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Latest
March 9, 2010
Ashoka Fellows mobilize their communities of changemakers to respond to the Chile earthquake
March 8, 2010, The Huffington Post
Ashoka's University Programs initiative brought together students, academics, and social entrepreneurs at their recent TEDx gathering
February 23, 2010, Harvard Business Review
Ashoka VP Valeria Budinich speaks about the critical importance of companies and citizen sector organizations forging alliances
February 20, 2010, The Times of India
A recap of some of the people and inventions featured at the Tech4Society event in Hyderabad, India
February 20, 2010, The Huffington Post
The Ashoka Globalizer initiative is designed to enable the world's leading social entrepreneurs to go global
February 16, 2010, CNN
Ashoka and Dr. Iman Bibars featured for the innovative Housing for All work they are currently doing in Egypt
January 4, 2010
International leaders to gather with Ashoka and The Lemelson Foundation at Tech4Society in India
January 2, 2010, The Huffington Post
Ashoka highlighted as an organization that provides opportunities for everyone to become powerful changemakers
November 18, 2009, The Peninsula
Dr. Iman Bibars, Ashoka Vice-President and Arab World Regional Director, speaks with Qatar's leading English daily at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)
November 1, 2009, Financial Times
Bill Drayton quoted about the role of business schools in bridging the business and citizen sectors
October 20, 2009
Ashoka Fellow Rebecca Villalobos and Ashoka Support Network Member Lorenzo Mendoza receive prestigious Bravo Awards
October 18, 2009, The Washington Post
If there were a Nobel Prize for Leadership, social entrepreneurs, and specifically Bill Drayton, should be nominated
October 3, 2009, The Huffington Post
Ashoka featured as an organization that is empowering people around the world to advance social change
September 23, 2009, BusinessWeek
Bill Drayton featured for his participation on the "Approaches to Innovation" panel at CGI
September 10, 2009, TIME
Ashoka highlighted as an organization that is changing the world
September 7, 2009, The Christian Science Monitor
Ashoka and Bill Drayton featured as leaders in the field of social entrepreneurship
September 2, 2009, Marc Gunther Blog: The Business of Sustainability
Ashoka's Changemakers highlighted as the means through which a powerful solution was sourced for the global problems of climate change and clean water
June 30, 2009, The White House Office of the Press Secretary
Bill Drayton and Diana Wells of Ashoka, as well as a number of Ashoka Fellows, highlighted at President Obama's briefing on community solutions
June 1, 2009, Entrepreneur Magazine
Ashoka highlighted as an organization dedicated to professionalizing the field of social entrepreneurship
May 27, 2009, Financial Times
Bill Drayton contributes to this article about how the non-profit and development agency model is being re-examined
May 27, 2009, Financial Times
Sushmita Ghosh, former President and now Senior Advisor of Ashoka, is quoted in this article about social entrepreneurship in India
April 1, 2009, The Ecologist
Bill Drayton profiled as a leader in the business field with a clear vision for a better world
March 1, 2009, Ode Magazine
Social entrepreneurs and Ashoka take this economic upheaval to be an opportunity.
January 7, 2009
Ashoka today announced a $15 million grant from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support sustainable rural development
December 5, 2008, BusinessWeek
Coumba Touré,
Director at Ashoka Sahel, shares the
many obstacles businesses in developing countries face that those in the developed world do not.
December 1, 2008, The Focus
Bill Drayton is interviewed on the fundamentals of social change in our time.
November 24, 2008, The Boston Globe
Ashoka gives youth the tools to be changemakers in their communities.
November 22, 2008, The Washington Post
Leslie R. Crutchfield, coauthor of Forces for Good, highlights Ashoka as a source for supporting early-stage nonprofits.
November 16, 2008, The New York Times
Proof that you don’t need a White House pass to accomplish change comes from youthful social entrepreneurs around the country.
November 2, 2008, Marc Gunther Blog
Interview with Keith Hammond regarding reiventing the news from the perspective of social change.
October 14, 2008, Washington Post
Ashoka's Youth Venture highlighted as an supporter of more than 2,000 projects worldwide.
October 2, 2008, Mumbai Mirror
India Fellow Sumaira Abdulali
October 1, 2008, Indus Business Journal
Raj Melville, Ashoka Support Network, discusses the Indian American's role in philanthropy
September 22, 2008, Business Standard
Ashoka Changemakers highlighted as most prominent open source social innovation platform.
September 17, 2008, Alliance Magazine
Olivier Kayser answers the question " how should (financial)
resources be allocated to citizen sector organizations?".
September 15, 2008, Positive Youth News
Stories of Ashoka's Youth Ventures from the ‘Dream it. Do it.’ World Tour.
September 12, 2008, Wall Street Journal
Ashoka highlighted by the Wall Street Journal as a resource for social entrepreneurs.
September 10, 2008, The Fundermentalist
Conference about social entrepreneurship run by JESNA, the Lipman Kanfer Institute and the UJC helps answer question.
September 6, 2008, NEWSWEEK
Bill Drayton discusses how an online platform for collaborative content is one part of the Web 2.0 boon to social enterprise.
August 27, 2008, The BBC
Peter Day speaks to Bill Drayton about the rise of social entrepreneurship
August 25, 2008
Ashoka Fellow Andeas Heinecke challenges visitors to experience the world as the visually-impaired
August 22, 2008
Ashoka forms unique partnership to catalyze social change worldwide
August 16, 2008, Bangkok Post
A feature on the book launch of the Thai edition of "How to Change the World".
August 2, 2008, Frontline
An academic analysis of the future of the citizen sector.
August 1, 2008, Social Space
Chris Cusano, Director of Ashoka's Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Program in Asia, discusses the shape and challenges of the citizen sector.
July 1, 2008, CSR International
Learn more about social entreprenuership.
July 1, 2008, National Geographic Traveler
Bill Drayton talks about Ashoka and his vision for the organization.
June 7, 2008, Financial Times
Social entrepreneurs blur the line between for-profit and non-profit to spur global social change
June 2, 2008
Ashoka joins Discovery as a leader in green entertainment
May 22, 2008, AllAfrica.com
Ashoka convenes Fellows from 13 African countries to build community
April 30, 2008
Ashoka's Social Financial Services initiative co-creates innovative legislation to fund the citizen sector
March 21, 2008, New York Times
Social entrepreneurship is the future of philanthropy
March 1, 2008, Entrepreneur Magazine
Bill Drayton named one of the top 25 people, trends and events in the business world
February 18, 2008
Ashoka staff recognition reflects citizen sector growth worldwide
February 15, 2008
Innovative collaboration to spur citizen sector advancement
January 27, 2008, New York Times
Nicholas Kristof profiles social entrepreneurs as "the most remarkable people"
November 17, 2007
Drayton recognized for visionary leadership towards a sustainable global society
November 9, 2007, BBC Radio
Ashoka Vice President Olivier Kayser speaks on social entrepreneurship, the cutting edge of philanthropy
October 1, 2007
Partnership to promote collaboration between business leaders and social entrepreneurs in Asia and the U.S.
August 30, 2007, TIME Magazine
Ashoka is profiled as an exemplar of public service
July 19, 2007, The Hindu Business Line
May 24, 2007, PBS NOW
Hear Bill Drayton discuss why social entrepreneurship is the "next big thing"
April 21, 2007
Recipient of world’s largest prize for grassroots environmentalists
April 2, 2007, The Irish Times
Ashoka is bringing the idea of competition and productivity to the social sector
March 11, 2007, Forbes Asia
January 29, 2007, The New York Times
NYT's columnist Nicholas Kristof on Ashoka and the power of social entrepreneurs worldwide
