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SUMMARY:Using Integrated Capital to Build Community Wealth and Power
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\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/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84584462918
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230316T120000
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SUMMARY:Building an Entrepreneur-centric Impact Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T120000
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SUMMARY:Donor Advised Funds: Capital for Impact Ventures and Funds
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is with both befuddlement and a sense of optimism that we approach the topic of investing in impact-oriented ventures and funds through donor advised funds (DAFs). Befuddlement in that DAFs aren’t adopting the use case more widely or as quickly as they might. Optimism in that the opportunity DAFs present for the field of impact entrepreneurs is exciting and opens up a new avenue for funding. ​\n— From Donor Advised Funds: Sources of Capital for Impact Ventures and Funds by Tim Freundlich and Tracy Sherman\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Tim Freundlich\, co-author of the IE Magazine article\, Donor Advised Funds: Sources of Capital for Impact Ventures and Funds \nImpact Entrepreneur's 2023 season of live programs launches with a Deep Dive conversation with the Founder and Executive Director of Strategic Development for ImpactAssets\, a pioneering organization championing the use of donor advised funds in the impact space. We will be discussing the recent article in Impact Entrepreneur Magazine that Tim and his colleague Tracy Sherman wrote on how donor advised funds are an exciting (and underutilized) source of capital for impact enterprises and investment funds. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members and readers. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nTim FreundlichTim Freundlich is an innovator of financial instruments for impact investing. Over the last 25 years\, he served 12 at Calvert Impact Capital\, helping to build the $500+ million Calvert Community Investment Note (more than $2 billion cumulatively invested into hundreds of nonprofits and for profits globally). While there\, he conceived of and launched the prototype of the ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund – now a $2.2B impact investment-based DAF that was spun out as ImpactAssets in 2010\, which he founded and serves as executive director\, strategic development. Additionally\, he co-founded Good Capital and its Social Enterprise Expansion Fund LP\, as well as the SOCAP Conference. He received a BA from Wesleyan University with a major in Film\, an Executive MBA from the University of San Francisco\, and lives in the Greater Boston Area with his partner in life Julie\, and sons\, Milo and Gus (and a small dog named Russell).
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/donor-advised-funds-capital-for-impact-ventures-and-funds/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81718361969
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T003103
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SUMMARY:Building a Vibrant Impact Ecosystem with Jim Sorenson
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\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/
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SUMMARY:Bridging the Gap Between Entertainment and the Impact Economy
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221103T120000
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SUMMARY:Moral Imagination\, Patient Capital\, and Their Roles in Solving Big Problems
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81027288435
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T131500
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SUMMARY:Closing the Disability Wealth Gap Through Venture Investment
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86048716788
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SUMMARY:What is Resilience?
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is Resilience? \nIn her Impact Entrepreneur interview with resilience experts Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy and David Dodd\, IE correspondent Allison Lee writes: \n“In Stewart’s experience\, people often tend to fall into a disaster risk-reduction view of resilience. For him\, though\, it’s about more than survival or adaptation; it’s about thriving. He takes a systems-view of resilience. Whether it’s island or city resilience work\, he looks at the system itself\, and the entirety of the ‘organism’ that surrounds the community — whether that is individuals\, families\, businesses\, government\, etc. Resilience is the characteristic that enables the system to survive\, adapt\, and thrive in the face of multiple shocks and stresses. \nFor David Dodd\, it’s the ability of people to cope with stresses on their environment\, and more importantly\, bounce back after a disturbance of any kind happens. This includes not only natural disasters\, but also man-made ones — acts of terror\, conflict\, and economic turmoil. David has been through economic cycles that have been devastating to people and feels that those cycles can be as much of a disaster as a Category Five hurricane. David’s catchphrase is ‘transformative recovery’\, which is a new paradigm in recovery. He wants to transform the economy to make it more resilient\, robust\, and wealth-generating for the location and its people." \nIn this Impact Entrepreneur Deep Dive\, we welcome Stewart Sarkoczy-Banoczy and David Dodd\, along with IE correspondent Allison Lee\, for a discussion of resilience and how it relates to economic development and the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) and/or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guests\n\n\nStewart Sarkozy-BanoczyStewart Sarkozy-Banoczy is Founder and Chief Precoverist for Precovery Labs and Global Director\, Policy and Investments\, for Resilient Cities Network\, leading the Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds) and Resilience 21 (R21) Coalition. Stewart’s work in precovery and resilience takes him to urban\, island\, indigenous and ocean contexts\, engaging in research\, implementation\, finance and storytelling . Stewart is Sr Advisor for the Global Island Partnership\, Assessment Committee Member and Chair for SMILO-small islands organization\, Ocean Fellow for the Center for Ocean Policy and Economics (COPE°)\, loan committee member for NDN Fund\, and member of Four Bands Community Fund’s board of directors. Stewart’s passion for storytelling includes his work as a professional photographer and writer. \n\n\nDavid DoddDavid Dodd is founding CEO of the International Sustainable Resilience Center (ISRC) a Specialist Center of Excellence in New Orleans Louisiana\, US\, focused on disaster resilience and recovery utilizing public-private partnerships. He transitioned from economic development to disaster recovery beginning with Hurricane Katrina\, where he was a liaison between the state economic development agency and federal recovery efforts. From there\, he led efforts in Mexico\, Japan\, and consulted with Australia and the Philippines on efforts to enable robust economic recovery and resilience. Since 2013\, David and consulting partner Novaces\, LLC have been contracted with the US Economic Development Administration to deploy economic recovery funding in major disasters. David was Dean of the Economic Development Institute and Founding Chairman of the Resilience Development Institute\, both at the University of Oklahoma. He is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. \n\n\nAllison LeeAllison Lee is co-founder of Alpine CSR Advisors\, which specializes in CSR/ESG strategy and implementation\, with a focus on business and social impact metrics. She has over fifteen years of experience in CSR research and consulting\, and has partnered with Fortune 500 corporations\, foundations\, academic institutions\, and other nonprofits globally.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/what-is-resilience/
