03 April 2012

Social Enterprise Forum Series: Next Gen Capitalism - Profit, People, Planet

Join leading thinkers and practitioners and explore a different vision of capitalism that includes people and profit.

The pursuit of profit at any cost by business is on the nose around the world. Can there be a Next Generation of capitalism that looks and acts differently?

There is already a movement of tens of thousands of businesses in Australia – and many many thousands more around the world - that are embracing a different vision of capitalism that generates profit yes, but also has people and profit in their bottom line.

Title:	Next Gen Capitalism - Profit, People, Planet
Person:	Various
Date:	2012-08-07
Time:	5.45 pm - 7.30 pm
Location:	BMW Edge, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston and Flinders Street, Melbourne
Registration:	Register online

Michael Short ('The Zone', Fairfax)

Michael Short is a leading thinker on the role of business and economics of community value. He was founding European chief executive of NewsAlert, a real-time information channel of news and applications for websites. Michael is an ambassador for the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre, and a board member of Little Dreams and the Young & Well Cooperative Research Centre—a CRC focused on exploring the role of technologies in improving young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Melina Morrison

Melina builds social capital through profitable social businesses. She is a director of Australia’s Secretariat for the UN Year of Cooperatives and a founding director of Social Business Australia. Melina is a widely published author on cooperatives and the social economy.

Daniel Almagor

Danny effects social and environmental change through business. He is the founder wisdom council for Hub Melbourne, and Social Entrepreneur in Residence at RMIT. Danny and his wife operate Small Giants, a business with impact which includes Dumbo Feather, T.O.M, The Commons and local Vietnamese restaurant Pots n Pans.

Mark McKenzie-McHarg

Mark has a strong focus in robust business planning to build social enterprises. He is the founder of the Yackandandah Community Development Co. Ltd which trades in fuel and rural supplies, and the local newspaper business. Mark works with a number of regionally focused social and community enterprises through Mach II Consulting.

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