Register for the Social Entrepreneurship Institute, hosted by Unite for Sight, on December 5th!

in Outside Announcements
September 23rd, 2014

Unite for Sight warmly invites you to attend the 2nd annual Social Entrepreneurship Institute on Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut.  Presented by Unite For Sight, the Social Entrepreneurship Institute provides mentoring, guidance, and successful strategies for participants to apply to their work in global health, social entrepreneurship, and international development. In addition to unique interactive sessions by leaders in global health and social entrepreneurship, the Institute also includes lunch and dinner networking receptions with the speakers.  Space is limited, and we encourage early registration.  A very reduced early bird registration rate is available through September 30.  

Presentation opportunity: You may apply to give a presentation and to engage on the Shubert Theater stage in a conversation with the expert speaker panelists.

Social Entrepreneurship Institute
Friday, December 5, 2014
Shubert Theater, New Haven, Connecticut
http://www.uniteforsight.org/institute

Confirmed Social Entrepreneurship Institute speakers thus far include:
Moving From Rhetoric to Impact

  • “mHealth Innovations in Global Health,” Bobby Jefferson, Director Informatics, Futures Group​
  • Jocelyn Brown, Product Manager, Medical Devices, 3rd Stone Design, Inc.
  • ​Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Key Lessons in Health and Entrepreneurship

  • “Five Things Every Social Entrepreneur Needs to Know,” Jeffrey A. Robinson, Associate Professor and Academic Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, Rutgers Business School; Director, New Jersey Social Innovation Institute
  • Dean Cycon, Founder and and CEO, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co.
  • Dave DeLuca, Head of Campaigns, Do Something

​Growing Effective Programs and Measuring Impact

  • “Use of Patient-Centered Evaluation Models to Drive the Implementation of Community-Based Mental Health Services into the Public Sector Primary Care System of Rural Haiti,” Shinichi Daimyo, Clinical Program Officer, Partners In Health
  • Rohit Naimpally, Senior Training Associate, Poverty Action Lab
  • ​“Putting Farmers First in the Fight to End Hunger,” Jenny Best, Global Communications, One Acre Fund

Complete details and the Institute schedule can be seen at http://www.uniteforsight.org/institute/