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Welcome to the Social Edge update! Now is the time to apply to the GSBI’10 on Social Edge. Up to twenty social entrepreneurs will receive a full scholarship (worth US$25,000 each) to attend the 2010 Global Social Benefit Incubator in August in Silicon Valley. The four-month online and two-week intensive residence program focus on venture planning, beneficiary analysis, business models, metrics and successful scaling strategies. To learn from seasoned Silicon Valley experts and to be part of this transformational program, you will need to demonstrate that you have the power and vision to change the world through a sustainable and scalable approach to addressing a specific urgent human need. This year, the GSBI will have a special emphasis on electricity providers: several spaces in the incubator are being targeted for social entrepreneurs helping communities that are off the grid or suffer frequent disruptions in their energy supply. In previous years, participants have come from Bolivia, India, Namibia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nigeria, Kenya, Argentina, Costa Rica, Rwanda, South Africa, Canada and many other countries. There is no application fee. The rigorous application is rewarding, with many candidates commenting that they learned a tremendous amount by going through the mentored process –three exercises designed to help you write and revise key sections of your business plan, based on feedback from mentors at Santa Clara University and others in the Social Edge community. Apply today! There is no application fee and the deadline for the first exercise is January 15, 2010. Send the link to a fellow social entrepreneur who can benefit from such a program. And if you are not applying, feel free to offer your expertise and feedback on other applications.
Join this Week's Live Discussions  Social Work: A Dirty Word?
“Social work” may mean “give that man a fish” when a better policy might be “teach that man to fish” or even “give the fish a chance.” Is your social enterprise about fish or fishing? Join Charles (Hipbone) Cameron in discussing the issues of social work and social entrepreneurship.
The Social and Commercial Two-Step
Are hybrids really innovative structures or simply stopgap measures? Join Mumbai-based Lindsay Clinton in the conversation. Climbing the Green Ladder: The Power of Partnerships
To become more sustainable, business needs the talent, passion and understanding of the social entrepreneur. Sustainability experts Amy Fetzer and Shari Aaron offer a guideline to effective collaboration. Is a "Social Economy" really possible?
Where are the big success stories, the social sector equivalents of Google or Facebook? Will the funding continue to flow to unsustainable, though eminently worthy, social enterprises? Join Rod Schwartz in a provocative conversation. Gen-Y: The Social Innovation Generation
“We want to create sustainable projects that will continue to affect lives for years to come,” says ThinkImpact’s Saul Garlick. Can you help Gen-Y become the social innovation generation?
Do you have suggestions for Social Edge or for this newsletter? Send us feedback. Hope to see you on The Edge and on Twitter @socialedge! Victor d’Allant
Executive Director, Social Edge
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