The William Davidson Institute (WDI) and the Nonprofit and Public Management Center (NPM) at the University of Michigan are pleased to announce the “Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets” speaker series. This speaker series -- part of WDI’s Social Enterprise Research Initiative -- explores the changing roles of NGOs, corporations, and governments in achieving social impact. In the series, academics, practitioners, foundation leaders, and others will share their insights on social enterprise as a global trend. Talks will be held one Wednesday a month with a reception following each talk. Please look on our website or contact Kristen Roy, for time and location of each talk.
The WDI Social Enterprise in Emerging Markets initiative explores the changing and expanding role of NGOs, corporations and governments in achieving social impact. The traditional roles of these three sectors are converging and should no longer be viewed as competing forces or independent agents. Models of innovative social enterprise strategies are widespread in developed countries, and the next step is to use this momentum to “scale up” and replicate social enterprises to reach more people. For more information about social enterprise in the international context, visit the webpage for WDI Social Enterprise Research Initiative.
We look forward to hosting a diverse group of students at these events. This is a great opportunity to meet some thought leaders in the field and get inspired!
Social enterprise speaker series
Schedule 2006 - 2007
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October 11, 2006
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Elisabeth Rhyne
Senior Vice President of
International Operations, ACCION International
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| November 8, 2006 |
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December 4, 2006
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Marcos Neto
Centro America Program Director, based in San Salvador, El Salvador
CARE USA
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| January 24, 2007 |
Timothy Zak
Carnegie-Mellon University
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| February 7, 2007 |
Dennis Whittle & Mari Kuraishi
Global Giving
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Social enterprise speaker series
Schedule 2005 - 2006
| October 12, 2005 |
Robert Grove
Co-Executive Producer, PBS’s "The New Heroes"
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November 30, 2005
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Dennis Young
Professor, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Former Director of the Mandel Center for Non-profits and the National Center on Non-profit Enterprise
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| December 7, 2005 |
Dr. Jordan Kassalow
Chairman and Co-Founder
Scojo Foundation
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| January 11, 2006 |
Kim Alter
Visiting Fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Said Business School, Oxford Unverisity Founder, Virtue Ventures
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| February 8, 2006 |
Valeria Budinich
Vice President, Full Economic Citizenship Initiative, Ashoka Foundation
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| March 8, 2006 |
Nicole Etchart
Co-Founder and CEO of NESsT
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| April 12, 2006 |
Tom Reis
Program Director at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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