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Not everyone is heroic. Or should be.
Here is a section of a recent speech by Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University's Said Business School. She closed this year's Skoll forum with this statement, shared with her permission via Katherine Fulton's blog. Worth a read and a great reminder to…
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Creating Large Scale Change (Dees)
Great new peice by J. Gregory Dees, cofounder of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University (go Blue Devils) Creating large-scale change: Not ‘can’ but ‘how’
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Can social entrepreneurs create real change? (McKinsey)
McKinsey quarterly asked these leading philanthropists if they think their efforts can create large-scale change. Great interviews with Bill Drayton, chairman and CEO of Ashoka: Tipping the world: The power of collaborative entrepreneurship J. Gregory Dees, cofounder of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University: Creating…
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Prizes!
Prizes are the new thing, The New York Times has an article describing how new philanthropists, especially entrepreneurs, are focusing their philanthropy on prizes for creativity instead of outright gifts. The New York Times reports that some $375 million in prize money is available each year. Along with the growth…
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Example of a 'breadwinning' social venture
Todd Manwaring from BYU, Steve Grizzel of Innoventures and Alex Lawrence at Funding Universe are planning a foru on the state of social entrepreneurship in Utah. Here is an example of the type of program the Community Foundation would love to see grow in Utah - The Bread Project, which…
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