BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Impact Entrepreneur - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Impact Entrepreneur REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235205 CREATED:20230114T005538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T134455Z UID:10000073-1680177600-1680182100@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Using Integrated Capital to Build Community Wealth and Power DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nIf we wish to address the growing wealth gap and ecological challenges of our times\, we need to create the opportunity for communities to own and control their future. That means circulating investment dollars locally\, transforming the governance structures that allocate capital so people most affected have the most say\, and designing investment approaches that make wise use of blended capital — integrating debt\, equity and grantmaking. This requires a whole systems approach to place-based change\, engaging all the stakeholders – entrepreneurs\, investors\, philanthropy\, anchor institutions\, policymakers\, professional service providers and community members–in building sustainable\, resilient\, and inclusive local economies.  \nIt also requires a willingness on the part of investors and philanthropists to challenge their current understanding of risk and return. In conventional finance\, investors try to transmute risk into return. Practitioners of solidarity finance redefine risk and transmute it into impact and power. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Deborah Frieze\, founder and president of Boston Impact Initiative and a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University’s Department of Urban Environmental Policy and Planning\, for a discussion of how to deploy integrated capital to build community wealth and power.​ \nFeatured Guest\nDeborah FriezeDeborah Frieze is a professor\, author\, entrepreneur and activist. She teaches impact investing at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. In 2013\, she founded the Boston Impact Initiative\, an impact investing fund working to close the racial wealth divide in Eastern Massachusetts. The fund takes an integrated capital approach\, combining investing\, lending and giving to build a resilient and inclusive local economy. Deborah is co-author (with Margaret Wheatley) of Walk Out Walk On\, an award-winning book that profiles pioneering leaders who walked out of organizations failing to contribute to the common good—and walked on to build resilient communities. She is also founder of the Old Oak Dojo\, an urban learning center in Boston\, MA. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/using-integrated-capital-to-build-community-wealth-and-power/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Deborah-Frieze-Photo.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84584462918 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235205 CREATED:20230125T214932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T134501Z UID:10000074-1678968000-1678972500@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Building an Entrepreneur-centric Impact Ecosystem DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nParticipants in the impact ecosystem — accelerators\, investors\, corporates\, higher education\, and other interested parties — all strive to support impact entrepreneurs according to their own unique strategies. Unfortunately\, these collective efforts can be mystifying and even counterproductive for the very entrepreneurs we seek to support. \nA better approach entails working together to evolve an ecosystem that offers a seamless continuum of technical support\, networks\, and capital to accompany entrepreneurs throughout their journeys. Collective solutions must overcome the capital mismatch between supply and demand\, ensure diversity and inclusion in the enterprises we support\, prioritize impact measurement and management\, and bridge partnerships with corporations and universities. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes social impact pioneer and global development leader Brigit Helms of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship for an in-depth conversation about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to centering impact entrepreneurs. Spoiler alert: It’s about connecting the dots rather than strengthening silos. \nFeatured Guest\nBrigit HelmsBrigit Helms is Executive Director\, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship\, the premier university-based social enterprise accelerator dedicated to eliminating poverty. For 30 years\, Helms has created and delivered solutions to social and environmental challenges in 45 countries across Africa\, Asia and Latin America\, in both the private and public sectors. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/building-an-entrepreneur-centric-impact-ecosystem/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brigit-Helms-Image-Lower-Res-scaled.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82891108393 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235205 CREATED:20220808T235006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T134422Z UID:10000067-1668686400-1668690900@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Building a Vibrant Impact Ecosystem with Jim Sorenson DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nBuilding a Vibrant Impact Ecosystem with Jim Sorenson \nBuilding a robust impact investment market requires establishing a healthy\, supportive ecosystem. Impact investors\, just like conventional investors\, depend on the work of researchers\, advisors\, wealth managers\, entrepreneurs\, industry experts\, and others to make well-informed\, successful investments. Moving from a single bottom line to triple bottom line set of priorities\, however\, requires embracing additional complexities and utilizing creative problem-solving\, especially around such challenges as impact measurement. \nSuccessfully growing early-stage impact enterprises necessitates a similar level of comfort with complexity and creative experimentation. Strategic pivots and unorthodox funding strategies are often the norm for impact entrepreneurs and their businesses. