Soziale Idee + Unternehmertum = Wirkung
Im INTES Unternehmerbrief beschreibt Felix Oldenburg die Gleichung "Soziale Idee + Unternehmertum = Wirkung" entlang einiger Entwicklungsgeschichten von Ashoka Fellows.
Stiftungsreport mit Spezial zu Social Entrepreneurship erschienen
Am Dienstag ist in Berlin der StiftungsReport 2013/2014 des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Stiftungen vorgestellt worden. Enthalten ist auch ein Special zur Rolle von Sitftungen in der Förderung von Social Entrepreneurs, unter anderem mit vielen Fallbeispielen aus der Ashoka Fellowship und einem...
MILLEE: Education and Mobile Phone Games
Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE), a non-profit organization uses mobile phone games to improve literacy skills in emerging countries. Founded in 2004, MILLEE develops human-centred, immersive and enjoyable language learning mobile games which are modelled...
The ‘nano’ Computer
The Indian Minister of Human Resource and Development, Mr. Kapil Sibal, released a $35 (Rs. 1500) tablet computer last week. The touch screen device has been designed and developed by experts from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The...
Movirtu and frog design team up to create "telecom cloud"
MOVIRTU COLLABORATES WITH FROG DESIGN ON USER INTERFACE INNOVATION Global innovation firm frog design will assist Movirtu to ensure quick navigation and ease of use of their MX series of products for a population in need Movirtu, a supplier of innovative network infrastructure solutions for mobile...
The Ashoka Fireside chats: Leadership on steroids
Henry De Sio – Vice President for Framework Change at Ashoka and Chief Operating Officer for the Obama '08 campaign – discusses his experience of 'leadership on steroids' campaigning for the US president, change-making with Ashoka and using the force, in an exclusive interview with Pioneers Post...
Is Optimism Revolutionary? Don't Miss June 17 PBS Broadcast of Revolutionary Optimists To Find Out Why Ashoka Fellow Amlan Ganguly Thinks So
More than 1 billion people (1 in 6 of us) live in an urban slum and this number is expected to double by the year 2030. That is enough to make anyone pessimistic. For one Ashoka Fellow, however, the future is in our hands—we control our own fates. “ Make the surroundings your product,” Amlan Ganguly...
What Tech Can Do For Your Health And Your Government
How can technology make your government more open? “At its purest, technology can sponsor transparency and empower citizens,” said Emma Jane Cross, the founder BeatBullying and the online community powerhouse The BB Group. “It can fight corruption, strengthen governance, encourage democracy, and...
Future Forum Cheat Sheet: 3 Ways To Become A More Effective Leader
At Ashoka, we spend a lot of time talking about the fact that everyone can be a “changemaker.” But during the recent Ashoka Future Forum the conversation shifted to how a do-gooder can become a “change leader,” someone who leads a team of like-minded activists, entrepreneurs or socially conscious...
Business Best Practice: A Gallery
Whether you are running a social enterprise or more traditional business, the challenges in selling products or services are similar across the board. At the 2nd Ashoka Support Network Summit held last month in London, more than 150 successful entrepreneurs from both the business and social sectors...