Fw: Join Us For GSVC 2011 Global Finals and Ideas to Impact Conference

my buzz & my blog "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my linkedin --- 2011年3月31日 星期四，Global Social Venture Competition <gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Global Social Venture Competition <gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu> 主題: Join Us For GSVC 2011 Global Finals and Ideas to Impact Conference 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2011年3月31日,星期四,上午5:30 Trouble viewing this email? View an online version here.                 GSVC 2011 Global Finals and Ideas to Impact Conference Join us for the GSVC Global Finals and Awards Dinner on April 7 & 8! Finalist teams Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, France, Indonesia, Korea, South Africa, Thailand, UK and the US will gather at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley on April 7 & 8 to compete for $45,000 in prizes. For a complete list of the GSVC Global Finalists, click here. On Thursday, April 7, the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Finalists will compete for the SIA Award, and on Friday, April 8, the Global Finalist teams will pitch their social ventures and engage in Q&A with a panel of expert judges. Both pitch sessions are free and open to the public, creating an invaluable opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs, students, and the broader social venture community to hear the latest innovations in the social venture space and meet the teams in person. Later that evening, join us at the Global Finals Awards Dinner to celebrate the culmination of the 2011 competition and crown this year's winning teams. Maura O’Neill, Chief Innovation Officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development and Berkeley-Columbia MBA 04, will give the keynote address.  She is a four-time entrepreneur in the energy, education, and high-tech fields, and will share her thoughts on the critical role that social ventures play. Register for the Awards Dinner here. View the full schedule here. Register Now for the Ideas to Impact Conference! Ideas to Impact (I2I) is a day for doing.  We invite you to join active and aspiring social entrepreneurs, double-bottom-line business leaders, and Global Social Venture Competition entrants to take ideas into action in one collaborative, hands-on event.  Featuring fast talks, demos, pitch sessions, and workshops, this is the conference for people pushing change.  Our keynote speaker, Ted London, is a leading expert on the intersection of business strategy and poverty alleviation.  He is a Senior Research Fellow at the William Davidson Institute, directing the Base of the Pyramid Initiative, and on the faculty at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.  For more information visit the conference website. Register for the conference here. Schedule of Events – April 7-9, 2011 Thursday, April 7: Social Impact Assessment Finals Competition Location: UC Berkeley Men’s Faculty Club   3:00-5:00 PM Presentations by SIA Finalists* Location: Seaborg Room   Friday, April 8: Global Finals Competition and Awards Dinner Location: Haas School of Business/UC Berkeley   9:00 AM-4:30 PM Presentations by Global Finalists Teams* Location: Andersen Auditorium, Haas School   6:00-9:00 PM Reception, Dinner & Awards Ceremony Location: International House, UC Berkeley   Saturday, April 9:  Conference – Ideas to Impact Conference Location:  Haas School of Business   8:00 AM – 5:30 PM For details, visit the conference website.   Cocktail reception immediately following event.     *Presentation sessions are free and open to the public; no registration required.     SPONSORS GSVC gives special thanks for our current 2011 sponsors:     The Helzel Family Foundation         Donate to GSVC - We are 100% donor funded Become a Sponsor - Develop your social innovation pipeline, shape the competition and get media impact by investing in GSVC. Contact us at sponsors@gsvc.org today! Donate Individually - Your generous support will help strengthen the global community of innovative social entrepreneurs who are working to change the world. To make an individual donation to the GSVC, click here. Stay Connected Visit our website @ gsvc.org Follow us on Twitter @ twitter.com/gsvc Join the GSVC community @ facebook     Forward email This email was sent to incubator.hou@gmail.com by gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | F450 Haas School of Business | MC1930 | Berkeley | CA | 94720

