Tufts Social Innovations http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation Thinking, Planning, Doing Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:15:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Three Days Left! http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/2013/04/18/three-days-left/ http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/2013/04/18/three-days-left/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:43:10 +0000 James Downer http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/?p=61 Check out the speakers lined up for this weekend — just three days till the symposium!

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  • 9:30 am Registration

    10:00 am Inspiring Entrepreneurship Around the Globe:
    • Nancy Wilson — The Systems Level of Social Enterprise
    • Steven Koltai — Creating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    11:00 am Forming the Idea
    • Nina Vasan — The Vision: Knowing the Social Problem You Want to Solve
    • Shaun Paul — Founding Ecologic and Root Capital

    12:30 pm 100k Social Competition Finalists

    1:00 pm: Lunch and Networking

    2: 00 pm Ethnics and Entrepreneurship with Aaron Feuerstein

    2:00 pm Refining the Idea
    • William Harris & Elizabeth Johansen — Product Development
    • Raj Melville — The Sandbox: Improving Good Ideas

    3:00 pm Funding the Idea
    • Manjula Dissanyake– Social Media: The New Fundraising Platform
    • Rusty Tunnard — Networking, networking, networking
    • Scott Tillit — Communicating Your Message

    4:00 pm Entrepreneurial Support Systems
    • Kevin Greer — How to Harness Innovation
    • Caitling Flemming — The Social Impact Bond

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]]> http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/2013/03/26/eventbright-is-live/feed/ 0 Welcome to the First Annual Tufts Social Innovations Symposium http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/2013/02/18/p1/ http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/2013/02/18/p1/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:54:02 +0000 James Downer http://sites.tufts.edu/socialinnovation/?p=1 Continue reading →]]> Welcome to the first annual Tufts Social Innovations Symposium.  We will be hosting a symposium at Tufts University April 20th and 21st 2013 featuring numerous speakers in the field of social entrepreneurship.  From idea to execution, we hope to connect those interested with the means to execute their ideas.

See you all in April!

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