Social Enterprise
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Social Enterprise”
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Grameen - The Dignity Engine
The Social Business —
Authority: 417
The experience is nearly over. Heres Liams latest post from Bangladesh. Back in the bus. Big crash had blocked main road to Dhaka so we take side road. Mistake. We get stuck in the middle of a gridlocked village surrounded by people. Sham – our Grameen guide – jumps out and disappears into the melee. Feels ...17 hours ago -
Who does fairtrade work for most?
The Social Business —
Authority: 417
I really need fairtrade to work. There are times that it feels like I need it more than coffee farmers or tea plantation workers. I know that sounds ridiculous, and it clearly is ridiculous. But my point is that a belief in what fairtrade means forms an important part of my vision of the world, and my daily ...1 day ago -
Meet the Grameen Borrowers
The Social Business —
Authority: 417
Heres Liams latest post from the back of a bus in Bangladesh. I’m in the back of a minibus hurtling along the road to Bogra. Beside me our film director Sumeru. Film equipment is piled around me. Outside people teem in their thousands. Lorries loaded to tipping point belch out diesel smoke. Buses full (and I ...2 days ago -
Bringing Silicon Valley Paypal Talent to Kiva
TechDrawl —
Authority: 127
Click here to view the embedded video. Premal Shah returns from Paypal sabbatical to help launch online microloan platform Kiva.org I had the great pleasure to interview Premal Shah, President of Kiva at Socap this Fall. Kiva is one of the most recognized fast-growth social enterprises in the US today ...3 days ago -
Mapping out the challenges for social innovation research
The CSR Digest —
Authority: 118
Social entrepreneurs and enterprises may have limited resources but they’re resourceful and are capable of tackling failed markets, as well as intractable ‘wicked’ problems. But the key question is how far can social innovation help forge a new global order that is more sustainable, responsible, and humane than ...3 days ago -
Meeting Muhammad Yunus
The Social Business —
Authority: 417
Liam Black is in Bangladesh visiting a number of social businesses run by Grameen. Ive handed the blog over to him for a week to tell us what hes up to. Heres his latest post.... Not every day you get to meet the worlds best known social entrepreneur and Nobel prize winner and have dinner at a British ...4 days ago -
Thoughts on Social Journalism
Jonathan Stray —
Authority: 111
In classic Web 2.0, social media fashion, we’ve already seen members of the “audience” produce things recognizable as traditional journalistic content — an article, video, or piece that tells a story based on extensive factual investigation and reporting. This has been called “citizen journalism,” and has ...5 days ago -
Holiday sales – Beverly, Ravenswood
Newstips Blog —
Authority: 426
The Beverly Arts Center is offering “fine art at budget prices” for holidary shoppers at its Fine Art Studio Sale on Saturday, December 5, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. BAC is located at 2407 W. 111th. Thirty-two artists “have cleaned out their studios” and are offering sketches, paintings, photographs, etchings, all ...6 days ago -
Weve made piracy a community activity
Living with rats —
Authority: 121
For a brilliant illustration of why we should be careful about words like community, cooperation and social enterprise, read this story from Reuters about piracy in Somalia. It describes what some might call a community share issue , with this quote: The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, ...6 days ago -
Devon social enterprise wins national social enterprise day photography competition
People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon —
Authority: 142
Plymouth-based Millfields Trust has won the national social enterprise day photography competition – the second year a Devon social enterprise has picked up the award. The winning photograph, by Peter Duke, captured the ‘graduation’ cermeny of the Widening Horizons project, funded by Millfields, in which ...6 days ago -
West Coast Village Capital is Looking for a Few Good Social Ventures
Triple Pundit —
Authority: 663
West Coast Village Capital (WCVC) is a social venture program that brings together entrepreneurs to learn from and support each other’s social enterprises. Over the course of 12 weeks, beginning in January 2010, up to 30 social entrepreneurs will work together in groups of five to share their knowledge, strengthen ...6 days ago -
Can we live on social enterprise alone?
Yorkshire and Humber ICT Champion —
Authority: 438
Do you think you could live your life purchasing only from social enterprises? Alex Sobel from Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber did – at least for 30 days. With a bit of planning and a stroke of luck he managed to only spend money on social enterprises for 1 month.Check it out here.Posted in Fun [...]6 days ago -
[self-promotion] The Hyper-Social Organization – a quick video interview
emergencemarketing.com —
Authority: 412
Click here to view the embedded video. For those who cannot see the clip and want to see the commercial , click here .6 days ago -
Social Media and the voluntary sector #socialmediavco – YouTube Part 2
Yorkshire and Humber ICT Champion —
Authority: 438
Check out the Background, Introduction and the story so far.Since I saw my first YouTube video a number of years ago I have been a haphazard user checking it out every now and then and looking at videos that people have recommended to me. But with the increased awareness of the remarkable social phenomenon that [...]1 week ago -
Top 10 podcasts for social entrepreneurs
The School for Social Entrepreneurs —
Authority: 114
Following on the back of the top 10 blogs for social entrepreneurs, I thought I might add to that with some podcast links. Ive been travelling a bit of late (currently on my way to Leeds) which, in addition to...1 week ago -
Getting ready for Grameen
The Social Business —
Authority: 417
Liam Black, from Wavelength , is taking a group of 25 people to visit Grameen - perhaps the worlds most inspiring social business. Technology permitting, hell blog here about the experience over the next few days. He arrived in Dhaka a few hours ago - here are his thoughts so far. I was ...1 week ago -
From Dubai to Bangladesh
The Social Business —
Authority: 417
Liam Black from Wavelength is in Bangladesh, to take a group of 25 people to visit Grameen - perhaps the worlds most inspiring social business. Ive asked Liam - technology permitting - to tell us how it goes. Heres his first posting from the tarmac at Dubai airport. Sitting on nearly missed plane for ...1 week ago -
Forget information channels – how organizations must embrace knowledge networks instead
emergencemarketing.com —
Authority: 412
Information channels stop working when the customer is collaboratively involved in the delivery of the message. When that happens, the message (and sometimes the definition of the product and its value) changes as it is propagated through the network. Moreover, some customers will be more “important” than others, ...1 week ago -
Top 10 Social Entrepreneurship Blogs
The School for Social Entrepreneurs —
Authority: 114
Whilst writing a comment on a blog about blogs (and whether they are useful social entrepreneurship resources), I listed a few blogs that I find useful as a resource, as places of debate, or for inspiration. And then it occurred...1 week ago -
Starting up as a social entrepreneur (at Skoll Emerge)
The School for Social Entrepreneurs —
Authority: 114
Dragged myself out of bed this Sunday morning to speak at the Skoll:Emerge conference in Oxford, along with leading luminaries like Ben Metz, Charmian Love, Rod Schwartz and Cliff Prior. Good turnout from the students from a range of universities,...1 week ago
