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Paul Polak’s Twelve Steps to Practical Problem Solving

Raj Melville wrote 6 hours ago: Paul Polak is a physiatrist by training but has spent the past 25 years working to alleviate poverty … more →

Tags: Agricultural development, bop, International Development, Non-profit, poverty, Rural Development, rural entrepreneur, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur

Human Centered Design

soumitri wrote 1 day ago: Cellphones - Third World and Developing Nations - Poverty - Technology - New York Times Last summer … more →

Tags: Disruptive Innovation

Carrotmob: From shop mobs to positive shopping

futurefacts wrote 3 days ago: SIGNAL: Carrotmob is an initiative, which could become a globally spreading use pattern. Like in th … more →

Tags: Business Impact, consumer+commerce, Power Shift, Consumer Power, Shopping, stategic shopping

First-hand Village Level Perspectives

Raj Melville wrote 4 days ago: Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit the Deshpande Foundation’s Social Entrepreneursh … more →

Tags: social entrepreneur, Social Ecosystem, Rural Development, Agricultural development, Hygiene, Non-profit, "water and sanitation", poverty, Philanthropy

Reading List: Morgan Inquiry, MORI:Impact of Empowerment, Carnegie UK

cased wrote 5 days ago: This is what I’ve been reading over the last day or so with some brief info and initial thoug … more →

Tags: participation, pubpart, Youth, Tools, Communities, Citizenship, Politics, Empowerment, democracy

True Essence of (Social) Entrepreneurship

renjie wrote 6 days ago: This is certainly one of the best definitions of entrepreneurship as well as social entrepreneurship … more →

Tags: Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship definition, guide for young social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship definition, startup & change the world, youth social enterprise initiative, ysei

ChangeFusion

renjie wrote 1 week ago: ChangeFusion is yet another brilliant example of a social enterprise that aims to provide: … s … more →

Tags: Social Entrepreneurship, ChangeFusion, social enterprise, Social Innovation in Asia, Social Innovation in Thailand

Social Innovation as the New Global Obsession - The Guardian

renjie wrote 1 week ago: Yvonne Roberts from the Young Foundation in the UK, does a great job of documenting Social Innovati … more →

Tags: SiG@Waterloo, Canada, development, Geoff Mulgan, implementation, Invention, mcconnell, McConnell Family Foundation, scaling up

Social Innovation

M H wrote 1 week ago: 20 years ago, the charitable activities of corporations were more of an adjunct to the business mor … more →

Tags: Innovation, Philanthropy, Corporate Philanthropy

7 Rules of Low Cost Design

Raj Melville wrote 1 week ago: I came across this article that summarizes Amy Smith’s philosophy of design for low cost solut … more →

Tags: Social Ecosystem, Rural Development, International Development, Sustainable Development, Education, bop, poverty, social entrepreneur, Social Impact

Celsias - Climate Change is Not a Spectator Sport

renjie wrote 1 week ago: If you are concerned about climate change, passionate about taking action, want to share information … more →

Tags: Environment, social change, Celsias, climate change, Web 2.0, Online Tools

Fuel costs push for more LOCAL businesses1 comment

soumitri wrote 1 week ago: Green Central - Times Online - WBLG: Will rising fuel costs bring manufacturing back to Britain? As … more →

Tags: locavore, 100-Mile Diet

Cloning Puppies

soumitri wrote 1 week ago: WEEK IN PHOTOS: Cloned Puppy, Volcano Fireworks, More Bernann McKinney of California smiles as she … more →

Tags: Resources

VNL: BOP and Mobile Phones

soumitri wrote 1 week ago: Video of Mobile phones in India VNL | Microtelecom For The Next Billion Mobile Users “To the asto … more →

Tags: Disruptive Innovation

GSM mobile for rural areas

soumitri wrote 1 week ago: See this gorgeous video. First Commercial Solar-Powered GSM System Launched To Serve Remote And Rura … more →

Terry Swack

soumitri wrote 1 week ago: Sustainable Product Design: Terry Swack on the Importance of User Experience | Sustainable Life Medi … more →

The Power of Unreasonable People

soumitri wrote 1 week ago: The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World by … more →

Tags: Disruptive Innovation, disruptive social innovation

International Development Design Summit

Raj Melville wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I attended the final presentation of the International Development Design Summit at MIT - … more →

Tags: Agricultural development, bop, Education, International Development, poverty, Rural Development, Social Ecosystem, social entrepreneur, Sustainable Development

Tapan Parikh – Technology Review’s Humanitarian of the Year 2007

Raj Melville wrote 1 week ago: I had the pleasure of meeting Tapan Parikh a few weeks ago when he presented on a panel at a confere … more →

Tags: social entrepreneur, Social Ecosystem, Micro Finance, International Development, Sustainable Development, bop, poverty, Information Technology, Mobile Technology


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