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Eleos Foundation Presents Social Impact Investing

September 7, 2011 by

[HTML1] Andy Lower, Executive Director for The Eleos Foundation, shares his perspective on using sustainable business practices to fight extreme poverty and improve health in developing countries.  Eleos invests in and partners with social entrepreneurs in the developing world including Liberia, India and other countries.

Eleos makes investments and invests its own corpus in socially conscious businesses. Embodying the values of educating, empowering and engaging, Eleos invests in frontier markets that grow industry, employment, health and education in communities experiencing extreme poverty.
Impact investing is a growing sector bridging the gap between philanthropy and traditional investments.  As part of its mission to educate, the Eleos Foundation is hosting four presentations this Fall.  September 15 marks the first.  You may download a PDF containing information on The Blueprint of Impact Investing by clicking on this link.  Here’s a summary of presenters:
Thursday 3pm – September 15th:
Capitalistic Philanthropy:
A heart-motivated and head-driven approach
Featured Speaker: Kelly Smith from Santa Barbara

Thursday 3pm – October 6th:
Social Entrepreneurs:
Deploying assets to empower agents of change
Featured Speaker: Fran Seegull from Los Angeles

Thursday 3pm – November 3rd:
Financial Return AND Social Impact:
Embracing the Genius of AND
Featured Speaker: Raúl Pomares from San Francisco

Thursday 3pm – December 8th:
Borderlands & Blended Value:
Creating economic, social & environmental impact
Featured Speaker:Tom Bird from Boston

For those not located in Santa Barbara, videos of each presenter will be posted on the Eleos website.  Please visit their website after the dates of each presentation to hear and see the presentation.

If you’re new to investing, Eleos is also hosting a series of Financial Literacy classes in Santa Barbara the Friday after each of these presentations.  To participate in these classes please email info@TheEleosFoundation.com.

If you missed Andy’s initial interview on this show, click here to hear more about specific investment opportunities in Liberia and India.  To watch a video about Eleos, click here.

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About Robin Eschler

Robin L. Eschler, the founder of Social Impact Marketing, started her career in developing foundational marketing strategies for companies of all sizes, from Fortune 500 to individual entrepreneurs and local businesses. She has developed and implemented international campaigns to launch high tech products and services and guided new business owners to successfully navigate the difficulties of growing a business.

Her life-long passion for helping others led her into nonprofit work for over a decade. Early on, she recognized the need for nonprofits to adapt to a rapidly changing world in which technology dominates and for-profit business practices are central to success. Her determination to help social causes in a sustainable way led to her creation of the Women's Radio show Socially Conscious Investing.

Impact investing in for-profits with a mission of social change such as the fight against extreme poverty is a blossoming business sector around the world. With the economic decline, it's clear that Wall Street requires change. Social impact investing addresses that need in a way that provides financial and social ROI.

As the Host of Socially Conscious Investing on WomensRadio, Robin's goal is to educate people about the growth of social impact investing and social venture. Interviews are conducted with socially conscious business experts including foundations and nonprofits, social venture investment firms, micro-loan organizations, investors, educators, authors and social entrepreneurs.

This show's mission is to help change the world through sustainable business practices that contribute to the economy, combat poverty, end hunger and provide better lives to all.

Twice, Robin has been recognized and received the highest honorary award that Rotary International gives, the Paul Harris Award, for service above self. Her community work has included developing local programs for disadvantaged populations such as foster children, troubled teens, and people with disabilities.

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