Global Communities Meeting Tour 2012

Since 2008 danone.communities has been organizing an annual inspiring event in Paris: the General Community Meeting was dedicated to promote social business and share improvements initiated on danone.communities projects, and connect thousands of fans and experts.

For 2012, the ambition is to go further. We want to accelerate the social business dynamic, with partners, throughout the year, all over the world, to reach much more people. Our ambition is to create a process to stimulate international, interconnected and interactive events: we name it the Global Communities Meeting Tour 2012 !

One of the momentum will be the 15th May in Paris: a large conference with Professor Yunus gathering 2000 people… Save the date !

The places to connect 

The GCM Tour 2012 has the ambition to become a continuum of places all around the world to meet social business fans and experts, to share learnings and best practices, to construct with others, to gather communities involved in social business... and ultimately to make 2012 the year of social business : be part of the movement ! 

GCM Tour 2012 - MAIN DATES :

• February 8th, Kick Off : "Co-design a year for social business" (Danone Learning Center, Saint-Ouen)

• March 17th, The Social Workshop #3 / Partner event: "One day to build a social business" (L'Atelier, Paris) 

• March 19th, d.c CONNECT #5 : "More than a simple afterwork" (Sorbonne, Paris) and the feedback of the event
• April 17-19th, Conference / Partner event : "Les 72h de l'entreprise sociale à Sciences Po" (Sciences Po, Paris) 
• April 24th, Conference :"Sens dessus dessous, et si j'osais tracer ma route ?" (ESCP Europe, Paris) 
• May 10th, Point d'étape GCM Tour : "A meeting to imagine synergies for the GCM Tour" (Danone, Paris) 
• May 12th, The Social Workshop #4 / Partner event : "One day to build a social business" (Banque Postale, Paris)
• May 14th, MakeSense hold-up / Partner event: "Solve a challenge of the Social Business Youngsters winner" (Danone, Paris)
• May 15th, Experts Workshops : "Share social business learnings & challenges with experts" (Maison de la Mutualité, Paris) 
• May 15th, General Conference : "Inspiring meeting with Professor Yunus" (Maison de la Mutualité, Paris) (French version here ; Feedback here)
• May 24th, Conference / Partner event :"Le financement des actions de solidarité internationale à l'heure de la crise" (ESCP Europe, Paris)
• June 4th, Conference / Partner event : "Economie Sociale et Solidaire : un secteur d'activité comme un autre ?" (Maison des Arts et Métiers, Paris)
• June 7th, Conference / Partner event : "Les rendez-vous du BoP / Innovations organisationnelles et social business" (AFD, Paris)
• June 7th, Festival "Le temps presse" / Partner event : "Pour un cinéma engagé et citoyen" (Hôtel de Ville, Paris) 
• June 12th, Semaine Planétaire pour un Monde Meilleur / Partner event : Recherches & Evolution (Partout dans le monde)
  
• June 20th, Conference : "Travel4Change, conférence interactive sur les voyages solidaires" (ESCP Europe, Paris) (feedback)
• June 26th, Conference / Partner event : "Rencontres Livelihoods 2012" (Hôtel des Italiens, Paris)
• June 28th, Social Business Day : "We Make Social Business" (ESCP Europe, Paris) 
• September 19-21st, Convergences 2015 / Partner event : Anual Forum for the Millennium Development Goals (Palais Brogniart, Paris)
• November, 8-9-10 : GSBS
• November, 15th : Atelier de la Mutation (Paris)
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If you want to become a partner event of the GCM Tour 2012, please click here.