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SOCAP Preview 2015: Funding What Matters in Our Local Economies

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Tue, Sep 22 2015 - 6:00pm

Kevin Jones, Founder, Good Capital; Co-founder and Convener, Social Capital Markets

Jenny Kassan, Capital Raising Coach; Former CEO, Cutting Edge Capital

Jonny Price, Senior Director of Kiva Zip, Kiva.org

Kevin O’Malley, President TechTalk/Studio — Moderator

Cities and small towns can become more resilient when residents see where resources are flowing, decide together the changes to prioritize and strategically blend giving and investing to reach those goals. Hear from leading investors and philanthropists who are pursing neighborhood economics as an antidote to “two pocket thinking” –where giving and financial-return investments happen separately, and often in contradiction to each other – and bringing the full diversity of a community into local economy-building.