Social Earth is excited to be a media sponsor of an upcoming social venture conference focusing on Latin America, the Caribbean and Florida. Please see press release below.
SVC/SE, Miami-2010 website
Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference (SVC/SE), Miami-2010 recently announced a lineup of 160 speakers from 30 countries – all top leaders in Social [...]
SocialEarth is excited to announce a partnership with DoGood HQ- a new browser plugin. In the coming months, expect to see some cross promotion across our websites and tell us what you think!
This new year, doing nothing changes everything. At least that’s what DoGood Headquarters will have you thinking after you install their free [...]
The Christmas shopping season is here and we wanted to help you share in the spirit of the season by thinking twice about where you shop and what you give this holiday season.
iGiveTwice is a recently launched online campaign to encourage all of us to give gifts with social and environmental benefits. Led by [...]
Besides working on the coolest blog ever, I also work on Box Tops for Education at General Mills. Within this program, I lead the new ventures desk. I get to think of and work on innovative and effective ways Box Tops for Education can continue to expand and serve K-8 teachers across the United [...]
A while back, the folks over at YellowBrickRoad reached to us with an opportunity to review their new book, Actions Speak Loudest. During the past few weeks, in my spare time, I’ve had a chance to dive in and am pleased to say I’ve enjoyed the content and intent of the book.
It’s a [...]
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 [...]
For over 60 years, World Vision has been a pioneer in supporting humanitarian efforts around the world. In 1993 the organization launched a micro lending component supporting poor entrepreneurs in developing countries via micro loans. More recently, they have launched Micro, a micro- lending website to supporting their microfinance initiatives. In a similar [...]
If you’ve listened to the news in any capacity over the previous few months, you’ve probably heard something about healthcare. In fact, you’re probably becoming a bit tired of these monotone healthcare debates which seem to produce no useful outcomes whatsoever. Well perhaps a new and upcoming conference may help change our iterative healthcare [...]
Social Capital Markets 2009 (aka SOCCAP) has been a tremendous success this year. Between captivating speakers, innovative approaches, and new organizations dedicated to social good, the conference has become a ‘must attend’ for those in the social enterprise arena. Continuing this trend of gathering business leaders for good is Leadership for a Better World: [...]
The more we become aware of what it really means to be socially conscious, the more likely we are to make tiny changes contributing to a more sustainable, equitable lifestyle. At SocialEarth, we believe a great way to become more aware and engaged in causes for good starts right in your own [...]
Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Melissa Richer, founder of Ayllu, a new organization whose purpose is to “integrate social enterprise into low-income economies.” Ayllu is currently developing a model to enable social enterprises to franchise their models and microcredit banks to extend financial services to the newly franchised micro enterprises.
Melissa’s Background
After graduating [...]
Exciting news for Saudi Arabian women interested in social entrepreneurship (or any woman for that matter).
The Wellesley Centers for Women in conjunction with the Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College are partnering with distinguished global organizations Dar Al Hekma College and ICF International to create a US-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship; the [...]
We recently had the exciting opportunity to learn more about a really cool organization, one that is changing the lives of poor rural Indians by empowering young, educated Indians to make a difference.
Grassroutes, an initiative of Youth Factor, was born out of the noble hearts of, at the time, four college students who witnessed [...]
