Archive for December, 2009

  • The Journalist-Organizer of the Future
    December 18, 2009, 2 Comments

    Journalists, as we have known them, are becoming obsolete. It’s not just that many reporters and editors at mainstream publications, doomed by a changed commercial reality, are losing jobs that [...]

  • Road to Hyderabad: # 15
    December 14, 2009, 1 Comment

    Lesson # 15: Capturing the Knowledge Last week our fearless Tech4Society event team leader put together a day devoted solely to distilling all of the knowledge we have or think [...]

  • The Big Fish and The Little Fish
    December 14, 2009, 3 Comments

    Understanding human relationships is an essential part of being a successful businessman and a socially conscious individual. You need people to sustain your business and you need your business to [...]

  • My 2010 Pre-Season Pep Talk
    December 12, 2009, 1 Comment

    At Social Earth, our intent behind running a web blog that highlights social enterprise and humanitarian good is for our readers to experience the epiphany: “other people are doing it, [...]

  • Video: Imagine Leadership. Envision Change.
    December 11, 2009, 2 Comments

    Want to feel inspired?  Seeking to change the world?  You can.  I’m big on motivational speeches, quotes, and videos.  Today I would like to share with you an inspirational video a [...]

  • 4 Tips for Becoming a Metrics Maven
    December 10, 2009, 5 Comments

    Yesterday I looked at reasons to be skeptical of metrics, which carry inherent dangers. However, that is not to say that metrics should be thrown out. Measures of your organization [...]

  • 3 Reasons to Be a Metrics Skeptic
    December 9, 2009, 10 Comments

    Are metrics imperfect? Can they do as much harm as good? Are they easily influenced by ideology and dogma? The answer to all of these questions, of course, is “of [...]

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    Can Microfinance Bankrupt Entrepreneurs?
    December 8, 2009, 4 Comments

    The threat of poor entrepreneurs taking on too much loan debt is a growing reality, and a genuine threat to the rapidly expanding microfinance sector. At Oikocredit’s annual staff and [...]