Center for Social Innovation

Past Conferences and Speakers

A Conversation with Herbert M. Allison, Jr. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

Herbert M. Allison Jr., Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, spoke to 200 students on the government's role in regulating the capital markets, the state of the economy, his view on public/private partnerships, and his leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. (November 2009)

4th Annual Nonprofit Management Institute

A record-breaking 300 nonprofit leaders attended the 2009 Nonprofit Management Institute to learn creative new strategies for running and growing their organization during tough economic times. (October 2009)

EPNL Next Step

Graduates of the Stanford Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders (EPNL) and EPNL Arts reconvened to build on their EPNL experience and explore ways to lead a more effective nonprofit. (April 2009)

2008 Purpose Prize Awards and Encore Careers Summit

The Center for Social Innovation co-hosted the 2008 Purpose Prize Awards and Encore Careers Summit with Civic Ventures. This vanguard launched the encore careers movement—encouraging second careers that combine continued income with personal meaning and social impact. (December 2008)

Green Tech Must First Make Economic Sense, Says Khosla

Zero emission buildings and hybrid vehicles have broad appeal, but any climate change solution must first make economic sense in order to truly be effective, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, MBA ’80, told a business school audience during the school’s 2008 von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture. (November 2008)

Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World

In his new book, Matthew Bishop, chief business writer and U.S. business editor of The Economist, examines how today’s leading philanthropists are revolutionizing the field using business methods to have a vastly greater impact on the world. (November 2008)

Online Giving Marketplaces

Philanthropy experts joined by leaders from major global online giving marketplaces explain how the face of philanthropy is changing. (September 2008)

3rd Annual Nonprofit Management Institute

What are some frameworks and tools nonprofit leaders can use to analyze and address strategic issues within their organizations? GSB and Stanford professors, as well as leading practitioners in the field of social innovation, provide answers in a two-day conference for senior-level nonprofit executives including CEOs, executive directors, board members, and consultants. (September 2008)

Good Measures: New Approaches to Evaluation

How can funders and grantees work together to make program evaluation a positive experience? Foundation and nonprofit executives share their experience. (May 2008)

Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chain Conference

Breakthrough responsible supply chain practices can improve business performance, demonstrate speakers at the second annual Responsible Supply Chain Conference. (April 2008)

Funding Social Enterprises

During Stanford Entrepreneurship week, Draper Richards Foundation, Kiva.org, Ashoka, and BUILD representatives give advice about starting and funding a social venture. (February 2008)