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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Ripple Effect: New Approaches to Social Innovation event at NYU, Feb. 11

One of my friends at NYU Wagner just invited me to this - check it out!
Happy networking,
Katharine Bierce


Ripple Effect: New Approaches to Social Innovation

 
Time
Friday, February 11 · 12:00pm - 6:00pm

LocationKaufman Management Center (NYU Stern)

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First Annual NYU Social Innovation Symposium!

February 11, 2011 - 12-6pm

A collaboration among NYU Stern’s Social Enterprise Association, NYU Wagner’s BRIDGE: Students for Social Innovation, and NYU Law’s Law and Social Entrepreneurship Association, the inaugural Symposium will explore new technologies, meaningful impact, emerging strategies, and professional development in social enterprise. Join cutting edge practitioners and s...tudents from across NYU for discussion, networking, and inspiration.

Featuring a Keynote Conversation with Chris Hughes!
Chris Hughes is the Founder and Executive director of Jumo, a social network connecting individuals and organizations who want to change the world. He co-founded Facebook in 2004 and helped lay the foundation for the communications and product management teams. Chris then directed online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s in History and Literature.

Check him out on the Colbert Report:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/370727/january-11-2011/chris-hughes



Panelists include:

* Matt Mahan, Vice President of Social Impact for Facebook Causes
* Susan Davis, Founder and current President & CEO of BRAC USA (formerly Ashoka) and Member of the Board of the Grameen Foundation
* Dan Morrison, Founder & CEO of Citizen Effect
* George Overholser, Founder and Managing Director of Non-Profit Finance Fund Capital Partners
* Gabriel Brodbar, Director Catherine B Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship at New York University
* Brian Sirgutz, President of CauseCast
* Kit Cody, CEO of Rwanda Ventures
* Matthew Klein, Executive Director of Blue Ridge Foundation
* Paul Light, Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner, and author of several books most recently: Driving Social Change: How to Solve the World's Toughest Problems
* Magogodi Makhene, Co-Founder of Zenzele Circle, blogger for the Social Edge, Reynolds Fellow


Please RSVP here: https://nyustern.campusgroups.com/sea/rsvp?event_uid=cbbb18da-e118-11df-9d16-0030485d8fda

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