An article from Washington Post about a handful of tech companies, including Google, that want to use white space airwaves to provide broadband to rural areas. Engineers from the technology heavyweights, including Motorola and Philips, lugged their laptops, antennas and other equipment to parks, homes and high-rises around the Washington area, hoping to prove to… Continue reading Using “White Space” Airwaves To Address The Digital Divide
Sundance Institute: Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship In Focus Through Documentary
Sundance Institute has initiated a Request for Proposals for STORIES OF CHANGE: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN FOCUS THROUGH DOCUMENTARY. The one-time funding initiative will provide $1.2 million in film project grants to enable the development and/or production of new feature-length independent documentary films that frame, examine and amplify social entrepreneurship as an innovative approach to the… Continue reading Sundance Institute: Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurship In Focus Through Documentary
A Very Interesting Freakanomics Article On Philanthropy
First, they confused charity with commerce: that is, they uncritically applied the language of outcome-oriented investment to efforts to change human behavior in social settings. Humans, alas, don’t operate neatly according to market logic, though incentives can shift behavior. Second, donors seem reluctant to talk about their own self interest. Instead of admitting their personal… Continue reading A Very Interesting Freakanomics Article On Philanthropy
Doing Good Is Smart Business
From Business Week: The qualities that make a product good for the developing world—sturdy, cheap, adaptable, modular, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, computer platform-neutral, and bandwidth-savvy—make it a good product, period. Suddenly “less is more” goes from abstract design ideal to the only viable option. This is why some of the most innovative ideas today are coming… Continue reading Doing Good Is Smart Business
The Rise of Social Venture Funds
So many goodies in this article about the rise of social venture funds: This year, socially conscious venture funds are ramping up at an unprecedented scale. At least seven new and follow-on funds billed as mission-driven investment vehicles are on track to raise about $750 million this year “It’s really peaked in the last six… Continue reading The Rise of Social Venture Funds
Debating Bill Gates’s theory of philanthropy
Check out Creative Capitalism blog: Creative Capitalism: A Conversation is a web experiment designed to produce a book — a collection of essays and commentary on capitalism, philanthropy and global development — to be edited by us and published by Simon and Schuster in the fall of 2008. The book takes as its starting point… Continue reading Debating Bill Gates’s theory of philanthropy
BUILD: Summer Intern and Manager Positions
BUILD’s mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-resourced communities to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally. By supporting students in developing and actually running their own small businesses, BUILD puts entrepreneurial education far beyond the classroom into a tangible context. BUILD students come from neighborhoods where… Continue reading BUILD: Summer Intern and Manager Positions
Calling All Social Entrepreneurs: 2nd Annual Social Venture Network Innovation Awards Applications Now Being Accepted
Social Venture Network (SVN), the country’s leading network of socially responsible entrepreneurs, announced today that it is now accepting applications for the 2nd Annual SVN Innovation Awards. The Innovation Awards program supports the “next generation” of socially responsible business and nonprofit leaders by providing them access to the people and resources to help develop their… Continue reading Calling All Social Entrepreneurs: 2nd Annual Social Venture Network Innovation Awards Applications Now Being Accepted
More Affinity Search From Microsoft: Search And Give
One of the most exciting developments we’ve had in the last year was the success of our inaugural Search and Give program where your queries helped to raise more than $250,000 for local schools and non-profits. By signing up at http://www.searchandgive.com/, consumers can start donating one cent per search to more than 100,000 schools and… Continue reading More Affinity Search From Microsoft: Search And Give
Casual gaming for good causes
EA’s new casual games boss discusses why titles aimed at wider audiences offer designers greater opportunities to innovate. Nashak also talks about Games for Change, a festival uniting do-good nonprofits with game makers. Link