Watch President Obama Meet With Nonprofit Leaders Today

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-06-30 09:41:00 UTC
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Echoing Green and Civic Ventures Purpose Prize winners will be among those in attendance at an event hosted by President Obama at the White House today to discuss the administration's approach to supporting social entrepreneurs and other innovative nonprofit leaders.

Information about the event is pretty limited, but according to the America Forward blog, "This afternoon at 2:00 PM ET, President Obama will highlight innovative programs that are making a difference in communities across the country.  He will also discuss the importance of searching outside Washington to find and expand successful community solutions, and challenge foundations and philanthropists to join in this effort."

I'll be interested to see whether this is an event which actually shares some specific details of how the administration plans to engage civic leaders. Details of just what the Social Innovation Fund is going to support and how the Office of Social Innovation will run are still somewhat sparse.

The event will be streaming live from the White House at 2pm Eastern Time. Check it out here.

Update: Just ran across this podcast with Office of Social Innovation leader Sonal Shah and others from the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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