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 [...]
You’ve participated in micro-credit, probably participated in micro-blogging, and now here is your chance to try your hand at micro-volunteering. If you’ve ever considered, pondered or briefly mused about the [...]
A few days ago, Erik and I had the amazing opportunity to interview Esra’a Al Shafei, founder of Mideast Youth (MEY), an organization whose mission is to: “inspire and provide [...]
Named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people in 2006 and founder of one of the largest and most successful microfinance networks in the world, Vikram Akula genuinely understands the [...]
Just a reminder that we’ll be covering the Microfinance 2.0 Conference, happening next week, June 15-17, in San Francisco, California. We’re very excited to be media partners at the conference [...]
Facebook recently announced the winners of its 2009 Facebook Fund Competition recently renamed the fbFund REV. We’d like to take a moment to highlight one winner in particular that operates [...]
TED Fellows program brings outstanding, world-changing leaders to participate in TED community NEW YORK, May 26 /PRNewswire/ — Organizers of the TED Conference introduced today the 25 new TED Fellows [...]
Dr.Larry Brilliant has announced his amicable departure from his position as Chief Philanthropic Evangelist of Google.org for a new position with the Skoll Foundation, as head of the organizations’ newly [...]
Just wanted to let you know about an awesome online conference called eFestival of Ideas that I’m participating in as guest panelist throughout this week. e-Festival of Ideas is a [...]
If you’ve kept up on our somewhat daily tips to becoming more socially conscious, then you’re probably going to enjoy this story about Seventh Generation. The Vermont based company has [...]
In the 13th annual Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest, a record 93 teams entered the competition which began over 4 months ago. The competition has two tracks; the traditional [...]
A few days ago, I had the amazing opportunity to participate in a conference call hosted by Ashoka. The call served to generate an informative discussion about the remarkable work [...]
Perhaps you’ve never thought of replacing your incandescent lightbulbs, perhaps you have. In any event, you might want to consider led light bulbs for a greener approach to lighting and [...]
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