FYI: Staying Vibrant and Curious

"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? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my tumblr --- 2009年10月24日 星期六，Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) <info@ssireview.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) <info@ssireview.org> 主題: Staying Vibrant and Curious 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2009年10月24日,星期六,上午3:41 Trouble viewing this e-mail? Click here. Book Review: Staying Vibrant and Curious Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society by John W. Gardner I remember meeting John Gardner as if it were yesterday. It was 1989 and I was an MBA student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. I was sitting in a preview session of upcoming classes when a tall, graceful, elderly man in a gray suit and a fedora stood up to speak. His figure was lithe and his step was easy. He carried a sense of gravitas that made it impossible not to listen to what he had to say. "Why do civilizations rise and fall?" he asked. "Why do some people stop growing at age 30, just going from work to the couch and television, when others stay vibrant, curious, almost childlike, into their 80s and 90s?" I was hooked. I knew I needed to know this man ... >>Continue reading this review New Social Innovation Conversation Anant Kumar: Lifespring Hospitals India has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world. This points to an underlying economic problem: poverty. Most poor women in that country simply cannot afford adequate health care. In this interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, Anant Kumar talks about how Lifespring Hospital in India provides quality care to women and children, regardless of their level of income. He talks about how the effort was launched, how it is sustained, and future goals. >>Click here to listen to the podcast The Latest From the SSIR Blog Sean Stannard-Stockton: Sharing Knowledge to Inform Giving For some time now I've been pushing the idea that facilitating a way for philanthropy and social cause experts to share their knowledge with individual donors is the big opportunity in philanthropy. The Tactical Philanthropy Knowledge Network is my effort to tackle this problem. Another effort is under way by a group called Philanthropedia. Philanthropedia surveys foundation professionals about the best nonprofits in a given sector and then presents the top ranked organizations to users of their service. Unlike many other ... >>Continue reading this post Subscribe to social change! We're offering new and renewing subscribers the Stanford Social Innovation Review magazine for 23% off! Act now and pay only $39.95 for one year. https://www.ssireview.org/subscribe" width="96" /> FROM OUR PARTNERS Economic Self-Reliance Conference: Social Entrepreneurship he 2009 Conference will highlight leading research and practices of social entrepreneurship that are creating new approaches for addressing the complex problems of poverty and economic development. ESR Conference This e-mail was sent by: Stanford Social Innovation Review Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, CA, 94305-5015, United States You have signed up to receive enews from the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Click here to unsubscribe or to modify your profile.

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