Intrapreneurship Conference in Paris, December 13, 2012

INTRAPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE in Paris, December 13, 2012

Intrapreneurship is a rising concept that tries to gather the natural objective of any organisation in the 21st century to be more innovative with the often non-tapped energy dug into any would-be entrepreneurs. Intrapreneurship create a framework where the latter is granted some freedom to try out a project of his/her own, the benefit being shared with the employer in the case of a succesful experimentation.

The Intrapreneurship Conference, on December 13th (10 am to 6 pm GMT), aims to cover this growing trends in corporations’ life, which adresses both the need of companies to produce more innovations and the will of talented people to find achievement opportunities.

“Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur within a larger organization.”
--Wikipedia

Experts and representatives of some of the most innovatives companies will share their view on why intrapreneurship is positively impacting their organisation and how they implement it.

The conference is designed for human resources managers, chief strategy and chief operating officers, as well as everyone who is interested in the new growing management trends for change.

Location:

Novancia
8, av. de la porte de Champerret
F-75017 Paris
France

(Note: conference is in English)

Cost:

Full price	€390.00
Early bird	€290.40

Sign up here: http://intrapreneurshipconference.fikket.com/events/intrapreneurship-conference-2012--2/orders/new

How To Choose A Legal Structure for Nonprofits/Social Enterprises

Just heard about this from www.socialinnovatorscollective.org - check it out!
Cheers,
Katharine

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How To Choose A Legal Structure, the 3^rd class in the Social Innovators Collective workshop series, Building High Impact Nonprofits and Social Enterprises, takes place on Tuesday, October 30th at General Assembly. The series is designed for startup and emerging changemakers and professionals interested in building impact-driven organizations.

How To Choose A Legal Structure

There are few firms that understand the range of legal structures available for social enterprises and nonprofit organizations like Perlman and Perlman, LLP. This workshop demystifies legal structures such as 501(c)(3), L3C, benefit corporations, B Corp certification, LLCs, and other corporate entities. You will leave this session with a greater knowledge of corporate structures so you can make informed choices in establishing your social enterprise or nonprofit.



Student Takeaways:

• Understand the various corporate structures available to social entrepreneurs, including the benefits and drawbacks of selecting a particular structure.

• Learn about the steps to establish a new corporate entity, and your legal obligations as you build your social enterprise or nonprofit.

• Learn about the contracts and agreements you may encounter in your first year of running a social enterprise organization.

• Find out about legal resources available to nonprofit organizations and social enterprises.

Carly Leinheiser, Esq. is an associate at Perlman and Perlman, New York’s leading firm in social enterprise and nonprofit law, where she focuses on social enterprise, hybrids, and other non-traditional legal structures. Her practice also includes litigation and state and federal regulatory and corporate matters. Prior to joining Perlman and Perlman, she practiced commercial litigation, and previously worked as a Law Fellow with  the New Jersey Attorney General’s Charities Registration and Investigation Section. Before moving to New York for law school, Carly worked in development and managed fundraising events for two well-regarded social service nonprofits in Portland, Oregon.     

When: October 30 from 8 - 9:30pm

Workshop details and registration: http://bit.ly/RqYaEr

20% discount code for class or the remainder of the series: PARTNER

Truth is a Moving Target: Oddities, Anomalies and Wonders with Data @ The Strata Conference

Data geeks, rejoice!  Check out this fun and inspiring (and only $10) event tomorrow.

-Katharine

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Ignite NYC 15 - Truth is a Moving Target: Oddities, Anomalies and Wonders with Data @ The Strata Conference

Ignite NYC 15

Monday, October 22, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

New York, NY

Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers

811 7th Avenue at 53rd Street

Metropolitan Ballroom, 2nd Floor

NY, NY 10019

The next Ignite NYC takes place in conjunction with the O'Reilly Strata Conference on Monday, October 22nd. Our theme stems from the conference's focus on data science and visualization, with an focus on the wonder and mysteries that data science is stumbling into.

Ticketing

• Tickets must be purchased online here:
  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4225231782%5C# (NO cash for tickets at the door.)
• Ignite attendees do not need a Strata badge
• Strata badge holders do not need to purchase tickets to Ignite. Your badge grants you access to the event.

 Schedule

• DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM
• WINE & BEER OPEN BAR STARTS AT 6:30 PM
• OPEN BAR CLOSES AT 7:30 PM
• IGNITE TALKS BEGIN AT 7:30 PM
• MINI MAKER FAIRE FROM 9 PM- 10 PM
• AFTER PARTY FROM 9 PM- ?? @ THREE MONKEYS (236 W 54th Street BETWEEN BROADWAY & 8TH AVENUE). $6 WELL DRINKS. $4 YUENGLING AND LIONSHEAD BEERS/

3 great events via Green Spaces

Just heard about these events via the Green Spaces email list.  If you're interested in impact investing, empowering women and girls, or pro bono help on marketing re: philanthropy, see below

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Investor's Circle  Fall Venture Fair & Forum, October 24-25 in NYC

Join the impact marketplace. Investor's Circle galvanizes the flow of capital and its conference is where it all begins. Network with 100+ active angel and fund investors at the conference dedicated to impact investing. Features include a venture fair and showcase with 40+ rapidly scaling, early stage positive-impact companies, interactive breakout sessions with 30+ leading industry speakers and an Impact Anniversary Celebration with 12+ impact-aligned organizations that represent 300+ years of impact! Click for more information or register now.

