The Social Good Summit originated to ensure that positive local impact— especially as it relates to entrepreneurship— is valued and supported within Madison's entrepreneurial community. This year is an evolution of the Summit. First, we "redefined entrepreneurship" for the Greater Madison Area, then, in year two, we provided a framework for “shifting from good intentions to intentional action.” This year, we're piloting a social good accelerator.
Every week, accelerators launch hundreds of business initiatives into fruitful realities.
Through coaching, mentorship, problem solving, and connecting to resources, the endeavor receives a significant boost. Accelerators can catapult organizations.
We've been working with a diverse group of 25 social entrepreneurial projects— not-for-profit, for-profit, and cooperatives— that are striving to make a social impact. Bottom lines are important, but they are no longer singular. The Social Good Summit puts socially conscious enterprises at the forefront, while still building the Madison entrepreneurial community. Social entrepreneurs are on the rise in Madison, and they are looking to grow and sustain our community, while also making it a better place to live.
We've been working with 25 projects, across three different stages of development, targeting multiple interest areas: food, arts, employment, health, volunteering, coding, and more, and lead by a diverse mix of founders.
Seven of the 25 projects were selected by a combination assessment of peer-to-peer review and readiness rating. These projects will share with you who they are, what they do, and why they need your help.
You are invited. Because you can make a difference. You have skills, talents, expertise, and most powerful yet, an interest in furthering social good. Regardless if you have expert skills in high interest areas, such as— communications, human resources, business development, marketing, accounting, design, mobile app development, gaming, media, etc.— or just your everyday consumer of products and services with a discriminating taste, you can provide insight, ideas, and feedback for the projects that you select.
Photos by Hedi Rudd