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SUMMARY:Deep Dive Conversation with Jed Emerson
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe value of capital is best appreciated when we understand it as simultaneously economic and social and environmental with each of these components\, in turn\, continuously interacting and intertwined. Value manifests in diverse and various ways but is always more than economic value alone. Capital is about more than money; it is about freedom.\n— From The Gift of Fire by Jed Emerson\n\nJoin us for a Deep Dive member conversation with Jed Emerson\, author of the The Purpose of Capital and the IE Magazine article\, The Gift of Fire. \nImpact Entrepreneur's new season of live programming begins with a Deep Dive conversation between our members (and others who register) and impact investing and blended value pioneer\, Jed Emerson. We will be getting Jed's thoughts on a range of issues and questions relating to the impact space — i.e the current state of impact investing and ESG\, the ideal role of impact investing and entrepreneurship in advancing the SDGs\, and more! \n\nSpace is strictly limited as this is a fully interactive meeting and not a webinar\, so register today before it fills up! \nNOTE: Premium Members can RSVP for this program now (make sure you are logged in).  \n\n\n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article (ideally the guest's book\, The Purpose of Capital) in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nJed EmersonOriginator of the concepts of Blended Value and Total Portfolio Management\, Jed Emerson\, Managing Director and Global Lead Impact Investing with Tiedemann Advisors\, has extensive experience leading\, staffing and advising funds\, firms\, social ventures and foundations pursuing financial performance with social/environmental impact. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in impact investing\, social entrepreneurship and strategic philanthropy. Emerson has played founder roles with some of the nation’s leading venture philanthropy\, community venture capital and social enterprises.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/deep-dive-conversation-with-jed-emerson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T120000
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SUMMARY:Innovating New Financing Solutions to Advance the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81111787297
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SUMMARY:How Investors Can Champion Racial Equity & Avoid Common Pitfalls
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAchieving racial and economic equity is a defining opportunity of our time. When it comes to investors\, the urgency of the moment necessitates greater understanding\, pushing and growing in how they approach advancing racial equity and economic justice. Despite recognizing the need for more effective practices within their organizations and portfolios\, many investors starting out on their diversity\, equity\, and inclusion journeys succumb to several common pitfalls:  \n\nThinking that racial equity is solely about diverse representation\nUsing impact management to claim victories\, not guide growth\nAiming to solve for equity in one big push\n\nIn this Building an Impact Economy webinar\, our panelists\, who co-designed the IRIS+ racial equity theme for impact investing and co-wrote a related article for Impact Entrepreneur Magazine\, will discuss both the opportunities and pitfalls for investors. They will provide insights into how investors can consider power\, risk\, and justice in their impact measurement and management work. \nPANELISTS \nMahlet Getachew\, Managing Director of Corporate Racial Equity at PolicyLink\, works to ignite the racial equity movement more broadly and deeply within corporate America. She comes to PolicyLink with extensive experience in the private sector advising public and private corporations across various industries as external legal counsel and in-house counsel. \nTynesia Boyea-Robinson\, President and CEO of CapEQ™\, has been religiously leading and writing about enterprises that “do well and do good” for over a decade. As President and CEO of CapEQ™ she works with companies and investors to embed equitable impact in their daily practice. \nLissa Glasgo\, Director\, IRIS+/Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) at the GIIN\, leads the IRIS+ standards on impact themes including DEI and supports the development of the GIIN’s impact performance benchmarks. She is grateful to have spent her career on IMM strategy/research for incredible organizations and people around the globe. \nGUEST MODERATOR \nMelanie Audette\, Senior Vice President at Mission Investors Exchange\, a national membership network for foundations building and growing their impact investing programs. She works with members to identify and drive additional resources towards innovative impact investing opportunities\, facilitates partnerships across the sector\, and represents the impact investing network.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/how-investors-can-champion-racial-equity-avoid-common-pitfalls/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88291281768
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SUMMARY:The Impact of Diversity on the Global Economy
