February 2012
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SocEnt Book Club Review: Walk Out Walk On
Editor’s Note: We will be having a conference call with Deborah Frieze, author of Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to Live in the Future Now on March 7th at 5 pm EST. Email aaron@startsomegood to RSVP!
By Brooke Parker
If you ever doubt your capacity to literally change the world around you, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring...
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StartSomeGood News
Last week, FOUR new campaigns launched on StartSomeGood:
Advocates for Youth Efficacy (A.Y.E.) is creating a future where youths are empowered to make a difference. Many times society’s leaders do not embrace youth ideas and needs-A.Y.E. exists to change this by aiding and facilitating youth involvement in society. The 1 in Too Campaign is raising awareness and support of child abuse victims....
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StartSomeGood Tours Canada
We wanted to let all our Canadian followers know that Tom will be headed up for a visit next week and we have some very special events planned that he will be speaking at. Take a look at the event schedule and see if there are any in your area—we’d love for you to join us!
February 26th Occupy Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada Occupy Vancouver Presents: from crowdsourcing to...
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This Week in Social Entrepreneurship
Are you leading positive change in your community? Are you between the ages of 18 and 29 and the founder or leader of a social change project or organization? The 2012 YouthActionNet Global Fellowship is looking for exceptional social entrepreneurs just like you—20 of them to be exact—to participate in a year-long program that includes a seven day leadership retreat, skills training in...
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Meet the Team: Kris Holbrook, Designer
Kris Holbrook is one of StartSomeGood’s talented designers. One of her most recent projects was designing the beautiful layout for our ebook, Let’s Start Some Good: What’s Next in 2012. She was attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated just as she discovered StartSomeGood. She was a Communications Design major, focusing in Graphic Design. Now she lives in Philadelphia where,...
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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...