Fw: Jubilee Centre eNews: March 2011

my buzz & my blog "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my linkedin --- 2011年3月30日 星期三，John Hayward <J.Hayward@jubilee-centre.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: John Hayward <J.Hayward@jubilee-centre.org> 主題: Jubilee Centre eNews: March 2011 收件人: "incubator.hou@gmail.com" <incubator.hou@gmail.com> 日期: 2011年3月30日,星期三,下午9:42 A BIBLICAL VISION FOR SOCIETY JUBILEE CENTRE E-NEWS March 2011   In this E-News: •  The Big Society •  New Cambridge Paper: The Great Financial Crisis •  Freedom of Conscience, Big Society & Multiculturalism •  From Japan To Libya: Making Sense of World Affairs •  Sex Education, Teenage Pregnancies & Homosexuality •  Changes to Gift Aid •  Prayer Corner   Dear Houghton Our recent report examining the Big Society received some good media coverage this month, including an interview on BBC London and a piece our director was able to write for the Guardian’s Comment is Free. For more details, see Faith in the Big Society?  Also, you can now book securely on our website for our Big Society & The Church Conference in Cambridge on 4th June!   New Cambridge Paper: The Great Financial Crisis The self-destructive tendency of a debt-based financial system is being retaught with a vengeance by the current financial crisis. To diagnose our current plight, our latest Cambridge Paper by international economist Paul Mills expounds the biblical teaching on debt, interest, and finance; explains what is really going on from a relational perspective; and draws applications for the Christian, the church, and society.  As usual, you can also find a summary of the paper and other readers’ comments on our website.         Freedom of Conscience, Big Society & Multiculturalism What Big Society Really Means: One Top Condition For Success and Five Practical Examples The Big Society is not just about volunteering. It also includes starting social enterprises and bringing new ethical principles and social transformation agendas to business. It will involve government doing more of the things for which it should be responsible, and the rest of us being enabled to do the things for which government has wrongly assumed responsibility in the past…  9 March 2011     Is Britain an Open, Confident Society? The Deputy Prime Minister has given a speech in Luton entitled An Open, Confident Society: The Application of Muscular Liberalism in a Multicultural Society…  4 March 2011   Christians Need Re-education Two High Court judges have ruled that homosexual rights ‘should take precedence’ over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds, albeit under very limited circumstances…  1 March 2011 From Japan To Libya: Making Sense of World Affairs Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Acts of God? Throughout the history of the Church until at least the early nineteenth century, natural disasters were known as the scourges of God, sent to ‘awaken and affright’ sinful humanity to repentance…  11 March 2011   Intervention in Libya: For Better or Worse? Throughout the history of the Church until at least the early nineteenth century, natural disasters were known as the scourges of God, sent to ‘awaken and affright’ sinful humanity to repentance…  25 March 2011 Sex Education, Teenage Pregnancies & Homosexuality Will British Teenagers Follow American Trend Towards Greater Abstinence? Compared with data from 2002, a higher percentage of males and females 15-24 in the United States in 2006-2008 have had no sexual contact with another person. Meanwhile, the conception rate among under-18s in England and Wales now estimated to be at its lowest rate since the early 1980s…  7 March 2011   Safe Sex Education Recommendations A 32-page guide ‘Too much, too young’ raises concerns over primary school sex education materials, while the tabloids report ‘Fury at equality watchdog after it calls for teachers to ask 11-year-olds if they are gay.’ What materials and videos do the schools you are connected with use in their sex and relationships education and what do you think of them? …  29 March 2011   Also see Christians Need Re-education, above. Changes to GiftAid As a registered charity, we are able to claim back tax through the GiftAid scheme on all donations given to us by UK taxpayers.  In recent years, we have been able to claim an extra 28p for every £1 donated but from 6th April this amount will decrease to 25p per £1.  Three pence may not sound a lot, but last year almost £20,000 of our income came from reclaimed GiftAid.  So, this 3p reduction in GiftAid could hit our income by £2,000 per year.  If you are thinking of making a donation in the near future, in order to maximise the value of your gift to Jubilee Centre, can we therefore encourage you to do so before 5th April?  If you would like to, you can donate securely online via the Support pages of our website.           Prayer Corner ‘“Those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”’ (Luke 13:4-5, NIV) Troubleshooting: If you are unable to follow the links in this message, copy and paste any of the following into the address bar of your internet browser: Jubilee Centre home page: http://www.jubilee-centre.org/ Jubilee Centre blog: http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/blogs.php Jubilee Centre resources: http://www.jubilee-centre.org/resources Jubilee Centre news pages: http://www.jubilee-centre.org/jubilee/news.php Jubilee Centre support pages: http://www.jubilee-centre.org/engage/support_us Jubilee Centre on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jubilee-Centre/65705019864 Jubilee Centre on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JubileeCentre You have received this message because you have requested to receive Jubilee Centre news by e-mail.  If you no longer wish to receive electronic news about the work of the Jubilee Centre, please email info@jubilee-centre.org with the message “Unsubscribe Jubilee Centre e-news” and quoting your reference number: 26737.  If you have been forwarded this message by a friend and wish to subscribe, please do so via our website, at http://www.jubilee-centre.org/mailinglist.php

