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 […]
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 […]
Michael Horn on Disruptive Innovation in Higher Ed: teaser for the #SocEntChat Beeta Ansari in Ashoka • February 6, 2012 To start the conversation about “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education” that will be held at the Exchange, Ashoka U invites you to join Michael Horn, an expert in the field, in a Twitter discussion on February 7th, 2012. As a teaser for this conversation, you can find Michael’s and Curtis’ idea on one of the cutting edge […]
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 […]
Jane Turner and Benhür Oral, creatively incorporating social entrepreneurship in the classroom Brian McCollow in Ashoka U Live Team • January 24, 2012 This is the third in a series of posts featuring Ashoka U Exchange participants discussing “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education.” This week we feature Jane Turner and Benhür Oral faculty members from Özyeğin Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey. If you think social entrepreneurship has to be taught as a stand-alone subject, you haven’t met Jane Turner and […]
Why next generation? We need a new generation. Erin Krampetz in Changemaker Campus • November 22, 2011 As a co-director of Ashoka’s University program, I was eager to see Ashoka’s President, Diana Wells, receive the honor of Changemaker Campus George Mason University’s inaugural Social Innovation Champion Award as part of the new Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship’s conference on “Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Austerity.” But I really started to […]
Ashoka U and TechChange Twitter Chat: Tech Innovations, Social Entrepreneurs, and Higher Ed Beeta Ansari in Guest Bloggers • July 20, 2011 Submitted by John C. Townsend Do you have an idea for new models in higher education? Are you interested in what universities will look like 10, 20, and 50 years from now? Join TechChange and Ashoka U on Friday, July 22 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EDT for a live twitter chat to discuss how […]
Vote for Ashoka’s Youth Venture Beeta Ansari in Guest Bloggers • April 7, 2011 Reposted from Ashoka’s Youth Venture Blog Monday, April 4 through Saturday April 9, visit Deals for Deeds and cast a vote for Ashoka’s Youth Venture! If we win, Youth Venture will be featured as the following week’s organization of choice on Deals for Deeds. All proceeds from this deal will go towards providing TWO scholarships […]