Fall 2009 Community Enterprise Newsletter

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		*Community Enterprise* *Newsletter*
	Fall 2009
Events Oct 6 & 7 - Best Practices for High-Impact eAdvocacy Oct 8 - NTEN Webinar Dec 9 - SE Confluence 2009 Apr 28, 2010 - Social Enterprise Alliance Summit Tools for Metrics IRIS Standards - new standards for measuring social impact e-Valuator - tool for measuring SROI Pulse - SalesForce dashboards for tracking and measuring social impact – will be available in 11.09 SVT Group Impact - dashboard for measuring social impact NTEN Webinar Social Enterprise for Nonprofits: Getting started On Oct 8, ZD and REDF will discuss how to get started, what is an appropriate legal structure to adopt, and where you can find funding and other support.	Future of Social Enterprise A panel of experts shared their unique operational, investment and legal perspectives on the future of social enterprise, including, but not limited to: nonprofit, for-profit and hybrid models. Jason Trimiew, Director of Fund and Business Development, REDF moderated a panel with Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez: President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, Tessie Guillermo: President and CEO of ZeroDivide, and Robert Wexler: Principal, Adler & Colvin To view the video SoCap 2009 SoCap09 brought together a unique mix of the world's top social innovators, investors, donors, entrepreneurs, thought-leaders, and leading catalysts of change from across the globe. Paul Lamb was our man on the street at SoCap and shares the following thoughts: good, diverse crowd with over 1,000 attendees high level discussion with more practitioners, funders and private investors in attendance than previous year new standards and tools emerging in the field - see sidebar to the left He also had an opportunity to interview a few luminaries in the field of social enterprise. To listen to them, click on the links below. Shari Berenbach, CEO, Calvert Foundation Marc Dangeard, Founder, Entrepreneur Commons Peter Deitz, President, Social Actions J.D. Lasica, Founder, Socialbrite Ben Rattray, CEO, Change.org Jed Emerson and Sara Olsen at ZD ZeroDivide engaged Jed Emerson and Sara Olsen in a dialogue about SROI (social return on investment). An internationally recognized leader in social enterprise and investing, Jed Emerson discussed the current state of SROI while Sara Olsen, founder of SVT Group, presented best practices and metrics.	What's new with your venture? Post your thoughts on the ZeroDivide Facebook Page. Resources Impact Management Sara Olsen, Founding Partner of SVT Group shares a presentation on how to measure, manage and communicate your social impact. Books on Social Enterprise ROI For Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability The Key to Nonprofit Sustainability offers an abundance of pragmatic tips, tools, case studies, and techniques to make the process easy to understand and implement.
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