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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News
David D. Burstein

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

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Dell Social Innovation Competition: Enter Now

Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Human Rights, University of Texas, Competition, Global Health, Social Innovation, Dell Social Innovation Competition, Impact News

The University and Texas and Dell are looking for groundbreaking ideas from college students around the globe in the annual Dell Social Innovation Com...

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President Obama and the Spirit of Global Development Partnership

Noam Unger | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Social Innovation, Noam Unger, Public/Private Partnerships, Jane Nelson, Obama Service, Corporate Social Responsibility, Foreign Assistance, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Innovation Fund, Clinton Global Initiative, Johannes Linn, Homi Kharas, Global Poverty, Development, Brookings Institution, World News
Noam Unger

Obama's speech was a call for a new spirit of global partnership, emphasizing that real progress in lifting millions out of poverty and countering transnational threats cannot be made by governments alone.

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The Brilliance (and Stupidity) of The Age of Stupid

Steven G. Brant | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Social Innovation, Collaboration, The Age of Stupid, Innovation, Kofi Annan, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Covey, W. Edwards Deming, Peace, Solar Energy, Moby, Buckminster Fuller, Transformation, Solar Energy Projects, Global Financial Crisis, Workplace Collaboration, Global Warming, Sustainability, Entertainment News
Steven G. Brant

The film is essentially the same rant against stupid behavior we've heard for years, dressed up in an elaborate, well-intended package.

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The Acceptance of Failure as a Spur to Innovation

Craig Newmark | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Innovation, Failure, Social Innovation, Business News
Craig Newmark

In Silicon Valley, failure is just a normal phase of one's career.

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The White House Office on Social Innovation: A New Paradigm for Solving Social Problems

Clayton M. Christensen | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Social Innovation, Presdient Obama, Social Innovation, Barack Obama, Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, Politics News
Clayton M. Christensen

If this new office can improve the context for social innovation, its impact will extend far beyond a new government bureaucracy -- it will transform the way we solve problems.

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Does Doing Good Wear A White Face?

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Warren Buffett, Muhammad Yunus, Social Entrepreneurs, Clearlyso, Oprah, Social Edge, Mars, Grameen Bank, Rod Schwartz, Julia Moulden, First Nations, Bill Gates, New Radicals, Careers, Social Innovation, Micro-Lending, Aditya Jha, Allyson Hewitt, Ted Turner, The Giving Life, Toronto-Canada, Canada, India, Living News
Julia Moulden

Last week's column posed the question, "Is making a difference only for the rich?" A friend sent me a link to an article from the Guardian newspaper a...

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The Tugboat and the Tanker: Ideas for the New Office of Social Innovation

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Tsunami, Sonal Shah, Social Innovation, Community Service, Hurricane Katrina, Obama Administration, Post Disaster Reconstruction, Tanker, Tugboat, World News
Cameron Sinclair

While large scale aid groups provide funds, it is the bootstrapped nimble organizations that partner with local community groups to fill the cracks in delivering aid.

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Resetting: An Unprecedented Meeting of Philanthropists

Jumpstart | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Grantmaking, Social Innovation, Upstart, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Start-Ups, Jumpstart, Innovation, Skoll Foundation, San Francisco-California, Living News
Jumpstart

This was an unprecedented event in the Bay Area; never before had Jewish and non-Jewish grantmakers gathered together in "Jewish space" to discuss needs and tactics.

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Philanthropy's New Ice Age: Will Social Innovation Survive the Freeze?

Jumpstart | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Jumpstart, Charity Organizations, Philanthropy, Philanthropy Funding, Charity, Charitable Funds, Strategic Philanthropy, Economy, Social Innovation, Jewish Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits, Innovation, Joshua Avedon, Shawn Landres, Jewish Innovation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Philanthropists, Lee Meyerhoff Hendler, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish, Nonprofit Sector, Hazon, Nigel Savage, Living News
Jumpstart

After a decade of philanthropic investment that has produced a flowering of innovation and social entrepreneurship not seen since the late 19th century, all signs point to a flash freeze.

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How To Change the World Through Your Workplace (Part 2)

Julia Moulden | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Giving Life, Social Innovation, HurriQuake Nail, Ibm, MaRS Centre, Workplace, S Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurship, Second Life, Stanley Bostitch, Ed Sutt, New Radicals, Innovation, Julia Moulden, Living News
Julia Moulden

On Monday, I spoke at the Social Entrepreneurship Summit held at the MaRS Centre in Toronto. Although, as the name suggests, people came to learn abou...

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