Social Firms UK

This is a recording of Jed Emerson's presentation at the 5th Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance. Jed Emerson, twice selected by 'The Non-profit Times' as one of its '50 most influential people in the non-profit sector' (USA) does what he does best - challenge the audience to think about the transformation of the sector in new and different ways. Jed is a Senior Fellow with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. He is also Lecturer in Business at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. His work involves an array of issues related to the development of investment strategies that leverage the greatest value from both philanthropic and market-rate capital in pursuit of a Blended Return on Investment (which includes financial, environmental and socialreturns/metrics). This recording accompanies the slides,as well as the publication, 'The Blended Value Map'. Also worth looking at the website www.blendedvalue.org