February 2012
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StartSomeGood News
Last week, StartSomeGood got one more exciting new campaign up and running:
The Buffalo Trans-Friendly Bathroom Initiative is seeking out local businesses in the Buffalo and Western NY area that will put a sticker of support in their window and sign a pledge to respect Transgender Equality. The sticker identifies the business as a place that allows and encourages all individuals to patronize...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
All you Melbourne social entrepreneurs out there might be interested in knowing that the city of Melbourne is offering grants of up to $25,000 to businesses that create or expand employment and self-employment opportunities for the disadvantaged, including indigenous, disabled, homeless, and long-term unemployed individuals. Applications for the grants opened this week and close on Tuesday, March...
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Meet the Team: Nicole Ricchione, Blog Coordinator
Nicole Ricchione is the Blog Coordinator for StartSomeGood and part of the Communications Team. She either writes or oversees and edits most of the posts you see here on the blog and coordinates a very talented team of volunteer writers. She also gets to do some really cool interviews with various social entrepreneurs who have led successful campaigns on StartSomeGood. Nicole is an MBA student...
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StartSomeGood Presents...
The StartSomeGood team has some great speaking engagements coming up in the next couple months that present a perfect opportunity to spread some good. Take a look at this jam-packed schedule—we’re excited to share it with you!
February 16th University of Illinois, Champaign Guest Lecture, Adventures in Communication, Social Entrepreneurship, and the Global Economy Vanessa A...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week, another campaign ended successfully:
The Red Eye Gravy Theatre company surpassed its total funding goal and raised $2,015 to hold a production of Romeo and Juliet that will promote equality and raise awareness of teenage homophobia and bullying that results in low self esteem and suicide. The play will feature the two main characters as a gay couple and will allow organizers to open...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
On February 15, the Fuqua School of Business is hosting The Duke Net Impact 2012 Conference, Sustainable Business and Social Impact. This year’s theme, Disrupting the Status Quo, will highlight the innovations that have broken the mold by creating innovative business models to tackle some of the world’s toughest social issues. The conference includes 16 panel sessions and keynote...
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Meet the Team: Vanessa Rhinesmith, Director of...
Vanessa Rhinesmith is the Director of Outreach and part of the Communications Team at StartSomeGood. Among many other day-to-day responsibilities for StartSomeGood, she reaches out to the social entrepreneurship community to form collaborative partnerships, recruits ventures for potential new social change campaigns, and speaks at various events on behalf of StartSomeGood. Vanessa graduated from...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week, two new campaigns launched and one ended successfully:
Sports for Sharing is a program that uses sports and games to connect with Mexican children and teach them the value of becoming change leaders in their communities. The Help Mexican Kids Attend a Sports for Sharing Camp campaign just launched and is raising money to send 90 Mexican children to a Sports for Sharing camp in...
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SocEnt Bookclub: Walk Out Walk On
We are excited to announce the February installment of our book club, Walk Out Walk On by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze.Walk Out Walk On uses seven case studies to show how communities can ‘walk out’ by shifting their practices and ‘walk on’ by adopting new ones that are more healthy.
Although the themes of changing current practices and adapting to the modern,...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
Are you leading positive change in your community? Are you between the ages of 18 and 29 and the...
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Meet the Team: Aaron Lesser, Book Club Manager
Aaron Lesser is the Book Club Manager and part of the Communications Team at StartSomeGood. He’s doing an awesome job leading the SocEnt Book Club—finding inspirational and mentally stimulating books for all of us to enjoy, setting up chats with the authors so that we can ask questions and learn more about them, and providing us with engaging book reviews on the blog. Aaron is a senior...
January 2012
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Let's Start Some Good: What's Next For 2012
At the end of last year we asked some of the social entrepreneurs who had raised funds on StartSomeGood.com about their plans and predictions for 2012. We first published their responses in a blog post but were so inspired by their thoughts we wanted to do something a bit more special with them, and so created this eBook. We hope you like it! Please share it around.
You can see a bigger version...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
If you are looking for some inspiration and a quality weekend read, look no further than The Schwab...
