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.
Social Entrepreneurs at the World Economic Forum
Of all of the world’s gatherings, none has a higher-power attendee list than the World Economic Forum. It’s a place where government dignitaries rub elbows with top CEOs rubbing elbows with famous athletes and musicians, who are in turn rubbing elbows with…social entrepreneurs? Yes, that’s right. Nathaniel Whittemore tells us more.
Baskin Robbins 32nd Flavor: Social Entrepreneurship
At 15, Ocean Robbins realized the planetary bio-system was hurting because of human behavior. He and his friend decided to start YES! a organization to help young people make a difference in the world.
Investing in Individuals to Solve the World’s Problems
Michael Norton Obe is a man with a mission; to change the world one day at a time. It sounds a little optimistic and slightly arrogant, until you hear him speak. Then, rather disconcertingly, you believe that such a thing may just be possible.
Slideshow: Social Media for Social Change
Tom Dawkins, Ashoka’s Digital Change Director, has an informative presentation on using social media to do good he’s been sharing with young people around the East Coast.
United States-Saudi Women’s Forum Offers Opportunity to Social Entrepreneurs
Dar Al-Hekma College hosted the US-Saudi Women’s Forum on Social Entrepreneurship on March 2-3, which offered students the opportunity to present their projects to judges, before first, second and third place winners were announced.
Old T-Shirts Make New Lives
SocialEarth’s Ashley Dresser says her unsleeved laptop has seen its fair share of abuse, but it knows nothing in comparison to the approximately 17,000 people who are sex-trafficked into the United States each year. Laptop dents and scratches and the plight of sex-trafficked women might seem completely unrelated and a somewhat insensitive correlation to make, but due to the recent launch NYC’s the Longitude’s Hello Rewind social enterprise, the two actually have a lot in common.
Can You See the Invisible Class?
Social entrepreneur Avien McCrimmon discusses the dilemma of forgotten people that make more than minimum wage, but don’t qualify for government assistance because they earn too much for their household according to government guidelines — however they are barely able to pay their primary bills.
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