Social Venture Network

via http://www.svn.org/

Social Venture Network is unlike other business associations. SVN is made up of more than 420 of the brightest and most innovative engaging socially-conscious business leaders in North America. And SVN members typically join our network with something to give — rather than simply something to get.

For the overwhelming majority of our members, SVN has proven to be a source of new friends, business contacts, personal insights, critical information, and new opportunities. Most importantly, SVN is uniquely positioned at this time to make a positive impact in the world and in your role as a leader.

Founded in 1987, SVN is a community of leaders — company founders, private investors, social entrepreneurs and key influencers — who share a commitment to building a just and sustainable world through business. The relationships and initiatives born within our network have ranged from lasting friendships to investment deals to founding organizations.

Through our network — its events, programs and technology-individual change — makers are able to deepen relationships and to work together with greater social impact. SVN inspires and supports action at three inter-related levels: individual, organizational and societal.

• Individual — SVN cultivates personal development by encouraging the expression of values through work and moving beyond leadership as traditional heroism or domination.
  
• Organizational — SVN fosters business partnerships that forge new models for social-purpose enterprise, particularly those that generate profitable opportunities in disenfranchised communities.
  
• Societal — SVN encourages public service and social action by leveraging the voices of business leaders to bring about positive social change.