Launched just last month at the Voice 09 conference and created in partnership with the RBS Community Bank and Social Enterprise Magazine, the RBS SE 100 Index enables social businesses to monitor their growth and social impact.
Last week, I attended a presentation by Tarun Khanna, professor of strategy at Harvard Business School. His presentation focused on microfinance, a theme in his new book, “Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures–and Yours.” To propel discussion, he discussed the dynamics of microfinance in India and China and how [...]
It is now blaringly obvious that capitalism as it stands is indisputably flawed and has in fact failed us. Too bad our entire economy had to collapse before anyone paid any attention whatsoever. We can all agree that our economy and our future are direly in need of some changes to ensure our way [...]
Interested in the role of technology to propel social entrepreneurship? Cool. Check out the upcoming Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship Conference occurring on May 4th at George Washington University. Co-hosted by The Phoenix Project and The Corporation for National and Community Service, the ASE conference aims to stimulate discussion on how we can leverage our technological [...]
United Prosperity isn’t just another non-profit organization asking for your hard earned cash with little oversight to ensure your dollar is actually contributing to solving a social ill. Instead, it uses the basic principles outlined by Dr. Muhammad Yunus in his book A World Without Poverty to tackle inherently biased banking systems.
Here’s how it [...]
Harvard Business School has selected Elizabeth Scharpf to be the inaugural recipient of its Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship. “The HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship program is designed to support the efforts of recent HBS graduates who are launching social enterprises – nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations – with a central focus on the creation of social [...]
Social entrepreneurship is really picking up momentum. On the same day that the Skoll Global Forum on Social Entrepreneurship begins, the third annual Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition has launched. The competition is a partnership between Staples Foundation for Learning (SFFL), a private foundation created by Staples, Inc. (NASD) and Ashoka’s Youth Venture.
The global [...]
The typical cost of a movie relative to the average American monthly family budget is approximately 1%. Fairly insignificant. In Mexico, however, that cost is approximately 20% of a family’s monthly budget. Extremely significant and understandably prohibitive. It is no surprise then that simply going to the movies is a luxury to the average [...]
As we progress with SocialEarth, we will post weekly videos focused on social entrepreneurship under the title, Think Deeper.
A key part of our Think Deeper posts is to stimulate discussion, elevate our thinking and question all ideas presented. Therefore, we ask you to share your opinion by commenting on each video we post. Let [...]
One of the negative consequences of our sumptuous lifestyles in developed countries is the hazardous carbon dioxide emissions we leave behind as a result of engaging in everyday activities. By simply driving our cars to work, heating our homes or flying for our annual vacations, we are all contributing to some pretty serious damage [...]
Since 1999, the Skoll Foundation has been a pioneer of social entrepreneurship. Founded by Jeff Skoll, the foundation’s mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurship. Pretty cool.
Each year, the Skoll Foundation hosts Skoll World Forum, a confluence of nearly 800 delegates [...]
While we may take clean water for granted, there are hundreds of millions of people around our world who are short of this basic necessity. In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22nd of each year as World Water Day.
The goal of World Water Day is to create awareness about the importance [...]
Attention social entrepreneurs and change makers: if you have not heard of TED, then you’re missing out, really missing out.
TED, acronym for Technology, Entertainment, Design, started in 1984, is an annual conference hosting an array of scholars, thinkers and change makers who are moving our world forward, one speech at a time. Participants have [...]
