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Welcome to The Gauge
The Gauge is an informal bi-monthly idea exchange, networking, training and learning forum for social enterprise entrepreneurs, ventures and investors in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Lively, interactive sessions will focus on issues related to advancing enterprise, and will feature speakers, panel discussions, workshops and demonstrations. Each event will provide an opportunity for networking, with refreshments, conversation, and no shortage of big ideas!

Think of The Gauge as a complete instrument panel - a meeting where news, tips, ideas, real experiences, and expert advice is provided by and to social ventures in the Pittsburgh region.

July Gauge Event: Got Ideas? We Do!
Let Us Help You Innovate, Process And Create

Some of Pittsburgh's most inventive thinkers shared their methods on how to Innovate, Process and Create their way out of "the box" to solve problems and make a difference.

Attendees shared in a working lunch at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts designed to unmask the creative process and give participants tools and tips for a more innovative approach to understanding and creating dynamic social enterprise ventures.

Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, lunch provided
Location: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
6300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

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“The nonprofit sector in this country … has risen before to meet the nations challenges, and when sector leaders turn their enormous energy and talent to these questions, they will surely find ways once again to capture the value—ways we haven’t begun to imagine here.”

Bill Bradley, Paul Jansen, Les Silverman, The Nonprofit Sector’s $100 Billion Opportunity, Harvard Business Review, May 2003


Welcome to The Gauge--Pittsburgh's best source for business networking, professional development, and idea sharing for social entrepreneurs, ventures and investors. We invite you to be a part of these vibrant bi-monthly forums dedicated to advancing social enterprise in this region. Click here for a complete schedule of Gauge events and sessions.


We've Moved!

Come visit us at our new address:
Social Innovation Accelerator
1 Gateway Center
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd
Suite 1850
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
P: 412.325.2202
F: 412.325.2206




"...if my social enterprise isn't as good or better than my for-profit competitors than I shouldn't be doing it..."

Find out more about this and other comments and ideas at the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit (SEA) 'Wrap-up Report' by the Accelerator. Click Here.