The partner column with Ashoka’s Change Insight blog continues. Lot’s of great things happening in the world of #SocEnt with TED2010. Here are the highlights:
TED2010 Day 1: Mindshift, Discovery, Action and #SocEnt
The first day of TED2010 was full of mirror-smashing ideas. You learned a little about yourself in the first session, a little about the world in the second session and how you can do your part in the third and final session of the day. I’m covering all the action live on my Twitter account (@writerpollock) and following up with posts after each day. Find them all at SocialEarth.org.
The Food That’s Killing Our Children
For the first time, today’s generation of children is expected to have shorter lives than their parents. Obesity-related diseases rank as among the top culprits behind the trend, and are the top three killers in the country today, costing us over $150 billion a year to treat. Nathaniel Whittemore tells us more.
The Essence of the #NedSoc Social Entrepreneurship Unconference
Five days after the unconference ended I’m still feeling the effects. Every person that attended, I met. And not only met, but had a quality conversation with. Read the rest of my experience and check out the notes of each break-out session.
Tech4Society: A Celebration of Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows
From February 11-13, 2010 Ashoka and The Lemelson Foundation, with support from Microsoft, are bringing together pioneers and thought leaders in the field of technology and invention for systemic social change.
If You Ran the World, What Would You Do?
If you ran the world, what would you do (in 140 characters or less)? That’s the question asked by IfWeRanTheWorld, a site launched in beta this week at the TED conference that aims to harness human intentions into action.
The Social Enterprise Conference: Reflections on Service
Emily Wren, a first year student at the Harvard Business School, profiles her thoughts preceding the Social Enterprise Conference 2010.
2010 Social Entrepreneurship Forum
The 2010 Keynote Event on February 20, 2010 will focus on the active roles entrepreneurs are taking to address many of the pressing social and environment challenges in their local communities and around the world.
£500 Million Jobs Fund Called for in Social Entrepreneurship Manifesto
The Social Entrepreneurship Policy Group has published a manifesto calling for the government to create something similar to the Future Jobs Fund, a £1 billion program from the Department for Work and Pensions that funds six-month work placements for the long-term unemployed.
http://www.socialearth.org/ted2010-day-1-mindshift-discovery-action-and-socent
The first day of TED2010 was full of mirror-smashing ideas. You learned a little about yourself in the first session, a little about the world in the second session and how you can do your part in the third and final session. I’m covering all the action live on my Twitter account (@writerpollock) and following up with posts after each day. Find them all at SocialEarth.org.
The Food That’s Killing Our Children
http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/the_food_thats_killing_our_children
For the first time, today’s generation of children is expected to have shorter lives than their parents. Obesity-related diseases rank as among the top culprits behind the trend, and are the top three killers in the country today, costing us over $150 billion a year to treat. Nathaniel Whittemore tells us more.
Tech4Society: A Celebration of Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows
http://tech.ashoka.org/tech4society_virtual_involvement
From February 11-13, 2010 Ashoka and The Lemelson Foundation, with support from Microsoft, are bringing together pioneers and thought leaders in the field of technology and invention for systemic social change.
If You Ran the World, What Would You Do?
http://www.fastcompany.com/1546015/if-you-ran-the-world-what-would-you-do?partner=ethonomics_newsletter
If you ran the world, what would you do (in 140 characters or less)? That’s the question asked by IfWeRanTheWorld, a site launched in beta this week at the TED conference that aims to harness human intentions into action.
The Social Enterprise Conference: Reflections on Service
http://www.socialearth.org/reflections-on-service-and-the-social-enterprise-conference
Emily Wren, a first year student at the Harvard Business School, profiles her thoughts preceding the Social Enterprise Conference 2010.
2010 Social Entrepreneurship Forum
http://marshall.usc.edu/alumni/chapters/losangeles/keynote2010.htm
The 2010 Keynote Event on February 20, 2010 will focus on the active roles entrepreneurs are taking to address many of the pressing social and environment challenges in their local communities and around the world.
£500 Million jobs fund called for in social entrepreneurship manifesto
http://www.socialenterpriselive.com/section/news/%C2%A3500m-jobs-fund-called-social-entrepreneurship-manifesto
The Social Entrepreneurship Policy Group has published a manifesto calling for the government to create something similar to the Future Jobs Fund, a £1 billion program from the Department for Work and Pensions that funds six-month work placements for the long-term unemployed.
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