Business Fights Poverty

Business Fights Poverty is the international, free-to-join professional network for those passionate about fighting poverty through good business.  With thousands of members, Business Fights Poverty is fast-becoming the best place on the web for business and development professionals around the world to connect, interact and share knowledge with like-minded peers.

 

With member activity nearly every hour and utilising the latest in Web 2.0 technology, the network has developed into an energetic and focused community of people committed to harnessing business to fight poverty: corporate executives, social entrepreneurs, investors, donor and government officials, non-government organization staff, academics and students.

The reaction to Business Fights Poverty has been very positive with an average feedback score of 4.3 out of 5 from our visitors, and the World Bank blog describing it as a “Facebook for Development”. 

Business Fights Poverty brings a whole new level of interactivity to events and to stakeholder engagement.  Event participants can network online in advance of and following each event.  Business Fights Poverty helps maintain momentum between events, broadens participation beyond those who can physically attend, provides a platform for online conferences and discussions, and contributes to building the post-event coalition needed for real change.  Companies are also using Business Fights Poverty to bring a new dimension to their stakeholder engagement.  Branded sub-groups, allow companies to engage publicly or privately with their core target audience, within the context of a popular, dynamic professional online community. 

To join or find out more, visit: www.businessfightspoverty.org