David Haskell knows development. For the last twenty years, he’s been on the road in hard places to team up with local visionaries and those they serve. He’s studied in [...]
Foreward: In reaction to the Bangladeshi government’s attempt to remove Grameen Bank Founder and Managing Director Muhammad Yunus from his post of over 30 years, Friends of Grameen was created [...]
Like most Minnesotans I have an abundance of pride in my home state. I see the Twin Cities as a hotbed of social entrepreneurs, big thinkers and innovative tech startups. [...]
After working with some of the foremost experts in changing public policy and scaling lasting positive change at Ashoka, a nonprofit organization supporting over 3,000 social entrepreneurship fellows worldwide with [...]
The second Ashoka Twin Cities Solutions Forum wrapped up Tuesday night highlighting two more Ashoka Fellows and established social entrepreneurs. The audience of changemakers and advocates first heard from the [...]
As a blogger focusing on social entrepreneurship and technology, I run across a plethora of resources for funding — one thing that most social ventures can’t get enough of. After [...]
On Tuesday, February 8, Minnesota do-gooders will convene for the second Ashoka Twin Cities Solution Forum, a free social entrepreneurship-focused lecture, interview and networking event. Described as “an inspiring evening [...]
After missing the fifth largest blizzard in Twin Cities’ recorded history by a day (a 17.1-inch, airport-closing snowstorm), I arrived in Iguazu, Argentina through Buenos Aires on Sunday, December 12. [...]
In two hours I depart the frozen winter tundra of Minnesota for a trip of a lifetime — a TOMS Shoe Drop. This will be my first volunteer trip, but [...]
When local citizen groups in Mexico convinced Amanco, a large producer of water-conveyance products, to team up and support under-served small farmers, they created a new irrigation technology market worth [...]
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. Everyday [...]
“People in poverty are championing the way out of poverty,” declared Daphne Nederhorst, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Sawa Global, an organization highlighting local changemakers in their home communities. Four [...]
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. Everyday [...]
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