{"id":37,"date":"2013-01-10T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.columbiasocialenterprise.org\/conference\/?p=37"},"modified":"2013-07-23T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:22:24","slug":"2012-conference-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.columbiasocialenterprise.org\/conference2013\/2012-conference-at-a-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Conference at a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2012 Social Enterprise Conference<\/a> convened more than 680 professionals, students, alumni, and faculty members on October 5.<\/p>\n

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The conference\u2019s theme centered around Aligning Strategy to Maximize Impact, which focused on the importance of creating social change at all stages of business and across all types of sectors.<\/p>\n

Among the day\u2019s highlights were three keynote addresses, which focused on:\u00a0the role of entrepreneurs in international development and sustainable global impact; the need for all sectors, including nonprofit, for-profit and governmental entities to respond to societal problems; and the implementation of corporate social responsibility as a core strategy for large, multinational corporations.<\/p>\n

The speakers included:<\/p>\n

FERNANDO FABRE, President, Endeavor Global, a nonprofit that works to transform emerging countries by supporting \u201cHigh Impact\u201d entrepreneurs, was joined by moderator CHRIS HAYES, host of Up with Chris Hayes<\/i>, MSNBC, to discuss how Endeavor\u2019s support for entrepreneurs has helped stimulate economic growth in developing countries. (Watch here)<\/a><\/p>\n

DR. PAUL FARMER, Founding Director, Partners In Health, and one of the world\u2019s global health leaders, gave an inspiring mid-day keynote. Dr. Farmer discussed his work in Haiti and other developing countries and addressed the need for public\/private partnerships, as well as governmental involvement, to create lasting impact. (Watch here)<\/a><\/p>\n

JOE SIBILIA, CEO, CSRwire.com, moderated the closing plenary, which included CSR executives JENNIFER CROZIER, IBM; RICHARD HALL, Intel Corporation; and CAROLINE ROAN, Pfizer. The discussion focused on how these companies have integrated corporate social responsibility and sustainability as a core component of their corporate strategies. (Watch here)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Social Venture Pitch<\/b><\/a> session, the most well attended session of the day, featured emerging for-profit social entrepreneurs who pitched their enterprise to a panel of impact investors and advisors \u2014 all in eight minutes. The entrepreneurs were considered for a potential investment of $250,000 \u2013 500,000 by Jalia Ventures \/ Serious Change, LP. The session highlighted the common interaction between investor and entrepreneur, the questions and thoughts that come up when impact investors encounter an entrepreneur who wants to generate both financial and social returns, and what key elements entrepreneurs should convey in their elevator pitch.<\/p>\n

The breakout sessions<\/a> focused on four core areas \u2014 scale and metrics, financing solutions, innovation and mobilization, and corporate strategy refined \u2014 and covered topics across sector and areas of expertise including education, impact investing, philanthropy, media, emerging markets, community development, and more. See videos<\/a> from the conference sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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