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes one of the founding voices of the impact investing movement\, Jim Sorenson\, founder of the Sorenson Impact Group\, for a far-ranging conversation about impact investing\, impact entrepreneurship\, and impact field-building. \nFeatured Guest\nJim SorensonJim Sorenson is a global impact leader\, and one of the founding voices in the impact investment movement. Since the start of his career\, first as an entrepreneur and then as an investor\, Jim has focused on mission-driven investments that prioritize profit and purpose. \nThe son of a self-made billionaire and entrepreneur\, Jim grew up surrounded by innovation and business. When it came time to launch his own career Jim went off on his own before returning to the family business. In 2002\, he was about to fundraise for one of those businesses\, Sorenson Media\, when the dot.com bust derailed those plans\, forcing Jim and his team back to the drawing board. \nOut of that crisis Sorenson Communications was born\, a technology business that provides communications services for the deaf community. Sorenson Communications soon became the world’s largest employer of the deaf. In 2005\, the business was spun out and sold in what was the largest private equity deal in Utah to date. \nHis experience with Sorenson Communications opened Jim’s eyes to the real meaning of profit and purpose. Deaf educators estimate that the services provided by Sorenson Communications have increased employment for the hearing-impaired fourfold. \nIn June\, Jim launched Sorenson Impact Group (SIG) as a multi-faceted center for impact investing\, to advance the field of impact investing\, drive capital to impact investing\, institutionalize\, and scale the sector. At the Sorenson Impact summit\, also in June\, SIG announced that it was taking over the operations of SOCAP\, the cornerstone impact investing conference\, now in its 15th year. \nJim strongly believes that to solve the biggest challenges facing our society the impact ecosystem must align through a more holistic approach to impact investing\, with a focus on actionable results at scale. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/building-a-vibrant-impact-ecosystem-with-jim-sorenson/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Jim-Sorenson_headshot66.png LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86228731873 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235205 CREATED:20220906T235938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T191002Z UID:10000069-1668081600-1668086100@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap Between Entertainment and the Impact Economy DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nEntertainment\, when effectively engaged\, is a powerful tool to effect social change and can be utilized by entrepreneurs as a catalyst for purpose and profit. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Paul Katz\, CEO of social impact agency Entertain Impact and veteran music industry executive\, to discuss the Influencer Effect\, the field of social impact entertainment\, edutainment\, and how to harness the power of popular culture to effect social change. There may not be a more significant time in our history when businesses\, non-profits\, entertainment\, creators\, and influencers\, can work together to meet the challenges of our time meaningfully. \nFeatured Guest\nPaul KatzWith multiple Grammy nominations under his belt\, Paul Katz’s approach to the field of cause influence - the use of pop culture to effect social change - is informed by his experience at Jive Records\, working with artists such as Pink\, A Tribe Called Quest\, and Britney Spears\, as well as his music work consulting for Oscar-winning films\, including 12 Years A Slave\, Green Book\, and American Factory. \nAs founder and CEO of Entertain Impact\, a leading social impact agency\, Katz has raised awareness\, support\, and funds\, inspired action\, and driven programs forward for philanthropic\, social justice\, and purpose-driven organizations over the past two decades—including the African Wildlife Foundation\, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\, National Trust for Historic Preservation\, Rotary International\, ELMA Philanthropies\, and WHO Foundation. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/bridging-the-gap-between-entertainment-and-the-impact-economy/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Paul-Katz-headshot-scaled.jpeg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87041681125 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235205 CREATED:20220906T234419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T190935Z UID:10000068-1667476800-1667481300@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Moral Imagination\, Patient Capital\, and Their Roles in Solving Big Problems DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nToo many who yearn to make a difference become paralyzed by the fear of leaping without having worked out every detail. Yet the decision we face is not to chart the perfect way forward; it is simply to embark on the journey. In her latest book\, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution\, Jacqueline Novogratz\, founder and CEO of Acumen\, outlines concrete practices we can all use to jumpstart our own impact on the world. Change is possible\, she argues\, and because it’s possible\, it’s up to each of us to be part of that change.  \nThe critical ingredient for large-scale\, sustainable progress lies in moral imagination — which starts by viewing other people’s problems as if they were your own\, and discerning how to solve those problems. It requires both the audacity to see where you want to go\, and the humility to realize the scale of what we’re facing. In this intimate conversation and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Jacqueline Novogratz\, who will share her story of quitting her banking job to start a business in Rwanda\, which ultimately led to founding Acumen 21 years ago and forging the path for a now-thriving impact investing industry. She’ll explain the role of patient capital in building markets and solving the problems of poverty\, and the role that listening\, immersion\, and transcending our tendencies toward binary thinking plays in building dignity for all. \nFeatured Guest\nJacqueline NovogratzJacqueline Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Acumen\, and a recognized leader and innovator in the social impact sector. Her work began in 1986 when she quit her job on Wall Street to co-found Rwanda’s first microfinance institution\, Duterimbere; the experience inspired her to write the bestselling book The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor\, and\, in 2001\, launch Acumen. \nA pioneer of impact investing\, Acumen has invested more than $146 million of patient capital into 151 companies affecting the lives of nearly 400 million people across Africa\, Latin America\, South Asia and the United States in the areas of clean energy\, agriculture\, healthcare\, and education.  