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNote that this date of the program has changed from July 14th to July 15th\nDiversity matters\, as there is overwhelming evidence that teams composed of individuals from different backgrounds in addition to gender (such as race\, geography\, disability\, and age) outperform across multiple dimensions.... What is intriguing is how\, with all the data we have and the visual of 2020 where we saw previously “invisible” talent taking on critical and essential roles\, the world has not broadly embraced a full-potential-of-all-talent operating model.\n— From "The Impact of Diversity on the Global Economy" by Patience Marime-Ball and Ruth Shaber\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Patience Marime-Ball and Ruth Shaber\, co-authors of the IE Magazine article\, The Impact of Diversity on the Global Economy. The article is adapted from the authors’ forthcoming book\, The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk\, to be published by Worth Books / Forefront Books on June 21\, 2022. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this book benefits Women of the World Endowment and Tara Health Foundation. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guests\n\n\nPatience Marime-Ball\n\n\n\nPatience Marime-Ball has more than two and a half decades of investment experience across capital markets and is widely recognized for using the levers of finance to innovate pathways for creating a more equal world. Patience has led many “firsts” in the investing space; she developed the Banking on Women platform at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and was responsible for co-designing IFC’s Global Trade Liquidity Program\, as well as the first-ever gender bond issued on the Uridashi market. As the founder and CEO of Women of the World Endowment\, an investment nonprofit focused on gender intersectional investing\, and most recently\, the co-author of her new book The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk\, Patience actively drives forward a capital system that is more inclusive. Patience is a non-executive Board member for MIO Partners and Intelligent Medicine Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: IQMD). She serves as a member of multiple advisory boards including Emerging Sun LLC\, a company she co-founded in 2005. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth Shaber\n\n\n\nRuth Shaber\, MD\, is an innovator and changemaker on a mission to change the face of finance. As the founder and president of Tara Health Foundation\, which promotes health\, well-being\, and opportunity for women and girls through innovative evidence-informed programs\, the co-founder and board chair of Rhia Ventures\, a group of foundations and investors that collaborate to bring new types of capital and enterprise to the field of reproductive health in the U.S.\, and now\, as the co-author of her new book The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk\, Ruth’s entire career has been dedicated to pushing for change. She had a robust career as an obstetrician and gynecologist and executive at Kaiser Permanente where she founded the Women’s Health Research Institute. She serves as a board member at the Women of World Endowment and Toniic\, and Ruth was recognized as a Forbes 2020 Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit—and Pushing for Change for her contributions to the field of impact investing.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/the-impact-of-diversity-on-the-global-economy/
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SUMMARY:The Resilience Imperative
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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SUMMARY:Challenging the Big Money Myths with Deb Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\nAbout Luminarias\nLuminarias is a live video webinar series featuring the leading lights in impact investing and entrepreneurship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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SUMMARY:Faith-based Impact Investing
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe have arrived at a ”Golden Age” of responsible investing — a time when even the world’s largest private equity investors are “among ESG’s most enthusiastic boosters”. Unfortunately\, while the enthusiasm for solutions that require limited or no financial sacrifice\, or perhaps\, even better\, deliver “impact alpha\,” are at an all-time high\, there seems to be a profound disconnect between the intensity of the rhetoric and the relative lack of interest we see in the corners of the “impact-first” universe that may require one to accept more modest\, “concessionary” financial returns. The answer to a search for impact-first peers might be found in religions. Faith-based investors represent trillions of global assets under management (AuM) and have a long history as pioneers in responsible investing.\n— From Faith and the Future of Impact Investing by Christian Kingombe\n\n\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with IE Correspondent Christian Kingombe\, author of the IE Magazine article Faith and the Future of Impact Investing\, and three expert practiioners in the field of faith-based investing — Nicoleta Acatinei\, Guillaume d'Alançon\, and Xavier Heude. \nNicoleta Acatrinei is an economist and started her career in banking. The reality of the business world forced her to inquire about the relevance of the assumption of the egoistic nature of homo oeconomicus. This research question became the cornerstone of her academic trajectory covering fields as theology\, anthropology\, moral decision making and work psychology. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 from Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP)\, Switzerland\, entitled Work motivation and pro-social behavior in the delivery of public services: theoretical and empirical insights (free download\, published in 2016\, Switzerland). She had been principal investigator and co-principal investigator of research projects on faith at work at Princeton University. She has been developing research and gave conferences on topics such as sustainable entrepreneurship\, impact investing\, Faith-based impact investing\, sustainable development\, etc. She has authored books\, book chapters and journal articles\, including: Saint John Chrysostom and Homo oeconomicus (2008); Let’s talk about money\, let’s talk about human nature (2007); The determinants of work motivation in the delivery of public services: the case of the Swiss education sector (2015); and Perspectives of Saint John Chrysostom for the VUCA world. An integrative mindfulness program to cope with managerial challenges in a VUCA world. \nGuillaume d'Alançon is married and the father of five children. After two years in human resources and six years in civil service responsible for culture and relations with the population\, he spent eleven years leading a diocesan office in France. A frequent commentator and author on ethical and social issues\, he has appeared in print\, radio and television. In 2015\, he founded LIFE-Europe\, an association which connects professionals and volunteers to families and individuals facing difficulties through a network of family orientation centers\, the “Accueil Louis et Zélie.” He joined Aliter Invest in 2019. \nXavier Heude used to work in the banking industry for almost 20 years until he decided to leave and co-found BACKBONE\, a company specializing in the origination of SME-financing oportunities in developing and emerging countries. The intention is to contribute to protect human dignity through the financial support to SMEs that provide essential products and services to the population in need. Investment focus is : food\, education\, medical care and social inclusion. \nChristian Kingombe attended Roman-Catholic primary and secondary schools before completing his BSc.\, MSc. and PHD in economics. He is Managing Partner of the 4IP Group LLC\, an Impact Investing Advisory Boutique\, which he co-founded in 2017 after working for a number of International Organizations\, Think Tanks\, and the African Development Bank. He is also the GP of a Tech Impact VCF named Invisible Heart Ventures based on ethical principles. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) and/or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions!
