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AVPN blurs the ‘two pockets’ into one
The inaugural Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) summit, more than any other gathering I’ve been to, provided concrete answers to the question: ‘how do business and philanthropy mix?’ Typically, they don’t. Kevin Jones, founder of …
Development is the democratization of problem-solving: Patrick Awuah and Ashesi University
I wrote yesterday about Salman Khan and the enthusiasm he is generating for work in education by social entrepreneurs and new philanthropists. Sal Khan is an investment analyst by training with an entrepreneurial engineer’s sense …
Alliance magazine: Supporting the ‘best’ or the small and new? How to ensure value for money?
GlobalGiving aims to catalyse a global market for ideas, information and money that democratizes aid and philanthropy. Co-founder and president Mari Kuraishi says that their challenge is to ensure that each dollar counts. In the …
Entrepreneurial disrupters celebrate Skoll World Forum’s tenth birthday
‘Happy tenth birthday Skoll World Forum,’ said Pamela Hartigan, director of Oxford’s Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, opening the morning plenary on 11 April. In the ten years since the first Skoll World Forum on …
Key recommendations for growing the social sector in India
‘Firms die, industries prosper’ – this was the conclusion of Jayant Sinha of Omidyar Network at the recent Impact Investor Forum in Bangalore, run by Dasra and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and Omidyar Network. …
Ashoka Mexico launches 25 ‘propositions’ to celebrate quarter century
In order to mark its 25th anniversary, Ashoka Mexico is promoting 25 themes for significant social change in Mexico and Central America and is supporting organizations working towards each of them. The themes include education …
Innovation and entrepreneurship dominate the 20th anniversary of the Iberamerican Civil Society Meeting
This autumn marks 20 years of leaders from Latin America and Spain building bridges and sharing ideas to strengthen civil society. The 20th anniversary meeting of the Encuentro Iberoamerico de la Sociedad Civil was held …
Impact investing looks ready to fly, so what’s the problem?
16-18 October 2012, SEWF – Social Enterprise World Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An event hosted by NESsT, with 180 speakers and 650 delegates from 30 countries. Three whole days dedicated to discussing impact investing. …
Bigger, more fun and more serious than ever before: SOCAP12
SOCAP12 was bigger than ever before. Some 1,600 social entrepreneurs, impact investors, funders, advisers and other ‘social capital markets’ participants packed into Fort Mason Center on the San Francisco waterfront by day, and bounced from …
How can accelerators help? Reflections from SoCap2012
The opening ceremony at SoCap2012 came alive when five young entrepreneurs stood up and pitched their businesses, Dragons Den style, to over 1,500 conference attendees. The initiatives included the Kytabu Project, a low-cost computer tablet …
