Worth Repeating

“The Social Innovation Fund may be the signature philanthropic effort of the Obama era. And the competition is not among nonprofits applying for new money, but among foundations and other large intermediaries vying for the Administration's coveted seal of approval." -Rick Cohen, Blue Avocado

Social Business?

Alex Counts, President of Grameen Foundation, will shed light on and engage attendees in a conversation on social business. What is a social business? How does it differ from a non-profit? What advantages does this model offer for systemic change? And what is the relationship between Danone and Grameen Bank in Bangladesh?

 

After Grameen Bank redefined the concepts of finance and banking, it continues to redefine business, offering up new ideas and strategies for how to create a better world. Understand the potential of business to change the world in new ways.

Grameen Foundation is a non-profit founded in 1997 by friends of Grameen Bank to help microfinance practitioners and spread the Grameen philosophy worldwide.

 

Register for ReVV 2010 to join the conversation!

Read, listen, watch more about Alex Counts, Social Business, Microfinance and Grameen Foundation

http://www.grameenfoundation.org/

Microfinance as Platform

Alex Counts on Haiti

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