This sounds like an excellent opportunity for college students interested in social enterprise– Students Will Make a Difference and Gain Critical Management Skills While Helping Boston-Based Non-Profit Organizations BOSTON, MASS, February 23, 2007 – Experience, Inc., the leading provider of career services for college students and alumni, today announced a unique Summer Fellowship program that… Continue reading *Summer Fellowship Program in Social Enterprise*
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Thanksgiving Day: Volunteering At Your Local Soup Kitchen
There is no better way to give thanks on Thanksgiving Day than to head down to your local soup kitchen to volunteer. If you live in New York City, here are some resources for you. The Bowery Mission is probably the most popular, but there are several other organizations that are well known in the… Continue reading Thanksgiving Day: Volunteering At Your Local Soup Kitchen
Awards To Spur Social Innovation
WorldChanging reports that Kleiner Perkins, a top venture capital firm, is establishing a $100,000 prize for innovation in green technology. “This award will encourage innovation in sustainable, green growth,” said KPCB partner Brook Byers. “We will bring worldwide recognition to entrepreneurs who achieve breakthroughs in green energy generation, storage, conservation or policies, whether from an… Continue reading Awards To Spur Social Innovation
TechSoup Stock- Connecting Nonprofits With Technology Product Donations from Leading Providers
My laptop is in the shop right now so this week has been very inconvenient for me. The last few days have reminded me of how much I’ve come to depend on technology. This is actually a good segue into a discussion about resources available for nonprofits that are in the planning stages of building… Continue reading TechSoup Stock- Connecting Nonprofits With Technology Product Donations from Leading Providers
Jim Collins On Leadership In The Social Sector
Jim Collins is considered one of the great business gurus of our time and really made a name for himself with Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, which was on the Businessweek Bestseller List forever), and followed up with Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t. These… Continue reading Jim Collins On Leadership In The Social Sector
Another Blogroll That Deserves A Shout Out: 4Nonprofits
4Nonprofits is a blog run out of the Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University here in New York City. The blog features news and commentary presented by Rob Johnston, (a fellow Yalie, woot!) I’m adding 4nonprofits to the “blogs I read” section (over on the right —>) and also adding a direct link… Continue reading Another Blogroll That Deserves A Shout Out: 4Nonprofits
WorldChanging Tries To Bring Out the Social Entrepreneur In Us All
WorldChanging is a great website I recently found and added to the “Blogs I Read” section on the right. WorldChanging is one of those websites where I knew exactly what it was about as soon as I saw it BUT even after reading the “About Us” page, I had trouble putting together the words to… Continue reading WorldChanging Tries To Bring Out the Social Entrepreneur In Us All
Tech Resources for Non Profits/Social Ventures: TechSoup
I recently found out about TechSoup through this CNet Blog post covering TechSoup’s new project called NetSquared. Before we get into NetSquared, I think I need to cover TechSoup first because it could be helpful to many of you out there running your own non profit or social venture. TechSoup offers “nonprofits a one-stop resource… Continue reading Tech Resources for Non Profits/Social Ventures: TechSoup
Diggin’ Out of Snow
We just had a record snowstorm over the weekend here in New York City. The snow started about mid afternoon here in Midtown Manhattan but didn’t start sticking until after midnight on Saturday night. The next morning when we woke up, it was still snowing and the accumulation was pretty high. At that point you… Continue reading Diggin’ Out of Snow
Global Discovery Contest– Calling All Social Entrepreneurs!
I can’t believe it February already– I just got my Feb. edition of the NetImpact Newsletter and boy are there lots of things going on this spring! Starting with the most important, NetImpact and Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at Case Western Reserve University is inviting all social entrepreneurs to enter… Continue reading Global Discovery Contest– Calling All Social Entrepreneurs!