Voice11, the UK’s biggest social enterprise event

 

30th March 2011 at the London venue, The O2

 

 

 

 

Voice11 is brought to you by the Social Enterprise Coalition and this year will be the biggest yet with 130 exhibitors and an expected 1,500+ delegates, including social enterprises, third sector and public sector organisations, as well as private sector companies supportive of social enterprise PLUS senior cabinet ministers, MPs and social enterprise policymakers and investors.

 

The focus of Voice11 is on doing business, bringing new business into the social enterprise sector, and making the external business environment truly supportive and truly fertile to social enterprise.

At a time when social enterprises face big challenges and so many opportunities, we know that bringing business opportunities to working social enterprises is the most practical thing we can do.

Highlights

• Keynotes and participation from Senior Cabinet Ministers, Government Ministers and MPs
• Debates and workshops with high profile speakers from the social enterprise movement, public and private sector
• Workshops on how to turn ideas into business plans, pitch for investment, win new business and grow your social enterprise
• Exhibition Zones – Start Your Social Enterprise, Grow Your Social Enterprise and Move to Social Enterprise
• Networking and Young Social Enterprise Zones

Don’t miss the chance to:

• Find out about opportunities to access funding and business support
• Meet public service commissioners – find out what they need and want from you if you work or want to work in public services
• Learn new skills –social marketing, pitching for business, financing growth, getting into supply chains
• Leave Voice11 at the end of the day with new business and investment leads, practical ideas on how to start, diversify and grow your business!
• Influence the future of the Social Enterprise Coalition – our new name, our new strategy, how we interact with our Members to help them become the champions for social enterprise in their region, community or sector and find out about an upcoming national campaign to empower and support members to build their influence and the wider impact of the social enterprise movement

The Social Enterprise Awards, the nationwide competition that celebrates the work and achievements of the UK’s most inspiring and successful social enterprises, follow Voice11 in a live event at O2 Indigo.

 

http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/pages/who-we-are.html

 

 

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