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/faith-based-impact-investing/
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SUMMARY:ESG & Impact: Why We Need Both For Meaningful Change
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRarely have organizations used ESG and impact together. This is largely because ESG and impact seem to be two different worlds that exist side by side\, with different cultures\, languages\, and approaches to using data to drive positive change. Only recently have the two worlds met – or rather collided. \nIndeed\, there have been a few harsh critiques of the ESG world in recent months from those in the impact world. \nBut what is the difference between ESG and impact? \n— From "ESG & Impact: Why We Need Both for Meaningful Change" by Evan Vahouny \nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Evan Vahouny\, author of the IE Magazine article ESG & Impact: Why We Need Both for Meaningful Change. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nEvan VahounyEvan Vahouny\, MPP\, is the Chief Impact Officer at Proof of Impact\, a technology company that enables the real-time collection\, verification\, and analysis of impact data. Our mission is to provide the purpose-driven economy with the ability to obtain a comprehensive view of past and predicted impact and ESG performance.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/esg-impact-why-we-need-both-for-meaningful-change/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88118865547
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SUMMARY:Investing in Locally-led Rural Resilience with Willy Foote
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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/
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SUMMARY:Restoring Degraded Land in Africa for Profit with Luni Libes
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMillions of acres in Africa have been degraded by desertification\, deforestation\, intensive farming\, and other human activities. Restoring that land to productive use and nature is a huge endeavor. Groups like AFR100 (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) have organized efforts toward land restoration. That organization alone has rallied countries across Africa to pledge to restore over 100 million hectares (over 220 million acres) of land in Africa by 2030. Accomplishing that goal is too much for philanthropists and governments to do alone\, and that is why AFR100 isn’t tackling this challenge in the traditional manner\, but instead has included impact investing and for-profit solutions alongside grants and funding for NGOs.\n— From Restoring Degraded Land in Africa for Profit by Luni Libes\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Luni Libes\, Founder of Realize Impact and Africa Eats\, and author of the IE Magazine article Restoring Degraded Land in Africa for Profit. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nLuni LibesLuni Libes is a 29+ year serial entrepreneur and investor\, most recently: Fledge\, a global network of impact-oriented accelerators; Africa Eats\, a pan-African holding company focused on feeding Africa; Realize Impact\, a public charity making it easy for anyone to make an impact investment; and The Angel Accelerator\, teaching early-stage impact investing. Luni is an Entrepreneur in Residence Emeritus at the University of Washington’s CoMotion\, the author of The Next Step series of guidebooks and podcasts on entrepreneurship\, and with The Pinchot Impact Index\, he solved the question on how to measure impact across a collection of companies.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/restoring-degraded-land-in-africa-for-profit-with-luni-libes/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86397629793
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SUMMARY:How Investing in Women Artisans Can Catalyze India’s Economy
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModern-day capitalism continues to worship the invisible hand of the markets while conveniently ignoring the invisible economy of women; their labour\, even today\, remains discounted as ‘productive activity’ that rarely carries monetary value. It is still intentionally undercounted in metrics of growth\, sustainability\, and GDP. It is within this context we write about India’s 200 million strong artisan economy\, 90% of which operates squarely within the informal landscape. Despite this\, or perhaps because of this informality\, unlike many other sectors\, we see over 50% participation of women — no small feat in a world where the gender dynamics remain deeply skewed in favour of men.\n— From How Investing in Women Artisans Can Catalyze India's Economy\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Priya Krishnamoorthy and Aparna Subramanyam\, authors of the IE Magazine article How Investing in Women Artisans Can Catalyze India's Economy \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nPriya KrishnamoorthyPriya Krishnamoorthy is an award-winning broadcast journalist\, arts manager and creative impact strategist passionate about bringing creativity/culture in conversation with sustainable development. A Fulbright Fellow and advocate in the creative industries\, Priya is Founder and CEO of 200 Million Artisans\, an ecosystem enabler reimagining the potential of India’s artisan economy. \n\n\nAparna SubramanyamAparna Subramanyam is a brand developer\, creative strategist\, and communications consultant empowering changemakers to increase their impact through branding and creative storytelling — elevating how mission and purpose are translated into brand-aligned strategy\, messaging\, and designed experiences. She is Partner at 200 Million Artisans\, an ecosystem enabler reimagining the potential of India's artisan economy.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/how-investing-in-women-artisans-can-catalyze-indias-economy/
