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How To Stop "System Host: Local System (Network Restricted)" From Using High CPUDowser24 Jun 2016 | 3:05 amOne of the latest issues that seems to be stalking Windows 10 users appears to be a process you can see in your Task Manager called "System Host: Local System (Network Restricted)". It tends to be using an enormous amount of the CPU and / or Disk space, often up to a staggering 95 percent of total space. Furthermore, apart from taking up so much space, people have reported that the mysterious process has been using a whole lot of the disks reading and writing capability, sometimes reaching up to 72 Mb/s. For comparison, some computers (laptops in particular) tend to flag processes using…
Fashion Transparency Starts With WorkersTriple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit27 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amFashion is one of the largest industries in the world with many moving parts. It can be difficult to navigate, especially for those who are on the ground doing the work. The good news is that a number of truly innovative businesses, organizations and movements are not only amplifying the voices of these workers, but are also on a mission to affect real, sustainable change.
The Crisis of the World Humanitarian SummitGlobal Envision24 Jun 2016 | 3:41 pmImage:� In a disaster, do you choose to save your mother or best friend? Do you choose to hang on to safety or save a child? Do you choose to hide or flee from danger?These are the kinds of questions posed by "Impossible Choices," a marketing campaign for the first World Humanitarian Summit held this May. "Impossible Choices" includes an interactive questionnaire, outlining situations those in the midst of crisis face. It underscores how there are no correct choices, just those we must make — choices often underpinned with inescapable loss.Bringing together…
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Sump Pump Float6 Jun 2016 | 10:32 pmSump pump float is the part of the sump pump that tells the motor when to start working and when to stop. Many people have installed sump pumps at home in the hope that it would keep their basements water-free during dark, rainy months. However, a lot of these people have also experienced problems with sump pumps stopping without even knowing what to do. If this happens to you,
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How To Stop "System Host: Local System (Network Restricted)" From Using High CPU24 Jun 2016 | 3:05 amOne of the latest issues that seems to be stalking Windows 10 users appears to be a process you can see in your Task Manager called "System Host: Local System (Network Restricted)". It tends to be using an enormous amount of the CPU and / or Disk space, often up to a staggering 95 percent of total space. Furthermore, apart from taking up so much space, people have reported that the mysterious process has been using a whole lot of the disks reading and writing capability, sometimes reaching up to 72 Mb/s. For comparison, some computers (laptops in particular) tend to flag processes using as little as 1.5 Mb/s as high. The "System Host: Local System (Network Restricted)" process was actually first...
"The User Profile Service failed the logon" Fix21 Jun 2016 | 7:34 amThis page was created to help you fix fix the User Profile Service failed the logon issue. The User Profile Service failed the logon Windows 7 and later The User Profile Service failed the logon is an error Windows users might experience when trying to enter their computer using a temporary profile. The reasons for this issue may vary, but this is not really a major problem, just an annoying one. Possible causes for this issue are corrupted system files or an anti-virus software currently scanning your PC. Whatever the reason, in this article we will give you several possible methods for fixing the User profile service failed the logon error. However, before you attempt to use any of our suggestions, you...
How to Find Windows 7/10 Product Key21 Jun 2016 | 5:53 amThe article was created to show you how to find your Windows 7/Windows 10 product key. When buying a new Windows OS, you will also receive a certain product key, that you need to activate the OS. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not provided us with an easy way to find your Windows 7/10 product key. Once used, this key is often forgotten and lost, because there is really nothing else you can use it for. However, if you, for instance, decide to reinstall your OS, you will find out that you need that key back so that you can install the same OS without having to pay for it and to do that you'll need a way to find your Windows 7/10 product key. This is precisely one of those situation you really need the key and...
Best Fix: WiFi frequently disconnects (Windows 10 WiFi Sense)20 Jun 2016 | 5:48 amThis page was created to fix the WiFi frequently disconnects issue on Windows 10. WiFi sense is the reason behind these frequent disconnects. In this article we'll explain how to disable WiFi Sense. What is WiFi sense? If you're an Windows 10 user, you may have noticed that the OS has quite a few minor, yet nagging issues. Most of them are pretty easy to resolve, however you need to know what is causing the issue in order to fix it. One such problem in particular has to do with Windows 10 feature called WiFi Sense. The general purpose if WiFi sense is that it is supposed to make your connection to WiFi networks easier and faster. For instance, your Windows 10 machine will automatically connect to open...
What is True Key (by Intel Security)?20 Jun 2016 | 3:58 amWhat is True Key? A short review In this article we'll explain what is True Key, highlight it's features and also provide a Removal Guide for those of you who dislike the program or become dissatisfied with the service it provides. True key is a password manager developed both for PC and mobile. It is Intel's answer to password management. A password manager is by no means a novel concept – indeed these have existed for a while now, but Intel brings a couple of exciting features – such as cross platform synchronization, as well as the reliability and backing that comes with its mega corporation status. Intel controls more than 90% of the CPU market share for PCs and laptops and since the company is already...
