ArchiveSeptember 2012

“Demo Day” Webcast

Seven inspiring companies with the potential impact to improve the lives of billions… to save millions of lives… to make it easy to share and reuse the planet’s limited resources… to make it easy for us to share our time with those in need… to recreate the world where we know our neighbors… and to work with those neighbors to create the world we want to live in...

Bloom (Seattle)

Bloom is an event focused on innovation in sustainability: environmental, social, and economic.  Eight speakers will share their stories; what’s new and what’s making an impact.  We want our attendees to leave the event with their minds expanded and hearts inspired by learning about what people are building for a more sustainable world. We’ve got a killer lineup of speakers...

#SocEnt Weekend: Next 50

Ready to try your hand at being a social entrepreneur?  Have an idea that you would like to turn into a company, but are not sure where to start, or what to do next?  Or are you eager to join the movement of socially-minded companies, with no idea of your own, but talents to share with others? #SocEnt Weekend is a 50-hour, one-weekend, hands-on workshop, where you can learn how to be a social...

Friends and Neighbors

The mobility of Americans over the past six decades has led to huge cultural changes, with the norm now for Americans to move every five or so years, and with those moves, to have friends scattered across multiple states.  The rise of email, instant messaging, and most recently, social networking, it is become commonplace for Americans to connect to those friends online. Meanwhile… as we spend...

Give yourself away

Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charities last year (2011).  That is almost $1,000 per person, and surveys show almost 90% of that giving was by individuals, with those individuals consisting of 67% of the total U.S. population.  Meanwhile… in the same year, 64 million Americans volunteered their time, just shy of 25% of the total population. Why do more Americans give away their money vs...

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