Events
Lessons from Traverse City
It’s been over a week since I had a conversation about social entrepreneurship with twenty like-minded individuals in Traverse City, Michigan–people who believe in the idea of "doing well and doing good." What I took away from that experience: Lesson One: Dive in, the water’s fine. A Bigger Voice sometimes requires that we act in…
Read MoreSocial Entrepreneurship
In doing some research for an event I’m facilitating in Traverse City this week on social entrepreneurship, I came across two articles on the topic: The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship by J. Gregory Dees, a faculty member of the Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Dees makes the connection…
Read MoreTraverse City on Sept 18
I’ll be in Traverse City, Michigan on September 18 to lead a discussion about social entrepreneurship. My hosts will be Marguerite Cotto, from Northwest Michigan College and Elaine Wood, from the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments. Both of these women are active in promoting business and community development in the Traverse City area. Marguerite tells…
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