Integrate anti-racism with emotional intelligence and conflict transformation. Explore the cutting-edge of neuroscience, social psychology and bias research to develop your competency in dealing with conflict that emerges from issues of diversity and creating inclusive, diverse environments.

Join business leaders and social entrepreneurs at the Social Venture Institute (SVI) for an intensive, interactive inquiry into how to face the day-to-day challenges of running a socially conscious enterprise, September 15-19, 2010 at Hollyhock Centre, Cortes Island, BC.

Much more than just a technology conference, Web of Change brings together a diverse group of change-makers for an experience designed to facilitate key conversations, strengthen movements, and support leadership development.

All of us negotiate every day. From the moment we awake until we close our eyes at night, we interact with others to get things done. Learn to incorporate the modern arts of negotiation and leadership with the timeless practices of the world’s great wisdom traditions.

Individual donors are a crucial source of support for nonprofit organizations. The top 25% of donors gives 82% of the value all donations. Are you doing all you can to reach these important people? Develop a step-by-step process to make your major gifts campaign a success, with special emphasis on working with individual donors.

SOCAP10 isn’t another conference.  SOCAP10 is an evolving, transformative experience, evoking the future of social enterprise.  SOCAP10 is the convergence of fragmented markets bent on doing good and a movement of those who have decided to put their money where their meaning is.

Deepen your capacity for effective leadership. From the fields of science, psychology, politics and spirituality, discover advanced skills and approaches to revolutionize your work and create and sustain a solid foundation for systemic social change.

Explore the disciplines that can transform everyday life and support an identity robust enough to meet its gifts and demands.

SCI gathers seasoned and emerging leaders with thinkers and trainers from the change making world.  SCI is an invitational conference designed to strengthen capacity, collaborations, and success of the sector.  SCI offers invaluable workshops, creative practices, dialogue circles, and community building that will enhance your organizational effectiveness.

Join SVN members and guests and learn from the collective experience of leading mission-driven business owners and social entrepreneurs to convene, recommit and share best practices. Come be inspired and also receive the practical business wisdom your enterprise needs. We will also celebrate the 2010 Innovation Award winners who represent the best of tomorrow's social venture entrepreneurs.