Events Detail

Social Entrepreneurship

 

 

for the 21st Century:

Innovation Across the Nonprofit,

 

 Private, and Public Sectors



Wednesday, February 27 - 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Hudson Institute - Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
1015 15th Street, NW - Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

 

 

Event Description

“In less than a generation, we have witnessed a tectonic shift in the way people think about and work toward social change. The reasons are myriad and stem from both disaffection—impatience with existing programs and policies—and idealism—a profound desire for meaningful work that makes a positive impact on the world. The groundswell of new activism, or what we call social entrepreneurship, is manifest across society as creative change makers test new solutions to entrenched social, economic, and environmental problems.”

So begins Georgia Levenson Keohane’s new book, Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century, which provides a lively and comprehensive introduction to all facets of this “tectonic shift.” Not all students of social entrepreneurship are quite as sanguine about it, however, setting the scene for a stimulating conversation here at the Bradley Center on February 27th.

Our distinguished panel will include the author Georgia Levenson Keohane; Howard Husock of the Manhattan Institute; Nonprofit Quarterly's Rick Cohen; and Ashoka President Diana Wells. Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William Schambra will moderate the discussion. Lunch will be served.

Required Reading

Georgia Levenson Keohane, Excerpt from Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century: Innovation Across the Nonprofit, Private, and Public Sectors

Program and Panel

11:30 a.m.
Registration, lunch buffet

12:00 p.m.
Introduction by Bradley Center Director William Schambra

12:10 p.m.
Panel discussion
Rick Cohen, National Correspondent for Nonprofit Quarterly

Howard Husock, Vice President for Policy Research at the Manhattan Institute
Georgia Levenson Keohane, Roosevelt Institute Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Columbia Business School
Diana Wells, President of Ashoka - Innovators for the Public

1:10
Question-and-answer session

2:00
Adjournment

Transcript Information

A complete, edited transcript of the discussion will be posted online at http://pcr.hudson.org approximately two weeks after the event. If you would like to receive a rush copy of the transcript or request further information about this event, please contact Kristen McIntyre at (202) 974-2424 or at bradleycenter@hudson.org.