Over five hundred leaders from enterprising nonprofits, for-benefit companies and capital providers gathered at the 9th Social Enterprise Summit in Boston, MA, March 9-11, 2008. The conference theme Building Networks – Forming Partnerships – Accessing Capital pushed the field forward through education and networking that addressed the entire life cycle of social enterprise, from beginning through advanced enterprises. Attendees benefited from:

• Meeting other successful social enterprise practitioners
• Enjoying tours of local social enterprises in Boston
• Getting inspired by cutting-edge keynote presentations
• Dialoguing around hot topics at specially designed networking sessions
• Connecting with double-bottom line organizations from their community or region
• Learning from 50 informative sessions on social enterprise strategies

If you weren’t able to attend the Summit, you can order audio recordings of the educational sessions and keynote presentations.

Check out the social enterprise tours that took place during the conference.

Also download the program guide and an example of the Summit facebook.

You won’t want to miss the 10th Anniversary Social Enterprise Summit Scheduled for April 15-17, 2009 in New Orleans, LA. Save the date in your calendar now!   Plus, plan to enjoy New Orleans jazz right after the Summit at the French Quarter Festival http://fqfi.org – make it a family event. We’ll see you there!