Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on October 11, 2006
(Image from Synthstuff) From Yahoo News: The government of Libya has reached an agreement with an American nonprofit group to provide inexpensive laptop computers for all of the nation's 1.2...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on October 10, 2006
I was notified that TED (Technology Entertainment Design) has put up two podcasts from the TED Global 2005 that should be interesting to some of our readers. They also let me know that they have a...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on October 07, 2006
(Art from Patents and More) From Ideas21 (via Sociolingo) comes a story on inventors from developing countries willing awards at the World Intellectual Property Organization fair in Geneva this week....
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I found this commentary at Nursing Scribbles worthy of note. The author wonders about the newfound motivations to turn to social enterprise in the UK, even though the person has been running a...
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by on October 03, 2006
(Artistry from ABC) This posting over at Social Edge about Keely and the Acumen Fellows meeting with journalist David Bornstein the other day got me thinking of an idea I've been working on for a...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on October 01, 2006
Sorry I've been neglecting my duties here at Audeamus. I was off in the wilderness, literally and figuratively, of Big Sur for the past several days. But that doesn't mean no work was going...
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We're getting all bookish here at Audeamus. If I do see any new and innovative nonprofits supporting writers and literary ventures I tend to point them out. I received a press release about Dzanc...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on September 23, 2006
Sorry for the massive linking lately without much commentary. I'm trying to find a bit more time to devote to this blog and wider coverage of the topics we look at here. One possibility is an...
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by on September 15, 2006
(Picture from Namaste Direct) I haven't done this for a while, mainly since we hardly ever seem to get people voting on the social entrepreneurs highlighted here. The purpose of these...
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(Picture from Jeff Balin's consulting site) A quick roundup of some social enterprise news for today. I'm still unpacking from my move to Palo Alto, so not as much time for full posting as...
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by on September 09, 2006
You can watch the full day of events or just an hour of your choice of the Dropping Knowledge "Table of Free Voices" event from Berlin today. The event saw 112 influential people from around...
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(From StreetSoccer.org) The Homeless World Cup is right around the corner, kicking off in Capetown, South Africa on September 23rd. The event features teams from 48 countries, aiming to "kick off...
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by on August 29, 2006
I was down in Big Sur today and met with Adam Kirchner, who stands next to his creation in the picture above. This trailer houses a self-contained bio-diesel station on wheels which will soon be...
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(Picture from StaytoPlay) It would be great to see more cities follow suit. Does anyone know of any other cities that are doing something similar to Edmonton? From the Edmonton Journal: Banks lend...
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This came across the wire overnight from Dan Wickett at Emerging Writers, and I'm glad he sent it as we're always looking for these types of literacy nonprofits. Books in Deed is a nonprofit...
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From Computer Business Review Online ... HP and Curam Software, a provider of Social enterprise management, or SEM, products, have teamed up to provide SEM services to public sector agencies...
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Story from the Chicago Tribune. Some of our coverage of similar topics here and here. Mostly self-employed or relying on part-time teaching jobs, many artists tend to have shaky finances and scant...
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(Picture from here) Anita Roddick has a new campaign: domestic violence. From the Toronto Star: Some would say she sold out. But retail rebel Anita Roddick, who this year sold her chain of...
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(Picture from San Diego Union Tribune) This story on a father-son team that's been riding for Namibians as part of the Bicycling Empowerment Network: The 600-mile ride was part of a fundraising...
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(Picture from News.com) It looks like MIT's Nicolas Negroponte's $100 (or $120? or $140?) laptop will not get government support in India, albeit for some odd reasoning. This according to...
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(From WorldChanging) A great article and some innovative ideas posted up at World Changing by Jonathan Greenblatt. I wonder if a Social enterprise Corps could be part of an effort to establish a...
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Filed in archive Social Enterprise
by on July 28, 2006
(Picture from Duke University) A good article at Fast Company on Pittsburgh's Bill Strickland: Genius at Work. He mastered the art of social entrepreneurship, applying his potter's hands to...
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