Last year, the folks at the Social Capital Markets Conference (SoCap) began what has come to be known as the Woodstock of social enterprise. The conference returns this September with version 2.0, SoCap 2009.
At a time when the rules of business are being re-written, businesses across the board are creating new models for doing well by doing good. Faced with new global challenges, businesses and governments seeking to inject energy into sagging economies are looking to boost the role of innovation and entrepreneurship. It seems we all are looking for new approaches, new paradigms, new ways of thinking, new ways of doing good.
SoCap 09 will seek to make sense of these new challenges and new approaches – helping us to understand this new environment. Like last year’s event, SoCap 2009 will bring together investors, donors, entrepreneurs, and thought-leaders. The conference will offer you the opportunity to connect with socially conscious investors, learn how to raise money for impact investing in a recessionary economy, how to create new and effective partnerships and the opportunity to learn from peers across the globe.
SoCap already has a great line up of speakers, including:
- Sonal Shah, head of President Obama’s newly-created Office of Social Innovation
- Aaron Sklar of IDEO
- Dan Crisafulli of the Skoll Foundation
- Kevin Jones of Good Capital
Beyond Profit, and its sister publication, Microfinance Insights are Media Partners of SoCap 09. Watch out for more event updates from us, and don’t forget to look for us at the Media table.
You can also keep track of the event through the SoCap 09 Blog, on Twitter, and on Facebook. If you are a social enterprise enthusiast, SoCap 09 offers you the opportunity to connect with other like-minded individuals and businesses with an interest in creating social value through their investments.
And also, don’t forget that until July 8th, you get a 40% discount on registration. Click here to register.
Jeff Mowatt Said,
July 11, 2009 @ 2:58 pm
As an organisation with more than a decade in this area of endeavour. It’s disappointing not to be involved or afford to do so. It’s even more disappointing to discover that it’s not possible to join in with the virtual discussion without paying 1200 dollars.
Adrienne Villani Said,
August 11, 2009 @ 3:38 am
Jeff,
This seems to be a common sentiment, especially among young start-up entrepreneurs and young people working for social enterprises or in the development space more generally. We have been hearing a lot of chatter to these ends. What would you suggest we do about it?
A saving grace, though, is that SoCap does accept volunteers who are then allowed to attend the conference at a highly discounted rate — but I imagine that even this process is quite competative. Check out Shital Shah’s blog entry on ThinkChange India (she’s the Managing Editor of the site) about why she’s going to SoCap — as a volunteer — http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2009/08/09/why-im-going-to-socap09/ Her best quote may be “SoCap is broadening the limits of what is possible by the broadening the limits of who is involved.”
We would be curious to know what you think.
Adrienne