Silicon Valley Microfinance Network Happy Hour!
5-8PM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008
At Elixir in San Francisco
Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN) invites you to a casual gathering –
just to network, mingle, and relax together.
Give yourself a break during the hustle and bustle of December and have a refreshment with us
at the good old (since 1858), Green Certified, organic-serving ELIXIR bar in the San Francisco Mission District.
This is a non-hosted happy hour with no agenda except to give SVMN members time to visit with each other
– catch up with one another, meet new people, discuss microfinance and anything else you like.
We look forward to seeing you there!
– Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (http://SVMN.net)
RSVP (preferred but...
Like-minded organizations host two upcoming events
September 9 and October 13-15, 2008 in San Francisco, CA
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Full Circle Fund invites SVMN members to:
Global Opportunities in Microfinance with Elizabeth Funk
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 — 6:30-9:30pm
At the Google SF Offices, 345 Spear St, San Francisco, CA 94105
To RSVP visit: http://www.fullcirclefund.org/calendar.php and click on the event.
Full Circle Fund is an engaged philanthropy organization cultivating the next generation of community leaders and driving lasting social change in the Bay Area.
Join Full Circle Fund for an...
Small Loans, Big Dreams
How Muhammad Yunus, Grameen, & Microfinance are Changing the World
Please join us Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at the Intuit HQ in Mountain View for the next SVMN meeting where our speaker will be Alex Counts, President and CEO of Grameen Foundation:
Alex Counts, Grameen Foundation
Alex will discuss his new book Small Loans, Big Dreams which tells the story of microfinance through the eyes of borrowers, lenders, and leaders of microfinance. Alex will share his perspectives from the book as well as personal experiences from the early years of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, where he spent years working side by side with Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner & founder of Grameen. [note: you may purchase the book in advance from the Grameen Foundation...
Here is the presentation on the US Subprime Crisis & Implications for Microfinance by Katherine McKee, CGAP from the SVMN May 18th meeting:...
The U.S. Subprime Crisis:
Lessons & Implications for the Microfinance Industry
Our next SVMN meeting will be on Monday, May 19th and will feature Katherine McKee of CGAP and Steve Hardgrave of Gray Ghost Ventures. Join us to discuss what consequences the sub-prime crisis might have for microfinance in developing countries, and what lessons our field can draw from its underlying cause.
Katherine McKee, Senior Advisor at CGAP
Steve Hardgrave, Partner at Gray Ghost Ventures
Less than two years ago, problems started to emerge in the U.S. sub-prime market. What began as a niche problem has now spread in dramatic fashion. With an estimated two million sub-prime loans likely to default, and housing values plummeting in many markets, the crisis is setting off worldwide concerns about how...
Commercializing Microfinance
Growing and Expanding The Business of Microfinance
Our next SVMN meeting will be on Tuesday, January 22nd and will feature Geoff Wooley of Unitus, Jonathan Lewis of Microcredit Enterprises, and Dr. Steven C. Funk of The Dignity Fund (and also Unitus).
Geoff Wooley
Jonathan Lewis
Steven Funk
Join us for a lively & in-depth discussion of the controversial issues surrounding the commercialization of microfinance. SVMN board member Sean Foote will lead and moderate discussion by these three experienced industry leaders.
To register, please click on the SVMN registration link here:
(more info below)...
Here are slides from the November 5th SVMN meeting, featuring Shari Berenbach from the Calvert Foundation, and Karl Willey from eBay’s MicroPlace....