Acumen also has launched four for-profit funds\, including KawiSafi\, a nearly $70 million impact fund focused on off-grid solar energy in East Africa\, and ARAF\, a first-of-its-kind $58 million fund focused on helping smallholder farmers mitigate the impacts of climate change. \nHer second book\, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World\, was named one of the top 10 social entrepreneurship books of all time. A recognized leader in the issue of poverty and the importance of dignity\, Jacqueline has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy\, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast\, and one of the world’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes. She lives in New York with her husband. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/moral-imagination-patient-capital-solving-big-problems/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jacqueline-Novogratz-Headshot2-2.png LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81027288435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235205 CREATED:20220922T142708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T190819Z UID:10000040-1666872000-1666876500@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Closing the Disability Wealth Gap Through Venture Investment DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nClosing the Disability Wealth Gap Through Venture Investment with Regina “Gina” Kline \nThe disabled population currently experiences crisis-level unemployment and a lack of capital investing in early-stage solutions. According to the United Nations\, 1.5 billion people globally live with disabilities\, which is almost 20 percent of the world’s population. Nearly two-thirds of the world’s working-age persons with disabilities (PWD) are not employed. All in all\, it is estimated that the global GDP loses approximately $1.9 trillion annually due to exclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace. \nThe investment case for investing in innovation at the nexus of disability and tech could not be stronger\, yet the disability market is massively underserved and undercapitalized. There are more than 2.5 billion people who would benefit from assistive products. People with disabilities alongside their friends and family control over $13 trillion in global disposable income. The US assistive tech market will be valued at $26 billion by 2024. The global disability community is expected to increase from 1.5 billion people to 3.5 billion by 2050 as populations age and the rate of non-communicable diseases rise. \nEnable Ventures is the first impact venture fund dedicated to closing the disability wealth gap while achieving competitive\, market-rate returns. It is supported by SmartJob\, a platform to attract disability deal flow\, and support and build the disability innovation ecosystem. Enable Ventures is part of the Sorenson Impact Platform of Funds. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes founder and CEO of Enable Ventures\, Gina Kline\, for an in-depth discussion on how to close the disability gap by investing in some of today’s most exciting innovations at the intersection of disability and tech\, and the potential for these innovations to improve all of our lives. \nFeatured Guest\nGina KlineRegina “Gina” Kline is an investor\, entrepreneur\, civil rights lawyer\, and thought leader dedicated to building the future of work by advancing the rights and interests of people with disabilities as innovators\, workers\, business owners\, and consumers. She is the founder and Managing Partner of Enable Ventures\, the first impact venture fund dedicated to closing the disability wealth gap while achieving competitive\, market-rate return. She is also founder of SmartJob\, a platform to attract disability deal flow\, and support and build the disability innovation ecosystem\, and a 2022 recipient of a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action. ? Previously\, Gina led a successful career as a civil rights attorney which included working at the U.S. Department of Justice\, Civil Rights Division\, where she successfully led efforts to dramatically improving working conditions and the employment of people with disabilities. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/closing-the-disability-wealth-gap-through-venture-investment/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gina-Low-res-scaled.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86048716788 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20220628T165422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T185326Z UID:10000065-1659009600-1659014100@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Innovating New Financing Solutions to Advance the SDGs DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nFinance is not working for people or the planet. We need to act to change this. \nThere is a significant gap between this growing awareness and tangible actions that will result in better outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the annual SDG financing gap to $3.7 trillion in 2020\, up from $2.5 trillion in 2019 (OECD) – a drop in the ocean compared to the claimed ESG investment universe. It is certain that in the current landscape of small\, separate sustainable finance initiatives\, often focused in high- and middle-income countries\, we will not deliver the change at scale needed across the financial system globally. A transformational shift in how we think about capital\, the role of capital in society\, and the private sector is needed. \nIn this special fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes the Director of UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub\, Marcos Neto\, to discuss the innovative instruments for attracting and disbursing significantly greater amounts of impact capital and exponentially growing the business/finance sector’s social and environmental impact. \nWe will discuss\, among other topics: \n\nA new normal where enterprises’ role moves from maximizing profits to maximizing economic\, social\, and environmental impacts or\, to put it even more ambitiously\, our collective human and planetary wellbeing\nInstruments that enable businesses and investors to continue to be profitable and become more equitable economic models fit for the future\nUNDP’s relationship to countries and the private sector in this journey\n\nFeatured