What Exactly Is Social Entrepreneurship in America?
Whether there is a profit motive or not, the notion that business has a role to play in addressing societal issues is at the heart of today’s discourse on social entrepreneurship.
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Scaling Impact
Scaling requires not only fidelity to core processes and programs, but also constant adjustments to local needs and resources.
Working Wikily
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.
Microfinance
Financing Freedom
Microlending in leprosy colonies frees residents from poverty, shame, and isolation.
Unreasonable and Ready
A new social enterprise incubator fills two critical gaps facing social entrepreneurs: mentoring and access to capital.
Containing a Global Health Care Crisis
Used shipping containers become health care clinics in the developing world.
Big Payoffs from Small Savings
SaveTogether wants to foster the savings habit among low-income Americans.
Game-Changers of the World, Unite
Play this online game and learn social innovation strategies to solve global crises.
Podcast
Claire A. Williams, Lara Vogel - Using Social Enterprise to Outpace Poverty
Hope Runs is a nonprofit social enterprise working in Kenya and Tanzania that uses athletics, education, and social entrepreneurship to empower AIDS orphans. In this audio interview, founders Claire Williams and Lara Vogel talk about how they have turned their idea of using marathon running to "outpace poverty" into a vital organization that partners with AIDS orphanages to have a real influence in children's lives. They discuss their model, how they use volunteers, and advice for social entrepreneurs.
Catalytic Philanthropy Forces Collaboration in Leadership
A look at leadership in the social sector.