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All Blog Posts Tagged 'entrepreneurship' (19)

School for Social Entrepreneurs opens in Melbourne

(by Chrisanthi Giotis via Social Enterprise Live) The School for Social Entrepreneurs continues its worldwide expansion with a second Australian school, this time based in Melbourne.

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Added by Anne Illana on November 15, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Jessica Jackley from Kiva.org Speaks at Stanford - and oh, how she can tell a story!

Jessica Jackley is the co-founder of the revolutionary non-profit organization Kiva.org. Jessica first saw the power and beauty of microfinance while working in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Jessica spokes on microfinance and social entrepreneurship. Jackley spoke as part of Power of Social Technology class.

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Added by Anne Illana on September 7, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

The New Heroes: What is Social Entrepreneurship (on PBS)

A social entrepreneur identifies and solves social problems on a large scale. Just as business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industries, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value.

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Added by Anne Illana on September 4, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Top Ten Ways to Get Involved with Social Entrepreneurship

As far as I am concerned, the top blogger/information gatherer/analyst/changemaker on the net today has got to be Change.org blogger, Nathaniel Whittemore. He wrote this post a while back, but I think it is still absolutely relevant today and we will all benefit from reading it.

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Added by Brooke on August 23, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

SocialEarth Launches New Video Feature on their site!

Social Earth has launched a new addition to their website with a full on video library. SocialEarth:Video is a rich media channel featuring over a hundred videos which cover an array of issues within the social entrepreneurship field. Videos are a powerful method of sharing inspiration, courage and wisdom. With the launch of SocialEarth:Video, they hope to provide a platform which inspires, educates and encourages social entrepr… Continue

Added by Dave E. on July 22, 2009 at 3:30pm — 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

FYSE- Inspiring young people in Asia to become entrepreneurs

The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) is a regional organization focusing on building an entrepreneurial environment for young… Continue

Added by Dave E. on July 15, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Fast Company- "The SoCap Way"

Here is a great article from Fast Company talking about what makes a great performance.

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Added by Anne Illana on July 6, 2009 at 2:00am — No Comments

Sprout e-Course for Social Entreprenurs

Sprout is an e-course for aspiring social innovators and environmental entrepreneurs who want to grow their project ideas and create lasting changes that take root in their communities.

Sprout provides a way to learn, grow and connect with other social and environ… Continue

Added by Brooke on June 29, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Limits of Online Fundraising - From Change.org

Not only is Nathaniel Whittemore pretty much the go-to-man for information on social entrepreneurship, he is also a fantastic new friend of mine. Reading Nathaniel's blog on Change.org has come to be part of my daily routine and I wanted to point this out to the Futureshifters community as well. Please check out his blog on Social Entrepreneurship thro… Continue

Added by Brooke on June 24, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed)

The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) Camfed is dedicated to fighting poverty and HIV/AIDS in rural Africa by educating girls and investing in their economic independence and leadership once they complete school. Since 1993, Camfed has been working in partnership… Continue

Added by Anne Illana on June 15, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

IdeaBox - Social Business Incubator

I recently discovered another exciting social business incubator and wanted to help spread the word. Here is a little bit about Idea Box from their website. WHO WE ARE We're a team of young professionals: socially conscious, hig… Continue

Added by Anne Illana on June 10, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

PURE PROJECT- Supporting Sustainable Businesses

Mission The Pure Project is committed to supporting the creative sustainable economy in the transformation of ideas into value based, enterprises that are sustainable on all levels. In doing so we expect to build a community of sustainable businesses, which support each o… Continue

Added by Brooke on May 29, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Youth Social Entrepreneurship in Africa (ADYA)

Thanks to a recent discussion on Futureshifters last week, I discovered this great organization. Here's the info:

MISSION We are a social entrepreneurial group poised to assert our collective will towards seeing a different landscape for those of us born of Afrik… Continue

Added by Brooke on May 23, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Opportunity Green Nov 7-8 2009

Opportunity Green is a convergence of the prime movers & shakers and the up & coming innovators driving today's new green economy. We inspire a collaborative culture of new thinking and unconventional ideas that pushes change i… Continue

Added by Brooke on March 10, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Interesting Perspective on the Gates Foundation

While surfing around on a fantastic blog on Change.org the focuses completely on Social Entrepreneurship, I came across… Continue

Added by Brooke on February 24, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Global Social Benefit Incubator Competition on Social Edge - Up to 20 will win US$25,000 Scholarship - Enter by Jan 16 2009

Are you a social entrepreneur or the leader of a social venture, or do you know someone with a social venture that could benefit from capacity building, in-depth consultation on their business plan and mentoring by Santa Clara University faculty and Silicon Valley start-up veterans? The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™) is a capacity building program for leaders of social benefit enterprises run by Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society. Enter now for a chanc… Continue

Added by Jill Finlayson on January 13, 2009 at 1:00am — No 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

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