Guest\nMarcos NetoMarcos Athias Neto joined UNDP in February 2013 and has since led UNDP’s global work on private sector development and foundations\, first at UNDP’s headquarters in New York and then\, from November 2014\, as head of the Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD). In April 2019\, Marcos returned to New York to lead the establishment and management of UNDP’s new Finance Sector Hub. \nMarcos led the development of UNDP’s new private sector strategy and its offers on SDG Finance. He co-chairs the executive boards of the Business Call To Action and the Connecting Business Initiative. Apart from his role at UNDP\, Marcos also serves on the Supervisory Boards of CARE International and the Museum of Tomorrow International. \nOver the past 25 years\, Marcos has been a leader in sustainable development\, poverty eradication and multi-stakeholder partnership building. He is a passionate advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining UNDP\, Marcos spent 17 years at CARE International. During his tenure at CARE International\, Marcos served in numerous roles including Regional Manager for Asia and Latin America at CARE UK\, Executive Director of CARE Brasil\, and Program Director in Central America. \nMarcos has lived and worked in Central and South America\, Europe and the United States and has also worked in Asia\, Middle East and Africa. He is a lawyer by training\, with a Master of Laws from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. Marcos is married and has two children. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/innovating-new-financing-solutions-to-advance-the-sdgs/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Marcos_A_Neto.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81111787297 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220630T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220630T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20220612T193308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T185124Z UID:10000064-1656590400-1656594900@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:The Resilience Imperative DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nThe Resilience Imperative: Innovating and Investing Like Our Future Depends on It \nToday\, there are many important global issues\, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and COVID\, which vie for our attention. But we cannot afford to take our eyes off the threat of global warming. Everything that we know and love depends on collective climate action. \nClimate-related disasters\, spurred on by rising emissions\, are growing in frequency\, severity\, and scale\, reaching ominous and unprecedented proportions around the world. Epic disasters\, damages\, and losses will define the 21st century unless we invest in climate resilience - now. Yet\, one of the biggest challenges we face is how to make our communities more resilient. Real resilience is based in coordinated community action that is backed by data and analytics. To get there\, we need investment in climate resilience efforts that will prepare society and the economy to respond and recover from the effects of climate change. \nToday\, efforts to increase resilience in communities are fragmented\, especially so in frontline communities and contested environments. This lack of integration and information coordination across the various actors and agents necessary to stabilize communities is exacerbated by 1) a failure to address the communities’ inability to properly absorb capital (both human and financial)\, and 2) by a lack of innovation in exploring ways to invest more appropriately in the vanguard communities that bear the first and worst of climate change. \nIn this live webinar and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Green Jobs Machine co-founder & CEO Sharron McPherson to discuss the resilience imperative and how impact investors and entrepreneurs can effectively tackle the biggest social and environmental challenge of the century. \nFeatured Guest\nSharron McPhersonA reformed investment banker and Wall Street attorney\, Sharron McPherson is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Green Jobs Machine\, a resilience tech company committed to helping communities globally thrive in adverse climate conditions. She is a leading expert on the impact of advancing technologies that drive sustainable growth and development. Sharron is co-founder and Former CEO of one of Africa’s largest women’s infrastructure investment groups\, the WINDE Consortium (Women in Infrastructure Development & Energy). She is a founding director of Singularity University South Africa and is a former Executive Director of the Centre for Disruptive Technologies\, a “think & do” tank based in Johannesburg\, South Africa. Her life’s passion is to measurably help improve the lives of a billion people by reimaging how we leverage advancing technologies to unlock a better world. \nAn accomplished public speaker\, moderator\, and published author with a lifetime interest in building better communities through social impact investing\, Sharron has addressed a wide range of audiences\, including TED and the World Economic Forum. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/the-resilience-imperative-with-sharron-mcpherson/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/S-McPherson-Headshot-3-May-2022-scaled.jpeg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83341410291 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220609T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220609T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20220504T150117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T184843Z UID:10000061-1654776000-1654780500@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Challenging the Big Money Myths with Deb Nelson DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nIn her recent article for Impact Entrepreneur Magazine\, Deb Nelson\, founder and executive director of the Just Economy Institute\, writes\, “Our culture encourages excessive consumption\, financial systems were designed to be complicated\, and money myths are hard to escape”. \nNelson goes on to deconstruct several deeply seated myths about capital and wealth\, including: \n\nYou shouldn’t talk about money\nMore money means more happiness\nYou shouldn’t just give people money\nWhen it comes to financial decisions\, leave it to the money experts\nMoney will protect you\n\nIn this Luminarias live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker explores with Deb Nelson these