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SPP Professor of Practice Betsy Schmidt, an expert on social-mission businesses and nonprofit law, will be a panelist at this year's Social Entrepreneurship Day at UMass Amherst. The day-long event will take place in the Cape Cod Lounge, in the Student Union, on campus.
Schmidt's panel "Pursuing Business and Social Goals Through Hybrid Organizing," is from 1:45-3:00 p.m.
Social entrepreneurship offers the opportunity to tackle important social issues through business ventures. This day-long event provides students and other interested community members the chance to learn from experts who have special insights into creating innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems, including those who have developed their own social enterprises.
This event is organized by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, a unit of the Isenberg School of Management.
The agenda for the full day is below. Registration is encouraged and available here.
9:00-9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30-9:45 Introduction by Tom Moliterno (Isenberg School of Management, UMass) &
Welcoming Remarks by Earl W. Stafford (Stafford Foundation)
9:45-10:45 Keynote Presentation – Marya Besharov (ILR School, Cornell University)
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:15 Panel 1. A Practitioner’s Lens on Combining Business and Social Goals
Moderator – Tom Moliterno (Isenberg School of Management, UMass)
• Michael Alden (Language Bank / Ascentria)
• Jay Leonard (Barings / Valley Venture Mentors)
• Laurie Lane-Zucker (Impact Entrepreneur Center)
12:15-1:45 Lunch & Presentation by Ken Toong (Auxiliary Enterprises, UMass - TBC)
1:45-3:00 Panel 2. Pursuing Business and Social Goals through Hybrid Organizing
Moderator – Bogdan Prokopovych (Isenberg School of Management, UMass)
• Elizabeth Schmidt (School of Public Policy, UMass)
• Suntae Kim (Carroll School of Management, Boston College)
• Wiljeana Glover (Babson College)
3:00-3:15 Closing remarks by Tom Moliterno (Isenberg School of Management, UMass)
