Last week, people from an array of disciplines came together to discuss the intersection of meaning and money at the Social Capital Markets conference. For more info on the conference and new updates, check out SoCap’s site.
Watch Sonal Shah, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, give her keynote on the role of social innovation.
Check out this spotlight on the new project by Acumen Fund and design firm IDEO–Ripple Effect– which was one of the highlights at the conference.
Don’t miss this day one blogger roundup from Change.org.
Triple Pundit provides takeaway messages and key questions from Day 1 and Day 2 highlighted quotes from the speakers, touching on predictions, warnings, and best practices.
Change.org comments on the panel “Forecasting a Marketplace,” which featured Charly Kleissner from the KL Felicitas Foundation, Dan Cristafulli from theSkoll Foundation, Amit Bouri from the Global Impact Investing Network and SoCap convener Kevin Jones.
Change.org blogger Nathaniel Whittemore asks the important question about the role of international voices, and asks, why aren’t these events more diverse? Watch his interview with Erik Hersman, founder of Ushahidi, the crisis reporting tool that’s been taking Africa by storm.
After the conclusion of SoCap09, Change.org blogger Nathaniel Whittemore poses the 5 issues holding back social entrepreneurship.
Here’s a look at the top trends shaping social entrepreneurship that were represented at SoCap09
Watch the panel on Women in Social Enterprise, featuring Kjerstin Erickson, founder of African refugee assistance organization FORGE, Abigail Falik, founder and CEO of productive gap year placement company Global Citizen Year, Samasource founder Leila Janah and Women 2.0 co-founder Shaherose Charania.
Check out this recap of the panel on Indian social enterprise and sustainability.
To read more about the social venture capital trend, check out Sparxoo, a digital marketing and branding blog.
And just in case this sparked your interest in social entrepreneurship, or you missed it when it came out, here’s a list of the top 100 people to follow on twitter for social entrepreneurship.
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