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and Water: Entrepreneurial Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile the world’s governments try to address these issues from a top-down perspective\, many communities — especially those living at or below poverty levels — are already suffering the effects of climate change-exacerbated water issues. In response\, a number of social enterprises are stepping up to provide localized solutions to specific communities’ water-related issues.\n— From Climate Change and Water: Working to Change the Story One Social Enterprise at a Time by Brigit Helms\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Miller Center CEO Brigit Helms\, author of the IE Magazine article Climate Change and Water: Working to Change the Story One Social Enterprise at a Time and three of the entrepreneurs profiled in the article\, Sanjay Banka\, Lisa Heederik\, and Galen Welsch. \nSanjay Banka is Executive Chairman of Banka BioLoo Limited\, and a strong propagator of SDG 6\, the water and sanitation Goal. With academic background in sciences\, humanities\, human rights\, law and business management\, he has a strong understanding of the society\, economy and the polity\, along with technology and sustainable development. Professionally\, he has worked in family businesses\, start-ups\, MNCs and co-founded Banka BioLoo\, with spouse Namita Banka. The bioloo is an affordable onsite sanitation system\, whereby the fecal matter is converted into water and biogas in a multi-chambered bio-digester tank\, with the help of naturally-inoculated bacterial culture. Now\, the company also provides fecal sludge treatment plants and packaged sewage treatment plants. All the solutions are environmentally-friendly\, and have circularity at heart with outputs as reusable water and biosolids\, both enhancing agriculture yield. Well-versed with development and humanitarian problems\, primarily issues related to water and sanitation\, he puts his best foot forward in helping provide sustainable water\, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) solutions to households\, school children\, workers and many other user groups\, with a focus on the marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society\, helping eradicate open defecation\, generally\, and affordable waste treatment. Sanjay is a prolific writer and speaker\, and has authored many a piece on sustainable WaSH\, as also spoken extensively\, including at the UN. He is a member of many international committees and councils; and has put Banka BioLoo on the global map. The company is widely appreciated for its triple bottom-line\, the 3 Ps – people\, planet and profit. \nLieselotte Heederik (Lisa) is a social entrepreneur and development professional. She spent her childhood growing up in Bolivia\, Kenya and Yemen and studied Rural Development Sociology at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands and Advanced Development Studies at the Radboud University. During her studies she specialized in micro-credit and empowerment of rural women. In 2004 she won the Dutch student of the year award for her involvement in strengthening student unions in the Ukraine. In 2007 she moved to Banda Aceh in Indonesia to work for several NGOs on the reconstruction in the aftermath of the Tsunami. Experiencing the difficulty in obtaining safe drinking water\, and realizing the enormous need for affordable purification solutions\, Nazava Water Filters was found together with her husband Guido van Hofwegen. Nazava\, meaning clean in Arabic\, is a for-profit social enterprise and has as mission to provide safe\, affordable drinking water to everyone\, everywhere.  To date it has impacted over 600\,000 people in Indonesia\, Ethiopia and 30 other countries. In 2013 Nazava won the prestigious Tech Awards for the best technology to benefit humanity and in 2015 Nazava received the Frost and Sullivan Excellence Award for best Water Filtration Price/Performance Value Leadership. It was also a runner up in the Sankalp Indonesia Awards. In 2016 Nazava won the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy and Water. To date\, Nazava products have been exported to over 32 countries and it currently has operations in Indonesia\, Kenya and Ethiopia. Lieselotte is the Director of Nazava Kenya and in charge of global expansion. By 2030 Nazava aims to become the global water purifier for BoP households; impacting over 10 million people globally. In her free time Lisa enjoys the outdoors through trail-running\, triathlon and mountain biking. \nGalen Welsch co-founded Jibu in 2012 and under his leadership Jibu has quickly become a top-rated social franchise bringing affordable drinking water access to thousands\, and creating hundreds of jobs\, mostly for youth\, across East Africa. Galen's achievements at Jibu have been recognized by BBC World\, the Guardian\, Fast Company\, the Franchise Times\, and by Forbes (30 under 30). In addition to Jibu\, Galen is an Aspen Institute scholar\, an advisory board member of the University of New Hampshire's Social Sector Franchise Initiative\, a mentor (and prior fellow) at the Unreasonable Institute\, and an honorary member of Toniic impact investor network. Galen has been a speaker at Harvard's Social Enterprise Conference and at the UN General Assembly's Global Development Lab showcase. Previously\, Galen has worked as a field manager for Colorado's Public Interest Research Group\, for HEAL Africa in Goma\, DR Congo\, and for the Peace Corps as a Health Educator in Morocco. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) and/or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Author\n\n\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.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/climate-change-and-water-entrepreneurial-solutions/
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SUMMARY:Natural Asset Companies (NACs)
