Events


Andy Shallal, Busboys & Poets; John King, Norwood Marble & Granite;  Gary Skulnik, Clean Currents; Clint O’Brien, Care2; and Amy Kincaid moderating panel at on B Certified Corporations for DC Net Impact at Busboys & Poets (Washington, DC)

2011

April 7, 2011. Maryland Benefit Corporation law, webinar with Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and panelists Ida Cheinman, Substance151; John Shepley, Emory Knolls Farms; and Laura E. Jordan, Capital Law Group

April 16, 2011. Raising Capital of All Kinds, Panel for William James Foundation Gathering, with Rob Thomas, Social(k) and Mission Markets; and Jordan Chazin, B Lab

April 28, 2011. Earned Revenue: Should We or Shouldn’t We?  A webinar and mini-workshop with Social Enterprise Alliance-Maryland

May 26, 2011. Ignite for a Better Baltimore co-sponsor

May 27-29, 2011. SAGE USA, national student competition, business plan judging, Chicago

July 12, 2011. Panel: Social Enterprise: When Your Business is Changing the World, ThinkBigBaltimore. Featuring Cindy Plavier-Truitt, Humanim; Rebecca Welsh, HALO Foundation; Art Stevens, Calvert Foundation.

August 26-28, 2011. Site visit to Mississippi Delta Council, Clarskdale, Mississippi with Danita Rodriguez & Associates.

Aug. 29, 2011. B Certified Corporations: New Thinking for a New Kind of Business, DC Net Impact at Busboys & Poets, with Andy Shallal, Busboys & Poets; John King, Norwood Marble & Granite; Clint O’Brien, Care2; and Gary Skulnik, Clean Currents

September 9, 2011, The New Corporate Disrupters: How Benefit Corporations Will Change the World, #DSRPT11 Richmond Unite, with Laura E. Jordan (Capital Law Group), Jim Epstein (Blue Ridge Produce), and Michael Pirron (Impact Makers)

COMING UP: October 5, 2011, The Benefit Corporation: A New Corporate Structure in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Small Business Development Centers, with R. Carter Scott (Durette Crump)

2010
Social Enterprise Alliance 2010 Summit, San Francisco, partnering with xproductions.tv

September 30, 2010. Seminar on the Benefit Corporation law, L3C and other hybrid legal structures, Emerging Options for Maryland Social Ventures. Co-sponsored by the Grants Collection at Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center, Baltimore. Presenters included Ida Cheinman, Substance151; John Shepley, Emory Knolls Farms; and Laura Jordan, Capital Law Group; Michael Shuman, BALLE; Ian Fisk, William James Foundation; Jon Widrick, Ascensus Law; John Herron, Harbor City Services

October 13, 2010. Discussion and networking among women business owners of triple bottom line community benefit and cultural enterprises. Maryland Social Enterprise Morning Meet. Hosted by Capital City Cheesecake and The Still Point, Takoma Park. Presenters included Sharon Hadary, former CEO Center for Women’s Business Research; Ausanee Pananon, Adams Bank.

November 10, 2010. Panel Discussion on Benefit Corporations, Bethesda Green

December 15, 2010. Workshop, Social Enterprise in Progressive Organizations, hosted by SALSA/Institute for Policy Studies