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Africa's Youth-Driven Revitalization
There is a resounding positive trend in Africa currently taking shape on the social entrepreneurship front that we should all be getting excited about. Youth-led social ventures are popping up throughout African rural villages and their main goal is to empower people living in these villages to help solve their own problems, giving them a sense of purpose rather than charity. These young...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week, we had two campaigns finish successfully and one reach its tipping point:
RiAus enjoyed an impressive finish for its campaign to launch the ASSETS program. In the last week, the campaign reached, and then far surpassed its tipping point, raising $3,747 that will go towards educating Aboriginal and Torres Strait youths. The ASSETS program is a science and technology...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) application deadline is just a few days...
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Interview with Partnered 4 Success co-founder,...
Nikki Lewis co-founded Partnered for Success with her partner, Priya Nathan while participating in the Leadership Through Action Program at Arizona State University. Partnered for Success is a mentoring and life skills program for 15 and 16-year-old orphans that are in the foster care system in the Phoenix Valley. The program helps orphans that are about to age out of the foster care system...
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Book Review: Shift and Reset
The pace of technological change in our society is exciting and dizzying for organizations. Every person has a different opinion about social media and the rapidly increasing amount of information available on the Internet: what do organizations need to do in this new environment? How is the relationship between organizations and consumers affected? What do the changes mean for cause-based...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week, we launched 2 new campaigns:
Mindful Living Revolution provides mindfulness-based experiential education in sustainability. This project will use educational tools—a book, an online course, and a workshop—to teach people how to live in harmony with the environment. Launch the Mindful Living Revolution Campaign is raising funds for the founder, Deborah, to finish...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
Bloomberg Businessweek is looking for America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs and is...
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WatchLaunch Romeo and Juliet to Fight Homophobia
Picture yourself out enjoying a night with friends. You are at the theater, eagerly anticipating your local theater company’s production of Romeo and Juliet to begin. Romeo and Juliet, one of history’s greatest love stories, is the epitome of what most people consider to be true romance. As the curtains open, Romeo and Juliet appear on stage. ...
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Interview with Spur Projects Founder, Ehon Chan
Ehon Chan founded Spur Projects, an organization committed to improving the well-being and mental health of young men in Australia. Spur’s first campaign, Soften the Fck Up, will shift the stereotype of what is considered to be a “real man” so that the stigma associated with mental health issues can be broken down. Only then can young men feel comfortable talking openly about...
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StartSomeGood News
In the first week of 2012, we launched 5 new campaigns and one of them already reached its tipping point:
The Red Eye Gravy Theatre Company not only launched its campaign, but it also reached the tipping point in under a week! Through the classic play Romeo and Juliet, The Red Eye Gravy Theatre Company is taking on homophobia by presenting the production with Romeo and Juliet...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
So, you’re ready to make a difference—but how do you start? What do you need to know when...
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What's in Store for 2012?
A new year brings with it the potential for exciting and dramatic change. What do some of StartSomeGood’s successful campaign leaders have planned for their ventures in 2012? What do they believe are some of the key trends in social entrepreneurship to look out for this year?
Hildy Gottlieb, Creating the Future
Designing Social Change, $2,696 raised
Creating the Future Scholarship Fund,...
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StartSomeGood News
In the last week of 2011, we saw one campaign reach its tipping point:
Last week, Grow Dat Youth Farm soared past its tipping point for the Grow the Green campaign. Grow Dat Youth Farm hires teens in New Orleans to grow produce that is sold to the community and given to low income households in food deserts, where there is low access to fresh, healthy and affordable food. For the new...
December 2011
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Meet Brian Reich, Author of Shift & Reset
StartSomeGood’s SocEnt Book Club is pleased to host Brian Reich, author of Shift & Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society, on our monthly book club conference call. Our call will be held next Wednesday, January 4th at 2 pm PST/5 pm EST.
Join the call to hear Brian talk about the challenges facing organizations in our rapidly evolving society, and...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
Are you starting a social business and on the fence about whether or not it should be for-profit? This...
