2012 SEEP Annual Conference: Catch up with conference tweets!

The 2012 SEEP Annual Conference, held this week in Arlington, VA, focused on Building Inclusive Markets: Impact Through Financial and Enterprise Solutions. With lots of great presentations lined up, conference participants took to Twitter to share highlights and quotes from various plenaries, sessions, and trainings. Read the Twitter recap from Wednesday's events and stay tuned for more coverage of the SEEP Annual Conference.

2012 SEEP Annual Conference: Tweets from Day 1

Read Twitter highlights from day one of the The SEEP Network Annual Conference.

The theme of this year's conference is "Building Inclusive Markets: Impact Through Financial and Enterprise Solutions."

• Thrilled to be here at #SEEP2012. Shari Berenbach from @USAID begins her discussion on inclusive market development. #microfinanceMicrolinks
• Savings is the first step on the pathway out of poverty. #SEEP2012 @AKF_USASchafer Bomstein
• Dunn: causal models are ok but we are not using them flexibly enough. #SEEP2012 #systemandeMaFI
• Dunn on 3 challenges in m&e: how2 1) measure participation, 2) maintain credibility & accountability, 3) measure sustainability #seep2012Microlinks
• #SEEP2012 IFC - Responsible Finance session: staff training at all levels on client protection is necessary to embed principles!The SEEP Network
• Dunn: challenges: adopt participation, work with you donors, adopt causal modelling to evaluate evolving systems #SEEP2012 #systemandeMaFI
• Bodhanya: we all operate in complex, adaptive systems, must focus on learning #systemande #seep2012Microlinks
• Bodhanya: context matters, change depends on local conditions. We are all implicated in the system. #systemande #SEEP2012MaFI
• Hummelbrunner: Measuring impact must combine understanding of logic that links inputs, outputs and results w/ wider social system #SEEP2012FightPoverty
• Hummelbrunner on M&E: Rethink paradigm of accountability. Be accountable towards objectives, not implementing plans as agreed. #SEEP2012Lillian Gu
• Looking forward to sharing our new publication on savings programs for youth at #SEEP2012 later today!Womens World Banking
• Sharing the Market Facilitation Mentoring Program. The whole package of docs will be available via @Microlinks & @theseepnetwork #seep2012MaFI
• Spreading the word about the power of #mobile banking http://betterthancash.org/ #microfinance #SEEP2012 @AKF_USASchafer Bomstein
• MT @interactionorg Savings groups offer local support where formal banking & microfinance don't: http://goo.gl/BHpe6 #SEEP2012 @sbomsteinPartnershipsInAction
• Attended excellent training workshop earlier today on @TheDCED Standard for measuring and reporting results http://vsb.li/TgnBK3 #SEEP2012FightPoverty
• Health is leading cause for microfinance dropouts - Bobbi Gray #seep2012Lillian Gu
• WWB provides technical assistance on youth savings program devo inc. product, mktg & financial ed. & institutional alignment #SEEP2012Womens World Banking
• #BetterThanCash Alliance session at #SEEP2012 Advancing #FinancialInclusion through #epayments with @Citi @USAID @mercycorps @CARE @ConcernBetter Than Cash
• Successful client-led program design is based on in-depth primary and secondary market and customer research #SEEP2012Womens World Banking
• Learning about tech-enabled microfinance in Zambia, Haiti, and Nicaragua from @nikitayyz @fonkoze @zoonazambia #SEEP2012Microlinks
• Product, mktg & financial ed prototypes should ALWAYS be tested w/ target market; subsequently modified & re-tested, if necessary #SEEP2012Womens World Banking
• Great session today on economic strengthening for the ultra poor affected by HIV #SEEP2012EcoVentures
• RCTs showing positive results for savings groups for @Oxfam @theIRC @CARE. #SEEP2012 #microfinance @AKF_USASchafer Bomstein
• At the book launch for "Savings Groups at the Frontier" with contributions from AKF's Joanna Ledgerwood #SEEP2012 @AKF_USASchafer Bomstein
• PSP households were more active as entrepreneurs, with deeper investment in enterprise. -Michael Ferguson, CRS #SEEP2012CRS_Expertise
• Branchless banking booming in #haiti, says @Fonkoze's Charlie Petty. But cost is limiting its further expansion. #SEEP2012Manny Peralta
• Closing plenary session of the day @ #SEEP2012! Focus on a broad view of savings services that are cost effective, sustainable, and scalableMicrolinks
• Over 2.5 billion adults dont have access 2 formal accounts. Why? 1. Not enough $ 2. Too expensive 3. Family member already has one #SEEP2012Microlinks
• Powerful facts @sbomstein Only 41% of people in developing countries are banked. -Leora Klapper, @WorldBank #SEEP2012 @lifepixelsPartnershipsInAction
• #SEEP2012 plenary on #savings challenges us 2 ask if opening traditional accts=financial inclusion. Poor do save, but need creative waysMicrolinks