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Join us for an AshokaLive Q&A with Fellow Abdelfattah Abusrour!
Submitted by on Wed, May 16, 2012
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Q&A with IBM’s Tony Tenicela: Empathy, Diversity, and the Keys to Corporate Turnaround
Submitted by on Mon, May 14, 2012
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Living Buildings: Ashoka Fellow Jason McLennan's Architectural Revolution
Submitted by on Fri, May 11, 2012
Can you imagine an office building or high-rise tower with no energy bill? It's not easy to do; in the United States, the buildings we live and work in consume more energy per day than any other sector of the economy (including transportation and industry). 
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Miami’s Ashoka office to help build social entrepreneurship in South Florida
Submitted by on Fri, May 11, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Elizabeth R. Miller, communications associate at Knight Foundation.After spending nearly three years boosting social entrepreneurship in the Americas, Ashoka’s Lorena García Duran is setting her sights on South Florida.
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Bring on Banking on Youth!
Submitted by on Tue, May 8, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Change InSight contributor, Abigail WickSocial change isn’t rocket science; it’s just a matter of gumption and drive. Policy-makers, think-tanks, and academics aren’t the only ones with the power and ideas to change the world. Changemaking can belong to all of us.
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Harvard Kennedy School Awards Ashoka’s Bill Drayton alongside Nobel Prize Economist Amartya Sen [UPDATE]
Submitted by on Tue, May 8, 2012
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Maurice Miller proves those in poverty are social solutions, not problems
Submitted by on Wed, May 2, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Ashoka's Yoni Blumberg and Julie Wiscombe with contributions from John C. Townsend.
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Kingsley Bangwell’s one-track mind turned ambition to action
Submitted by on Tue, May 1, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Ashoka's Yoni Blumberg and Julie Wiscombe with contributions from John C. Townsend.
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Excerpt from The Big Shift: A Roadmap to Innovation for an Aging Population
Submitted by on Wed, April 25, 2012
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Ashoka Launches Scandinavian Office, with Maja Frankel at Helm
Submitted by on Tue, April 24, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Change InSight contributor, Abigail Wick.
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Bill Drayton: 'Promise You'll Never Use the Word Non-Profit Again'
Submitted by on Tue, April 24, 2012
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The Ashoka Advantage: 2012 Executive in Residence Program
Submitted by on Fri, April 20, 2012
Who says there’s no bridge between the corporate and social sectors? Since 2009, Ashoka's Executive in Residence Program has found ways to blend profits with purpose. The program introduces corporate executives to leading social innovators in order to help them finish short-term, high-impact projects in communities around the world.
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Every Ashoka Fellow Experiences Failure—and That's OK
Submitted by on Wed, April 18, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Laxmi Parthasarathy, Global Media Manager
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A new roadmap for solving the world-wide shortage of affordable housing
Submitted by on Tue, April 17, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Change InSight contributor, Abigail Wick.
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What’s Good in the Hood, an Ashoka Youth Venture, Featured in “Storytelling for Good” Mini-Documentary
Submitted by on Wed, April 11, 2012
Editor's note: This post was written by Change InSight contributor, Abigail Wick.
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