Want to know how to drive the economy through social enterprise? DePaul Industries’ CEO Dave Shaffer, a 2011 Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, will be a featured speaker at this year’s Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development (SEEED) summit.
DePaul Industries CEO Dave Shaffer joins two other Portland-area nonprofit leaders in a panel discussion about earned income and operating a social enterprise to advance a social mission. The panel is presented by the Nonprofit Association of Oregon this Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Ecotrust Conference Center at 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Here are the details:
Moderator
+ Mark Van Ness, Founder, Real Leaders and Social Enterprise Loan Fund
Partner, Social Venture Partners Portland
Panel
+ Alison Brown, Director of Adelante Empresas, Adelante Mujeres
+ Catherine Ellingson, Enterprise Director, New Avenues for Youth
+ Dave Shaffer, President/Chief Executive Officer, DePaul Industries
Presentation & Continental Breakfast at 8:00
Networking at 9:30
Is social enterprise—earned income ventures in nonprofit organizations—an appropriate strategy to advance our missions? Moving beyond earned income as a way to diversify revenue, this session explores commercial approaches to delivering the programs and services that strengthen our missions and our communities.
Register for this event now!
To coincide with the start of 2012, our 41st year, DePaul Industries is proud to announce our entrance into the blogosphere.
We’ll be providing news and updates related to our staffing, security, and food packaging & contract manufacturing businesses; as well as our momentum in the social entrepreneurial sector. Keep your eye out for special features such as new job openings, tips on outsourcing for your business, customer testimonials, and news related to employment—
with a special emphasis on employment of people with disabilities.
With our eye toward future expansion and more engaged communication, this blog’s objective will be to communicate the business and social change activities of DePaul Industries and its cohorts.
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