DePaul Industries CEO Dave Shaffer joins two other Portland-area nonprofit leaders in a panel discussion about mission-based earned income and operating a social enterprise to advance a social mission. The panel is presented by the Nonprofit Association of Oregon this Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at Ecotrust Conference Center from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Here are the details:
Moderator
+ Mark Van Ness, Founder, Real Leaders and Social Enterprise Loan Fund Partner, Social Venture Partners Portland
Panel
+ Alison Brown, Director of Adelante Empresas, Adelante Mujeres
+ Catherine Ellingson, Enterprise Director, New Avenues for Youth
+ Dave Shaffer, President/Chief Executive Officer, DePaul Industries
Presentation & Continental Breakfast at 8:00
Networking at 9:30
Is social enterprise—earned income ventures in nonprofit organizations—an appropriate strategy to advance our missions? Moving beyond earned income as a way to diversify revenue, this session explores commercial approaches to delivering the programs and services that strengthen our missions and our communities.