I received this update from StartingBloc over the weekend about an event next week (June 19) featuring Acumen’s own Lalita Advani. If you’re in the New York area, please consider RSVPing for the event and let us know (comments below) if you’re coming. I look forward to meeting you there…
The Value Chain of Social Entrepreneurship: How Young Professionals Can Get Involved
The Rudin Forum
NYU Wagner Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street, Floor 2, New York, NY, 10012
Thursday, June 19, 2008
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Cocktail Reception to Follow
Please RSVP by Monday, June 16th, 2008
Are you looking for opportunities to help improve the lives of people around the world? Whether you are interested in volunteering with nonprofits or simply want to learn more about how to get involved in philanthropy at your business, we are here to help. To help you explore your options, please join us for an incredible evening with four featured panel speakers:
- Bhakti Mirchandani, cofounder of Global Micro-Entrepreneurship Awards, Corporate Strategy & Microfinance Specialist, Lehman Brothers
- Lalita Advani, former banker at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse and now Institutional Relations Manager at Acumen Fund
- Neil Blumenthal, former consultant who developed Scojo Foundation’sfirst program and current COO and Director of Scojo Foundation
- Eni Bakallbashi, formerly worked at the World Bank Group, where she received numerous awards, and is now a MPA/MBA candidate at NYU Reynolds Program.
The featured panelists will share their stories of how they each got involved in social ventures. Additionally, they will discuss their organization’s role in social entrepreneurship and various ways young professionals can engage is social entrepreneurship.
Rob, I hope you’ll take copious notes from the event. I’m interested in what they have to say. If you have a chance to ask about how people can get involved remotely (e.g., from Colorado), that would be great, too. Thanks, Ryan