News Round-up: Dignity event, Metrics at SoCap09, and Global Easy Water Products

Reflections on the Dignity event: After a successful fundraising event on July 30, Michelle Mak of the Young Professionals for Acumen Fund reflects on the experience that raised over $24,000 and brought together a dynamic group of professionals.  Read her posts Part I and Part II.

Acumen Fund and Metrics: Kevin Jones, co-founder of SoCap09 Conference, in the Huffington Post and Nathaniel Whittemore from Change.org in a blog post highlight the panel for the upcoming Social Capital Conference on the  Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) and Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS).

Need a good overview of Acumen Fund? Acumen’s Rob Katz gives an interview with Latitude Responsable, a project filming many of the world’s social enterprises, where he discusses Acumen Fund and Acumen investee Global Easy Water Products (GEWP).