Know Someone Who Wants to Be a Social Entrepreneur?

If you or someone you know/serve through your nonprofit is interested in starting a business to do good in the community, you/they are especially invited to

Chris Miller

Start Something: Be A Social Entrepreneur -- Doing Good while Doing Well!  Come learn about the growing field of social enterprise from Chris Miller, CEO of the Mission Company L3C, and a panel of experts who have helped social entrepreneurs grow in St. Louis.  Find out what it takes to get started, how some local social entrepreneurs have earned success and where you can go for more information and advice.
In 2007, Chris joined Washington University in St. Louis’ Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. There, he helped develop the community-based social entrepreneurship education program.

 Panelists include Laurie Hauber, project director for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Community Economic Development Program, and Fred Domke, founder of Bridge Bread, a social entrepreneurship  initiative designed to help homeless persons be productively employed and a 2014 winner of the Youthbridge Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition. Q&A. Because of the 9 am start-time, preregistration for this free event is required. Call 314-539-0357 or email me to sign-up.

The fall Start Something! workshop series is generously funded by  Ms. Marilyn Bennett in memory of  LaFern Soldner.  

G&FC Programs: Past and Future

We're taking a break from offering G&FC programs here at the library this month. Thank you to all our 2011 program partner organizations --NPML, VLAA, ARCHS, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, AFP, BoardLinkStL, & NSC --as well as to The Foundation Center --for providing information and leadership to the more than 600 attendees (thanks also to each of you who came).
We're delighted to be working with these groups, as well as three new program partners, so far --Nonprofit Missouri, the St. Louis chapter of the Grant Professionals Assn., and the Young Nonprofit Professional's Network, as we put together our 2012 program schedule.
Feel free to contact me about any nonprofit and grants topics you'd like us to include.