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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. Consider some examples from American policy history. In response to the Great Depression in the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration enacted the nation’s first-ever social policy with the programs of the Social Security Act.

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Blockchain Explained: Risks And Opportunities For Philanthropy

Global Giving

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?

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Twitter is sometimes used by small nations to increase their global visibility and tweet on a level playing field with other nations.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. 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.