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Summit 2019 dates and location
Since its inception as The NationalGathering for Social Entrepreneurs in 1998, the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) has been the champion and key catalyst for the development of the social enterprise sector in the United States. Since 1998, SEA's Summit has been the most prominent social enterprise convening in the United States; the 2019 Summit will be September 9-11 in Chicago.
The 12th Social Enterprise World Forum will occur October 23-25, 2019, in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia. Previous Forums have been in Scotland, Australia, San Francisco, South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, Italy, Canada and Hong Kong. The Forum is an international gathering of practitioners and support agencies dealing exclusively with social enterprise. Its purpose is to bring together social enterprise leaders and champions from all continents to collaborate, share best practice and plan future developments.
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Secondary school students from more than 25 countries will compete in the 18th SAGE World Cup during the summer of 2020 (dates TBD). Host countries during the past few years have included the United States, South Africa, Brazil, Nigeria, Ukraine, Russia, China and the Philippines.. Each fall, secondary school students around the world who are members of Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) create and launch business ventures that have a social purpose. National and international competitions follow during the spring and summer.
The 17th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship will take place March 31 – April 3, 2020, in Oxford, England. The Forum is an international event attracting nearly 1,000 delegates from dozens of countries. Held annually at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, the Forum convenes social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, policy makers, corporate representatives, financiers, philanthropists and students for three days of plenaries, panel discussions, workshops and academic presentations.
AT THE INSTITUTE
Boschee teaches capstone course
in Master's Degree "Social Entrepreneurship & Change" program at Pepperdine University
Institute Executive Director Jerr Boschee is in his eighth year as an adjunct professor in Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology in Los Angeles. His course, "The Social Enterprise Incubator," runs from September through April and consists of four five-day campus visits and six virtual classes; 20-25 students each year develop business plans for different social enterprises. The course is the capstone project for the five-semester Master's Degree program in "Social Entrepreneurship & Change" -- and the 2018-2019 academic year concluded with a
business plan competition and a Fast Pitch competition attended by more than 200 people.
Institute completes five-year international award
program for secondary school
social enterprises
THE 2007 GOLD MEDAL TEAM FROM ATENEO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH INSTITUTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JERR BOSCHEE: FROM LEFT, RON REODICA, MIGUEL FRANCISCO MACAALAY, MIGUEL EVANGELISTA AND ALEXANDER JASON LUMANTAO. SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM CHINA AND RUSSIA CAPTURED THE SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS.
The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs has completed its five-year committment to fund "The Arthur Boschee and Evelyn Ball International Award for Social Enterprise."
Each fall, high school students around the world who are members of Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) create and launch business ventures that have a social purpose. State, national and international competitions follow during the spring and summer. The "Boschee/Ball" cash awards were presented each year from 2007 through 2011 to the three national winners at the World SAGE CUP Competition whose businesses best integrated social and financial objectives.
Please click here for additional information about SAGE.
Institute book
wins Axiom award
Migrating from Innovation to Entrepreneurship, by Institute Executive Director Jerr Boschee, received the Bronze Medal in the Axiom Business Book Awards competition in the philanthropy/charity/nonprofit category. The book is currently out of print,, but the title essay can be found here.