink the way we think about complex problems. The Collaborative engages experts from engineering, design, education, business, medicine, and the hard and soft sciences to design innovative models for tackling big-picture social issues such as Health. Rosanne Haggerty
President & Founder, Common Ground
Rosanne Haggerty is the President and Founder of Common Ground Community H.D.F.C., Inc., a New York City-based non-profit organization dedicated to finding innovative solutions to homelessness. See more plenary panels and speakers
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Succeeding at Social Enterprise: Hard Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs
SEA is teaming up with Jossey-Bass to publish the first book on best practices for established social enterprises written by leaders from the field. Plan to purchase a copy at the Summit
The moment I attended my first SEA Summit was the first time in a decade that I had felt like I was with people who thought like me, whose head didn't explode when they talked passionately about both social mission and business. I felt at home! And, I committed to coming back. Jim Fruchterman President Benetech | | |
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