By Social Entrepreneurs, For Social Entrepreneurs® Welcome to SkollWorldForum.org former Social Edge users! Social Edge was an online community created by the Skoll Foundation from 2003 - 2013. The site has since closed as we have focused efforts on the new Skoll World Forum platform. However, if you were a Social Edge user, you will be pleased to know that all of your articles and comments have been saved and can be browsed below. In addition, if there is a specific piece of content or a particular author you are looking for, please use the search bar at the top of the screen. We have moved over 2000 posts from SocialEdge.org to SkollWorldForum.org, and are constantly adding new, relevant content. Feel free to browse through our contributors and original content, or visit our homepage and customize your experience by filtering our content for exactly what you're looking for. We hope you enjoy your time on the site! Sincerely, The Skoll World Forum Online Team
Social Performance At Kiva, we want to create good in the world. A lot of good. One way that we try to maximize the good created through Kiva is by partnering with organizations that go above and beyond to generate positive outcomes for the communities they serve. This is called social performance. Different organizations have different social performance strengths. The badges were developed through careful research into best practices across the microfinance industry, and what Kiva has learned about facilitating positive outcomes for borrowers. We know that every member of the Kiva community wants to maximize the impact they have when making a loan. The Kiva Social Performance Badges: Client Voice These Field Partners use feedback from the people they serve and adapt their business practices and product offerings to meet their needs. Innovation These Field Partners embrace technology and innovation to better address the needs of the people they serve.
Knowledge at Wharton : innovation and entrepreneurship Developing new products today involves a chain of daunting new challenges. How Social Media is Changing the Education Industry [INFOGRAPHIC] | Penn-Olson Cliche but true: Social media is changing the way we communicate. From the layman users to businesses, almost everyone is part of the online social ecosystem. Now, the education industry seems to be picking pace as things are getting social in schools and universities. Lectures in the form of online videos and podcasts are getting common nowadays. So as using Skype, Twitter and Facebook as a platform to discuss and share classroom materials. Universities are also receiving YouTube video “pitches” from potential students as substitutes for traditional college essays, according to Course Hero’s infographic (below). The Web is facilitating the future of learning. In Singapore Management University (SMU), a collaborative online wiki is used to help students learn through peer learning, interviews and web research. This infographic will tell you more on how social medial is changing the education industry:
Our Mission – Model | Endeavor Global High-Impact Entrepreneurs create thriving companies that employ hundreds, even thousands of people, and generate millions in wages and revenues. And they have the power to inspire countless others as leading role models. Together, these entrepreneurs hold the key to sustained economic growth in emerging markets. High-Impact Entrepreneurs dream of becoming the next great success story, but having launched in emerging countries, face considerable barriers to growth: — Cost of Failure — Lack of role models — Limited Management expertise — Lack of contacts or mentors — Lack of trust — Limited access to smart capital Endeavor helps High-Impact Entrepreneurs unleash their potential by providing an unrivaled network of seasoned business leaders, who provide the key ingredients to entrepreneurial success: Before Endeavor the word entrepreneurship was not in the dictionary in Portuguese or Arabic.
Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship - Unlocking Potential ... Home The art of the bootstrap [Editor's note: With the economic downturn drying up venture capital in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, more early-stage companies will be forced to bootstrap their way to profitability. But what does that actually mean for the companies who go this route? Javier Rojas, managing director of equity capital firm Kennet Partners, offers his insights.] Times being what they are, it’s encouraging to know that some of the world’s leading public companies got to where they are without taking any early venture capital funding. That’s right, Microsoft, Dell, Cisco, Oracle, eBay — they all “bootstrapped” it. Others, like Siebel Systems, Checkpoint Software, Broadcom and dozens of others, have followed their examples to success. There are many compelling reasons for young companies seeking venture capital to turn to bootstrapping, even when they have other options. How it works A solid foundation Bootstrapping companies can also be more rational and less speculative with their allocation of resources.
Building a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty ... Social Enterprise UK