Ashoka Ranked Among Top 100 Citizen Sector Organizations

The Global Journal announces the release of its inaugural 'Top 100 Best NGOs' list.

Everyone has to be a Changemaker

Bill Drayton talks about the importance of teaching empathy to children with TakePart and the Skoll Foundation in their new video series: Innovators in Action.

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Bill Drayton Announces a New Global Leader in Social Change

Ashoka’s Founder and CEO, Bill Drayton, gave the opening address at Middlebury College’s First Annual Symposium, an event held to celebrate the school’s launch of its new Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE). Drayton was also the recipient of the Center's first Vision Award.
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 | 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.

  • January 23, 2012 | Business World Online

    As the concept of social entrepreneurship spreads, Ashoka remains a leader in the field.

  • January 23, 2012 | 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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