Schwab Charitable, one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing donor advised funds, and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership today announced their next Philanthropy Speaker Series event.… Continue

Does a social change have to rock the world or can it be subtle, something that makes a difference in the lives of one or two people?

Actually, I think the answer lies in the middle. It takes a lot of money, influence, luck, and skill to rock the world. And most of us just aren't rock stars in any sense of that phrase.

While changing the lives of a few people is a good thing to do, it's basic to the human contract: do unto others, etc. (Finding a way to make more people practice that contract,… Continue

Chicago, the third largest city in the U.S. and home to 2.8 million people, contains major historical landmarks and great structural achievements. Found of GEC, (Globetrotters Engineering Corp) Niranjan Shah, helps continues to play a tremendous role in the cities civil and mechanical development. Globetrotters was founded in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. Directly from their website, "For over three decades, the Firm has provided a full ra… Continue

The English version of a special issue on Social Entrepreneurship is now available for download free of charge from:

http://www.botanik.uni-greifswald.de/fileadmin/getidos/pdfdownload/Special_Issue_on_Social_Entrepreneurship.pdf

The Special Issue includes brief articles written by social entrepreneurs and noted international resear

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Nominations for 2010

The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum, honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to address humanity’s most urgent challenges.

In partnership with Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society, 15 Laureates are selected annually and $50,000 is awarded to one Laureate in each category: Environment, Economic Development, Education, Equality, and Health.

Individuals as well as nonprofit and commercial organiz… Continue

Social enterprise is a nascent field. There is no agreement on the definition of terms. Rather than draw a line in the sand, I want to challenge people to think through their own points of view. I’ve chosen a few words to start with and, with your help, will add to the list. My goal is to probe, frame the questions, and make suggestions. I hope you will join the conversation.

Enterprises, both nonprofit and for-profit, can do good while doing well: small businesses and nonprofits both co… Continue

Let's be honest folks, we can't just walk around naked.

The New York City Clothing Bank has been around since 1986 taking donations and distributing clothing to shelters and organizations all over New York, New York specifically so that people don't have to - walk around in the nude that is!

According to… Continue

Polymath Industries - Initiative devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship seeking fellowship support.

Related Website - http://sites.google.com/site/polymathindustriesllc/
Email Address - Polymath.Industries@gmail.com

Polymath Industries, a Seattle start-up devoted to Social Entrepreneurship - is posting a wide variety of business concepts and raw ideas to assist aspiring entrepreneurs and form multi-disciplinary collaborat… Continue

Attention all Social Entrepreneurs!

Do you want to take your social venture to the next level? Then apply to be a part of the 2010 Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI)!

The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™), a program developed by Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society, assists social benefit entrepreneurs in developing business plans that enable their organizations to reach increasing numbers of beneficiaries. The GSBI consists of three major components:… Continue

have posted 200 green business ideas here, some are easy to get into and using free Internet services may actually be free or very low cost to start up..others may run into the hundreds of thousands (even millions) to start. But they will be in virtually every industry from pet care, health care, to sports, construction, and art. You name it there is a green business opportunity in every category of business.

Well here we go…..

1. Green Salons…using organic hair products (coloring products and… Continue