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...
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Book Review: The New Relationship Marketing
Editor’s Note: below is a review of the Social Enterprise Book Club book for November, The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Webby Mari Smith. We’re excited to be hosting Mari for an open conference call on December 14th at 6 pm ET to discuss his book. To RSVP and for information on joining our free conference call, please email...
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Language Matters
Language matters. It frames our challenges and guides our thinking. It can limit or expand our viewpoints, act as either an invitation or a barrier for others to get involved, focus our attention or distract us from the real issues.
There can be a tendency in the non-profit and social change sector to be very problems-focused. Our passion and inspiration for change often comes from seeing...