SoJo - Social Journal - Logo
December 1, 2011, No comments

SoJo, short for Social Journal, is today announcing the launch of its public Beta. SoJo is an online learning tool that supports youth passionate about social change by providing them [...]

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Enabling the enablers: How to get your social venture off the ground

November 9, 2011, 4 Comments

Next Tuesday, November 15, in the borough of Manhattan, a group of like-minded business entrepreneurs will gather four floors above the hustle and bus ...

Travel2change in Lobitos, Peru

Travel2change is pioneering the way do-gooders travel

October 19, 2011, 1 Comment

There’s a new way to make an impact while traveling the world, and social venture travel2change is pioneering it. I know; I was sponsored by tra ...

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Environmental Finance Conference Part 2: The Missing Links

October 5, 2011, No comments

This is Part 2 in our coverage of Environmental Finance’s 2011 Impact Investing Conference in London. The reason why the term “social ente ...

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    CouchSurfing Becomes a Benefit Corporation
    September 8, 2011, 2 Comments

    After four years of unsuccessfully petitioning for 501c3 non-profit status, co-founder and CEO, Casey Fenton, has announced that the popular online traveler’s community, CouchSurfing, will move to embrace the B [...]

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    Two Must-See Sex Trafficking Specials
    June 27, 2011, No comments

    This month marks the premiere of two very important sex-trafficking documentaries, an issue that consistently struggles to remain in the spotlight. On Sunday, CNN’s Freedom Project aired the special “Nepal’s [...]

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    Blue is the New Green
    June 20, 2011, 3 Comments

    Did you know that 70% of the world’s oxygen comes from the ocean? Or that 97% of the biosphere is in the sea? The oceans also absorb much of our [...]

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    From TOMS Shoes to TOMS Shades
    June 14, 2011, 1 Comment

    Photo: TOMS shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie and his crew at TOMS have decided redefine their shoe company into a “One for One” company with the introduction of TOMS Eyewear. Now, [...]

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    5 Tips for Generating Media Coverage
    May 25, 2011, 1 Comment

    5 Tips for Generating Media Coverage   Before I made the leap to Social Entrepreneur I was a Fashion Publicist. The two don’t usually flow together but my education and [...]

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    Absurd Idea.
    April 27, 2011, 1 Comment

    It’s 4:19AM. I keep trying to will myself back to sleep, but it’s no use. It’s not the jetlag. It’s not the alarm clock. It’s the anticipation… the nervous energy [...]