Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 27, 2010
There are roughly thirty social entrepreneurs here at the Forum, headlined by such famous leading SEs as Muhammad Yunus and Fazle Abed of Bangladesh. I use examples like Victoria Hale’s nonprofit pharma companies, that take drug ideas that don’t make enough money for traditional pharma, but could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
ASU Lodestar Center
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. Consider some examples from American policy history. as well as the national governments of much of the developed world, robustly practices variants of high-capacity governmental social innovation today, such as the myriad programs countering the global Great Recession.
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Global Giving
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
For example, when you put money in a bank account, you’re relying on the bank (a central actor) to keep track of your funds correctly. What if societies could use a shared public record of election results to confirm that an election was carried out fairly instead of having to trust an opaque government-run commission?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
My goal was to have a conversation with the folks in the room – who represented both traditional nonprofit institutions, government agencies, and free agents – and answer the question, “ I’ve found my free agent now what? &#. Mark gave this wonderful example about the five-dollar airplane.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 14, 2014
They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. Benchmark Studies and Examples. Several governments have recognized the power of Twitter relations, actively seeking to connect with their peers around the world.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 7, 2013
ND-Burma member groups regularly send observers, at great personal risk, across Burma’s borders with India, Bangladesh, Thailand and China. We have extended Martus capacity building and technical support to ND-Burma since its inception in 2004. However, a great deal of work remains before realizing democracy in Burma.
Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 28, 2007
The leader, for example, of a religious movement. They are gaining support from people in government, and politicians, and academicians, and business people, men, boys, women, girls. Muslim women; for example, tell me about birth control methods that they are using. They have had arrested some very, very prominent people.
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