Andrew Wolk

Stanford Social Innovation Review Webinar

Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 in Uncategorized

Exploring Social Impact Markets: Examples from the Field

Presented by: Andrew Wolk, founder and CEO, Root Cause

In Conversation with
Sheila Cody Peterson Shawn Dove, vice president of corporate citizenship, State Street Corporation

Shawn Dove, campaign manager, Campaign for Black Male Achievement, Open Society Foundations, US Programs

Bob Giannino-Racine, CEO, ACCESS

Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Time: 11:00–noon PST, 2:00–3:00 p.m. EST

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With more than a trillion dollars being spent annually on millions of American nonprofit and government institutions—and federal and municipal budget crises coming into full flower—the time has come for social impact markets. Social impact markets can foster innovation and collaboration across the governmental, business, and nonprofit sectors to maximize scarce resources and spread solutions. They are a funding mechanism for accelerating progress on critical issues at a time when we must do more with less.

Drawing on his Winter 2012 article in theStanford Social Innovation Review, Root Cause founder and CEO Andrew Wolk will explore examples of incipient social impact markets. Examples include the Social Innovation Fund administered by the U.S. government’s Corporation for National and Community Service, the Youth Violence Prevention Funder Learning Collaborative, Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, and Root Cause’s Social Innovation Forum.

Wolk will discuss these efforts with Sheila Cody Peterson, vice president of corporate citizenship at State Street Corporation and director of the Youth Violence Prevention Funder Learning Collaborative, Shawn Dove, campaign manager for Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, and Bob Giannino-Racine, CEO of ACCESS and a 2009 Social Innovator in Root Cause’s Social Innovation Forum. Expect a lively interactive dialogue with plenty of time for Q&A and debate.

This webinar will introduce a new approach to change and is recommended for foundation, nonprofit, social entrepreneur, government, and corporate professionals. In learning how to foster social impact markets, professionals in the sector can improve their effectiveness and help achieve greater social impact.

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