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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “social innovation”
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Innovating by Making the World a Better Place
Better World Movement —
Authority: 145
An interview with Maggie Brenneke, Director, Skoll Social Enterprise Program. When businesses consider their social and environmental bottom lines, they identify new opportunities to innovate. Some of those opportunities can be surprisingly counterintuitive.Innovating by Making the World a Better Place is a post from: ...12 hours ago -
UX Australia 2010
Nathanael Boehm —
Authority: 415
In the last week the UX Events team announced next year’s UX Australia conference, to be held 25-27 August 2010 at Langham Hotel in Melbourne. Conference registration will open in May so pencil that date in your calendar for the only Australian conference dedicated to the user experience profession. Perhaps you ...19 hours ago -
Today’s Pick: Apps for Innovation
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Emerging Science and Technology , Social Innovation November 24th, 2009 by Helen @ MaRS Developers: Applications for innovation The Innovation Movement , a coalition spearheaded by the Consumer Electronics Association to advocate “…policies that stimulate America’s ...2 days ago -
Better The World: A summary
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Entrepreneurship and Business , Guest Blogs , Social Innovation November 23rd, 2009 by Steve Croth Thanks to everyone who attended my session last Wednesday. I tried to provide practical advice for entrepreneurs launching or participating in social enterprises. I talked about the ...3 days ago -
The Business of Aging: A moonshot mission for Ontario
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Emerging Science and Technology , Entrepreneurship and Business , MaRS , Social Innovation November 19th, 2009 by Ilse @ MaRS Aging: Our next big mission Look around you and chances are you’ll notice that Canada’s population, along with the rest of the world, is aging ...1 week ago -
Canberra Freelancers and Entrepreneurs Coffee
Nathanael Boehm —
Authority: 415
Inspired by Global Entrepreneurs Week I’ve organised a coffee meet for this coming Monday for freelancers and entrepreneurs in Canberra and surrounding regions. The purpose will initially be to connect and network over coffee but eventually I hope we can add more value to the meetups to help one another through ...1 week ago -
Scaling social entrepreneurship (or why many molehills make a mountain)
The School for Social Entrepreneurs —
Authority: 112
[This post was written for the UnLtdWorld Shout Out for Social Enterprise series] There are big problems in the UK and in the rest of the world: social and environmental needs and challenges that are not currently being met adequately...1 week ago -
Today’s Pick: Ottawa’s technology community strengthened through $44 million initiative
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Emerging Science and Technology , Entrepreneurship and Business , Social Innovation , Todays Picks November 17th, 2009 by June @ MaRS Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category. Today’s Top Pick - ...1 week ago -
Can Too Many People be Creative?
ZenStorming - Where Science Meets Muse... —
Authority: 115
How many people need to be creative to have optimum performance in cultures?1 week ago -
Do good. Make money. Change the world. Social entrepreneurship: A preview
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Entrepreneurship and Business , Social Innovation November 13th, 2009 by Steve Croth I’m a founding partner of Better The World. I’m honoured to be speaking at the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 series lecture on November 18 . We hope to deliver an extraordinary 101 ...2 weeks ago -
Philanthropy and the economic crisis
Wednesday-Night —
Authority: 137
Asian American Giving , philanthropy journal ; Council on Foundations ; NYT pages on philanthropy In Charity Tax Filing, a Glimpse of Goldman The 2008 tax filing for the Goldman Sachs Foundation, a copy of which was provided by the firm late Wednesday, provides a glimpse of the legendary trading that has helped ...2 weeks ago -
Today’s Pick: The Goods
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Entrepreneurship and Business , Social Innovation , Todays Picks November 12th, 2009 by Helen @ MaRS Changing the way we live Good , the magazine “for people who give a damn”, recently released its first-ever The Good 100 list in its Fall 2009 issue. Billed as a list ...2 weeks ago -
Why Today’s NYTimes Giving Section Isn’t Good Enough
thinkingaboutmedia.com —
Authority: 126
The New York Times published its ‘Giving’ section in today’s paper. I was totally underwhelmed. Here are my comments, in the form of a series of Tweets that I fired off during my commute into work this morning: It’s refreshing to see the NYTimes Giving Section cover new philanthropy stories with ...2 weeks ago -
10 Ways to Make Innovation Accessible
Blogging Innovation —
Authority: 142
When companies, non-profits, and governments create products and services that better meet customer needs, there is less waste of human capital and natural resources, and everyone wins. Thats why Blogging Innovations mission is: "To make innovation and marketing insights accessible for the greater good." So, ...2 weeks ago -
BYU ESR conference on Social Entrepreneurship
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society —
Authority: 115
I just got back form the Economic Self-Reliance Conference at Brigham Young University in Utah. When I attend conferences to give a keynote, I usually try to stick around for more of the conference and listen in to the other presenters. This practice was especially awarded at the ESR conference. David Wileys ...2 weeks ago -
Today’s Pick: Angel investor market: more deals but fewer dollars in 2009
MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada —
Authority: 426
Filed under: Emerging Science and Technology , Entrepreneurship and Business , Innovation Policy , Social Innovation , Todays Picks November 9th, 2009 by June @ MaRS Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category. ...2 weeks ago -
How ‘i’nnovations Can Prevent ‘I’nnovation
ZenStorming - Where Science Meets Muse... —
Authority: 115
Apartment complexes offer creative solutions to crime. But, do these help the neighborhood in the long run?2 weeks ago -
Innovating for Fun and Social Good
Blogging Innovation —
Authority: 142
by Braden Kelley I came across this on sitsite.coms blog and had to share it. After all, we could all use a little more fun in our lives, and if some social good can be achieved in the process, all the better! It is from a Swedish site advertising a contest that will award a 2,500 Euro prize for the idea that ...3 weeks ago -
Ramit Sethi Shows You How to Negotiate, Automate & Perspirate Your Way to Financial Success
ThrillingHeroics.com —
Authority: 456
Ramit Sethi was one of the earliest bloggers to inspire me when I first started writing Thrilling Heroics and building my online network. He was a graduate of Stanford University who’d studied technology and psychology, co-founded Silicon Valley startup PBworks , and was writing the hugely successful I Will Teach ...3 weeks ago -
Tech Missions
Thriving too —
Authority: 124
Good Magazine are publishing a set of posts under the heading Ideas for Cities. I like all of them so far, but particularly this one on Tech Missions . The idea is: "Technology evangelists and coaches could function as a mobile “genius bar,” going out to every neighborhood via exploration buses and ...3 weeks ago