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WatchWho’s Who Wiki Brings Corporate Transparency to Latin America
Looking back on 2011, one of the biggest stories of the year was the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Occupy Wall Street spread throughout the world sending a message representing the 99% of the population who suffers the consequences of choices made by the richest 1%. Protesters decided they would no longer stand idly by and watch...
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Interview with Hesperian's Lizzie LaCroix
Despite the technological leaps we witness in the developed world, there are still millions who live in isolation to receive basic medical needs. Hesperian decided to use mobile apps to help bridge the gap. Earlier this year, Hesperian’s team ran a successful campaign on StartSomeGood, achieving its tipping point of $6,000.00. These funds will help develop an app containing information...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week we launched one new campaign:
The Desk is a new tool to help teachers create effective lesson plans. It is an online central database where teachers can share their ideas and collaborate to create lesson plans that will encourage students to interact, listen and learn more effectively. This new campaign will help launch The Desk. The tipping point goal...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
Applications for the BOS ‘12 Institute for the StartingBloc Fellowship have now officially...
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Interview with One Degree founder, Rey Faustino
Rey Faustino is the founder of One Degree, an organization that aims to innovate school systems in low-income communities through a network of poverty-fighting supporters. Just a few weeks ago, Rey and his team led One Degree through a largely successful campaign on StartSomeGood. The funds will help One Degree incorporate as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, build its web application, and...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week we launched two new campaigns:
Who’s Who Wiki is an open source data site that keeps track of Latin American companies and executives and empowers citizens to hold them accountable for their actions. This Wiki is a project of PODER Mexico, a not-for-profit organization in Mexico that is improving corporate transparency and accountability in Latin America through business...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
Is the holiday season putting you in the giving spirit? Why not gift to support social entrepreneurs?...
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SSG Webinar: Why Everything You know About Brand...
What: Misunderstood, misused and misconstrued; Brand has got to be one of the most abused words on the organizational lexicon. So what is this mysterious thing? What are the things that matter most and what can be left for later? One thing is for sure, the things that make and break the Brand have little to do with how you look and everything to do with who you are and what you do and why you do...
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A Glimpse Inside The IDEX Fellowship
Tyler and Lyle are IDEX Fellows currently working and living in Hyderabad, India. The IDEX Fellowship is a social entrepreneurship fellowship in India where fellows work with private schools to improve the quality of education for students. All fellows must fundraise part of the cost to participate in the program. This year, 10 fellows got together and started a campaign on SSG to fund part of...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week we launched two new campaigns:
So Love Project provides a supportive setting for autistic children to learn and thrive. The program addresses skills that will help children two to six years of age grow emotionally, socially and behaviorally. So Love is starting a project to open a communication center that will aid in the development of communication and language skills in autistic...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
It’s holiday season and we can all have a tough time balancing work and family, but it can be...
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Meet Mari Smith, Author of The New Relationship...
StartSomeGood’s SocEnt Book Club is pleased to host Mari Smith, author of The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Web , on our monthly book club conference call. Our call will be held next Wednesday, December 14th at 3 pm PST/6 pm EST.
Join the call to hear Mari talk about using social media to create a network that will help...
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SocEnt Book Club: Shift and Reset
We are excited to announce the December installment of our book, Shift and Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society by Brian Reich. Shift and Reset is a guide to navigating our rapidly changing communication tools to affect meaningful social change.
Reich’s book is a must for anyone who is interested in social entrepreneurship. He points out that many of the...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week we launched three new campaigns:
CivicSponsor is a platform for funding community public projects with tax-deductible donations. The government is falling behind on being able to fund public projects, so this business provides taxpayers in the community a channel to fund the projects they want directly and with transparency. Citizens will know where their money is going and will...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
In our “This Week in Social Entrepreneurship” series, each Friday we will feature the top stories in Social Entrepreneurship for the week that we find to be noteworthy, novel, and thought-provoking. What are your favorite stories this week in Social Entrepreneurship? Let’s start a discussion!
Have you been looking for a comprehensive guide to all the essential resources and tools to meet your...