five money myths and why it is important to debunk them. She will offer examples of “financial activists” that are “shifting the flow of capital and power” to advance sustainability goals and build the impact economy. \nAbout Luminarias\nLuminarias is a live video webinar series featuring the leading lights in impact investing and entrepreneurship. \nFeatured Guest\nDeb NelsonDeb Nelson is Executive Director of the Just Economy Institute. She launched the Just Economy Institute in 2021 to train and support financial activists who are shifting the flow of capital and power to solve social and environmental problems. Her leadership draws on more than two decades of work with social entrepreneurs\, impact investors and donors to build the networks and structures needed to create positive systems change. \nShe developed and incubated the Just Economy Institute\, formerly the Integrated Capital Institute\, for five years as vice president of client and community engagement at RSF Social Finance\, from 2016 to early 2021. Her initiatives there also included launching the impact sector’s first Women’s Capital Collaborative in 2016. The fund provided integrated capital—loans\, grants and other forms of financing and support—for women-led social enterprises that serve women and girls. \nPrior to joining RSF\, Nelson was executive director of Social Venture Network for 15 years\, leading a community of over 500 mission-driven entrepreneurs\, business leaders and investors dedicated to using business for social and environmental good. The organization merged with the American Sustainable Business Council in 2021 to form the American Sustainable Business Network\, a movement builder working with companies\, investors and policymakers. \nNelson is a pragmatic idealist. Her social conscience blossomed early—she marched for the Equal Rights Amendment as a 12-year-old and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon—and she has earned recognition for her effectiveness. Nelson was named a 2019 “World-Changing Woman” by Conscious Company magazine for her pioneering work advancing economic justice\, women’s rights and diversity in leadership. In 2015\, Real Leaders magazine named her one of 100 Visionary Leaders. She has written for publications including Worth\, See Change and TriplePundit\, was quoted in Newsweek and The New York Times\, and has spoken at the White House\, SOCAP\, TEDx Presidio and other events. \nNelson is a leading voice on how to change the way our economy works—and whom it works for. She is an articulate source on the growing movement of financial activists\, what it will take to create an economy that serves all people and the planet\, how to build high-impact collaborative programs\, why we need more women in positions of power and influence\, and capital strategies that help social enterprises grow. She resides in San Francisco and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/challenging-the-big-money-myths-with-deb-nelson/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Deb-Nelson.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83646227348 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20220201T181812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T004410Z UID:10000054-1650542400-1650546900@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Investing in Locally-led Rural Resilience with Willy Foote DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\n​Globally\, 2.5 billion people rely on smallholder agriculture for their livelihoods. Farming families lack access to critical resources like business knowledge\, market connections\, and financing. Fortunately\, there's a solution. Agricultural enterprises are engines of impact in rural communities\, connecting farmers with higher prices on the international market and helping them tackle some of their most dire challenges: gender inequity\, youth unemployment\, cycles of poverty\, and the impacts of climate change. But these enterprises are unserved by financial institutions. They fall into the "missing middle" of agricultural finance — too big for microfinance yet too small for a commercial bank. \nIn 1999\, Willy Foote founded Root Capital to close that rural financing gap and unlock impact in their communities. Root Capital leverages blended finance to extend credit to these enterprises while building their business and agronomic knowledge so that they can build their long-term resilience. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Willy Foote to discuss the story of Root Capital and how to use catalytic capital to drive impact in rural communities. Over the conversation\, we'll learn about: \n\nRoot Capital's novel triangulated payment model that allows them to make loans that other financial institutions don't\nThe lessons learned over the past twenty years as they've moved from focusing on bankability to building the long-term resilience of their clients; and\nHow agricultural enterprises are uniquely positioned to promote gender equity\, include young people\, and unlock grassroots climate action in rural communities.\n\nFeatured Guest\nWilly FooteWilly Foote is founder and CEO of Root Capital\, a nonprofit that offers farmers around the world a pathway to prosperity by investing in agricultural businesses that serve as engines of impact in their communities. Since 1999\, Root Capital has provided more than $1.6 billion in loans to 740 agricultural businesses in Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America reaching 2.3 million smallholder farmers and over 10 million people in rural communities. \nFoote is a Skoll Entrepreneur and an Ashoka Global Fellow. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2008\, one of Forbes’  “Impact 30” in 2011\, was a 2012 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute\, and was the 2020 Northeast Honoree for the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) Global Impact Awards. He served for nearly a decade on the Executive Committee of the Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)\, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and YPO\, and serves on the Strategic Advisory Council of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. Foote holds an MS in development economics from the London School of Economics and a BA from Yale University. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/investing-in-locally-led-rural-resilience-with-willy-foote/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Willy-Foote_GREEN_2019-scaled.