Third Sector Innovation : Sustainability and Social Impact (TSISSI)
August 16 - 18, 2007
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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About the Conference
This three-day conference brought together more than 200 social enterprise leaders across Latin America and will offer them an opportunity to share best practice and strategies on:
· Management Tools and Practices
· Revenue Generation
· Empowerment and Opportunity through IT
NGOs presented their social innovation/entrepreneurship models and the organizational challenges and benefits these models have introduced. The conference also included a mix of keynote speakers, case studies, learning-by-sharing, technical assistance sessions and practical business workshops to provide participants with current examples of innovations and best practices for increasing sustainability and social impact. In addition the conference evaluated obstacles and opportunities for fostering these innovations in Latin America.
The event was highly interactive with 1400 people participating virtually throughout the three-day conference. At the Serasa, NGO participants hosted a floor show in which they displayed and sold social enterprise products as well as networked with one another. Participating NGOs left this conference with new ideas and business models that will provide them with a new set of tools to enhance their sustainability allowing them to positively affect the social impact of their organization.
For Additional Information
Questions can be directed to Joao Paulo Altenfelder at IGESC, Altenfelder - joao.paulo@gesc.org.br and Andrea Shpak, NGO Alliance Coordinator at the William Davidson Institute, ashpak@umich.edu
All applications for participation in the symposium will be considered for the William Davidson Institute NGO Alliance in Latin America & the Caribbean. Members of the Alliance are innovative non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have adopted, or are creating strategies for adopting, commercial approaches through which their organization can become more sustainable and less dependent on donors. The aim of the NGO Alliance is to promote networking opportunities and the dissemination of best practices. Additional information, including membership benefits, is available at http://www.wdi.bus.umich.edu/research/ngo/
Those NGOs who are interested in joining the NGO Alliance should send a statement of interest and a brief description of your organization to Andrea Shpak, NGO Alliance Coordinator at the William Davidson Institute, ashpak@umich.edu.