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Getting Health Care Out of the Middle Ages and into the 21st Century

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ashoka, Health Care, Ashoka Changemakers, Mexican Clinic, Mexico Diabetes Clinic, Diabetes Clinics, Mexico Diabetes, World News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

As we discovered with banking, you don't need to visit a polished institution with rigid hours to access your money -- yet we still generally schlepp to a hospital or other formal health care facility for every manner of health service.

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An Ecosystem for Innovation in Higher Education

Saul Garlick | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: University, Social Enterprise, Education, Poverty, College, Non-Profit, Academics, Innovation, Higher Education, Social Innovation, Ashoka, Education News
Saul Garlick

What is the force moving this mountain? After all, universities are decentralized, lumbering bureaucracies that don't exactly embrace monolithic approaches to anything, especially if it is primarily focused on practical application.

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Intersection: A World-Changing Mash-Up

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Ashoka, Intersection Event, Ashoka Changemakers, Diana Wells, Innovation, Open Growth, Randy Haykin, The Gratitude Network, Guru Singh, Paul Reickhoff, Susan Sarandon, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

So, a movie star, a yogi and a vet walk into a bar. What happens? They change the world. No joke.

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Citizen Media: Collaborating to Accelerate Change

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Google, Google+ Hangouts, Citizen Media, Ashoka, Ashoka Changemakers, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

Changemakers has been a leading platform for social innovators to grow and scale their ideas for a decade. This time, the very nature of the innovations and the competition theme itself enhanced the process, speeding up the rate of collaborative changemaking even more.

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Making More Health

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Making More Health, Ashoka, Boehringer Ingelheim, Changemakers, World Health, Health, Africa, World News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

When you're sick, you see the doctor. When you get a medical test it goes to the lab. When you need medicine, you go to the pharmacy. Or not.

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Mobile Media Toolkit Puts the Power in Your Hands

Kate Otto | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Community, Media, Ashoka, Causes, Mobile Media Toolkit, Communication, Mobileactive, Impact News
Kate Otto

Public participation tools designed specifically for mobile phones may be the strongest force for change at the hands of civil society.

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Water Privatization: Villainy or Necessity?

John Converse Townsend | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: India, Gary White, Matt Damon, Water, Watercredit, Privatization, Bolivia, Changemakers, Ashoka, Third Industrial Revolution, Clean-Water, Impact News
John Converse Townsend

Until recently, the privatization of humanity's most valuable resource was a Third World problem. Now the idea and the economics behind it are spreading to more developed countries like China, Russia, Canada, and even the United States.

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Innovating Toward a Healthier World

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Making More Health, Ashoka, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ashoka Changemakers, Health, David Aylward, Health Care, Healthcare, Colalife, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

When health innovation expert David Aylward is asked if the developing world can learn from the U.S. healthcare system, his answer is an emphatic yes -- "They should do the opposite!"

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Celebrating 30 Years Of Social Entrepreneurship

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Social Change, Social Innovation, Bill Drayton, Ashoka, Changemakers, Social Entrepreneurship, Microloans, Microcredit, Microfinance, Microlending, Muhammad Yunus, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

Social entrepreneurship today enjoys the high regard it has long deserved -- fully 30 years after the organization that launched the movement was born.

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How Travelers Can Help Stem Human Trafficking

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Childsafe Cambodia, Gap Adventures, Polaris Project, Travel Industry, Changemakers, Ashoka, Human Trafficking, Ending Human Trafficking, Activism, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

The hospitality industry is increasingly making things decidedly inhospitable for a certain kind of person: human traffickers. Hotels, airlines and ...

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Matchmaking That Works: Building An Efficient Marketplace For Employment

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Government, Ebay, Jobs, Policy, Changemakers, Ashoka, Economy, Unemployment, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

Harnessing the web and mobile devices can help reach untapped populations of new workers, identify opportunities in less-competitive professions, and reveal markets with great potential for growth.

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Turning People Turtles in East India

Bharati Chaturvedi | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Orissa, Turtles, Poverty, Ashoka, Vedanta, Mining, Displacement, Environment, India, Green News
Bharati Chaturvedi

Orissa has scarcely embarked on any plans for development. Yet it is already on its way to destroying its forests, coasts, wildlife and people to mine the oil, coal and aluminum in the earth below.

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A 'Master Class' for Making a Difference

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Women, Social Change, Ashoka, Judith Rodin, Impact, Talia Leman, Changemakers, Diana Wells, Activism, Impact News
Alison Craiglow Hockenberry

Making a difference. It's something every one of us wants to do at some point in our lives. But how?

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The Revolution Isn't Over for the Women of Tahrir Square

Ehsan Zaffar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women in Politics, Egypt Protests, American Revolution, Women, Women's Suffrage, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Liberation, Hosni Mubarak, Ashoka, World News
Ehsan Zaffar

Though women played a critical role during last month's protests, their future as stakeholders in Egypt's political process is being marginalized.

