This Week in Social Entrepreneurship

Young ICT Revolution on Larry King’s Sofa!

If you are young and active online and working towards UN developmental goals then your project may be eligible for the World Summit Youth Awards. Don´t hesitate and take your chance - apply for the World Summit Youth Award 2012 edition!

World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) winners will have the honor to be the guests of CNN legend Larry King who has confirmed his participation at the WSYA Winners´ Event which will take place in Montréal, Canada in October 2012.

A panel moderated by an Emmy-award winner and the author of 12 books – Larry King will be one of the highlights of the event hosted by World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2012). High level celebrities, experts of various backgrounds, and WSYA 2012 winners will be among his special guests discussing how to use Information and Communication Technologies to change the world and put UN Millennium Development into real action. 

“I will try to make it informative and entertaining, I will try to bring the panel to the audience to help them understand in what revolutionary time we are living” said Larry King on behalf of the panel.

The best news is that you can still be a part of the event as the registration for the WSYA 2012 edition will be open until July 16!

For more information, please visit the official website.

Also…

This year’s Ashoka Youth Venture Summit will be held July 26^th- 29^th at George Washington University. Over 100 Youth Venturers will be in attendance. Check out the website to register before July 4^th or to donate and help these youth develop into young changemakers.

Earlier this year, BusinessWeek sought your help in finding 25 of 2012’s hottest social start-ups, including entrepreneurs like GreenDot’s production of biodegradable soft plastic to Sseko’s sandal makers—a program teaching Ugandan women how to design and make sandals to fund their educations. Take a look for yourself and vote for who you think is the most promising social entrepreneur before July 12th. The top five most promising social entrepreneurs will then be announced on July 19.

SoJo has announced its official public launch as well as an endorsement from UNESCO! SoJo is a self-guided online resource to help you develop your ideas and achieve social change. Find out what SoJo’s tools can do to help you by visiting their website.

Rachael Casagrande

I am currently working towards a BS in Information Design and Corporate Communication at Bentley University. Before college, I hadn’t any idea where I wanted life to take me so I decided to just let the wind blow me around a bit. The following summer, I shipped myself off to Romania through Learning Enterprises where I volunteered running English camps. The children I met there made me realize how much just one hello, one meal, or one hug can really grow change in someone’s life. After coming back to the US I’ve been keeping myself busy working odd jobs, studying and taking every opportunity I can to mesh my business degree with my love for positive change.