Ron Cordes at TEDxSanJoaquin – Catalyzing Capital to Change the World
In October, 2011 Ron Cordes spoke at TEDxSan Joaquin about his experiences in social entrepreneurship and impact investing.
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Impact Investing for the Rest of Us
Ron was recently profiled in Second Act – a publication of Entrepreneur magazine – for the work that he is doing in his “encore” career in the field of impact investing.
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A Different Kind of ROI: The Role for Private Capital
Original article: Philanthropy Forum In April 2012 Ron moderated a plenary panel on Impact Investing at the Global Philanthropy Forum in Washington, DC. If you cannot view the video, visit the philanthropy forum...
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Cordes Fellowships
Cordes Fellowships provide exceptional social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders engaged in poverty alleviation and economic justice enterprises the opportunity to participate as Delegates in the Opportunity Collaboration. The purpose of the Cordes Fellowship program is to (a) open doors, minds and networks for emerging social entrepreneurs and nonprofit executives...
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What is a Social Entrepreneur – and why are we so focused on supporting them?
Over the past decade, a new generation of solutions-minded pragmatists have begun to apply conventional business and management skills to tackle chronic social and environmental problems. These “Social Entrepreneurs” have created ...
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What is Impact Investing – and why are passionate about it?
When we first created the Foundation in 2006, we asked - - how can we use our investment portfolio to leverage and catalyze our grant portfolio ? Giving away 5% per year allows us to support several important initiative ...
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FORBES.COM: Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship: A Way Forward
Original article: Forbes.com --- Recently, I interviewed Ron D. Cordes, Co-founder of the Cordes Foundation, which he and his wife Marty created in 2006. The primary focus of the Foundation is to utilize social entrepreneurship and ...
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Financial Advisor Magazine: Getting In The Game
(Original article from Tom Kostigen's Impact Investor Blog) Ron Cordes, co-chairman of Genworth Financial Wealth Management, has teamed up with longtime social investing advocate Tim Freundlich of Calvert Funds to launch Impact Assets (www.impactassets.org).
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