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Students: Big Hearts, Big Brains

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UC Berkeley, World Learning, Social Enterpreneurship, Ashoka, Global Poverty, Blum Center, College Students, Said, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

The smartest students know that it is not enough to be well-intentioned. They are acquiring the executive skills required to pit their talents against the scourge of global poverty.

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Wanted: Chief Good Officers

DeronTriff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Social Entrepreneurship, Chief-Marketing-Officers, Corporate Social Responsibility, Changents, Csr, Ashoka, Social Media Marketing, Philanthrocapitalism, Impact News
DeronTriff

The role of Chief Good Officer is equally justified to make Earth a healthier place for all of us and an enriching place for those who are truly its good tenants.

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Social Entrepreneur Shortage? Look Under-the-Radar

DeronTriff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change, Social Change, Echoing Green, Social Entrepreneurship, Changents, Changemakers, Ashoka, Impact, Social Media, Philanthropy, Globalization, Impact News
DeronTriff

For every Ashoka Fellow, there are countless social entrepreneurs working outside the esteemed incubators who are moving the needle in unprecedented ways.

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How Cause-Integrated Businesses are Working to End Poverty

Auren Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: InVenture Fund, Ashoka, Acumen Fund, Poverty, Echoing Green, Ending Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, Scaling Poverty Alleviation, Business Ending Poverty, Patient Capital, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, Kiva, Empowering Developing World Business, Cause-Integrated Business, Startingbloc, The Hub, Cause Integration, End Poverty, Cause Entrepreneurs, Impact News
Auren Kaplan

As the movements of social enterprise and cause-integrated business mature, a new funding model is proving that scaling innovations for poverty alleviation in the developing world can be both possible and profitable.

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The Business of Hope

Paul Lamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Enterprise, Women's Bean Project, Social-Enterprise, Ashoka, Mission, Echoing Green, Social Capital Markets, Social Enterprise Alliance, Social Innovation, Triple Bottom Line, Double Bottom Line, Business, SEA Socialenterprise, B Corp, Impact News
Paul Lamb

Instead of begging for grants, why couldn't nonprofits become self sustaining and simultaneously meet their mission by launching their own businesses?

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Ashoka Announces Fellow Partnership With P&G: An Example of the Future of Social Enterprise in Corporate Partnership

Jerri Chou | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthpoint Global Services, P&G Futureworks, Cause Marketing, Ashoka, Impact News
Jerri Chou

P&G is one of the first among some highly progressive companies that are forming collaborations to leverage scale for social enterprise and it's a trend that is only going to continue.

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Guinness Teams With Ashoka In Support Of 30 New Social Endeavors

Tonic | Sam Brand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guinness Brewery, Water Filters, Ashoka, Arthur Guinness Fund, Guinness Fellow, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact News

In 2009 Guinness & Co. established the Arthur Guinness Fund to improve the communities where the 250-year-old stout is sold. Currently, the fund suppl...

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Ashoka Future Forum Supports Social Entrepreneurs (WATCH LIVE)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ashoka Foundation, Social Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, Ashoka Future Forum, Video, Impact News

As part of its stated mission, Ashoka "invests in people." Their programs seek to catalyze and inspire young entrepreneurs to fulfill their world-chan...

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A Report From "Women in the World: Stories and Solutions" Summit - Part 2

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, Anchee Min, Ashoka, Fgm, Edna Adan Ismail, Gloria Steinem, Christine Lagarde, Maria Otero, Equality Now, Zainab Salbi, Lesley Stahl, Diane Sawyer, Campbell Brown, Women for Women International, Lauren Zalaznick, Jacqueline Novogratz, Cherie Blair, Female Genital Mutilation, Nora Ephron, Dambissa Moyo, Queen Rania of Jordan, Katie Couric, Kakenya Ntaiya, Ann Livermore, The Daily Beast, Kenya, Tostan, World News
Marcia G. Yerman

Gloria Steinem has stressed the importance of women sharing their personal stories as a way to add their voices to the human record. This was the strength of The Daily Beast's three-day event.

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In Retrospect: TEDxAshokaU

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted, Conference, Ashoka, Social Entrepreneurship, Sir Ken Robinson, David Bornstein, Scott Sherman, Earl Phelan, Jane Jacobs, Marina Kim, Ashoka U, Changemaker Campuses, TEDxAshokaU, Impact News
Saul Garlick

TEDxAshokaU highlighted the latest innovations in social entrepreneurship, bringing students and academics together to share ideas.

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Planting the Seeds of Change

Bob McKinnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children., Actions Speak Loudest, Our Future Is TBD, Social Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, Pepsi Refresh Project, Social Innovation, White House Office of Social Innovation, Politics, Impact, change.org, 9th Ward Field of Dreams, Action, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Brooklyn Farm Yards, Skoll Foundation, Good, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Everybody Wins, New Year?S Resolutions, Lent, Impact News
Bob McKinnon

A burgeoning underground of social entrepreneurs may represent our best hope for economic and social growth.

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