SII: What's Up

The first state-wide summit of RI's growing social enterprise community will network leaders from several sectors, including academia, business, government, non-profit and social enterprise/social entrepreneurs. At the SERI Summit, you'll connect and collaborate with others in the community, learn from national, regional and local social enterprise leaders and share best practices for social enterprise success. The first 25 to email Amy Healy (amy@svpri.org) can attend for free, compliments of SII!

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The StartingBloc Social Innovation Fellowship is kickstarted by the Institute for Social Innovation. The Institute is a five day transformational experience, where fellows interact with one another and StartingBloc alumni mentors. At the Institute students and young professionals (aged 20-29) are provided with the training, education, and networks necessary to turn any career into a socially responsible one. We teach innovative ways to make for-profits more sustainable and accountable, and non-profits more business savvy. During the Institute, Fellows learn about corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, cross sector partnerships and sustainability from leading academics, corporate innovators, social entrepreneurs, activists and government officials. The curriculum provides a fresh look at global issues and enables our Fellows to innovatively affect change at all levels. Each year, the Institutes bring together 375 Fellows at three locations: Boston (125 Fellows), New York (125 Fellows) and London (125 Fellows). The Institute is a gateway into StartingBloc's Alumni Community.

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The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition will host a Kick-Off meeting on Thursday, Oct. 29, to introduce and explain the 2010 competition - and help prospective applicants prepare to compete for more than $130,000 in prizes. The event, which is free to the public, will be held 5 - 6:30 p.m. at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Providence. Pre-registration is required.

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We are looking for dedicated individuals with the practical skills, the creativity, the empathy and the leadership potential to affect change by leveraging market-based solutions to create social impact. Acumen Fund Fellows are drawn from a pool of talented, passionate people from all geographies, sectors, backgrounds and ethnicities.

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As part of the "Meet the Entrepreneur" lecture series, Brown's Entrepreneurship program presents: Lane Wood is the Water for Schools program director. He has been connected with charity water since the beginning. Water for Schools is an initiative to get students involved with charity:water's work. Water for Schools is a campaign to raise awareness and funds for water projects at schools in developing nations. Lane will be at Brown talking about the history of charity:water and stories related to their organization's impact. Following Lane's presentation, there will be an opportunity to interact with Lane and get involved in helping Brown's Water for Schools fundraising initiative. Contact EProgram@brown.edu for more information. Visit charitywater.org