From the West Hartford News – 

West Hartford Women in Networking (WWIN) is a group of women from central CT and beyond who come together each month for the purpose of networking, business growth, empowerment and referrals. The next meeting will be held from 7:45-9:45 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29 at Chatfield, One Chatfield Drive, West Hartford,

This event is an opportunity to network with other women and to learn about the new trend of Social Enterprise. If you don’t know what that means, here is your opportunity to find out! What’s Social Enterprise, you ask? Think of Tom’s Shoes and Ben & Jerry’s; they all started with a mission to do good.

The title of this month’s presentation is: “Transforming our world through Social Enterprise,” featuring Kate Emery, Founder and CEO of reSET, the Social Enterprise Trust and the owner of The Walker Group, one of New England’s largest technology services firms. Kate will describe her campaign to make Connecticut a hub of Social Enterprise. Starting with a small cadre of dedicated friends, she helped to build an ecosystem to encourage and support the development of Social Enterprise. Her efforts resulted in the passage of legislation in support of social enterprise, the development of curriculum and programs on Social Enterprise for colleges and universities, the establishment of a Social Enterprise investment fund, and the creation of an incubator to provide space and services to nascent social entrepreneurs. She will share with the audience secrets to success, lessons learned, and how building a supportive environment will be key to ensuring that social enterprise goes mainstream.