Past Events
June 8, 2010 – “Establishing an Appropriate Policy Environment for Fourth Sector (For-Benefit) Organizations” convened with The Aspen Institute Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation at The Aspen Institute in Washington DC.
July 17, 2008 – “Fourth Sector Strategy Roundtable on New Hybrid Legal Forms” convened with the Social Enterprise Alliance and Corporation 20/20 at NYU Law School in New York, NY.
July 15, 2008 – “The Architecture of a Fourth Sector — The Theory and Practice of Designing New Organizational Forms” convened with Investors’ Circle and Corporation 20/20 at KLD Research in Boston, MA.
May 7, 2008 – “The Fourth Sector: Investing for Impact” and “The Fourth Sector: Evolution of Capital Markets” track at Investors’ Circle conference in San Francisco, CA.
December 14, 2007 – “Accelerating the Development of Capital Markets Infrastructure to Support Expansion of the Fourth Sector” convened with The Aspen Institute, Tides Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Calvert Foundation and RSF Social Finance at Tides in San Francisco, CA.
December 13, 2007 – “Toward a Capital Market for Fourth Sector Organizations: Mapping the System, Moving to Action” convened with The Aspen Institute, Tides Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Calvert Foundation and RSF Social Finance at Tides in San Francisco, CA.
November 16, 2007 – “Evolution of Capital Markets” session at Investors’ Circle conference in Boston, MA.
October 12, 2007 – “Growing and Capitalizing the Fourth Sector” session at Social Venture Network conference in San Diego, CA.
June 14, 2007 – “Creating Social Capital Markets for Fourth Sector Organizations: Opportunities and Challenges” convened with The Aspen Institute, Case Foundation and Calvert Foundation at Google in New York, NY. Click here for report.
April 17, 2007 – “Hybrid Organizations: Do We Need a New Legal Form or Policy Approach?” convened with The Aspen Institute and Social Enterprise Alliance in Long Beach, CA.
September 29, 2006 – “Exploring New Legal Forms and Tax Structures for Nonprofit/For-Profit Hybrid Organizations” at The Aspen Institute in Washington DC. Click here for report.
May 22-24, 2005 – “Enterprising Organizations: New Asset-Based and Other Innovative Approaches to Social Problem-Solving” at The Aspen Institute in Aspen, CO. Click here for report.
January 21-22, 2003 – “Pushing Sector Boundaries: Identifying Key Issues for Research, Policy, and Practice” convened with The Aspen Institute at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.
October 18, 2000 – “Community Problem Solving Out-of-the-Box” at special pre-conference session at N.C. Center for Nonprofits conference in Raleigh, NC.
April 17, 2000 – “Out-of-the-Box Philanthropy” at Self-Help Credit Union in Durham, NC.
March 23, 2000 – “Fourth Sector Forum” at TROSA in Durham, NC.
October 20 1999 – “Fourth Sector Forum” convened with The Body Shop USA and Triangle Community Foundation at The Body Shop USA headquarters in Wake Forest, NC.
April 7, 1999 – “The Blurring Boundaries Between the Public, Private, and Social Sectors” convened with The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise in Chapel Hill, NC.
April 15, 1998 – “Is a New Sector Emerging in the Global Economy?” convened with the F.B. Heron Foundation and New Profit at the F.B. Heron Foundation in New York, NY.
