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All Blog Posts Tagged 'development' (17)

I-Dev International- Market-Based Sustainable Development

I-DEV designs and builds economically-viable, market-based businesses and industries at the base of the pyramid. We do this by aligning the interests of corporations and local communities to create bottom line value for both.… Continue

Added by Brooke on November 17, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

UnLtdWorld - helping social entrepreneurs to connect and to share information

I recently came across this site and think it has great potential to connect all of us social entrepreneurs in a more efficient way than ever before. It's definitely worth checking out. Here's the info from the website: UnLtdWorld connects you to the people, tools and information you need to change the world. UnLtdWorld is a platform for social entrepreneurs and the people t… Continue

Added by Brooke on November 13, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Change Agents: The rock stars of social change

Changents connects Agents of Change with a fan base of Backers around the world, enabling them to create change together. Change Agents are the ro… Continue

Added by Anne Illana on July 17, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Twitter and the Social Entrepreneur

Thanks to another leading site in the social entrepreneurship sphere, Social Edge, I came across this great post about Twitte… Continue

Added by Dave E. on July 17, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

China: Ventures in Development- Creating Business Opportunitites to Solve Developmental Challenges

Ventures in Development is a non-profit that strives to be a catalyst in the creation of more social enterprises in the Greater China region. Ventures in Development believes that social enterprises are a m… Continue

Added by Brooke on June 25, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

The new journey to build a Digital Bangladesh...

The new journey to build a Digital Bangladesh, a social enterprise called ‘Info (BD) Next/iBdNext’ arranged a Digital festival ‘do4D (digital opportunity for development): the reality show’ at Community Access Point, Vullar Haat, Khanshama, Dinajpur on March 26-27, 2009. The main purpose of the festival was to let the village people know about digital world and its benefits. Do4D festival was place, where rural root people had the opportunity to know about latest technology and benefits. Here,… Continue

Added by A.K.M Ganiul Zadid on April 4, 2009 at 11:10pm — 2 Comments

Request for support to the - do4d reality festival!

We are pleased to inform you that Info (Bd) Next Inc (iBdNext) in association with Channel-I and local social entrepreneurs is going to organize an innovative social festival titled “do4D Reality Festival”. The first do4D festival held at CAP0201, Vullar Haat, Khanshama, Dinajpur on March 26-27, 2009. This local… Continue

Added by A.K.M Ganiul Zadid on March 29, 2009 at 1:22am — 3 Comments

Design for the other 90%; Virtual Design for Development Exhibition

From http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/

Of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have… Continue

Added by sunit shrestha on March 24, 2009 at 8:35am — No Comments

71 Students Actively Participated in the Second LetIThelp Seminar

After a resounding success of the first LetITHelp IT seminar, the social enterprise continued to take another step towards accomplishing its mission. On January 26, 2009, LetITHelp welcomed the Chinese New Year by spreading their holistic endeavor at the new State University in Cagayan de Oro City - Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) formerly known before as Mindanao Polytechnic State College. The LetITHelp Seminar entitled “IT Students: Identify Where You are Headed” served a… Continue

Added by Stephanie Caragos on February 25, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

LetIThelp Holds Its First Seminar

The exemplary vision and mission of LetIThelp has finally been put into action. LetITHelp began its holistic endeavor by conducting free lectures to colleges and universities in Northern Mindanao to further educate the IT graduating students and to prepare them on the tough life outside the classroom. Its main goal is to help deserving fresh IT graduates who have the passion and dedication in their chosen IT profession to earn and learn at the same time.

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Added by Stephanie Caragos on February 25, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

"Trust Your Crazy Ideas"- New Orleans Style!

While researching other social business incubators, I came across The Idea Village, a depot of talent and collaboration, created for innovators in New Orleans.

The Idea Village is an US-based independent non-profit organization with a mission… Continue

Added by Dev on January 27, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

LetITHelp - A Social Enterprise Empowering Mindanaoan Youth with More Job Opportunities in the IT Industry

Mindanao, Philippines- is proud to announce the launch of LetITHelp. A Philippine Information Technology organization in Mindanao which aims to help IT graduates land Information Technology jobs that provides sustainable income and growth within the society by providing trainings and… Continue

Added by Bruno Bernardes on January 15, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

United Action:Join the Newest MDG Action Team!!!

United Actions is a global project run by a global team of volunteers. According to the UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2008, gaps remain in the realization of the MDGs. Global challenges require a global and concerted action involving all actors. Each citizen can play a key part. In… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on December 21, 2008 at 6:31pm — No Comments

A Bright Future For India

I came across this article and found it to be pretty promising... Basically, this article discusses how difficult getting by can be when life revolves around the sun's cycle. By focusing on a village in India that… Continue

Added by Dev on December 1, 2008 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

SOLS 24/7 Featured on Malaysiakini (Malaysia's No1 Alternative Media Network)

Dear Friends, Greetings and love from SOLS 24/7, Below is a link of the featured video done by Malaysiakini on our work in Malaysia. http://www.malaysiakini.tv/video/16016.html Love & Respect, Raj Continue

Added by Raj Ridvan Singh @ SOLS 24/7 on July 2, 2008 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

Why Development 2.0?

When your hear "(whatever) 2.0" does it sound like the omnipresent "i(something)"/ "e(stuff)" or "green (anything)"? The eagerness to surf the wave of what is in trend [or on the eve of becoming trendy] encourage people to label new technologies, processes, stuff and even – why not? – new paradigms using those terms. But good sense is important as people might confuse good intentions with… Continue

Added by Bruno Bernardes on June 11, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

SOLS 24/7 Malaysia - Choose to make an Impact towards youth Development!

If you could take the time to change one person’s life, would you do it? As our hectic schedules take over and the pressures from work, family and friends seep into our day, it’s easy to shelf our plans to give a bit back to society and make a difference. Most do not have the time or expertise to lift those in need out of the vicious cycle of poverty, ignorance and… Continue

Added by Raj Ridvan Singh @ SOLS 24/7 on May 4, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments