SOCAP strives to offer diverse content across the spectrum of business and capital innovation advancing social and environmental impact. SOCAP Open is a public submission platform that helps us source suggestions directly from our community. As in past years, SOCAP16 will include interactive sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and storytelling opportunities. By proposing a session idea and/or voting, we invite you to add your unique voice to the conversation.
Submit Your SOCAP Open Proposal Here
As you plan your submission, consider the most effective, engaging format for your content idea. The SOCAP16 themes are available to help you gain an understanding of some primary areas of programming, but we always welcome a variety of topics connected to the social impact movement. Don’t forget to check out the SOCAP Open FAQs and our Tips for Crafting a Winning SOCAP Open Idea as you develop your proposal.
The session will present original and novel research into the strategic management of intellectual property by social entrepreneurs and the implications for impact, scaling, collaboration, networks, and investment/funding.
Go behind the scenes of selecting which development innovations to fund and what the elements of a good proposal are. Are there “magic words”? Why do some innovators seem to be “darlings” and some can’t get a dime? Learn how donors, investors, and funders are collecting “business …
Teams collaborate and innovate in a constantly changing world with entrenched interests and conflicting ideas, organizational politics and complex power dynamics. Some teams succeed at it while others fail. How do the successful teams do that? How do they become productive collaborators transcending the boundaries? How do …
Practicing everyday inclusion immediately opens us up to valuable opportunities for social connection. Solutions to our biggest problems or the gateway to the most valuable connection could be the result of one meaningful conversation that was the result of establishing a goal like meeting 1 new person …
African American students are more likely to take on debt—and more debt—than white, Latino, and Asian American students. Today, the majority of all college students—at two-year and four-year, private and public institutions—rely on grants and loans to pay tuition but at what cost to their future financial …
Disruption is “in.” Words like innovation, creativity, and transformation fill the pages of books about breaking all the rules and changing the system. This session unveils the wider story of where we are in the age of “disruptive capitalism,” how we got here, and where we’re headed. …
BUILD, a Redwood City-based organization serving high school students in under-resourced school districts, uses entrepreneurship to develop the skills necessary for high school, college and career success. Beginning in 1999 with four students, BUILD now serves more than 1400 students each year in Boston, Washington, DC and …
Our present economic system prioritizes growth and short-term outcomes, putting humans and ecosystems on a collision course with the finite, physical limitations of the biosphere. There is, however, a new economic movement afoot – one that works to value and regenerate capital assets. The regenerative paradigm draws …
Housing is a basic human need that our society struggles to provide for our most vulnerable community members, and there are myriad opportunities to innovate in the space. Come learn how One Degree and Compass Family Services teamed up to dramatically improve affordable housing in the Bay …
The Womanity Foundation has been working for 11 years to elevate the voice and foster the empowerment of women in emerging economies and fragile states. It has holistically addressed girls’ enrollment and learning outcomes in Afghanistan, and is currently piloting unprecedented vocational training courses for Afghan high …
This panel will discuss the greatest revolution in business since the Industrial Revolution, shifting from focus on profit to purpose Panelists represent leading organizations in this new revolution including: MetroMile: Pay per mile car insurance empowering drivers by creating a more connected and informed car ownership experience. …
How can we intentionally design social enterprises to achieve impact on a large scale? Very often, solutions are either too universal or too context-specific. If we embrace the rich variety in local contexts from the start, we will develop solutions that can be adapted much quicker to …
Innovative financing is an approach to funding enterprises and interventions that optimizes positive social, environmental and financial impact. It uses all available financial and philanthropic tools to support the growth of these enterprises, interventions and entrepreneurs and, when the existing tools don’t work, it creates new ones. …
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is expected to release new Federal regulations governing payday loans, car title loans and similar predatory consumer lending products. The payday loan industry estimates that 80% of its storefronts will close if the CFPB regulations are enacted. What alternatives exist for …
For many CSR professionals there is nothing more frustrating than not being able to move the needle & help their org. realize the business value of their corporate responsibility efforts. The Hagen-Wilhelm Matrix was designed by renowned sustainability consultant Kevin Wilhelm & Iron Mountain CSR Director Kevin …
Engaged, motivated and high-performing employees are essential for business success. Building a purpose-minded culture in which employees thrive, and a workplace that attracts high caliber talent is a topic on every leader’s mind. But with almost 70% of today’s corporate workforce actively disengaged, companies are looking for …
More than a year after the unrest that made headlines - universities, companies, foundations, and community organizations have all stepped up with new commitments to create change and expand opportunity. Baltimore’s social entrepreneurs are also working to build an ecosystem of support for promising new ventures. From …
How can we develop an economy based on abundance rather than scarcity? Regenerative economics is a way of recasting entrepreneurship with an understanding of stewardship, so that investments and innovations are valued by how they cultivate healthy relationships, cooperation, and a thriving planet. In this session we’ll …
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 1-15
Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting. - JUNE 16-28
Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP16 Content Team. - JUNE 29
Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
