Articles Tagged With: Conference
- SCP at SoCap09 and GES
- on September 14th, 2009
Bill Young, President of Social Capital Partners, recently participated on panel discussions at two prominent international conferences.
The first, at the Social Capital Markets conference (SoCap09) in San Francisco, was a panel discussion on building successful social venture funds. The panel included Paul Richardson from renewal2 and Derek Gent from Vancity, and was moderated by Tim Draimin from Social Innovation Generation. From the description in the official program:
Building Successful Social Venture Funds: Sage Advice in Today's Context.
Social venture funds are an emerging asset class for financial institutions, fund managers, and philanthropists alike. Over the last decade, Canadians have quietly pioneered some of North america's foremost examples creating
the case for this intersection of money and meaning. Join veteran fund leaders from Vancity, Renewal Partners, and Social Capital Partners in a discussion of how to build successful funds and how that's changing in today's context.The second was the Global Economic Symposium in Germany, where Bill participated in a session on "The New Wave of Social Entrepreneurship". The group discussed new models for solving societal challenges through the principles and practice of social entrepreneurship.
- SCP Presents at Opportunities 2009
- on April 27th, 2009
Joanne Norris and Karim Harji recently presented a session titled "Workforce Development Value Proposition: An Opportunity to Engage in Fresh Practice" at the Opportunities 2009 conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The Opportunities Conference, in its 10th year, is the largest conference in Ontario for career development and employment preparation professionals.
The session reviewed our experience with our social hiring programs and franchising strategy by describing how SCP is partnering with employers and community agencies to provide job opportunities for people with barriers to employment. SCP also summarized findings from research conducted by the Monitor Group on the social hiring landscape in Canada, and framed our value propositions for different stakeholder groups around social hiring.
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- Bill Young is Keynote Speaker at TradeStorm Conference
- TradeStorm Conference 2006 on February 23rd, 2006
Bill Young, our Keynote speaker and founder of Social Capital Partners, delivers a highly informative and reflective presentation highlighting where SCP has been and where it is going.
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