Report finds that the company's Manual Distribution Centers have led to the creation of 12,000 jobs while contributing to the Millennium Development Goals. SocialFunds.com -- As part of its commitment to the Business Call to Action, Coca-Cola has ...Read More
As stated by Yale President Richard Levin: "You have defined and perfected the role of social entrepreneur, helping people around the world help themselves. As the founder of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, you have sought creative solutions to the most ...Read More
Bill Drayton on Harvard Business IdeaCast | Ashoka.org. Interesting interview with Bill Drayton on the world's opportunity to merge Business and Society... sound familiar SOMers? Read More
Emerging Markets Emerging Models Conference | Blog | NextBillion.net | Development through Enterprise. Couple of notes of point in this article: 1) Another conference to mark down on the list. 2) If you haven't checked it out before, the Monitor Group's report is ...Read More
Metrics From The Ground Up | MetricsWorkshop09.collectivex.com. Although this just happened, it is interesting to know that these type of workshops/conferences focusing on metrics in the social sphere are happening. This one is sponsored by ANDE from the Athens Institute and ...Read More
10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media | Organic-Life.co.cc. Reposted from www.organic-life.co.cc Editor’s note: This is a post by Max Gladwell. Citizen journalism, open government, status updates, community building, information sharing, crowdsourcing, and the election of a President. Our children will inherit ...Read More
Social Actions on one hand is an aggregator of social actions consolidating opportunities to be involved from organizations like Kiva, Global Giving, Climatepath and more than 50 others (check them out here) and on the other hand, they are an ...Read More
This website (actually the map aspect of it) recently won the Change the Web Challenge and is similar to Kiva's investor map that we saw during their presentation. I think the site itself is worth checking out in addition to ...Read More
Acumen Fund Blog · Not a Load of Bull: Acumen Fund Makes its First Livestock Investment. “This looks just like South Jersey!” In true Acumen fashion, I had an “Aha” moment driving through rural Punjab on the way to see Acumen ...Read More
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. There are currently over 12,000 members and more than 1,800 charter members ...Read More