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All Blog Posts Tagged 'youth' (21)

The Rise of Creative Industry in China

(See original article on PSFK here) Creative Industry and ‘Creative Generation’ in China

Anyone who has been paying attention to creative industries in China over the past few years will have noticed a significant boost in its prominence and influence. From… Continue

Added by Brooke on August 28, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Dire Husi Initiatives

WE ARE manobos, talaandigs,umayamnons, higaonons, artisans, musicians, beadworkers,drummers, painters, travelling merchants, sculptors, k'dlong players, flutists, kubing players, backpackers, social entrepreneurs, fair trade advocates, nature lovers.... Established in 2004, Dire Husi is an organization of indigenous and out-of-school young people in Northern Mindanao. Based in Cagayan de Oro City, the group runs a social enterprise that creates and sells indigenous-inspired terracotta a… Continue

Added by Vincent Eugenio on August 10, 2009 at 3:46pm — 2 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

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

Aleveo, CrowdSpring and 99Designs: Social Innovation for the Youth- The Place Where Students' Ideas Reach Companies

Aleveo lets you create a portfolio of ideas, projects and improvements for companies,… Continue

Added by Dave E. on July 12, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

TakingITglobal - Engaging Youth for Positive Change

I came across another fantastic organization that is helping to engage youth for positive change on a global scale. Here is a bit about TakingITGlobal.

The Vision Youth everywhere actively engaged and connected in shaping a more inclusive, p… Continue

Added by Brooke on June 26, 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

In Search of Sanuk

The Mission “Sanuk is translated as fun, but means much more…” In Search of Sanuk (ISOS) is a community where people can collaborate on ways to change the world around them. We hope to encourage travelers to open their eyes, equip expats for self-activism… Continue

Added by Anne Illana on June 12, 2009 at 4:30pm — 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

In tight job market, some teens start their own businesses

The original article can be found on the US Today website here.

Eric Cieslewicz has spent the last couple of months drumming up business. Faced with dismal employment prospects at traditional teen-friendly employers, the 18-year-old has turned his p… Continue

Added by Brooke on June 3, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

The World is Interconnected: The Importance of Social Change [Akhila Kolisetty]

I found this great article on a new blog and just had to share it. For the original article, please go here.

We all want to change for the better Change: it’s something we all want to embrace, but so… Continue

Added by Anne Illana on June 3, 2009 at 3:30am — 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

KICKSTARTER- A New Way to Fund Ideas and Endeavors

With all the talk that is going on about how to get more money for early stage ventures, this is a really interesting and innovative way to crowd source people and money behind an idea. Here's some… Continue

Added by Brooke on May 17, 2009 at 8:32pm — 2 Comments

Fast Forward Fund - "Youth Investing In Youth For Global Change"

The Fast Forward Fund generates social investment partnerships for outstanding projects led by visionaries in their twenties, supporting a culture of youth philanthropy and youth-directed social enterprise. TARGETED, MULTI-YEAR SUPPORT We inspire, enable & mobilize young leaders as social investors. Through targeted two-year investments, FFF directs… Continue

Added by Brooke on May 4, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Unprofessional and Unpredictable

Young people often scare policy makers and other management types because they are seen as unprofessional and unpredictable. Youth sometimes come late to meetings, don’t follow procedures, and don’t respect the assumed social norms that make up ‘professional’ behavior. I think this fear is more about the threat active young people represent to the status quo than it is about disregarded behavior or clothing. While in theory new ideas are encouraged, in practice they are threatening to those cur… Continue

Added by Nick Micinski on April 22, 2009 at 9:08pm — No Comments

Youth: Unprofessional, Unpredictable, Unreliable, Unengaged, and Un-experienced?

Young people often get called a lot of dirty words (with only a few of them in this title…) but how much of it is true? Many a youth worker will recant their top ten horrendous youth stories, but generalizations about youth and their capabilities should not be quickly accepted. In the following series of blog posts, I hope to examine the various labels the youth sector uses to describe young people. The problem with young people is that… They are unprofessional and unpredictable. They are… Continue

Added by Nick Micinski on April 9, 2009 at 9:48pm — No Comments

YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship Program - Calling all Applicants!

filepicture_1202890589.gif 2009 Fellowship YouthActionNet® Global Fellowship Program CALL FOR APPLICATIONS A program of the International Youth Foundation, YouthActionNet® seeks to develop a new generation of socially conscious global citizens who create positive change in their communities, their countries, and the world… Continue

Added by Brooke on April 7, 2009 at 12:28pm — No Comments

PRESS RELEASE: 16th January 09: “Filipino youth launch mobile telecenter to help educate disadvantaged youth learn IT skills in urban Manila”

In the urban regions of Manila's metropolis, five young Filipinos have built the country's first mobile, self-contained, wireless telecentre. The students are all graduates of the Philippines 1st telecenter, GLOW, which launched in 2000. They have designed a new and innovative approach of delivering ICT learning combined with a sustainable business model, to communities that typically have no access to the internet and IT training services. MobileTelecenters.com takes internet and telecommunica… Continue

Added by KHRIZ on January 19, 2009 at 10:12am — 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