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Communication Design + Social Innovation

By on February 20, 2013 in Community Building, Design, Education, Sector, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Intrapreneurship

Communication is the most important determinant of whether or not you will succeed in achieving your vision (see my previous post on the use of language in Intrapreneurship). Great leaders have it, and there’s a way to get it. I speak at many conferences, including the recent Social Enterprise Boot Camp, and receive many requests [...]

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Seattle has Invented the Future

By on December 17, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Starting the Journey, Stories of Impact

Fifty years ago, at the 1962 World’s Fair, Seattle invented the future.  Like the other world fairs of its time, the event showcased a bright, utopian future, where technology solved all the world’s problems. Unfortunately, fifty years later, the world still has problems.  In those five decades, the global population has doubled, and the average [...]

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Tips for Starting a Non Profit

5 Tips for Starting a Non-Profit

By on December 12, 2012 in Fundraising, Non-Profit Management, Non-Profits, Women's Empowerment

In 2010, I co-founded a leadership development organization for young women in Kathmandu, Nepal. The idea for Women LEAD was born in a dorm room, with my co-founder and close friend, Claire. We were juniors at Georgetown University, passionate about women’s leadership, and motivated by the discrimination we had witnessed women face in our home [...]

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The Paradigm Project in Kenya

Defining “Social Entrepreneurship”

By on December 7, 2012 in Featured, Social Entrepreneurship

“Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit … then the business must die as well, for it no longer has a reason for existence.”  — Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company (1863 – 1947) One of my co-contributors, Matthew [...]

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Unlocking Intrapreneurship with Language

By on December 5, 2012 in Design, Featured, Social Intrapreneurship

If it is true, as has been said, that all change begins with language, then it is equally true that the inability to change begins with language as well. The wealth of jargon used to describe intrapreneurship (itself a bit of jargon), innovation and corporate social responsibility is more exhausting than enriching, and as their [...]

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Who (doesn’t) run the world? Girls.

By on November 28, 2012 in Featured, Women's Empowerment

Only 20% of political leaders in the world are women. Women leaders are under-represented in every country, from Nepal, where my organization works, to the United States, where despite recent gains, only 20% of Congress is female. In 2010, I co-founded Women LEAD, a leadership development organization for young women in Kathmandu, Nepal, because I [...]

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1 Thing Silicon Valley Can’t Teach Social Entrepreneurs

By on November 26, 2012 in Featured, Social Entrepreneurship

There has been a really popular article floating around on my twitter feed called “6 Things Silicon Valley Can Teach Social Entrepreneurs”. After reading it, I was like: “Awesome!” I liked it. But then I realized one major component was left out – a big thing, the one thing that Silicon Valley definitely cannot teach Social [...]

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How to Change Career Fields to Social Innovation

By on October 24, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Social Intrapreneurship

You’ve decided you want to shift career fields to work in social innovation. But your current job has little or no overlap with the social sector. How do you make the switch? Here are eight approaches you can use to help you make the move and land a social innovation job. Have a story. You [...]

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How Do You Hire on The Ground? Generating Business Partners in Africa

By on October 22, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship

I often find it necessary to remind myself that the majority of us begin working in Africa because of the ignorant idealism that flows from the infatuation behind a dream. Maya Angelou writes, “now that I know better, I do better,” and I don’t struggle with ignorant idealism, as such. It’s just that kind of [...]

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What it Takes: Six Critical Principles of Social Entrepreneurship

By on September 24, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship

These six ideas have guided my work with the Congo Leadership Initiative. They’re helpful for any social entrepreneur at every stage of development. 1) The social sector takes risks. Governments can be slow and traditional companies exist to fulfill a profit motive, but one of the best things about working in the social sector is [...]

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How Inspiring My Daughters Inspired Me to Create Change

By on September 10, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Stories of Impact

Even as a young child, I was passionate about making the world a better place. Whether it was organizing bike riding marathons with friends to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund or standing up for neighbourhood friends who were bullied, Ialways felt a strong desire to help those in need. That passion stayed with [...]

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