Educate & Empower Girls in India This Thursday, October 18th, 7:30-10pm at Green Spaces

In one of the poorest parts of a developing nation, a section of the population is marginalized and not allowed to live to their full potential. Join us for an evening in support of Pardada Pardadi, an NGO that works to uplift and empower girls from rural India. The organization provides free education and vocational training, creating a new generation of self-reliant and educated girls who will break the cycle of poverty in the region.   Get inspired by our speakers, Ron Fuchs, Judith Hunger & Abigail E. Lynn, who will share their personal experiences and the impact that the work has had in accelerating the emancipation and development of the region. Click here to RSVP and learn more about the event.

PHILfactor Launches Today First-Annual Contest for an Innovative Philanthropy to Receive Pro-Bono Marketing Strategy & Campaign Worth $25,000

Phil & Co., the New York City agency that specializes in contemporary marketing for philanthropies and companies doing good, is giving back by launching a contest to reward a deserving philanthropy with a pro-bono marketing campaign. 

 

PHILfactor encourages the general public, with an emphasis on the philanthropy community, 

to submit descriptions of original and innovative non-profits and social enterprises they believe

are deserving of a pro-bono marketing and advertising campaign. 

 

Visit philandcompany.com/philfactor to enter or nominate your favorite innovative philanthropic organization by November 9, 2012.

Local food, chocolate, beer, music and microfinance - Nov 8 ACCION event

This event looks like a ton of fun, especially since you can support local businesses and learn more about microfinance too!

Join Accion supporters and microloan recipients for an evening of local food, raw chocolate, toe-tapping music, and Samuel Adams beer.

 

Thursday, November 8th, 6:30-9:00pm

 

 ING DIRECT Café, 968 Third Avenue, New York, NY

 

Click here to buy early bird tickets. 

Support and experience local businesses from your community, while enjoying: Open bar with wine and Samuel Adams beer Music by Accion microloan recipient, Anne Mironchik  Hearty appetizers by Accion microloan recipients Chocolate and Beer pairings by Raaka Chocolate founder, Ryan Cheney Exciting raffle prizes Presentation about our impact on small businesses in New York City from the CEO of Accion East, Paul Quintero Proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the work of Accion East. Can't attend? You can still support Accion by selecting the "Not Attending" option to enter in your donation.   Get your early bird tickets now.

 

Follow us on Twitter to get updates on food and raffle prizes. #AccionHarvestFest

View photos from last year's Harvest Festival.

Join our Facebook event to see who else is attending!

Women in Innovation - Oct 29 event

SheSays NY and the Brooklyn Future (+30) meetup are co-hosting an event on women in innovation!  Check this out.

Monday, Oct 29th 

Brooklyn Law School - Moot Court Room

250 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn

7PM to 9 pm

FREE

RSVP:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4577403136/#

This event is in conjunction with the Brooklyn Future Meetup.  The Y+30 is designed as an authentic forum for discussing what the world might look like in +30 years. We ask which trends and technologies are emerging today that will have formative effects on the not to distant future.

This month we'll discuss which new innovation paradigms should be pursued and why there has been so little change in the way we innovate, market and communicate to people in the past 10 years. This will include a debate on new thinking like the notion of the feminine science of invention and design.

SPEAKERS:

Alessandra Lariu – Co-Founder of SheSays, CEO of Shout, Fast Company Magazine’s 2012 League of Extraordinary Women and top 100 most creative people

Heidi Dangelmeier – Founder of GirlApproved, a global authority on feminine technology, product and brand innovation to cover a breakthrough innovation methodology.

Jacob Cohen - Principal, Experience Strategy for Frog Design

Ted McConnell – Former Head of Innovation from TMD, Ad Age writer to cover the marketing and measurement side of things

Moderated by Danielle Sacks - Fast Company Magazine Senior Writer who chronicles the provocative intersection of business and culture  - www.daniellesacks.com

20% off a 5 part Social Innovation workshop

This is a great workshop series run by Shana Dressler of the Social Innovators Collective, plus a bunch of other high impact organizations.  See below for the 20% off discount code!

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The Social Innovators Collective third 5-part workshop series, Building High Impact Nonprofits and Social Enterprises, launches on Tuesday, October 16th at General Assembly. The series is designed for startup and emerging changemakers and professionals interested in building impact-driven organizations.

The 5 classes include: Funding Your Social Good Organization, Social Good Business Models, How To Choose A Legal Structure, Evaluation & Impact Assessment and Introduction to Strategy for Changemakers. 

The classes will be taught by the founders and senior management of Launcht; the William James Foundation; Todd Schechter, MPA; Perlman + Perlman, LLP and Purpose.