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNatural Asset Companies (NACs) are a potential game-changer on a global scale. NACs will be newly formed\, sustainable enterprises that hold the rights to the productivity and health of natural assets like land or marine areas. They are a new asset class on the New York Stock Exchange enabling owners to convert nature’s value into financial capital\, using that capital to re-invest in the natural assets to protect them or improve their sustainable use. In this way\, we could see huge areas of biodiversity and agricultural land around the world saved and regenerated. Early signs suggest a great deal of interest from investors looking for impact at scale\, and the timing\, with ESG and COP26 front of mind\, may be perfect.\n....Douglas Eger\, businessman\, entrepreneur\, and conservationist is the Chair and CEO of Intrinsic Exchange Group (IEG)\, the company that works with natural asset owners to form and list the new asset class of NACs. The IEG has put forward a transformational solution that rejects the assumption that nature is only a cost\, by creating investable assets that provide financial capital for sustainable production from those natural assets.\n— From "Natural Asset Companies (NACs): A New Way to Invest in our Planet" by IE Magazine Correspondent David Stead\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Douglas Eger\, profiled CEO in the IE Magazine article Natural Asset Companies (NACs) A New Way to Invest in our Planet. The author of the article\, IE Correspondent David Stead\, will also be present and will share his thoughts on his article. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nDouglas EgerFounder and CEO of Intrinsic Exchange Group\, Douglas Eger has spent a decades-long career developing promising ideas into vibrant companies in finance\, technology\, healthcare\, and media. Prior to IVE\, Mr. Eger was Chairman of Pet360\, Inc. (Combined — PetMD.com\, Pet Food Direct\, Pet360) which was sold to PetSmart in 2014. Mr. Eger is also the Founder & CEO of Entertaining Ideas\, a media and idea incubator\, which incubated IVE. His media accomplishments include: Executive Producer of War/Dance\, the Academy-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary about Ugandan child soldiers\, Development Producer of Academy Award nominated How to Survive A Plague\, and Producer of Shoot Down. Founder\, Chairman and CEO of AMEX-listed Sheffield Pharmaceuticals. Founder\, TechSource\, a technology transfer company serving private and public universities. Co-Founder\, Kachina Capital\, a firm that advised companies on strategic and financial matters. As a conservation buyer\, Mr. Eger partnered with The Open Space Institute and The Trust for Public Lands to preserve 7\,000 acres of land and restore two historical estates 100 miles NW of New York City. \n\n\nIE Magazine Correspondent\n\n\nDavid SteadDavid Stead aims to inspire and enable impact-driven philanthropy\, investment and corporate responsibility and to drive the allocation of resources to positive impact (ESG/SDGs etc). David has worked across the “social finance spectrum”\, utilising grants\, loans\, impact investing and ESG funds to create impact portfolios and programmes. He and his firm take a holistic approach\, helping organisations of all kinds to embed impact in their purpose\, strategy\, culture\, and performance\, through advisory and tech solutions (tracking impact via Digital dashboards). He speaks and write regularly on the above.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/natural-asset-companies-nacs/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83588473266
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SUMMARY:Building a Global Impact Culture Through Development Finance
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\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. \n\n\nHost\n\n\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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T120000
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CREATED:20220112T154904Z
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SUMMARY:ESG or Sustainability: You Choose
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs an ESG practitioner\, you now have two choices: \nYou can double down on the (delusional) notion that ESG makes the world better (instead of the reality that it’s predatory delay\, which Alex Steffen defines as “the blocking or slowing of needed change\, in order to make money off unsustainable\, unjust systems in the meantime” – I can hear you objecting as I write\, but I encourage you to read this definition carefully and challenge yourself to leverage evidence to prove it wrong.) \nOr \nYou can embrace bona fide sustainability\, which ensures its claims by gauging impacts vis-à-vis ecological ceiling and social foundation thresholds (sometimes visualized as a Doughnut\, thanks to Kate Raworth’s 2012 reinterpretation of Barbara Ward’s 1974 conceptualization of social “inner limits” and ecological “outer limits” for the United Nations). \n​— From ESG or Sustainability: You Choose by Bill Baue\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Bill Baue\, author of the IE Magazine article\, ESG or Sustainability: You Choose \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nBill BaueAs an internationally recognized expert on Sustainability Context (Thresholds & Allocations)\, Thriveability\, and Online Stakeholder Engagement\, Bill Baue catalyzes systemic transformation. As a serial social entrepreneur\, he has co-founded and instigated several enterprises: r3.0\, Science Based Targets\, Sustainability Context Group\, Sea Change Radio\, and Currnt.Baue currently serves as Senior Director of r3.0 (Redesign for Resilience & Regeneration)\, a not-for-profit common good that networks a global community of Positive Mavericks focused on transcending incrementalism to trigger necessary transformations that enact living systems principles. In this role\, he serves as the Systems Convener for the Connecticut River Valley Bioregional Collaborative of the Capital Institute’s Regenerative Communities Network. His most recent major writing is as author of the White Paper From Monocapitalism to Multicapitalism: 21st Century System Value Creation (December 2020). \nBaue has worked with prominent organizations across the sustainability ecosystem\, including Audubon\, Cabot Creamery Coop\, Ceres\, GE\, Harvard\, several United Nations agencies (UNCTAD\, UNEP\, UNGC\, UNRISD\, etc…)\, Walmart\, and Worldwatch Institute. He serves on the Board of Co-op Power and as Senior Advisor to Preventable Surprises\, and he is a certified Prosocial facilitator. \nHe lives near the Connecticut River Valley bioregion\, where his daughters Clara\, Emma\, and Aoife periodically visit. He is a diehard Deadhead who enjoys camping\, hiking\, mountain climbing\, kayaking\, yoga\, meditation\, and dancing contact improvisation.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/esg-or-sustainability-you-choose/
