Archive for 'Social Entrepreneurship'
People, Ideas, and Why I’m Going to SOCAP09
Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by Andrew.
Next week I’ll be heading out to San Francisco to attend the SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets) conference. This marks the 2nd year of the conference, and boy have they already made quite a splash! Last year, despite the recession, it was sold out. This year looks to be the same…and with a stellar line up [...]
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Social Innovation around the World
Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by Andrew.
It is early morning in Lisbon, Portugal, on day two of the Social Innovation eXchange (SIX) International Summer School on Social Innovation. The first day was quite inspiring and also eye opening for me. There are about 120 people here from 24 countries around the world, all of whom are advancing social innovation [...]
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Back from the Future Trends Forum in Madrid
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Andrew.
I am just returning from Madrid, Spain, where I attended a small convening of 40 people from around the world called the Future Trends Forum (FTF), hosted by the Bankinter Foundation of Innovation, a Spanish bank. Spain is yet another country (see my post on China) interested in advancing a social innovation agenda. There were [...]
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State Offices of Social Innovation?
Posted on 29. May, 2009 by Andrew.
I recently had an op-ed published in the Boston Business Journal entitled “Time for civic leadership.” In it, I call for the establishment of an Office of Social Innovation in Massachusetts.
I believe that in order for us to advance a social innovation agenda, we will need to link federal initiatives to state-level activities. While I [...]
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China’s Opportunity for Social and Public Innovation
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Andrew.
Last week I was in Portland, Oregon where I joined Greg Dees, David Sawyer, Kim Alter and others to contribute to the Social Innovator Leadership Program led by Mercy Corps. We worked with a 20-person delegation made up of representatives of China’s public, private, and NGO sectors from the All-China Youth Federation.
Besides the fact that [...]
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Marching to the beat
Posted on 07. May, 2009 by Andrew.
I received an email yesterday from America Forward, a strong partner in the area of government and social innovation. In the email they asked, “Can you hear the drumbeat?” They pointed to a variety of factors coming together simultaneously, beginning with the signing of the Serve America Act, that signify our government’s recognition of social [...]
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On the Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship Conference ‘09
Posted on 06. May, 2009 by Andrew.
I had an incredible day yesterday at the Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship Conference − thanks so much to all of you who contributed your suggestions for the use of the Social Innovation Fund called for in the Serve America Act. Hopefully this will be the start of a great dialogue.
Nathaniel Whittemore, whom I had the pleasure [...]
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What are YOUR ideas? Let Andrew Wolk take them to D.C.
Posted on 29. Apr, 2009 by Andrew.
Next Monday I will be back in D.C. to facilitate a discussion with the Corporation for National and Community Service at the Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship Conference. The session will focus on how the social innovation fund that was called for in the Serve America Act should be structured. While the funds have not yet been [...]
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More from the Social Enterprise Summit
Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by Andrew.
Yesterday morning was an amazing day for advancing social innovation. Never before have I seen the worlds of social innovation and government so fused together. In my opening remarks when introducing LA Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu at our armchair keynote at the Social Enterprise Summit, I spoke about how confident I was that [...]
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“Live-blogging” the Social Enterprise Summit
Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by Andrew.
I am here at the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) Summit, getting ready to give an armchair keynote with the Lt. Governor of Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu. The Lt. Governor started the first ever Office of Social Entrepreneurship in the country.
I used to be a Social Enterprise Alliance board member, and we at Root Cause have partnered [...]
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What are YOUR ideas? Let Andrew Wolk take them to D.C.
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Why the Social Innovation Fund is on the right track
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Michelle Rhee, Public Innovator
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A Historic Day - Are you 'all in'?
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Lawrence Baker: Social Innovation? What a concept! What we need in...
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