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GuideStar Israel Receives 2010 Transparency Award
Mazel Tov to IVN's newest Social Venture NPTech, on winning the 2010 Transparency Award for the development of GuideStar Israel - Israel's first official and complete database containing more than 30,000 registered Israeli nonprofits.
The award, given by the Transparency International Association of Israel, recognizes the work of individuals and/or organizations that have contributed significantly to the advancement of transparency, ethics and the fight against corruption in Israel. The award was presented to NPTech at a ceremony on March 23rd, 2011 at Tel Aviv University.
To learn more about NPTech click here
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Eretz Carmel is Awarded the 2011 Green Globe Award
Mazel Tov to IVN's Social Entrepreneur Fellow Alum Amiad Lapidot, founder of Eretz Carmel, on his winning one of this year's Green Globe awards!
To Read more - click here
To learn more about Eretz Carmel -
click here
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IVN's Social Entrepreneur Fellow Eitanim holds its first Graduate Reunion
On March 26th 2001 Eitanim held its first graduate reunion at the Youth Center in Netivot. Eitanim - IVN Social Entrepreneur Fellow - is a program based on instilling Jewish and Zionist values in development town youth in an appealing and practical way.
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To learn more about Eitanim - click here |
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Dear Friends,
Please accept our warmest, personal best wishes for Passover 5771.
We are joined by the entire IVN family in hopingthat you and your family enjoy a wonderful holiday filled with rich meaning and simcha.
Because of your commitment, generosity, dedication and continued support, we have made significant contributions to Israel's social landscape. I look forward to the joint work ahead and ask that you recommit to our efforts and network.
Chag Sameach to you and your loved ones!
Eric Benhamou Benny Levin Daphna Murvitz
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IVN 2011 Conference
Israel Venture Network Showcased Best Practices and Financing Strategies in Social Enterprise at its Inaugural Conference -
'Start-up Nation Meets Social Enterprise'
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Palo Alto, CA - March 17, 2011 - Israel Venture Network held its inaugural social enterprise conference last month at the HP Corporate Headquarters in Palo Alto.
Top high-tech entrepreneurs, leading social entrepreneurs, business executives, venture capitalists, corporations and philanthropists from Israel and the U.S. including HP, SVB Financial Group, LivePerson, Inc. and Akiva Tor, Israel's Consul General for the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, participated in the conference and engaged in innovative panels on the intriguing acumen of Social Enterprise.
To read the full article, click here
To see photographs from the conference, click here
To watch clips from the conference, click here |
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Upcoming IVN Events - Israel
Workshop - How & Why Mentors Make the Difference
Date: May 11nd, 2011
Location: Ra'anana
Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm
This event is for IVN mentors only
Mentoring has achieved "buzz-word" status and mentoring programs are being introduced in many organizations. What is mentoring and what outcomes can reasonably be expected?
This interactive workshop will explore the mentoring concept, discuss its application in a variety of situations and examine the mentoring processes in IVN.
Content will include:
· What is Mentoring?
· Types of Mentoring
· What do Mentors do?
· Benefits & Challenges
· Issues to Consider
We are very fortunate to have Dr. Amir Kfir leading the workshop. Amir has a unique perspective and is a resource for top management groups and forums around the world.
For more information about Dr. Amir Kfir, click here
For more details regarding this event or to register, please email Rita Argov: rita@ivn.org.il |
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Mentors, Social Entrepreneurs & Investors Discussing
Social Impact
IVN Round Table 2011
Date: June 2011
The gap between traditional nonprofit organizations to traditional for-profits businesses has been slowly filled by a range of hybrid ventures. These hybrids include (i) nonprofit organizations with income generating activities and (ii) social businesses - social mission driven businesses whose revenues are channeled back into the business to achieve their social purpose.These hybrid ventures do not clearly fit within the three traditional sectors (government, business or non-profit), yet they are gaining in prominence, raising a series of questions for entrepreneurs and policymakers that we would like to address in IVN's 2011 round table:
To what extent can we look to market forces and entrepreneurship to help resolve social problems and achieve public goals? Are achieving social objectives a realistic goal in light of the commitment of for-profit business? What role does and should the government play in encouraging or enabling social entrepreneurs in this emerging sector to achieve important policy goals? |
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Upcoming IVN Events - USA
The New York, Boston and Toronto chapters of IVN shall be holding events for members and friends in May. Benny Levin, IVN's Vice Chairman shall be speaking at the events on the subject of hands-on venture philanthropy and the growing sector of social enterprise in Israel.
The evenings promise to be stimulating. We invite you - all senior business executives dedicated and committed to the betterment of Israel's social landscape - to join this network.
IVN's Toronto Event
Date: May 24th, 2011
Location: Residence of Israel's Consul General in Toronto
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
IVN's Boston Event
Date: May 25th, 2011
Location: Residence of Israel's Consul General in Boston
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
IVN's New York Event
Date: May 26th, 2011
Location: Residence of Israel's Consul General in New York
Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
For more details on any of these events, please email Taly Dunevich: taly@israelventurenetwork.org
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Lecture Series
In December 2010 IVN, in collaboration with Tel Aviv University, organized a series of lectures. Given by experts in the field of social enterprise, this lecture series is part of IVN's broader plan to better acquaint our members and the general public to the growing phenomenon of social business and its importance.
The lectures were as follows:
~ Civic Society and Israel's Non-profit Sector - Yael
Greenberg
~ Social Business Ventures: Israel and around the World
- Adv. Rachel Benziman
~ Legal and Tax aspects of Social Business - Adv. Galia
Feit.
To watch the lectures (in Hebrew), click here
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IVN's Newest Social Ventures
IVN's Social Venture Program is the next generation of our highly successful Social Entrepreneur Fellowship Program and Economic Reconstruction Program (IERI). The Social Venture Program, launched in July 2010, supports and incubates social ventures dedicated to developing and implementing innovative and systemic solutions to social problems and challenges through mentoring, capacity building and financial support.
In Spring 2010 IVN selected three new promising ventures and, as a result of our Fall 2010 Call for Candidates, we recently selected three more, with whom we intend on generating substantial social impact. Our new ventures were selected from the close to 70 candidates who submitted applications to the program.
MILBAT
MILBAT facilitates integration into the community for disabled children and adults ,as well as the elderly, by means of an accessible, adapted technological environment.
To learn more about MILBAT - click here
Non Profit Technology (NPTech)
NPTech promotes transparency, efficiency and effectiveness in Israel's nonprofit sector through the use of modern technologies.
To learn more about NPTech - click here
Shiur Acher (A Different Lesson)
Shiur Acher expands opportunities for disadvantaged children by recruiting accomplished professionals through their place of employment to volunteer as teachers in Israeli schools.
To learn more about Shiur Acher - click here
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