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86267752019 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20220115T190259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T004128Z UID:10000053-1645099200-1645103700@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Building a Global Impact Culture Through Development Finance DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nAchieving authentic sustainable development requires more than simply increasing capital and deal flows. It also requires creating a “culture of impact” within organizations\, countries\, and across international borders. Development finance can play an important role not only in providing and catalyzing investment in businesses and projects that advance sustainability goals\, but also by supporting the formation of a global impact culture anchored to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen\, Vice President of Development Policy at the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC)\, and former Director of SDG Impact at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)\, to discuss: \n\nThe ways in which development finance can contribute to the building of a global impact economy\nHow funding institutions can most effectively move from high-level principles to executing and deploying capital\nHow the DFC is introducing new approaches\, systems\, and instruments aimed at amplifying the impact it has through its investments\n\nFeatured Guest\nElizabeth Boggs DavidsenElizabeth Boggs Davidsen is a Senior Executive\, advisor\, and global expert in social innovation and impact investing with the strategic vision to create and deliver financing and business models that produce sustainable\, scalable business development. Currently\, Ms. Boggs Davidsen is a political appointee with the Biden Administration and the Vice President of the Office of Development Policy at the U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). In this role\, she is responsible for ensuring that all DFC projects have measurable development impact\, respect human rights\, and are environmentally and socially sustainable. She also oversees the Corporation’s technical assistance portfolio. Prior to her work at DFC\, Elizabeth was the Director of SDG Impact\, a flagship initiative of the United Nations Development Programme focused on mobilizing private sector capital in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. For the majority of her career\, she held leadership roles at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington\, D.C. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/building-a-global-impact-culture-through-development-finance/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EBD2-pic-4.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88469263880 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20211208T141011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T134243Z UID:10000045-1639656000-1639660500@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Activating Impact Investors at Scale to Achieve the SDGs DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nAccording to the United Nations\, “between $3.3-4.5 trillion per year needs to be mobilized if we hope to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Much of that funding needs to go to efficiently capitalizing impactful\, entrepreneurial business solutions. There are growing numbers of entrepreneurship centers and accelerators devoted to impact entrepreneurship\, yet there are relatively few centers and accelerators focused on nurturing and activating new impact investors. \nHow do we create an effective infrastructure to welcome and activate the thousands of high-net-worth individuals\, hundred thousand foundations\, four thousand family offices\, and thousands of corporations that are primed to become impact investors? What are the most efficient and effective ways to engage\, educate\, and activate them? \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Stephanie Gripne\, founder and CEO of the Impact Finance Center\, for a discussion of how to activate impact investors at scale and best direct their capital to early-stage impact enterprises. \nFeatured Guest\nStephanie GripneStephanie Gripne founded Impact Finance Center to develop the groundwork for a model that identifies\, educates\, and activates said investors. Investor Clubs create a marketplace for these investors to discover investment opportunities that align with their values. In addition to these clubs\, the Impact Investing Institute was founded as an Ed Tech platform to bring the idea of Full Spectrum Capital to a broader audience\, no matter what their needs are. Lauded by Forbes as “the Steve Jobs of impact investing”\, Stephanie is continuously innovating Impact Finance Center’s model\, which empowers asset owners to become the philanthropists and impact investors they dare to be. Early evaluation efforts of her work indicate that 300 direct impact investments totaling over $500M have been completed. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/activating-impact-investors-at-scale-to-achieve-the-sdgs/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Steph-Gripne-Photo.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85458285917 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T144500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20211112T173221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T134234Z UID:10000049-1638365400-1638369900@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Impact Investing at the Crossroads DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nIn his recent Impact Entrepreneur Magazine article\, Impact Investing Needs Better Returns to be Sustainable\, growth equity investor Clemens Feil argues that\, “the key issue is that lower returns decrease the attractiveness of the impact investing industry. Over time\, commercial interest in it will wane\, reducing the available capital\, and thus creating a vicious cycle that makes it harder for local entrepreneurs to build businesses and create prosperity. Therefore\, the highest priority for emerging markets impact investors must be to improve returns.” \nIn contrast\, impact investor and author (Adventure Finance) Aunnie Patton Power\, in an Impact Entrepreneur webinar\, asserts that “private equity is not correct for 99% of impact enterprises”\, in part due to the gulf separating the expectations between equity investors and impact enterprises. She proposes a range of more attractive\, patient\, and\, at times\, “concessionary” options\, including\, in a recent IE Magazine article\, Revenue-based Financing. \nHow