Fw: ClearlySo and Guardian Seminars

my buzz & my blog "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my linkedin --- 2011年3月30日 星期三，ClearlySo <newsletter@clearlyso.com> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: ClearlySo <newsletter@clearlyso.com> 主題: ClearlySo and Guardian Seminars 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2011年3月30日,星期三,上午11:30 Having trouble viewing this email? Click here You're receiving this email because you are subscribed to receive social business updates from ClearlySo. You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. ClearlySo Events Update  Keeping you informed about our events in the social business and enterprise sector  Dear Houghton   Welcome to our new events update.      Every month we'll update you on new seminars and social investment events coming you're way from ClearlySo. We've got a packed shedule in 2011 with events already planned in association with the Guardian and Coutts & Co. Find out more here.     P.S. Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested, and help us raise the profile of our member businesses.        Guardian Seminar: Raising Capital Dr Mohammad Ubaydli  Date:10th May   Venue: Kings Place, London   Where is the money and how can we get it? ClearlySo CEO Rodney Schwartz chairs a half day seminar on the ins and outs of raising capital. Speakers include Jonathan Jenkins of UnLtd, Mohamad Ubaydli of Patients Know Best and Susan Ralphs of Ethical Property Company. You can find more information here.   Guardian Seminar: Public Assets Date: 14th June Venue: Kings Place, London    Rodney Schwartz chairs a half day seminar examining how social enterprises can access public assets. To find out more click here.   ClearlySo Teatime Time: 7th April 2011 Venue: ClearlySo offices Join us for tea, biscuits and debate on all things Social business, enterprise and investment. Rodney Schwartz and the ClearlySo team will be on hand to take any questions which enter your head. To register, follow this link. ClearlySocial Time: 8th April 2011 Venue: Strong Room, London Head to the Strong Room in Shoreditch London for a few drinks. This is a chance to sit, relax and share experiences with people fighting on the front line of the social business and enterprise revolution. Attendance is free, although I'm afraid the drinks are not. To sign up step this merry way.    Coming Soon: Conference and Pitching We've got many more events coming this way throughout the rest of the year. The ClearlySo Conference will take place on 11th October. This year's theme will be 'all shapes and sizes' as we celebrate the diversity of the social business, enterprise and investment space. We also have more social investment pitching events taking place as part of our on going association with Coutts & Co within London and elsewhere in the country. Information on these and other events will appear in due course. Watch this space.          That's all for now. Have a great month. In the meantime don't forget to check out www.clearlyso.com for everything you need from social enterprise. Cheerio, Tom Cropper ClearlySo Forward email This email was sent to incubator.hou@gmail.com by newsletter@clearlyso.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. ClearlySo | 4th Floor | 20 Old Street | London | EC1V 9AB | United Kingdom

