What’s a “Blog Roundup”? It allows bloggers from a wide variety of perspectives to coordinate around a single topic. Each month, we’ll have a new Blog Roundup. The fi...
In a virtual trip across the Atlantic (over Skype), I recently got to chat with Pål Dale, Managing Director of the Norwegian Philanthropic fund Voxtra. Launched in 2008, Voxtra funds social enterprises in East Africa and India that use agricultural and livelihood development to address poverty....
The SF Green Festival is taking place this weekend, and there will be a Twitter chat hosted at the event. There will be a good discussion about the future of sustainability, and the role of social media and social capital in helping make a green future possible...
What started as a bizarre assignment from the President of the World Bank turned into a grassroots marketplace for “a million little world-changing ideas.” In one of my favorite interviews to date, Dennis Whittle tells the story of Global Giving’s beginnings, summarizes its impact to date, and p...
Which one of these things is not like the other: Wall Street, due diligence, convertible debt, liquidation, social change? If you’re a youth social investor with the Fast Forward Fund (FFF), the answer is none. ...
What’s the leading cause of death in children under five? “Waterborne disease? Diarrhea? No…It’s breathing the smoke from indoor cooking fires,” explains MIT Engineering Professor Amy Smith, MIT Engineering Professor in a lecture she gave at the 2006 TED conference. “Can’t w...
One of SOCAP’s sponsors, KIVA.org, is celebrating its 4th birthday after facilitating over 100 million dollars in microloans around the world. On Nov 3rd, The Hub Bay Area, GOOD Magazine and Kiva are throwing a party at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. ...
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better climate for environmentally-focused start-up ventures than our hometown of Boulder, Colorado. So, we thought, why not go local (and reduce our transportation carbon footprint) and interview Robert Fenwick-Smith from Aravaipa Ventures? ...
We’re pleased to announce that every week we will be posting a new panel video from SOCAP09. You can also go to our Blip.tv station to view all of theEmbrace Disruption! Micro Media conference videos. ...
I learned atThe Feast Conference in NYC that 60% of Americans think we willnot leave the world a better place than we found it. I’m willing to bet that’s because most of the people hold that view haven’t spoken to Pamela Hawley. Pame...
SOCAP is pleased to announce 2 new internship opportunities available to undergraduate business students and MBAs. Please take a look at the positions. If you are a current student in the Bay Area, contact us with your resume and cover letter. Communications Intern Position Events Intern Position
The Gates Foundation, the French Agency for Development, and the World Bank announce their Development Competition. This is a great opportunity for those seeking to entrepreneur for development...
It’s been exciting to see the ripple effects of SOCAP09. All over the country SOCAP Recap events are sprouting up, ensuring that the movement that was started in San Francisco keeps reaching and spreading to new regions. ...
SoCap teams up with the Unreasonable Institute to Create an Extensive Taxonomy of Impact Investors...
Thank you to our deep content partners Next Billion, Change.org, and Triple Pundit who all played a significant role in publicizing and documenting SOCAP09. Below is a full coverage list of blogs by Next Billion...
