FYI: Opportunity Collaboration/CGI/Africa Social Enterprise Forum

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter & my tumblr --- 2009年9月30日 星期三，socialedge@skollfoundation.org <socialedge@skollfoundation.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: socialedge@skollfoundation.org <socialedge@skollfoundation.org> 主題: Opportunity Collaboration/CGI/Africa Social Enterprise Forum 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2009年9月30日,星期三,上午9:29
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News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! “Poverty has served over the ages to measure the success or failure of cultures,” writes Carola Barton, this week’s host. Sometimes we blame the poor. Sometimes we blame scarcity. Other times we treat poverty as a matter of virtue: people choosing material poverty because it generates spiritual well-being. Ms Barton worked for the Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong and has an investment banking background. Join her as she discusses on Social Edge this week (and at Opportunity Collaboration next month) the competing visions of poverty. Opportunity Collaboration CEO Jonathan C. Lewis is quite provocative this week as he wonders whether education is an economic development panacea, as often touted. Not necessarily, he challenges, because it is expensive, slow to produce results, and often leads to unemployment. Speaking of education: Dr. O thinks that our future is in good hands as many young social entrepreneurs are eager to make a pledge to action and apply to the Clinton Global Initiative University. Parag Gupta helps them decide whether they have what it takes to succeed by asking the Five Most Important Questions. Blogger Tom Watson, who was at CGI last week, notes that the conference was “a virtual boom box empowering women, a story that reaches from the presidential suites to digital alleyways of Twitter and blogland.” This is echoed by Untangled, who helps you do some Mobile Good, and Dhaval Chadha, who looks into how nonprofits can use social media. As for Magogodi Makhene, she was at the Africa Social Enterprise Forum, where she celebrated the social entrepreneurs who are creating economic opportunity in Africa. She writes: “The alternative to burnout is remaining on fire.” D.light Design’s Sam Goldman agrees: read about his design team’s most recent “moment of truth.” Join this Week's Live Discussions How Many Ways of Looking at Poverty? Poverty has served over the ages to measure the success or failure of cultures. What forces shape our solutions to poverty and dependency? Join Opportunity Collaboration Carola Barton in the conversation. What is Wrong with the Investment Industry? Many endowments are invested in conventional financial assets, as are most pension funds. Rod Schwartz, CEO of ClearlySo, wonders what we should do about the lack of imagination in the investment industry. Maximizing Volunteer Impact What are the true costs and benefits of embracing volunteers? Tell us how social entrepreneurs can harness the enthusiasm and energy of volunteers to maximize impact. Social Entrepreneur: An Insane Job Description? Emerging social entrepreneurs try to address internal organizational challenges while directing the expanding mission of their social ventures. Curtis Chang wonders if there are ways to share expertise to be more efficient. Who will build a more efficient marketplace? Help Charles “hipbone” Cameron identify who will be stepping up to make the sector more efficient, rather than just trying to solve part of the problem for a few organizations at a time. Do you have suggestions for Social Edge or for this newsletter? Send us feedback. Hope to see you on The Edge! Victor d’Allant Executive Director, Social Edge 250 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Unsubscribe or manage your subscription (For the privacy protection, you may have to create a password)

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