Posts Tagged ‘Networking’

Penelope Douglas’ Interview with BSR

November 1st, 2013

 

Penelope Douglas, the board chair of SOCAP (and Impact Hub Bay Area) is speaking at this year’s BSR Conference in the session “Maximizing Investments for Social Impact: Lessons from Leaders,” Penelope spoke with BSR about about how companies can harness their networks to achieve both social and business impact.

Read the interview.

Learn more about the BSR Conference.

Slow Money’s 4th National Gathering in Beautiful Boulder, CO. April 29-30, 2013

March 18th, 2013

“The gathering was life changing. Welcome to a revolution!”
—Paul Tryba, THE FARM, Long Beach, CA

Looking for a new kind of social investing for the 21st century? If so, plan to joinSlow Money’s emerging network of thought leaders, investors, donors, farmers, social entrepreneurs and everyday folks for their 4th National Gathering this April in Boulder, CO. Two days of conversations, network building and action planning in a food-loving town. What could be better?

The list of speakers is phenomenal: the international founder of Slow Food Carlo Petrini; Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute, which for 30 years has conducted cutting-edge research on sustainable agriculture; Author Joan Gussow, who Michael Pollan has referred to as “my guru”; and many more.

There will also be investment presentations from two dozen small food enterprises and break out sessions on topics ranging from New Visions of Corporate Philanthropy to Exploring Seeds and Biodiversity to Impact Investing, plus the opportunity to collaborate with folks from around the country who are finding new ways to connect money, culture and the soil—including members of the 16 chapters channeling millions of dollars into local small food enterprises.

The Slow Money National Gathering brings together people who are rebuilding local food systems across the U.S. and around the world. More than 2,000 people attended the first three national gatherings—with over $22 million now invested in more than 185 small food enteprises!

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Register now for Health Refactored, May 13-14

February 25th, 2013
Join the sharpest coders and designers in health tech, May 13 – 14, at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. At Health:Refactored, you can learn how to make the biggest impact in health care and wellness. Attend this event to learn, play, share ideas, network, and get inspired during two days of sessions, workshops, and talks led by industry experts.