LOCATION:Impact Entrepreneur\, 27 North Undermountain Road\, Sheffield\, MA\, 01257\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T130000
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SUMMARY:Regenerative Finance Is No Longer the Future — It Has Arrived
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur complex system problems are proving resistant to simple solutions\, and each one has its own web of complexities to unwind. One thing they all have in common\, though\, is that you can’t fix a broken [name any system] with a broken finance system. That’s why regenerative finance — a concept that’s been percolating at the edges of impact investing and sustainable business since at least 2015\, when John Fullerton laid out the principles of regenerative economics — is emerging as an essential strategy. \n\n\n\n\nSimply put\, regenerative finance uses money as a tool to solve systemic problems and regenerate communities and natural environments. Its goal is to heal and create shared value. Profits are not the end\, but rather a means to further progress. In regenerative finance\, circulation replaces accumulation. \n\n\n—  From Regenerative Finance is No Longer the Future — It Has Arrived\n  \nJoin us for a Deep Dive with RSF Social Finance's Jasper van Brakel\, author of the IE Magazine article Regenerative Finance is No Longer the Future — It Has Arrived. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nJasper van BrakelJasper van Brakel is CEO of RSF Social Finance\, a lending\, giving and investing innovator based in San Francisco. @RSFSocFinance. Van Brakel sees firsthand the energy that mission-aligned\, catalytic capital sparks. He guides RSF in revolutionizing how people relate to and work with money\, leading a talented team that develops innovative giving\, investing\, and lending programs to address the significant social\, environmental\, and economic challenges of our time.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/regenerative-finance-is-no-longer-the-future-it-has-arrived/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83054741256
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T120000
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SUMMARY:Investing in Nature Through the Public Equity Markets
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBusinesses directly impact biodiversity through their operations and supply chains. According to the World Economic Forum\, three socio-economic production and consumption systems — food\, infrastructure\, and energy — are responsible for the largest pressures on biodiversity. In fact\, approximately 80% of threatened and near-threatened species are currently endangered by these three systems with the impacts from food\, land\, and ocean use posing by far the greatest biodiversity threat. Accordingly\, those companies that recognize the biodiversity-related risks to their companies and our planet\, and actively work to transform their business models to support the regeneration of nature\, can provide compelling investment opportunities for capital market participants. Through investment in solution-oriented companies operating in these three socio-economic systems\, investors can help transform individual industries\, build a more robust global economy and\, ultimately\, ensure the vitality of our planet.\n— From Investing in Nature Through the Public Equity Markets\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Vicki Benjamin\, Andrew Niebler and Robert Clapham\, authors of the IE Magazine article Investing in Nature Through the Public Equity Markets. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nVicki BenjaminVicki Benjamin is a co-founder of the Adviser and has been its Chief Executive Officer since it commenced operations as an investment adviser in 2018. Vicki maintains a 57% ownership stake in KBC. Ms. Benjamin was a partner at KPMG from September 2005 until February 2015\, when she joined Calvert Investments\, Inc. as its Chief Financial Officer. She served as the President of Calvert Investments\, Inc. from January 2017 through June 2020. She received a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A. from Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business. \n\n\nAndrew NieblerAndrew Neibler is a co-founder of the Adviser and has been its Executive Vice President\, General Counsel\, and Chief Compliance Officer since it commenced operations as an investment adviser in 2018. Andrew maintains a 43% ownership stake in KBC. From January 2006 through June 2019\, Mr. Niebler served in progressively more senior roles within the legal department of Calvert Investments\, Inc.\, including General Counsel and Senior Vice President from January 2017 through June 2019. Prior to joining Calvert\, Mr. Niebler held positions as a securities law attorney at Cleary\, Gottlieb\, Steen & Hamilton LLP and a foreign exchange trader and international economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He received an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. \n\n\nRobert ClaphamRobert Clapham is an equity Research Analyst with Karner Blue Capital LLC\, an asset manager based in Bethesda\, MD that specializes in biodiversity-focused portfolios. He holds a BBA in Finance and Statistics from George Washington University and is responsible for the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology\, as well as Chemical industries.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/investing-in-nature-through-the-public-equity-markets/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82946881683
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220113T130000
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CREATED:20211229T182423Z
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SUMMARY:Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs
