Submitted by Ashoka 30th Birthday on Mon, February 6, 2012
This story was submitted to the Ashoka 30th Birthday Card by Maria Amelia Leite, founder of Associação Missão Tremembé, and an Ashoka Fellow from Brazil since 2008. Translation by Sarah Capecci.
Although my age and the work I do (with indigenous people in the state of Ceará, Northeast of...
Submitted by John Converse Townsend on Mon, February 6, 2012
To start the conversation about “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education” that will be held at the Exchange, Ashoka U invites you to join Michael Horn, an expert in the field, in a Twitter discussion on February 7, 2012.
According to Marina Kim, Ashoka U's co-founder and...
Submitted by John Converse Townsend on Thu, February 2, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Rob Wilson, Entrepreneur in Residence at Ashoka U.K.
As a young social entrepreneur, I am hugely excited to say that Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream company whose philosophy is about giving back to the community, is launching a competition with Ashoka to...
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January 27, 2012
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Financial Times
High levels of youth unemployment require new solutions. Social entrepreneurship and social innovation can provide opportunities for youth to develop basic building block skills to avoid falling behind.
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January 23, 2012
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Business World Online
As the concept of social entrepreneurship spreads, Ashoka remains a leader in the field.
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January 23, 2012
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Entrepreneur India
The 2012 Action for India Forum, attended by Ashoka's President Emeritus, Sushmita Ghosh, was a huge success. To support social entrepreneurs set up new business models to bring about change and foster all round innovations in different fields, efforts are underway to start The National Innovation Fund by June-July.
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January 19, 2012
Washington, D.C. - Ashoka Changemakers® is launching a global competition today titled: Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters. More than $70,000 in cash and in-kind prizes will be awarded to the best ideas, programs, and learning models that ensure...
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November 9, 2011
Arlington, Virginia - Bill Drayton, CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public has accepted three awards from around the world honoring his work on behalf of social entrepreneurship through the organization he founded, Ashoka. At a time when the world is faced with...
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November 3, 2011
Singapore – Four role-models whose entrepreneurial achievements and commitment to society make them role-models for entrepreneurship creating wealth and social justice have been awarded the Entrepreneurs for the World Awards at this year’s World Entrepreneurship Forum held...
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