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GreenMicrofinance Celebrates EARTH DAY 2009 – Launches Online University Forum edit
GreenMicrofinance™, a cutting-edge Pennsylvania-based triple bottom line company, has set Earth Day, April 22, 2009, at 5:00 PM EDT, for the launch of its online climate change and microfinance…
Are you a social entrepreneur looking to take your vision and organization to the next level? Dasra, an organization working to strengthen the effectiveness of socially based, non profit organizations is inviting applications from social enterprises or social-purpose organizations,
with a…
The Centre for Development Finance (CDF) announces some very exciting internship opportunities for this summer. If you’re looking for something more long term, word has it that CDF will likely be releasing postings for BoP related full time positions in the…
TCI had earlier discussed open innovation as an emerging tool for social entrepreneurs. An excellent initiative in this field is Ashoka Changemakers, which provides an online space for social innovators to present ideas and collaborate with others on refining and implementing…
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Cheryl Dorsey is the President of Echoing Green, a leading global nonprofit which…
TC-I reader Suresh Parmar tipped us about a workshop focusing on social entrepreneurship on April 16-17 in New Delhi. Held by the Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business and Social Entrepreneurship (New Delhi), in partnership with the Centre…
InfoDev helps announce the SEED Awards for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development, an award recognizing partnerships in developing countries that are working on environmental and social issues. The approach to the award is interesting, however, because winners do not receive the…
An INSEAD article reflecting on social entrepreneurship after the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship in India highlights some key challenges and trends for the field. Some interesting points I picked up:
A policy and…
[News Source: Business Standard]
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) alumni plan to create a social fund aimed at supporting various projects that will create job opportunities for rural youth and transform India’s Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). PanIIT Alumni, which conducted the PanIIT…
Day 2
The second day started off by getting down to business immediately. Madhav Chavan of Pratham was the first speaker and his mandate was to enlighten the gathering on “How to scale up an organization?”. It really was a treat listening…
