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• 10 startups put ‘civic lens’ on tech to drive change in communities

  
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  Points of Light has selected the second class of startups for its civic accelerator program. The program is entirely focused on ‘civic ventures’ and entrepreneurs working to strengthen communities. Points of Light is a large international nonprofit organization that mobilizes people to do volunteer work. Last ...
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• Criticism of the OCEANS model of Hiring Assessment for Human Resources

  
  Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions — Authority: 136
  Openness to experience – the willingness to explore fantasy, actions and ideas. Conscientiousness – shown as competence, order, and self-discipline. Extraversion – the display of positive emotions, gregariousness, and warmth. Agreeableness – showing trust, straightforwardness, and ...
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• Are the happiest people changing the world?

  
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  Photo credit: photobank.kiev.ua, Shutterstock Here’s a question for you: are you happy changing the world? Does that spur you on to do bigger and better things? In an article on Harvard Business Review, Rosabeth Moss Kanter talks about how people who have the toughest jobs tackling worldwide issues and causes are ...
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• My Speech at Honors College Colloquium at FIU

  
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  Recently I was invited to speak at FIU where I teach. The forum was the Honors College Colloquium. I spoke about the relationship between entrepreneurship and design, ways to think about "impossible" problems and a little on OLPC. The hour long video is below.  
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• Next Cohort of GSBI Opens

  
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  The GSBI is the signature program of the  Center for Science, Technology, and Society  at Santa Clara University. They’ve just opened their applications for GSBI Online and are offering up to 20 scholarships for individuals to take the course! Find out more details about the course and apply directly on ...
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• Albina

  
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  Social Entrepreneurship is continually growing around the world as young entrepreneurs use ingenuitive solutions to fix social ills and make our world a better place. Albina Ruiz is a real life example of this. Albina came up with an innovative way to fix the out of control problem of trash in Peru and provide jobs ...
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• The Rise Of Social Entrepreneurship Suggests A Possible Future For Global Capitalism

  
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  Forbes : The Rise Of Social Entrepreneurship Suggests A Possible Future For Global Capitalism ... Barely half of Americans polled in 2010 by GlobeScan said they believed in the free-market system, down from 80 percent in 2002. A large majority had lost trust in government. The most recent Edelman Trust Barometer ...
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• Warren Bennis on Types of Influence and Power in Learning to Lead

  
  Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions — Authority: 136
  Types of Power | Incident | Limits | Opportunities Coersive Identification Expert Group Access Persuasion Inspiration and Empowerment From Warren Bennis, Learning to Lead, p. 204 to 205 See also sources of power and MIT power methods. Resources on Power Changing Minds on the Stages of Power ( ...
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• Warren Bennis Assorted Quotes on Leadership

  
  Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions — Authority: 136
  “If I have an art from of leadership, it is to make as many mistakes as quickly as I can in order to learn.” anonymous business leader to Warren Bennis “being on the tightrope is living: everything else is waiting.” Karl Wallenda “Creativity, innovation, and human progress is based on learning from ...
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• Leadership Self-Assessment in Learning to Lead by Warren Bennis

  
  Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions — Authority: 136
  1. Know themselves through reflection and self-observation. 2. Understand both their history and present environment. 3. Are clear about their values and goals. 4. Are aware of and can apply their learning style to solving problems. 5. Are willing to be life long learners. 6. Can take risks and are open to change. 7. ...
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• Warren Bennis Modes of Learning–about Life, Business, and Leadership

  
  Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions — Authority: 136
  The following is from page 93 and 94 of Learning to Lead: 1) Emulation 2) Role taking 3) Practical Accomplishment 4) Validation 5) Anticipation 6) Personal Growth 7) Scientific Learning To me, I think this list is a bit clunky. It seems like it should be grouped more efficiently and put into a hierarchy of the type ...
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• Street Soccer USA West Coast Cup for Social Change

  
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  Social enterprise Street Soccer USA in partnership with the SF Rec/Park Department is hosting the inaugural  Street Soccer USA West Coast Cup for Social Change  in  Justin Herman Plaza , June 22nd/23rd.   Corporate, Amateur and Youth groups are all welcome to form a team and register in the ...
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• Exploring the global factors propelling impact investing in 2013

  
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  This month’s Impact Chat , hosted by Shujog   and IIX , will feature CEO of GIIN Luther Ragin. Don’t miss it at lunchtime tomorrow!  Prior to joining the GIIN, Luther served as Vice President for Investments at New York-based F.B. Heron Foundation from 1999 to 2011. Mr. Ragin oversaw the F.B. ...
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• G3Box IndieGoGo | Student Entrepreneurs | #socent | ASU

  
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  Last year I interviewed 3 of the founders of G3Box when I visited ASU’s Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative at the Skysong campus. It was during the heavy data collection phase of my dissertation research on student entrepreneurs at US Universities and Colleges. The G3Box team recently launched an IndieGoGo ...
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• Change the Rules: 5 Ways to Bring Mission Into Your Business

  
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  Weaving a greater mission into your financial goals can help get your team, customers and community involved to grow your bottom line. [via YoungEntrepreneur.com ] Follow us @entrepreneurht – lists / @sectorheat
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• Social Impact, the New Venture Capital? Harvard Business Review

  
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  My work at Mason has allowed me to engage daily with amazing people and organizations in the fields of social innovation, entrepreneurship and the growing sector of social impact investing. Some thoughts on impact investing from Cohen and Sahlam in HBR : We believe we are on the threshold of a major change not ...
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• Change the Rules: 5 Ways to Bring Mission Into Your Business

  
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  Weaving a greater mission into your financial goals can help get your team, customers and community involved to grow your bottom line.
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• 100 Percent Social Business: A New Way to Create Social Business – with Tal Goldstein

  
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• How much time are kids spending yearly playing video games?

  
  Compassion in Politics: Christian Social Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, & Base of the Pyramid/BOP Solutions — Authority: 136
  Jane McGonigal reports: Currently there are more than half a billion people worldwide playing computer and videogames at least an hour a day — and 183 million in the U.S. alone. The younger you are, the more likely you are to be a gamer — 99% of boys under 18 and 94% of girls under 18 report playing videogames ...
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• Students Support Nonprofit Orgs Through Service Learning Initiatives

  
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  Recently, students took part in the annual Cornerstone Social Entrepreneurship Competition at the UCF College of Business Administration. Each year, approximately 2,500 business students taking the Cornerstone class work over 40 hours as social entrepreneurs, helping to promote and execute the social missions of ...
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