Global economic trends, an increasingly competitive environment, and mounting social challenges and opportunities are spawning interest in social enterprise as a strategy for addressing some of our most pressing problems. Social enterprise describes any non-profit, for-profit or hybrid corporate form that utilizes market-based strategies to advance a social mission. Read more...

The Call for Session Proposals is open. We’re seeking proposals on proven principles and practices, new trends and opportunities, case studies and innovations for planning, operating and growing organizations that employ market-based strategies to advance a social or environmental mission. Share your expertise and innovations to help accelerate the growth of social enterprise by submitting your proposal online by September 30.

SEA has joined the America Forward initiative to connect social enterprise with policymakers promoting innovative solutions to solving our nation's social problems.