http://www.vcasmo.com/user/carolinamicrofinanceVCASMO - carolinamicrofinancecarolinamicrofinance2010-04-21T02:13:48Zhttp://www.vcasmo.com/video/carolinamicrofinance/81626. WWW.DVELO.ORG with James Bashara & Drew McWay2010-04-21T02:09:28ZWednesday, Feb. 3rd @ 7PM<br />
CMI Workshops presents: WWW.DVELO.ORG with James Bashara & Drew McWay<br />
Topics will include:<br />
Ø How two post-grads developed their entrepreneurial venture<br />
Ø Web-based poverty alleviation<br />
Ø How users can get directly involved in financial development<br />
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Background<br />
*Dvelo.org enables users to lend to business owners in impoverished communities through its field partners and a practice called microfinance. These business owners and communities aren't looking for handouts or donations, they simply seek the access to credit that the rest of us often take for granted. They are not charity cases. They are hard-working, responsible individuals that would like to be given the opportunity to succeed in the marketplace.<br />
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*Dvelo.org allows partnered microfinance institutions (MFIs) to request direct investment for the communities they work with through the site. These organizations typically get their funds from either donations, grants, or loans from local commercial or institutional lenders. These commercial and institutional lenders often charge anywhere from 15-20% interest on their loans to MFIs around the world because of the perceived risk involved. Dvelo.org serves to reduce this cost of capital for these MFIs by giving them a platform to request loans directly from social lenders for an appealing interest rate.<br />
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Check out the Dvelo website <br />
FAN DVELO.ORG on FACEBOOK! JOIN CMI WORKSHOPS ON FACEBOOK TOO! http://www.vcasmo.com/video/carolinamicrofinance/79297. Drew Tulchin - Managing Partner, Social Enterprise Associates2010-03-30T07:21:51ZDrew Tulchin - Managing Partner, Social Enterprise Associates<br />
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WHAT: Domestic Opportunities / Building a Career in Microfinance<br />
WHEN: Tuesday, February 23rd at 7pm<br />
WHERE: Gardner 08<br />
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Topics will include:<br />
* How to find out about domestic MFI's<br />
* Ways undergraduates can gain experience in microfinance<br />
* What the future holds for careers in social entrepreneurship<br />
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About the Speaker:<br />
Drew's professional experience spans the for-profit, non-profit, public, & banking sectors. He has helped launch 15 start-ups. His work has generated more than $100 million for triple bottom line efforts. Consulting has taken him across the U.S. and to more than 30 countries. He has written dozens of socially entrepreneurial business plans. Prisma Microfinance's co-written plan was a Global Social Venture Competition award winner, published, and used to raise $1.2 million in private equity capital.<br />
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He was Director of a U.S. microfinance organization, the CDFI called ECDC/Enterprise Development Group, which served immigrants and low-income people. He was also Program Officer for Grameen Foundation, serving as the founding staff person of the Capital Markets Group. Previous experience includes a Bluetooth wireless firm, socially responsible businesses, and an environmental NGO. He began his career in National Community Service, as a VISTA (US domestic equivalent of the Peace Corps) and an AmeriCorps Team Leader in Oakland, California.<br />
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Drew completed his MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle. He finished his BA, Cum Laude, in History and International Relations from Washington University in St. Louis. His studies included a year abroad at Sussex University, UK.<br />
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About Social Enterprise Associates- This Company is a confederation of consultants with three primary goals: Financial Performance, Social Impact, and Environmental Sustainability. based in Santa Fe, NM, the firm shares the goal of providing excellent services that solve real business problems to both domestic and international organizations. SEA specializes in New Ventures, Socially Responsible Businesses, Microfinance Institutions, and Non-Profit Earned Income Strategies.<br />
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Check out Drew's website: http://www.socialenterprise.net/about.html http://www.vcasmo.com/video/carolinamicrofinance/78582. Students’ Global Experiences with Microfinance Work2010-03-25T14:54:41ZSorry - No Video Available!<br />
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Learn about Microfinance, Students’ Global Experiences with Microfinance Work, and How you can become involved<br />
Wednesday at 7pm in Gardner 07<br />
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Come out and learn how you can do these things and make in difference in the lives of others from students who have actually done them in South Africa and Indonesia!<br />
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Hear about the experiences that one of our very own CMI International Projects team had: designing and teaching entrepreneurship classes to gap year students that had just graduated high school in the townships in Cape Town, SA. They focused on things ranging from business skills, marketing, South African accounting, and computer skills. The students developed and presented their own entrepreneurial business plans by the end of the course!<br />
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Next hear from our president Linda Chamiec-Case who spent this past summer working for a housing microfinance organization called the Kuyasa Fund as well as a microfinance consulting group called PlaNet Finance to develop financial education services for their clients. Essentially they developed programs and services to educate the Kuyasa clients about savings, budgeting, and debt management. This education is very useful and empowering in that it helps clients be more successful borrowers thus increasing Kuyasa's repayment rates.<br />
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Finally in 2007 Kenny Hais along with his best friend co-founded CEO4Teens, a nonprofit organization that aims to Create Educational Opportunities for Teenagers. Through years of successful fundraising, Kenny was able to award scholarships & microfinance loans to smart, third-world country teenagers in Indonesia that have been held back by financial difficulties all their lives. He has been able to witness the impact that education & microfinance can have on those given a chance firsthand and would like to share his experiences. Check out what Kenny has been doing at www.ceo4teens.com http://www.vcasmo.com/video/carolinamicrofinance/63031. Microfinance 1012009-10-28T05:51:44ZCMI Workshops presents: Microfinance 101<br />
When: September 30, 2009<br />
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Does poverty have to exist? Come learn how to help people help themselves escape from poverty with Microfinance!<br />
Topics addressed will include: Who is eligible for loans? How does the loan repayment system actually work? How big are the loans? And where do they come from? What is the impact of microfinance on the larger community?<br />
Even though this is Microfinance 101, there is something for everyone no matter what your level! Michael Chasnow worked at the Centre for Microfinance as a consultant within research and communications for a year in Chenai, India. Michael’s work was centered around 1) long-term impact evaluations of different microfinance products’ (e.g., health insurance, different repayment schedules, savings) impact on clients, and 2) policy-oriented research to help guide future Indian policy within the financial inclusion space. He is currently an MBA student at the Kenan-Flagler Business School.<br />
Find out more about Michael’s work:<br />
http://ifmr.ac.in/cmf/<br />
http://www.indiadevelopmentblog.com/ http://www.vcasmo.com/video/carolinamicrofinance/78573. Microfinance Client Development2010-03-25T14:07:16ZWhat: CMI Workshops presents- Microfinance Client Development<br />
WHEN: Wednesday, October 28th at 7pm<br />
WHERE: Gardner 07<br />
WHO: Anne Stoehr & Stephanie Pool: Africa STAR Project<br />
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• What do small business owners in developing countries need to know to grow their business? <br />
• What skills can Americans bring to microfinance? <br />
• How can local partners assist with teaching microfinance business skills?<br />
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Anne & Stephanie are 2nd year MBA students who traveled to Nairobi this past May with a team from Kenan-Flagler Business School. They worked to modify a business curriculum for microfinance clients within the Jamii Bora Trust. While working closely with students from Africa Nazarene University, they analyzed the factors that helped entrepreneurs rise from poverty and succeed in business. After gathering this information, they implemented many such life skills into their business curriculum. Learn about the experiences these students had while teaching this curriculum, and see the impact this microfinance group is having on development in Kenya!<br />
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*One more step towards Microfinance Certification.*<br />
Requirements: Attend 8 of the 2009-10 Workshops!