Comments on: Social Venture Partners Conference: A Best Kept Secret? http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-venture-partners-conference-a-best-kept-secret Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean Stannard-Stockton http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-venture-partners-conference-a-best-kept-secret/comment-page-1#comment-7830 Sean Stannard-Stockton Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:04:28 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-ventures-conference-a-best-kept-secret#comment-7830 Thanks for the endorsement Michael. It was good to meet you there last year as well! Thanks for the endorsement Michael. It was good to meet you there last year as well!

]]> By: Michael Moody http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-venture-partners-conference-a-best-kept-secret/comment-page-1#comment-7828 Michael Moody Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:14:53 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-ventures-conference-a-best-kept-secret#comment-7828 I'd second this recommendation of the SVPI conference. The subjects of the smaller sessions, like the keynotes, are of great use not only to people working in organizations like SVPs (and there are a growing number of those people) but also folks from organizations and roles of all different sorts. These breakouts have topics like: how to engage and educate new donors, how to make local collaborations among nonprofits more effective, how to develop advocacy programs, that sort of thing. Very practical and innovation-minded, like SVPs in general. And you just might meet people there that you know from the internet--like I met a certain writer and philanthropic advisor last year--and discover they are nice guys. So nice they'll even link to your research reports in their blogs. (Thanks, Sean.) I’d second this recommendation of the SVPI conference. The subjects of the smaller sessions, like the keynotes, are of great use not only to people working in organizations like SVPs (and there are a growing number of those people) but also folks from organizations and roles of all different sorts. These breakouts have topics like: how to engage and educate new donors, how to make local collaborations among nonprofits more effective, how to develop advocacy programs, that sort of thing. Very practical and innovation-minded, like SVPs in general.

And you just might meet people there that you know from the internet–like I met a certain writer and philanthropic advisor last year–and discover they are nice guys. So nice they’ll even link to your research reports in their blogs. (Thanks, Sean.)

]]> By: Aya Burgess, SVPI http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-venture-partners-conference-a-best-kept-secret/comment-page-1#comment-7823 Aya Burgess, SVPI Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:44:50 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-ventures-conference-a-best-kept-secret#comment-7823 SaraJoy - SVPI does have a few volunteer spots available at the conference. Send me an email at info@svpi.org and I'd be happy to forward you the details. Aya Burgess Conference Coordinator Social Venture Partners International SaraJoy – SVPI does have a few volunteer spots available at the conference. Send me an email at info@svpi.org and I’d be happy to forward you the details.

Aya Burgess
Conference Coordinator
Social Venture Partners International

]]> By: SaraJoy Pond http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-venture-partners-conference-a-best-kept-secret/comment-page-1#comment-7821 SaraJoy Pond Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:19:34 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2009/09/social-ventures-conference-a-best-kept-secret#comment-7821 Thanks for the post. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity! Especially to bring the on-the-ground practitioner [in my case start-up social entrepreneur] voice into the conversation. Unfortunately, in my case even $50 off $575 puts it a little out of my price range. The ticket purchasing site stated the range as "free-$575"... I know some conferences let people like me volunteer extra time at the conf. in exchange for a ticket or even offer scholarship/sponsored slots. Do you know of anything like this for SVP? Thanks for the post. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity! Especially to bring the on-the-ground practitioner [in my case start-up social entrepreneur] voice into the conversation. Unfortunately, in my case even $50 off $575 puts it a little out of my price range. The ticket purchasing site stated the range as “free-$575″… I know some conferences let people like me volunteer extra time at the conf. in exchange for a ticket or even offer scholarship/sponsored slots. Do you know of anything like this for SVP?

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