Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Carol Whelan along with students Haley Burns and Juan Carlos Monterrey will be heading to Singapore for the Impact Forum 13. We'll be sharing a presentation in an Impact Academy Setting.


A Historical Look at Social Entrepreneurship
From a Global Perspective to Your Own Community

This academy will provide the audience with an overview of history of social entrepreneurship from the 1700’s to its current state of being recognized globally as a “new phenomenon” that is making us think about the creating of social value and inclusion at all levels of society, public, private and in universities across the globe. Current definitions of social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurs will be shared as well as a discussion of the academic questions about the nature of social entrepreneurship will be discussed.

At the local level of New Orleans, a city still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, the emergence of social entrepreneurship will be described. The role of the university and as an emerging leader in social entrepreneurship will be shared as well as the Ashoka Organization’s role in bringing university faculty, students and Ashoka Fellows together to learn and develop programs. Finally two university students, who recently received funding for their innovative idea to provide micro-finance opportunities to the very poor people of New Orleans, will briefly share their project. There will be a question and answer session following the lecture.

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