DESCRIPTION:Impact Entrepreneur\n\nWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt a time when the world faces an unbelievably bleak future due to the state of the earth’s climate\, SMEs are often overlooked as part of the solution to climate change\, despite having an enormous impact on their communities and local economies. Attention is primarily given to investing in climate mitigation (renewable energy) and resilient infrastructure for adaptation. What we are overlooking is that SMEs can create local solutions that drive adaptation and build resilience to climate change\, becoming agents of climate resilience themselves\, if given the right tools and investment\, which they currently do not have.\n— From "Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs"\nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Agnes Dazewicz\, author of the IE Magazine article Fighting Climate Change Through SMEs. \n\n\nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Guest\n\n\nAgnes DasewiczAgnes Dasewicz is the CEO of Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF)\, a leader in impact investing in emerging and frontier markets for over 30 years\, investing in local entrepreneurs with a focus on climate change\, food security\, and inclusion. Agnes has more than 25 years of experience in private equity and impact investing\, including launching a new impact investing fund and starting investment initiatives for the U.S. government and the World Bank Group.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/fighting-climate-change-through-smes/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87557651990
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T120000
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CREATED:20211208T141011Z
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SUMMARY:Activating Impact Investors at Scale to Achieve the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\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
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85458285917
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260327T134238Z
CREATED:20211116T230547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T134238Z
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Identity and Power in the Impact Economy
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\nIn a recent Impact Entrepreneur Magazine article\, Toni Johnson asserts that “Democracies and their supporting institutions are bleeding faith in themselves. But they can be revitalized. We can finish out the first half of this century by working to renew faith in each other.” \nWhat does it mean to seek a common story and define the common good to build a sustainable and equitable future when the partisan media and social media abound with divisiveness\, and antagonism and mistrust sit between relatives at the Thanksgiving table? \nHow do we collectively stand against injustices and build an impact economy that works for every woman and man and for the more-than-human world when individuals and institutions with wealth and power focus immense resources at keeping us separate and weak? These are not easy questions\, and the answers are often even more challenging. \nIn this Deep Dive conversation with members\, Impact Entrepreneur welcomes journalist Toni Johnson to discuss how we can reimagine how we show up and share power more equitably as we work together to construct an impact economy. \nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \nFeatured Guest\nToni JohnsonToni Johnson is CEO and founder of Mission OutLoud\, which uses creative communications strategy and content to unleash clients’ voices and cut through the noise. She is on the finance committee for the Christopher Reynolds Foundation and is the former vice president of knowledge and influence for the Heron Foundation.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/reimagining-identity-and-power-in-the-impact-economy/
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LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82270052761
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211201T133000
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DTSTAMP:20260327T134234Z
CREATED:20211112T173221Z
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SUMMARY:Impact Investing at the Crossroads
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\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
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SUMMARY:ESG: The Fancy-ful Narrative
DESCRIPTION:Impact EntrepreneurWednesday\, August 26\, 20268:31 PM - 8:31 PM\n\n\nTo me\, ESG/impact investing/social investing — and just plain old investing\, for heavens’ sakes — is one piece and only one piece of a larger effort to alter incentives up and down the economy. \n— Clara Miller\, ESG: The Fancy-ful Narrative \nJoin us for a Deep Dive with Clara Miller\, author of the IE Magazine article\, ESG: The Fancy-ful Narrative. \nAbout Our Deep Dives\nDeep Dives are hour-long Zoom Meetings: Live Q&A Sessions (as opposed to our Zoom Webinars\, where the audience is in View-Only Mode) between the author(s) or subjects of a Magazine article and our members. Be sure to read the article in question and come bearing questions! \nFeatured Guest\nClemens FeilClemens Feil is a growth equity investment professional at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)\, the largest global development finance institution focused on the private sector in developing countries. \nHe has spent the majority of his 14-year private equity career investing in emerging markets and has led investments in India\, Vietnam\, Pakistan\, Colombia\, and more. Prior to joining IFC in 2020\, he worked at Bain Capital\, Clayton\, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R)\, and Neuberger Berman. \nBeyond his professional endeavors\, Clemens consistently advocates for leveraging private equity to create positive social and environmental change in emerging markets. His perspectives on the topic have been featured in outlets such as Impact Entrepreneur\, Impact Alpha\, Harvard Business School cases\, and the Clayton Christensen Institute. \nClemens has a BSc from the London School of Economics (LSE)\, an MA from Columbia University\, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
URL:https://impactentrepreneur.com/event/esg-the-fancy-ful-narrative/
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