should one balance these two visions? Or are they incompatible with each other? If so\, what does it mean for the future of impact investing and the funding of impact enterprises? In this Impact Entrepreneur live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes IE Magazine authors Clemens Feil and Aunnie Patton Power to discuss their contrasting perspectives on impact investing and financing impact enterprises. \nFeatured Guests\nClemens FeilClemens Feil is a growth equity investment professional at the largest global development finance institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. Clemens has a decade of private equity investing experience\, including at Bain Capital\, Clayton\, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R)\, and Neuberger Berman. Clemens has a BSc from the London School of Economics (LSE)\, an MA from Columbia University\, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. \nAunnie Patton PowerAunnie Patton Power is a university lecturer on Innovative Finance\, Impact Investing and Technology for Impact and an advisor on these topics globally. At the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School\, she holds the title Associate Fellow as well as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. She is also Adjunct Faculty at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business and a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship. She also is a founding member of the Dazzle Angels\, a female angel investing group. A reformed M&A investment banker\, Aunnie began her impact investing career in 2010 with Unitus Capital in Bangalore and has since worked with start-ups\, intermediaries\, funds\, family offices\, foundations\, corporates\, and governments across Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, and North America. Aunnie's work has been published throughout the world\, including by the Oxford University Press\, the Stanford Social Innovation Review\, the World Economic Forum\, and as Massive Open Online Courses on Coursera and GetSmarter. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/impact-investing-at-the-crossroads/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/clemens_patten.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88072637599 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211111T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20211019T160616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T001213Z UID:10000048-1636632000-1636636500@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:Law and the Impact Economy DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nThe Impact Economy requires a fundamental reassessment of the goals and practices of business and finance. Policies and laws can be either a help or hindrance in moving the economy toward authentic sustainability and supporting businesses that have measurable social and/or environmental aims built into their DNA. \nLawyers play a critical role in determining how the necessary paradigm shift is done\, financed\, and regulated\, and how the ecosystem functions. For example\, the foundational notions of stakeholder capitalism and circular economy need not only clarifying principles and effective measures but also a bulletproof set of mechanisms for them to not only be usefully implemented but truly transformational. \nIn practice\, when the triple bottom line enters seriously into the conversation\, many conventional assumptions and methodologies break\, and new models and instruments need to be crafted. Lawyers are needed to navigate this increasingly complex geography — testing their values\, legal acumen\, and creativity. \nIn this live fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes distinguished attorney Chintan Panchal\, who has co-created and facilitated the launch of numerous scalable and investible solutions that address social and environmental targets for clients around the world. The conversation will center on the role of the law and of lawyers in a rapidly changing landscape driven by impact enterprise and finance. \nFeatured Guest\nChintan PanchalA transformative figure and influencer since the early days of impact investing\, Chintan Panchal is recognized for his ability to use the levers of finance and law to create novel transaction frameworks that address some of the most pressing global challenges around the world. Chintan is a Founding Partner and head of the U.S. region at RPCK\, Rastegar Panchal\, a global boutique law firm that specializes in co-creating and facilitating the launch of scalable and investible solutions that address social and environmental targets. \nRPCK works closely with leading family offices and foundations\, high growth companies\, and investment funds around the globe and across a broad spectrum of industries on a range of capital investments that generate social and environmental impact alongside market rate\, risk-adjusted financial returns. \nChintan has helped architect a number of groundbreaking transactions for clients around the world that have become templates for the rest of the industry\, and is a recognized speaker at industry conferences around the country. \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/law-and-the-impact-economy-with-chintan-panchal/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ChintanPanchal.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83515532463 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211021T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235206 CREATED:20210919T232903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T001121Z UID:10000044-1634817600-1634822100@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:The Impact of the Creative Economy DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nIn her article\, Impact Investing in the Creative Economy Today\, Upstart Co-Lab Founding Partner Laura Callanan writes\, “The creative economy is not only one of the most rapidly growing sectors of the world economy\, it is also highly transformative in terms of income generation\, job creation\, and export earnings. But opportunities are often unevenly distributed and\, unless efforts are made\, the environmental toll of this growth can be severe. There is the chance now – before the sector grows even larger – to shape the creative economy to be more inclusive and sustainable.” \nIn this live\, virtual fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Laura Callanan to discuss the important role that the Creative Economy has in inspiring transformational change and creating impactful