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Rippling Available for Sale Today
Rippling reveals proven principles that drive significant change and draws on Beverly Schwartz’s vast knowledge and experience of working with hundreds of the world’s top social change leaders. Schwartz is vice president at Ashoka, the global organization that works to … Continue reading
Ashoka U and Cordes Foundation Recognize 2012 Innovation Award Winners
Ashoka U, Ashoka’s initiative for social innovation in higher education, and the Cordes Foundation, an organization that equips the next generation of social entrepreneurs, recognizes the 2012 Ashoka U – Cordes Innovation Awards winners. The Award highlights teaching and partnership … Continue reading
Linda Kay Klein about A Meaningful Career
By Brian McCollow, senior student at Arizona State University and member of the Ashoka U Live team. This is the fifth in a series of posts featuring Ashoka U Exchange participants discussing “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education.” This week we feature Linda … Continue reading
Q&A: Ron Cordes on the Ashoka U – Cordes Innovation Awards
By Marina Kim, Director, Ashoka U Along with his wife Marty, Ron Cordes is the Co-Founder of the Cordes Foundation. He is also a Regent of the University of the Pacific, as well as Chairman of the Advisory Board for … Continue reading
RSF Social Finance Announces 2011 Regional Fellows
SAN FRANCISCO (October 10, 2011) – RSF Social Finance (RSF), a non-profit financial services organization providing capital to non-profit and for-profit social enterprises, announced today that it has selected twelve graduate students to participate in its Regional Fellowship Program for … Continue reading
RSF Social Finance is Recruiting for Year-Long Graduate Fellowship
Do you know of any graduate students interested in the emerging field of social finance? Then the RSF Social Finance Fellowship may be a perfect fit for an exceptional training and hands-on learning experience. RSF seeks Fellows to serve in … Continue reading
Just Announced: Mission Markets and Ashoka U announce new partnership!
The partnership between Ashoka U and Mission Markets is a natural one: Ashoka U aims to catalyze universities to create more social entrepreneurs and changemakers, Mission Markets helps these social entrepreneurs scale their ventures by offering a platform to connect … Continue reading
Ashoka U Spotlight: Top tips for using the Ashoka U Curriculum Guide
Submitted by Dr. Lani Fraizer, Founder and Senior Consultant at Synergies in Sync Let’s face it; preparing a robust course in social entrepreneurship is not an easy feat, even if you’ve been teaching for years. The field is evolving rapidly … Continue reading
Ashoka U Spotlight: Student Advice for how Universities can Support Emerging Student Changemakers
Submitted by Zach Yentzer & Brian McCollow of Arizona State University 1) “Mainstream”- Social Entrepreneurship (SE) as a field is still a relatively new concept, and students won’t automatically know what SE is or how to become involved. It needs … Continue reading
Ashoka U Spotlight: Top tips for designing a new SE course
Submitted by Lani Fraizer, Faculty of Social Entrepreneurship at Pepperdine University #1 Changemaking is a lifelong commitment. Before you jump-start a course to teach others about Changemaking, embrace the Changemaker in you. More often than not, students can spot between … Continue reading
