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2008 BALLE Conference Summary

by Ann Bartz — last modified 2008-06-18 16:49

6th Annual BALLE Conference:

Grow Deep

Businesses Leaders Building Strong Communities

Boston University
June 5-7, 2008

Thanks so much to all of you who helped to make the 2008 BALLE Conference a tremendous success.

Bring the Conference Home

You now have the opportunity to share your conference experience with others in your community. To order DVDs or audio recordings of the 2008 BALLE Conference, please visit Fleetwood Onsite Conference Recording at http://www.fleetwoodonsite.com/balle.

Special thanks to our 2008 Conference Sponsors - click the link to view our list of supporters!

For follow up questions or to inquire about the 2009 BALLE Conference please contact the BALLE office at 415-255-1108. For press inquiries dial Ann Bartz at extension 105.

For full details on the 2008 BALLE conference, visit the event website.

Thanks to our Plenary Speakers:

Hilary Brown, founder, Local Burger

Majora Carter, founder, Sustainable South Bronx

Dan Coleman, alderman, Carborro (NC)

Penelope Douglas, president and co-founder, Pacific Community Ventures

Laury Hammel, BALLE co-founder, Longfellow Clubs

Bruce Hennebury, Nova Scotia Economic Development

Eric Henry, president, TS Designs

Manuel Hidalgo, executive director, Latino Economic Development Corporation

David Korten, author, The Great Turning

Michelle Long, BALLE chair, Sustainable Connections

Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

Bill McKibben, founder, Step It Up, author, Deep Economy

Jeff Mendelsohn, founder, New Leaf Paper

Bryan Gooch Redd, CEO and co-founder, Upstream 21

Paul Saginaw, co-founder, Zingerman's Community of Businesses

Mark Sardella, founder, Local Energy

Juliet Schor, professor of sociology, Boston College

Don Shaffer, president, RSF Social Finance

Michael Shuman, author, The Small-Mart Revolution

William Shutkin, interim executive director, BALLE

Woody Tasch, founder, Slow Money

Judy Wicks, BALLE co-founder, White Dog Cafe

Sandy Wiggins, principal, Consilience, LLC

"I attended your conference last year in Berkeley and was simply astounded. I am the co-owner of a New Urbanist architecture and urban design firm. I was so inspired that we have since become a founding B-corporation and have been talking about BALLE and B Corp wherever we go."
-Karen Parolek, Opticos Design

5th Annual BALLE Conference Summary:

The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies 5th Annual BALLE Conference, May 31-June 2, 2007, at the University of California, Berkeley, was a tremendous success. Approximately 700 entrepreneurs, innovators, community organizers, government officials, investors, and green business pioneers gathered to explore cutting-edge social and environmental innovations, learn practical business skills, share best practices for network development, and connect with others in our flourishing network!

Download the 2007 full program here!