Fw: Good Capitalist: Social Capital News

my buzz & my blog "When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my linkedin --- 2011年3月30日 星期三，Kevin Jones <info@socialcapitalmarkets.net> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Kevin Jones <info@socialcapitalmarkets.net> 主題: Good Capitalist: Social Capital News 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2011年3月30日,星期三,上午3:27 Click here to see this e-mail as a web page: Good Capitalist Issue 21 March 2011 Issue: 21 Social Capital Market Lens (Taking Impact Investing to Scale Means) Figuring Out How to Work with Government  By: Kevin Jones "My frustration with the social investment scene in Europe is that there is quite a lot of talk, ... and we have a reasonable level of entities doing lower risk efforts. What there is not is high risk, pipeline development or early stage investment." That statement was not made by someone sitting on the sidelines tossing in a criticism. It's the analysis of Geoff Mulgan, formerly of the thought leading Young Foundation, one of the creators of social impact bonds, now taking on an even bigger task leading NESTA and working at the highest levels with the European Union and entities like the European Investment Bank and other groups. A doer and a thinker, Mulgan has an idea of where he wants things to move. >>>Read More  The Public Interest in Social Capital Markets  By: Ben Thornley The growth of social capital markets, in size and influence, invariably raises the question: what role for government?   If private enterprise can deliver measurable social and environmental benefits, government may have an interest in providing support through favorable regulation, tax breaks, co-investment, capacity building, R&D, and other policies.   Impact Investing: A Framework for Policy and Design - published in January by InSight at Pacific Community Ventures and the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation - highlights some rules of thumb for using policy to catalyze private capital for public good. >>>Read More A Second European Tour By: Amy Benziger The SOCAP team arrived in Amsterdam last week for a second round of research, events, and planning meetings.  Amsterdam has started to feel like a home away from home, our familiarity with the city mirroring our growing understanding of the wide breadth of topics and tactics within Europe's social capital landscape. The team has been traveling across the continent to host a "Practitioners' Lunch" in Brussels, to attend the Partnership for Change Conference in Oslo, Norway hosted by the U.S ambassador Barry White, to meet with UNESCO in Paris, and we are ending in Oxford next week for Skoll and Oxford Jam. >>>Read More In This Issue Figuring Out How to Work with Government The Public Interest in Social Capital Markets A Second European Tour Last Call for Early Bird Registration!       If you haven't registered for the inaugural SOCAP/Europe yet, check out our speaker lineup, themes and more here to see what it has to offer! You can still take advantage of our early bird rate by registering today.              Stay Connected   Good Capitalist Archive >>>View Here    Social Capital Market News Briefs University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School receive $6.5 million to launch leadership and innovation prize - The Lipman Family Prize will award a cash prize of $100,000 annually and ongoing  Wharton resources to a winning organization committed to sustainable social solutions. >>>Read More   Epic.io launches to support collaboration around social missions - Epic.io imports activity from across the web - twitter, google docs, basecamp, etc - to document progress on your social mission.  >>>Read More    Why Social Capital Is The Coming Decade's Most Important Buzzword - Nathaniel Whittemore shows how investing social capital - networks and influence - in addition to financial capital is being utilized more to great effect, especially in an industry working for social impact. >>>Read More   The Most Exciting 0.003% of Obama's Budget: Social Impact Bonds - Social Impact Bonds, a social investment vehicle that's being piloted in England, is attracting interest in the United States by investors and government alike. >>>Read More   Omidyar Network Awards $5 Million to Catalyze Social Impact Through Property Rights - As a part of a $23 million global commitment to improve lives through property rights, Omidyar funds the Institute for Liberty & Democracy as well as three award-winning Ashoka Changemaker organizations working to legally empower the poor. >>>Read More   Investing for Impact - Those who don't have millions can still participate in impact investing by learning about and investing in businesses that aim for impact in addition to profit. >>>Read More   A Place for Government in Social Innovation?: An Interview with Laura Tomasko - Laura Tomasko of Council on Foundations in Washington D.C. discusses why she believes there is plenty of opportunity for government to support social innovation. >>>Read More    Announcing IDEO.org: Addressing poverty through Human Centered Design - In this interview, Jocelyn Wyatt and Patrice Martin offer insight into the plans for a non-profit arm of design powerhouse, IDEO. >>>Read More   OPIC Invites Input for Impact Investing Call for Proposals - The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government's development finance institution invites input from investors, advisors, entrepreneurs and other interested parties about how best to design a call for proposals to catalyze 'impact investments'. >>>Read More   Penelope Douglas to moderate Social Capital Markets panel at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on April 4th - Penelope Douglas, Hub Bay Area and SOCAP's Board President, will moderate conversation amongst local Bay Area social entrepreneurs. >>>Read More    Matt Bannick of Omidyar Network at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on April 5th -Matt Bannick joins moderator, Dr. Ruth A. Shapiro, to discuss how Omidyar Network supports entrepreneurs as a part of The Commonwealth Club's social entrepreneur series. >>>Read More   "Green Opportunities for Tomorrow's Markets" at NYU on April 6th - The New Ventures Global Investor Forum 2011 will showcase six leading environmental entrepreneurs from Latin America and Asia to an audience of international investors and business leaders. >>>Read More  Forward email This email was sent to incubator.hou@gmail.com by info@socialcapitalmarkets.net |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Good Capital | 901 Mission St. | Suite 105 | San Francisco | CA | 94110