benefits across a wide geography of economic sectors\, such as Ethical Fashion\, Sustainable Food\, Social Impact Media\, and other creative businesses. \nFeatured Guest\nLaura Callanan\n\n\nLaura Callanan\, founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab\, is disrupting how creativity is funded by connecting impact investing to the creative economy. Laura was senior deputy chair of the National Endowment for the Arts leading grant-making\, operations and research before launching Upstart Co-Lab. Laura was a consultant with McKinsey & Company’s Social Sector Office and associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation where\, in addition to responsibilities managing the endowment\, she co-led impact investing including investments in the creative economy with Smithsonian Folkways Records and netomat. Laura has been visiting fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco\, scholar in residence at UC-Berkeley/Haas School of Business\, visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome\, and recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship. She is a board member and immediate past chair of the GlobalGiving Foundation\, is an advisor to Shift Capital\, and a member of the British Council Policy and Evidence Centre for the Creative Industries – International Council. \n\n\n\nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/the-impact-of-the-creative-economy/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Laura-Callanan-photo-credit-Helga-Sigvaldadottir-scaled.jpg LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89066551329 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T131500 DTSTAMP:20260604T235207 CREATED:20210912T161656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T000016Z UID:10000039-1633608000-1633612500@impactentrepreneur.com SUMMARY:21st Century Investing: Driving Systems Change DESCRIPTION:LuminariasThursday\, March 16\, 202312:00 PM - 1:15 PM\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. Clicking "Get Tickets" will allow you to edit any existing attendee information as well as change ticket quantities. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n Tickets are no longer available \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nStream This Program\nIn their new book\, 21st Century Investing: Redirecting Financial Strategies to Drive Systems Change\, authors William Burckart and Steve Lydenberg assert that\, “investment today has evolved historically from a basic\, conventional approach (concern about the risks of security selection and portfolio risk management) to embrace as well sustainable investment (intentionally achieving social and environmental benefits along with financial returns). Building on this integration of sustainability factors\, it can now transition to a third stage that recognizes both the power of investments to impact social\, financial\, and environmental systems and the complexity of the times we live in. We call this system-level investing”. \nSystem-level investors believe that “it is time to support and enhance the health and stability of the social\, financial\, and environmental systems on which they depend for long-term returns. They preserve and strengthen these fundamental systems while still generating competitive or otherwise acceptable performance.” In this live virtual fireside chat and audience Q&A\, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes William Burckart to discuss the context\, philosophy\, and practical implementations of systems-level investing. \nGuest\nWilliam BurckartWilliam Burckart is the President of The Investment Integration Project (TIIP)\, a consulting services and applied research firm that provides advice\, thought leadership and a turnkey solution to help investors manage systemic risks and opportunities. He has also contributed to the field through groundbreaking research\, including the development of market insights and practical guidance for investors and financial advisors in collaboration with the Money Management Institute (MMI); co-editing the New Frontiers of Philanthropy: A Guide to the New Tools and Actors that Are Reshaping Global Philanthropy and Social Investing (Oxford University Press); and helping to write the “Status of the Social impact investing Market: A Primer” (UK Cabinet Office) that was distributed to policymakers at the inaugural G8-level forum on impact investing. Mr. Burckart is a fellow of the High Meadows Institute and co-author of the book 21st Century Investing: Redirecting Financial Strategies to Drive Systems Change (Berrett-Koehler\, 2021). \nHost\nLaurie Lane-ZuckerLaurie Lane-Zucker is Founder and CEO of Impact Entrepreneur\, PBC\, an impact economy business that hosts the Impact Entrepreneur Network — a large\, global network of “systems-minded” entrepreneurs\, investors\, and scholars of social and environmental innovation — and editor and publisher of Impact Entrepreneur\, a digital magazine covering the emerging Impact Economy. For over 30 years\, Laurie has been a “pioneer” (Forbes) and recognized leader in sustainability\, social enterprise\, and impact investing. Laurie was the founding Executive Director of the international environmental organization\, Orion Society\, which publishes the celebrated Orion Magazine\, as well as the founder of a global sustainability think-tank\, the Triad Institute\, and Hotfrog\, a Founding B Corporation\, GIIRS Pioneer Company\, and the first company ever to complete an equity transaction on an impact investment exchange. Laurie is the bestselling and multiple award-winning publisher and editor of books and magazines on sustainability and social impact — having worked with such acclaimed authors as Wendell Berry\, Barry Lopez\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and David James Duncan — and the author of numerous articles on entrepreneurship and impact investing. Laurie is contributing author to the academic textbook from World Scientific\, Sustainability: Business and Investment Implications. His new book\, The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy\, will be pubished by Berrett-Koehler in 2026\, with global distribution by Penguin Random House. URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/21st-century-investing-driving-systems-change/ CATEGORIES:Luminarias ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://impactentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Burckart-headshot.png LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81400172560 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR