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Francisca Nacht
Francisca Nacht, Chief Do'er, The Social Do

The best thing about the miniconference was the concrete inspiration to turn vision into action.

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Devrim Ülgü, Financial Adviser, Merkur Andelskasse

The best thing about the miniconference was that so many people were gathered around the issues of social responsibility and sustainability. And that made me happy!

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Hanne Brodersen, Human Resource and Management Assistant, Merkur

Great with the inspiration, network, and to hear about "real-life" practice!

SofieBille
Sofie Bille, Human Resource Consultant, Telia

It was inspiring to hear about the economic angle – that it takes money too to promote (and challenge!) the good cause.

OleBrandstrup
Ole Brandstrup, Project Consultant, TV Glad

"I enjoy The Social Business Club miniconferences particularly because of the network – talking to like-minded peers operating in the same field."

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MINICONFERENCES

Watch pictures, read about the themes, and learn more about the guest speakers, who have contributed to previous miniconference events.

Previous miniconferences

Corporate social engagement & social media (Sep 2012)

- From customer and employee satisfaction to engagement. 

Focus on how companies – big and small – can turn their corporate communication into corporate social engagement by involving customers and/or employees in their social responsibility and sustainability efforts through social media. We met:

  • The CEO, who has transformed her company’s business model through trust and (online) engagement (Hanne Lindblad, Call Me)
  • The sustainability manager who engages the entire organization in contributing to the company’s Mission Zero strategy (Majken Bülow, Interface)
  • The social media expert who knows all about the “do’s” and “don’ts” of using online engagement tools (Henriette Weber, Toothless Tiger)

See the whole programme (in English) here

Watch video summary from the miniconference here:


 

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Sustainable growth strategies (January 2012)

- Why size doesn’t always matter and small can be beautiful too 

 

Focus on sustainable growth strategies – increasing turnover, improving the environment, boosting employee happiness. We met:

 

  • The social entrepreneurs, who have built their business through a multitude of partnerships (Niels Bonefeld and Henrik Mortensen, Baisikeli)
  • The cofounder of the internationally recognized organic foods home delivery company, whose growth has been fueled by green venture capital (Søren Ejlersen, Aarstiderne)
  • The successful serial entrepreneur, who has run three large multinationals and started about 20 new businesses in the Netherlands, the UK and USA (Leen Zevenbergen, Social Venture Network Europe)

Watch photos from the event here:

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Employer branding with meaning (September 2011)

- About social engagement and the meaningful (work)life

 

Focus of this miniconference was on social entrepreneurs, employees and managers who are creating value on both the commercial and personal bottom lines. We met:

 

  • The social entrepreneur, who has created a sustainable international design company (Kasper Andersen, A QUESTION OF)
  • The project manager, who creates meaning through corporate volunteering (Vibeke Molin, Skandia)
  • The HR director, who works systematically with values, responsibility and self-management at one of Denmark’s Best Places to Work (Knud Herbert Sørensen, Middelfart Sparekasse)

See the whole programme (in Danish) here

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Social Money Talks (March 2011)

- About money that creates social value

We focused on socially responsible banks and ethical investments and met:

 

  • The banker who promotes good causes every day (Claus Skytt, Branch Manager, Merkur)
  • The social entrepreneur who is establishing a social capital fund (Lars Jannick Johansen, Director, The Social Capital Fond)
  • The social intrapreneur who holds the responsibility for ethical investments in Dennmark’s largest bank (Thomas H. Kjærgaard, Head of SRI and Corporate Governance, Danske Bank)

See the whole programme (in Danish) here

Watch photos from the event here:

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Social business in the social media (Dec 2010)

- About socially responsible and innovative business opportunities through social media.

 

Focus on how companys use social media to promote social purposes. We met:

 

  • The commercial company that has recognised that the social media create new competition – and new business opportunities (Pernille Tranberg, development manager, Berlingske Media)
  • The project- and campaign agency that has specialised in, among other things, flash mob marketing to promote good causes (Søren Bo Steendahl, partner, Kadaver)
  • The social entrepreneur, who has built a whole new social media platform for ethical companies and consumers (Liselotte Østerby, founder, TheFairPages)

See the whole programme (in Danish) here

Watch photos from the event here:

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From hardcore business to heartcore business (Sep 2010)

- About opportunities, challenges and paradoxes of creating economic and social value.

We met:
  • The social entrepreneur, who has recognised the value of working commercially (Michael Lodberg Olsen, initiator, Dugnad)
  • The commercial entrepreneur, who has seen the value of working socially (Henrik Marstrand, CEO, Mater Design)
  • The multinational company that has seen the value of developing new business areas by creating social value (Claes Amundsen, CSR senior advisor, Telenor)

See the whole programme (in Danish) here