Babson College, which recently opened a new Center for Social Entrepreneurship, just announced partnering with a new nonprofit focused on leveraging technology for social innovation. Babson is the first and only academic partner for this facilitator group, called ConvergeUS.

The mission of the group: “to leverage the collective power of the technology sector to accelerate social innovation in collaboration with nonprofit organizations, government entities, academic institutions and the private sector.”

ConvergeUS is part of TechNet, a network of CEOs that promote growth of the innovation economy (which we like to call the ‘new economy’). TechNet’s president Rey Ramsey and Twitter’s cofounder Biz Stone launched ConvergeUS today in Washington DC alongside former White House CTO Andrew McLaughlin, White House Director of Social Innovation Marta Urquilla, former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin and others.

What exactly will this group actually be doing? From the article:

“ConvergeUS will function as a facilitator and convener to bring diverse stakeholders together to create a “Technology Innovation Blueprint” that focuses on purposeful applications of technology and social media. ConvergeUS will initially select issue areas for this collaboration that focus on STEM and early childhood education.”

Babson has outlined more specifically the milestones and goals of this group in the release, so just click the link above to read the full article and learn more about what to expect from ConvergeUS and Babson moving forward.

The event is being livestreamed, and should start in just a few moments: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/istrategylabs#events