---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wren McNally <wrenmc@uw.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:50 PM Subject: 10/7: invite-Social Return on Investment reception & session To: Gaetano Borriello <gaetano@cs.washington.edu> Dear Gaetano, As a GSEC supporter, I would like to offer you a special invitation to our reception and event on October 7: Social Return on Investment: A Global Perspective, from 6-9 pm at the UW Foster School. Details are below; Please register – space is limited. I would also like to share an exciting update from the 2010 Judges’ choice team, Malo Traders, below.  Please mark your calendars for GSEC Week (Feb 15-18, 2011) and help spread the word – forward the GSEC announcement to your networks! Measuring Social Impact Join us on October 7, at UW for a special workshop on social ROI and social impact in developing economies, featuring Drew Tulchin, Managing Partner, Social Enterprise Associates. Social Return on Investment: A Global Perspective Register Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Reception 7:00 - 9:00 pm Paccar Hall 392, UW Foster School of Business 7th annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition Updates & Open Application Since GSEC 2010, Malo Traders founders have continued on to other competitions, worked with PATH in Mali and Senegal, and incorporated their business.  “If it was not for GSEC and the judges we met during the event we would miss out on a opportunity of collaborating with such an innovative NGO such as PATH.  Malo Traders incorporated this week as an LLC.  We spent the summer conducting a feasibility study for PATH on the introduction of fortified rice in Mali and Senegal.” Read more below... Save the Date for GSEC 2011 GSEC Week: February 15-18, 2011 GSEC Awards Banquet -  Feb 17, 2011. Registration will open December 2010. Organized by the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, GSEC invites student teams to create innovative social businesses that seek to alleviate a problem(s) of poverty in developing economies.   Application deadline: November 4, 2010 We will award at least $30,000 in prize money to 2011 GSEC teams that develop innovative business models with the best integration of financial and social returns on investment targeting poverty reduction in developing economies.   GSEC is open to currently enrolled students at any academic institution of higher education worldwide.   GSEC 2011 will build on the success of last year: 2010 GSEC teams participated in tailored company visits, pitched their business to over 600 professionals, and competed for $30,000 in prize money and in-kind awards.   In addition to prize money, GSEC provides cross-cultural, transformational practical learning experiences for student participants to hone their business skills, expand their networks, and access new resources. 2010 GSEC Team Malo Traders Update, (cont): 2010 Judges’ Choice winning team, Malo Traders, embarked on a successful competition tour following GSEC 2010 and today is exchanging ideas with PATH on how to bring Ultra Rice, a strain enriched with iron, zinc and Vitamin A, to Africa to combat the anemia that afflicts over 60% of Mali’s people. Their business plan also includes building processing plants to clean, polish and package farmers’ rice before it rots in the fields or is sold at a loss to opportunistic middlemen.  A 2010 Opportunity Collaboration delegate, Malo Traders CEO and GSEC team member Mohamed Ali Niang, noted “GSEC was a world class competition, [and] we were truly inspired by the knowledge and the generosity of each and every person we met. GSEC was the stepping stone that propelled Malo Traders to the next stage by establishing our credibility and sparking media attention.”