Just a few weeks ago — Feb 11-15th — I had the great opportunity to join fellow social innovators from around the world at the 2010 StartingBloc Social Innovation Institute in Boston. I absolutely love attending events such as this (including GES, SOCAP, The Feast, and the upcoming SVC/SE Conferences). …
Posted on February 10, 2010 by Marco Puccia .
On the day prior to kickoff of the much anticipated StartingBloc conference, Fellows from around the world are finding themselves stranded in airport lounges from Dubai to DC! As a wave of winter weather barrels across the country, flights are being cancelled and roads are slicker than an olympic ice …
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Marco Puccia .
If you’re involved in social innovation and global health, there is an upcoming conference that is a must-attend meeting of the minds! It’s the 7th Annual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale University (April 17 – April 18).
The speaker lineup is one of the best I’ve seen, and there …
Posted on December 3, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
Are you a student with a great idea for a nonprofit or social enterprise!? SparkSeed is searching for the top student social entrepreneurs across the country to help support their projects with the tools and resources they need to advance their projects. SparkSeed will select 10 ventures to receive six …
Posted on December 2, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
For all the students out there interested in social innovation and creative approaches to global development, there is no better opportunity to come together and collaborate than at the Global Engagement Summit at Northwestern University. I attended GES last March and really had the time of my life! It is …
Posted on October 22, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
I love the title that Francisco used on his blog post over at NextBillion.net. Continuing in the season of conferences, PopTech started its 3 day conference today! It closely resembles the TED format, featuring numerous quick presentations about awesome social innovation! From the PopTech website:
PopTech (poptech.org) is a unique innovation …
Posted on September 8, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
I just got news that I’ve been selected to pitch my startup company, International Transparency Solutions, at this years “The Feast Kitchen” event in New York City. Over 80 startups from around the world applied or were nominated, and only eight were selected to pitch — so it’s an honor …
Posted on September 3, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
The three “breakout” sessions I attended today discussed very similar ground in terms of how to structure social enterprises and build business models that are accessible to investment, financially sustainable, and socially optimal.
I’ll start by mentioning the institutional challenges that social ventures run up against – particularly corporate structure. Our …
