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Welcoming Jed Emerson to Carleton
October 4, 2010
| Cost: | Free |
(From L to R) George Brown (OCLF), Jed Emerson, Tessa Hebb (3ci), Francois Brouard (SCSE), Margie Mendell (Concordia)
On October 14th, 2010, The Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Sprott Centre for Social Enterprises, and the Ottawa Community Loan Fund hosted a seminar with the well known thought leader on social finance and blended value, Jed Emerson.
Jed Emerson has extensive experience leading, staffing and advising funds, firms, social ventures and foundations pursuing financial performance with social/environmental impact. He is an internationally recognized Thought Leader in sustainability and sustainable finance, blended value, impact investing, social entrepreneurship and strategic philanthropy. Emerson has played founder roles with some of the nation’s leading venture philanthropy, community venture capital and social enterprises. He is a Senior Fellow with Generation Investment Management (David Blood and Al Gore) and a Senior fellow with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School at Oxford University.
The hour and a half -hour session explored social finance, impact investing, mission-based investing, and social return on investment. In the near future, we will post excerps of the video and Jed’s presentation. Please check back soon.