BlogHer, Women in Green, and Womensphere events

Check out these great upcoming networking events for women changemakers (thanks to www.socialinnovatorscollective.org for the heads-up).
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Blogher `12 Annual Conference. August 2-4, 2012; Hilton, New York.  BlogHer's annual conference takes place in New York City next week. We invite you to join. RSVPs here. (Elisa Camahort, President and Co-Founder of BlogHer, will be speaking at our upcoming Global Summit.)

Women in Green Forum, August 28-29, 2012, Santa Monica, Sheraton. Led by Three Squares CEO and Young Global Leader Jaime Nack, our new partner organization, the Women in Green Forum, brings together an international audience of environmental leaders on August 28-29. We invite you to join us there. RSVPs here.
Womensphere Global Summit & Awards 2012, September 27-28, New York.
We aim to convene and build a true community of leaders who are changing the future of America and the world, and who are actively advancing women's leadership globally.  We also plan to launch the Womensphere Foundation at this Summit. As we're about to close Early registration for the 5th Annual Womensphere Global Summit this July 31st, we encourage everyone to RSVP soon, please feel free to share this invitation with your networks. 

NYC startup events Aug 2012

Join Inside Startups (www.insidestartups.org) for more info like this!

NYC Startup Rooftop Mixer at Hudson Terrace 8/8

Wed. 8/8, 6:30 PM
Join us as we bring together some of NYC's newest and brightest startups with some of the greatest young minds from NYU, NYU-Poly, Columbia, Baruch, Fordham, as well as other students & industry professionals for a night of networking, story sharing, and of course drink specials. Night's activities include meet and greet with founders/employees, featured guest stories/demos, networking, and job opportunity discussions. More info here and RSVP here.

tilt cookout 8/11

Sat. 8/11, 3-8 PM
tilt - the startup simulation & competition - is hosting our very first cookout next month! enjoy an afternoon of homebrew beer, smoked meats and veggies, tilt games, prizes and great company in the summer sun! for tilt alumni and newbies alike, the cookout is a chance for us all to unwind and mix with other creative techies in nyc. space is limited. RSVP here.

Meet the President of Kiva Tues July 24

Check this out!
-Katharine
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Go behind the scenes of microfinance with the President of Kiva!

Chat with Premal Shah and fellow Kiva fans over a beer at DBA.
Join us for this special intimate meet-and-greet connecting local NYC lenders with Kiva leadership.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 7-9 pm

DBA East Village
41 1st Avenue (Between 2nd and 3rd St)
NYC, 10003 

RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/467037876654509/

Free happy hour location for your organization through Aug 31

No joke - this is a real invitation I recently received from someone on LinkedIn, with whom I share multiple social networks/connections.  If you're looking for a place to host a nonprofit fundraiser, networking event, or just throw a party, here it is!
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In case you haven’t heard of the restaurant 121 Fulton St, they are offering a FREE HAPPY HOUR for anyone who mentions that they heard about this from Katharine Bierce.

Details:

- Free yuenglings, Bud lights, and well drinks from 5 -6 or 6 -7 pm .

- 20 person minimum (NO maximum) - any day of the week.

- Valid until August 31,^, 2012

Contact Amanda Slavin at amanda@paigegroupny.com to schedule.   

She also blogs with the Huffington Post, too.

Catchafire summer party July 19

Just heard about this from the StartingBloc network!
-Katharine
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You know what's a good combination for an awesome party? This: Brooklyn Brownies + Grilled Cheese Sandwiches + Beer + Wine + Awesome DJ + Do-Gooders = Catchafire Party. 

Seriously. It's going to be hot. So why not grab a cold and refreshing beer and celebrate do-gooders, pro bono professionals and social good organizations with us at our ANNUAL SUMMER CATCHAFIRE PARTY! It's coming up pretty soon. 

When: July 19, 2012 7 -9PM  

Where: New Work City (412 Broadway, Floor 2, New York, NY 10012) 

How: $10, RSVP on EventBrite

Tons of beer. Good food. Great Music. 

Tutorial: How to Dougie (wow. this actually exist)

Hope to see you there,

Ryan Letada

@rletada

Senior Account Manager

www.catchafire.org

ACCION events in NY, July 2012

Are you a fan of ACCION?  Want to learn more about Microfinance and meet cool people in NYC? Check out these upcoming July 2012 events.

Wednesday, July 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm at By Brooklyn

Come join Accion and the Microfinance Council as we support By Brooklyn (261 Smith Street, between Degraw & Douglass, Brooklyn), a store that sells items from three different Accion entrepreneurs: Morris Kitchen, Raaka Chocolate, and Perch Designs. Everyone is encouraged to commit to buying at least one item in an effort to support Brooklyn businesses and the local economy.

 

After the cash mob, join us for happy hour at Bar Great Harry across the street.

 

RSVP on Facebook

 

Thursday, July 26, 6:30 to 8:30 pm (TBD) at Cheryl's Global Soul

 

Thank you to everyone who came to the first Microfinance Book Club meeting! We did a nice round of introductions, talked about what drew us to the industry, and discussed topics we are interested in reading about.

 

We voted unanimously on our first book, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven. We'll be meeting at Cheryl's Global Soul (236 Underhill Avenue, near Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn) in late July to discuss.

 

Spread the word and join with your friends!

 

RSVP on Facebook