Archive for May, 2010

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May 30, 2010, 4 Comments

Last week, I attended the Microfinance USA 2010 Conference as one of more than 200 student conference attendees. I sat in on “Student-Led Microfinance Clubs”, a panel of individuals working [...]

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Social Venture Partners MN Announces Social Entrepreneur’s Cup Finalists

May 22, 2010, No comments

Social Venture Partners Minnesota is proud to announce the four finalists for the Social Entrepreneur’s Cup awards. The Social Entrepreneur’s Cup ...

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Secondary Students Bring Solar Power to Ugandan Village, Volunteerism at Best

May 18, 2010, No comments

Education Not all volunteer opportunities are created equal. Instead of sending volunteers overseas to paint classrooms or hand out food – projects ...

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Help 2.4 Billion People and Reduce Millions of Tons of Emissions – All with One Click

May 12, 2010, 5 Comments

More than 125,000 years ago, humans discovered fire. With it came a source of heat, warmth, and light. Unfortunately, for 1 in 3 people living today, ...

  • Social Entrepreneurship Weekly
    May 10, 2010, 2 Comments

    This is a partner column in conjunction with Ashoka’s Change InSight blog. Every week I’m covering the top news, highlights, events and opportunities in the realm of social entrepreneurship. 2010 [...]

  • All Entrepreneurship is Social…for Awhile
    May 3, 2010, 13 Comments

    We’ve all had the “What is social entrepreneurship?” discussion. The topic was even the recent focus of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s cover article. Yet the definitions we apply to social [...]

  • Social Engagement Through Youth Empowerment
    May 2, 2010, 2 Comments

    The following is a shared post with the Social Enterprise Alliance blog. The 2010 Social Enterprise Summit and World Forum (#SocEnt10) kicked off Wednesday with a rallying call to Generation [...]