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Intentional Communities - general background2 comments

Saera wrote 1 week ago: A lot of great stuff is going on at the Economic Geography Wiki: http://geo360.pbworks.com/. I … more →

Tags: Economy, Organization

Another successful year for ForSE 2009

Raj Melville wrote 2 weeks ago: Another successful conference on Social Entrepreneurship was held on October 23rd, this time at Babs … more →

Tags: Conference, Education, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Sustainable Development, Babson College, Boston

Misnomered Communities

Saera wrote 3 weeks ago: I want to address some problems that exist with some current types of intentional communities. An ec … more →

Tags: Economy, land trust, landlessness

Nature Mentoring and Peacemaking: by jon young

velvetfont wrote 3 weeks ago: Interested in nature or peacemaking ? Check out Jon Young … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Spiritual, health, relationship, Money, healing, cultural exchange, Humor, Love

World’s largest Business plan competition looks to help social entrepreneurs

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: To help jumpstart job growth in Massachusetts, a unique public/private partnership, Masschallenge.or … more →

Tags: Investment, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Sustainable Development, Venture Capital

Sustainable Business Models for Social Ventures

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: Panel Description for ForSE 2009 In decades past, many non-profits have achieved only temporary succ … more →

Tags: Conference, Non-profit, Rural Development, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Sustainable Development, Babson College

Valuing Social Enterprises

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: Panel Description for ForSE 2009 As a number of young entrepreneurs launch their social enterprises, … more →

Tags: Conference, creative capitalism, Investment, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation

An Investors perspective of Microfinance

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: Panel Description for ForSE 2009 Over the past years, microfinance has grown increasingly prominent … more →

Tags: Conference, Micro Finance, Microfinance, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Babson College, Boston, ecosystem

ForSE 2009 Agenda Details

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: ForSE 2009: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs promises to continue the tradition of interactive and eng … more →

Tags: Conference, Micro Finance, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Sustainable Development

ForSE 2009 Pitch Contest - Pitching SE: How Good Leaders Sell Smart Ideas

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: For the first time ForSE 2009: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs, will have a pitch contest for aspirin … more →

Tags: Conference, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Sustainable Development, Babson College

ForSE 2009: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs on Oct 23 at Babson College

Raj Melville wrote 1 month ago: Once again we are holding our annual conference on Social Entrepreneurship – ForSE 2009: Forum … more →

Tags: Conference, creative capitalism, Investment, Micro-enterprises, Micro Finance, Microfinance, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Social Business

Investing in Fair Trade Versus Donor Aid

zaslowl wrote 2 months ago: While riding in my car doing the usual boring errands, I came across a radio show featuring a young, … more →

Tags: Fair Trade movement, Investing in Fair Trade, promoting fair trade, trade injustice, Africa, Fair Trade, fairtrade, Micro-Lending, Microfinance

Why we need Social Investors2 comments

Raj Melville wrote 3 months ago: The latest Time Magazine has a great article about social entrepreneur Reed Paget and his startup Be … more →

Tags: Environment, Investment, recycle, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, water, belu

Responding to Clayton Christensen's article on Government’s potential role in Social Innovation

Raj Melville wrote 3 months ago: My recent post on Clayton Christensen’s article on Social Innovation resulted in several comments an … more →

Tags: Investment, Non-profit, Philanthropy, Politics, Service, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation

Two different reports

jpashley wrote 3 months ago: A manager of a multinational IT company hired two graduates from a top management institute. Let’s c … more →

Tags: Learning, Thinking, Conversation, Decision Making, leadership, relationship, Service, Customer Service, Management

Some thoughts on Clayton Christensens article on Social Innovation10 comments

Raj Melville wrote 3 months ago: Clayton Christensen, who has written extensively on a number of strategic ideas, recently opined in … more →

Tags: Investment, Philanthropy, Politics, Social Business, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Social innovation, Venture Capital, Venture Philanthropy

HP Partners With The UN For Social Investment In The Middle East and Africa2 comments

Martin Hingley wrote 3 months ago: In my first article on my blog back in April 2009 I talked about HP’s Global Citizenship report . Si … more →

Tags: Corporate And Social Responsibility (CSR), HP, Africa, HP, Martin Hingley, middle east, Russia, Ukraine, UN

Investing in Fair Trade

zaslowl wrote 5 months ago: While I was in the UK working with the Fairtrade Foundation, I came across an incredibly unique enti … more →

Tags: Fair Trade movement, Investing in Fair Trade, Fair Trade, fairtrade, Microfinance, Sustainable business, ethical investing

How to multiply your social impact 2X to 6X1 comment

Raj Melville wrote 5 months ago: In 2005 Kiva launched a website that allowed individuals to provide small loans to needy entrepreneu … more →

Tags: bottom of the pyramid, India, International Development, Micro-enterprises, Micro Finance, Microfinance, Philanthropy, Social Business, Social Ecosystem


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