Social Enterprise Series @ the Commonwealth Club

The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco is hosting a special series "Social Entrepreneurship in America" this year, continuing on into 2011. The series features leading innovators and pioneers who are utilizing entrepreneurial passion and rigor to solve societal problems.

Upcoming Social Entrepreneurship in America Events:

JUNE 22, 2010
Conchy Bretos
CEO, MIA Consulting Group, Ashoka Fellow

JULY 27, 2010
Sally Osberg
President & CEO, The Skoll Foundation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Christopher Gergen
Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, Duke University

OCTOBER 7, 2010
Mary Houghton
President, ShoreBank Corporation

OCTOBER 26, 2010
Bill Drayton
Founder & Chairman, Ashoka

NOVEMBER 17, 2010
William Foote*
Founder & CEO, Root Capital, Ashoka Global Fellow

DECEMBER 8, 2010
Premal Shah*
Co-Founder & President, Kiva

JANUARY 12, 2011
Jacqueline Novogratz
CEO, The Acumen Fund

FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Matt Bannick
Managing Partner, Omidyar Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Jed Emerson
Author, Blended Value

MARCH 8, 2011
Louise Burnham Packard
Executive Director, Trinity Boston Foundation

MARCH 29, 2011
Kriss Dieglmeier
Executive Director, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford University

More info - including how to purchase tickets - here.

If you cannot attend the events (held at the Club's Nob Hill San Francisco location) then I believe that you can listen to a live stream of the event here.

I attended the first event of the series on May 24th. It featured Muhammad Yunus,
Founder, Grameen Bank and Grameen America, Nobel Laureate.

"Whenever I see a problem that I want to address, that I want to solve, I create a business." - Muhammad Yunus

Watch excerpts from his lecture here.


photo: Muhammad Yunus speaking on May 24. I snapped this one from my seat!