Ashoka U and GOOD recognize the GOOD Maker Challenge winners Beeta Ansari in Exchange • April 24, 2012 Just over two months ago, 400 entrepreneurial leaders in higher education met at Arizona State University for the 2012 Ashoka U Exchange. We wanted to know: Can only two days of inspiration, learning, and sharing in a collaborative environment lead to impact? The answer? Unmistakably, YES. From social impact initiatives such as an e-waste recycling […]
Rippling Available for Sale Today Michèle Leaman in Uncategorized • April 6, 2012 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 ensure that social entrepreneurs and their innovations inspire a generation of changemakers to help sustain […]
The Ashoka U Exchange: Reflections from a Star-Struck Student Danielle Barbeau in Exchange • March 5, 2012 I admit it. At the Ashoka U Exchange I was a little star struck. Some people get googley-eyed and weak-kneed at the sight of movie stars and musicians. But me? It’s social entrepreneurs who get me feelin’ giddy. Over 80 social entrepreneurs, including a handful of Ashoka Fellows, recently convened at the Ashoka U Exchange […]
Linda Kay Klein about A Meaningful Career Brian McCollow in Ashoka U Live Team, Exchange • February 8, 2012 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 Kay Klein, Director of Work on Purpose at Echoing Green. Linda Kay Klein and the Work on Purpose team have a non-traditional definition of career. “Frankly, I don’t even like the […]
Bloggers conference call at Ashoka U Exchange Beeta Ansari in Ashoka, Exchange • February 7, 2012 Are you a blogger interested in how universities can develop the changemakers of the future? Do you believe campuses are key partners in social change? If so, call-in to a bloggers conference call on February, 10th, from 4:00 pm to 4:40 pm MST during the Ashoka U Exchange, held at Arizona State University, from February 10-11th, 2012. The call will feature four […]
Lynn Price on Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education: Bust Out and Make It Happen! Danielle Barbeau in Ashoka U Live Team • January 31, 2012 Lynn Price, of Denver, Colorado, is an Ashoka Fellow, author of the book Vision For A Change: A Social Entrepreneur’s Insights From The Heart, and founder of Camp To Belong, an international non-profit organization that works to reunite siblings who live in separate foster, adoptive or kinship homes through their Summer Camp Programs. For Lynn […]
Tulane University: Evolution of a Campus Beeta Ansari in Changemaker Campus, Programs • July 14, 2011 “Really, we had no choice,” President Scott Cowen writes. “The fates of the university and the city were one and the same.” In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, Tulane University was faced with a choice: it could admit defeat and recede, along with the waters of the Gulf, or it could seize the moment; turning […]
Lessons Learned: How To Leverage An Ashoka Fellow On Your Campus Michèle Leaman in Changemaker Campus • June 28, 2011 Marquette University joined Ashoka U as a Changemaker Campus in 2010. Over the course of the past year, their Faculty Champion, Jeff Snell, has worked with Ashoka U to help drive Marquette’s social entrepreneurship initiatives. One of the very first things that Marquette did was bring an Ashoka Fellow to campus as a part of […]