5 Books for Every Social Entrepreneur’s Holiday Wish List

The Holy Grail of Social Change-Tech or Implementation?

It seems that there’s a search on right now in our field for the holy grail of tech tools that are simple, attractive, affordable, easy to operate, and just so filled with awesomeness that their use spreads “social change” like wildfire, with minimal work or engagement required.
As a blogger for Ashoka Tech, I read [...]

Redefining Philanthropy with Marian Moore – Part 1

As we try to expand the scope of Social Earth and our ability to deliver you quality content, it is my personal goal to start posting more videos and interviews. I am not a videographer by any means, but I have been blessed with a fairly steady hand and I have a lot of [...]

MBAs Urged to Join Microfinance Sector

Stressing the role for management graduates in microfinance, Suresh K Krishna , Managing Director of a Bangalore based MFI has urged MBA students to join the sector and take it forward professionally.
In his valedictory speech at the “International Convention on Microfinance” organised by NIAM Institute of Applied Management, Mr Krishna invited the management graduates [...]

Hipsters Have Hearts Too

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Urbandictionary.com provides over 150 definitions for the term “hipster” and at least 75% of them are laden with scorn. Hipsters are “fresh out of college, mid-20’s people who claim to dislike all that is mainstream or popular,” “obsessed with indie music,” “easily found with dyed hair, thick-rimmed glasses, skinny jeans, drinking PBR and smoking [...]

FreeBalance Wins 2009 Canada Export Achievement Award

FreeBalance, a For Profit Social Enterprise (FOPSE) software company that helps governments around the world to leverage robust Government Resource Planning (GRP) technology to accelerate country growth, is pleased to announce that the company has won the 2009 Canada Export Achievement Award for the Ontario region. The Canada Export Achievement Awards are a joint [...]

Media Goes to School

I recently went back to school – specifically, to the Williamsburg College Charter School in Brooklyn, N.Y. I was there to check out the News Literacy Project, an initiative founded last year by Alan Miller, a former investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times and an unflagging advocate for the value of journalism to [...]

Volkswagen Speaks to the Inner Child in All of Us

The Fun Theory is simple: the best way to change people’s behavior for the better is to make what previously required effort to become enjoyable. Ideas like the Bottle Bank Arcade Machine, the Piano Stairs, and The World’s Deepest Trash Bin were all put into application around Europe and the results have been obvious. [...]

DePaul MBA Students Embrace Social Entrepreneurship

While finding work that pays a good salary is still important to business students, finding work that promotes social good is becoming a priority for many of them, too. Recent national surveys by the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education found that 88 percent of business students believe for-profit companies should do more to [...]

Vittana Applies Microfinance Model to Education

A cause that I’m personally passionate about is education. I, as many of you, believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity to pursue a world class education. Unfortunately, for most students around the world, this is simply not true. In fact, for many students right here in the United States, this sentiment isn’t [...]

Blogging from India + The Economica Project on Women in the Global Economy

If you’ve been following the news over on SocialEarth and Ashoka Tech, you know that we are running a blogger’s competition to find our official blogger for the Ashoka Tech 4 Society event happening in Hyderabad, India, February 11-13, 2010.  You should also know you have only 7 DAYS LEFT to enter the competition.
All [...]

Soccer Serves as a Unifying Language for Refugees

We are in the throes of World Cup Soccer qualifications here in Europe and it is predictably fast becoming a polarizing event. Most recently, it has been Thierry Henry’s infuriating handball assist that went uncalled on the field during the France vs. Ireland match. Because of the referee’s error, the Irish have lost their [...]

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