When: October 16, 23, 30 and November 7, 14 

8 - 9:30pm

Workshop details and registration: http://bit.ly/RqYaEr

20% discount code: PARTNER

Special thanks to our outreach partners:

A Better World By Design, Ashoka Changemaker, Be Social Change, Catchafire, CauseVox, Compass Partners, Damsels In Design, designNYC, Echoing Green, Green Breakfast Club, ioby.org, Indiegogo, Launcht, Making Good, Net Impact/New York Chapter, New York Women Social Entrepreneurs, NY+acumen, NTEN, PUREPROJECT, Purpose, Sandbox, Social Enterprise Alliance/New York Chapter, Society of Enlightened Entrepreneurs, StartingBloc, SVA/Design for Social Innovation, and The William James Foundation.

Social Enterprise Conferences - Oct. 5 and Nov. 16-17

I went to both of these conferences in 2010 and they were excellent.  Save the dates below!

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2012 Social Enterprise Conference at Columbia Business School

Friday, October 5, 2012
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University in New York City

Final call for online registration: www.columbiasocialenterprise.org/conference2012

After October 3, only walk-in registration will be available.

This year’s conference theme will explore: Aligning Strategy to Maximize Impact. Ranging from startups to programs embedded in multinational organizations, social enterprise continues to thrive despite complex political and economic environments. Companies and organizations increasingly need to develop strategies internally and across their sectors to mobilize action and tackle major social and environmental issues. While traditional corporate strategy focuses on long-term profit maximization, more forward-thinking organizations are incorporating a broader spectrum of social gains into their organizational strategies. Key industry influencers will explore:

Microservices: Developing client-oriented services for the Base of the Pyramid
Adapting Scalable Clean Technologies for Bottom of the Pyramid Markets
Financial Innovations in Community Reinvestment
Media as a Catalyst: Storytelling and Social Action
Social Venture Pitch Competition in collaboration with Jalia Ventures, Serious Change, LP and the Centre for Social Innovation, audience participation powered by mGood
SIT Workshop: Systematic Creativity in Social Enterprise
Implementing a Sustainable Supply Chain that Builds Communities
The New Nonprofit: How Metrics and Social Capital Markets are Changing the Industry
CSR’s Shift from a Go-It-Alone to an Ecosystem Approach
Bridgespan Strategy Workshop: Case Study on How to Reach the Next Level of Impact
Moving the Needle for Large-Scale Implementation of Renewable Energy
Keynote speakers include: Paul Farmer (Partners In Health), Chris Hayes (MSNBC), Fernando Fabre (Endeavor Global), Joe Sibilia (CSRwire.com), Richard Hall (Intel Corporation), Jennifer Crozier (IBM), and Caroline Roan(Pfizer).

Other speakers from organizations include: Acumen Fund, The Fledgling Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, NRG Energy, HP, Coca-Cola, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Malaria No More, MAC AIDS Fund, Bridgespan, Dalberg, Grameen America and more.

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2012 Social Enterprise Bootcamp

Save the Date! November 16 - 17, 2012  

The 2012 Social Enteprise Boot Camp is a hands-on event facilitated by leading practitioners and faculty from three of New York's top schools: Columbia SIPA, NYU Wagner and our new partner, SVA Design for Social Innovation.  The Boot Camp is a series of participatory, practical workshops where current and aspiring social entrepreneurs will learn how to sharpen the tools and build the relationships they need to get social ventures off the ground.

What to expect:

• Network: 160 entrepreneurs and 15+ facilitators from various organizations, all leaders in their respective fields, will attend this year's Boot Camp
• Engage: Workshops have been designed for social entrepreneurs with a clear idea of what they want to build, as well as those who are still in the process of defining their venture ideas
• Pitch your idea: The Boot Camp Pitch Competition gives you the opportunity to  raise funds, get feedback and make valuable connections, while  competing for in-kind and cash prizes
• New York! Spend Friday night networking with entrepreneurs and facilitators at the Pitch Competition in the new Design for Social innovation space, then on Saturday head to NYU's Kimmel Center for a day of hands on learning and skills building.

Registration opens on Monday, October 8th. Check out our website for details on speakers and how you can pitch your idea, new information is being added daily. Email us, stay in touch through Facebook, follow us on Twitter and tell your friends about the Boot Camp!

Two great events on October 11

I'm already going to the Women Advancing Microfinance scholarship dinner on October 11, otherwise I'd go to one of these, but check them out in case you're free!


NY+Acumen Fund Happy Hour

Learn more about www.acumenfund.org and meet other NY+Acumen volunteers.  A portion of proceeds support Acumen Fund.

 

Location: Copia

   307 East 53rd Street, New York (near 2nd Avenue)

   7PM - 9PM

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/151432985001469/

NY+Acumen site: http://ny.plusacumen.org/events/

Girls Night Out Event - Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness

October 11

6 pm

Members of 85 Broads, Ladies Who Launch, wimLink, and Hatchery's Wonder Women will be at this happy hour event.  There will be some prizes, and a portion of proceeds will be supporting women's fight against breast cancer.
49 Grove Street  Manhattan, NY 10014

(Near the Christopher St subway)
 

RSVP here:  http://lastclick.com/wonderwomen  ($25)