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Fashion Transparency Starts With Workers27 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amFashion is one of the largest industries in the world with many moving parts. It can be difficult to navigate, especially for those who are on the ground doing the work. The good news is that a number of truly innovative businesses, organizations and movements are not only amplifying the voices of these workers, but are also on a mission to affect real, sustainable change.
Germany Investigates VW for Market Manipulation, Shareholders Call for Resignations27 Jun 2016 | 2:15 amRough waters are far from over for German carmaker Volkswagen. This week, angry shareholders called for board resignations, while the German regulatory agency BaFin announced further investigations. And there may be even more independent probes to come.
Is Climate Change Making Conflict Worse?27 Jun 2016 | 2:15 amScientists believe human impacts made the drought in Syria twice as severe, and may be playing a role in Venezuela as well.
Could PayPal's Peter Thiel Advise Donald Trump on National Security? Maybe.27 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amConsidering his relationship with the data-analytics company Palantir, PayPal's Peter Thiel is in a good position to advise Donald Trump on national security.
Space-Based Monitoring Adds to Carbon Reduction Toolkit27 Jun 2016 | 1:30 amThe American OCO-2 satellite orbits the Earth every 99 minutes to pinpoint the origin of carbon emissions -- and similar systems are on the way.
Global Envision
The Crisis of the World Humanitarian Summit24 Jun 2016 | 3:41 pmImage:� In a disaster, do you choose to save your mother or best friend? Do you choose to hang on to safety or save a child? Do you choose to hide or flee from danger?These are the kinds of questions posed by "Impossible Choices," a marketing campaign for the first World Humanitarian Summit held this May. "Impossible Choices" includes an interactive questionnaire, outlining situations those in the midst of crisis face. It underscores how there are no correct choices, just those we must make — choices often underpinned with inescapable loss.Bringing together politicians, development organizations, and humanitarian advocates to the country that hosts the largest documented number of refugees in the world, the...
How the Gates Foundation wants to counter Zika22 Jun 2016 | 4:12 pmImage:� In the face of global health threats, it's very unlikely that governments have the resources to invest in research. What they do have, though, is the accountability of a distinguished humanitarian foundation run by one of the richest people in the world.Privately funded humanitarian organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have the resources to invest in innovative approaches to solving the world's most pressing problems. The Foundation — worth $39.6 billion — has the autonomy and the money to invest in "high-risk science" with no financial reward, Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann told the Wall Street Journal.The Gates Foundation is expected to have a response to the...
Will millennials end poverty?17 Jun 2016 | 4:32 pmImage:� It fell to the Millennial generation to reach one of the most ambitious goals of the UN Agenda 2030: Ending poverty in all its forms in just 15 years.Sweden is leading the way with its First Generation campaign, using educators and networks to bring about change and awareness about sustainable development.Today, there are about 836 million people living in extreme poverty. One in five people in developing areas live on less than $1.25 a day. Though many have moved out of the low developing areas, there is more to be done to secure and continue these improvements.Read more about UN's goal of ending poverty and other goals here. Also, check out First Generation's Facebook page.
A New Look at Refugees16 Jun 2016 | 6:55 pmImage:� �Policy makers should acknowledge the remarkable talents, energy, and dedication of so many fleeing violence and conflict, and appreciate them as the workers, taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and innovators they will one day become.-Ruma Bose, President of�Tent Foundation.The world is in the midst of the�greatest global displacement crisis�since World War II. With more than half of all refugees settling in cities, policy makers are scrambling to accommodate swelling populations. The president of the�Tent Foundation,�an organization committed to improving the lives of refugees, encourages leaders to re-think their image of refugees as they address their changing populations.(Source:�Inter Press...
Who is benefiting from Kenya's economic boom?14 Jun 2016 | 8:09 pmImage:� Kenya had the third-fastest-growing economy last year, according to a Bloomberg Survey. This year, its economy is expected to expand even faster -- from 5.4 percent in 2015, to 5.7 percent today.However, few Kenyans have seen any improvement to their quality of life. A massive amount of wealth has been created. But as it turns out, an astounding two-thirds of the country's economy is controlled by just 8,300 individuals, or .02 percent of Kenya's population.Find out more about wealth inequality and alternative development approaches in Kenya by clicking here.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
Geek Heresy13 Jun 2016 | 5:11 pmI just finished reading Kentaro Toyama's new book, Geek Heresy, tackling the cult of technology as a cure-all for society's ills. He's a geek (former Microsoft Research guy) who is making the case that technology doesn't make the kind of social impact it claims to deliver.There's often more value to me in reading iconoclastic books than feel-good affirmations of popular icons! For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly's Tyranny of Experts or Maren's Road to Hell. Toyama offers up strong criticisms as well as constructive advice about how to best apply technology to social problems. At the same time, there are some flaws in his...
From Money to Meaning29 Mar 2016 | 11:22 amBig complex social problems.Your skills and experiences. Benetech.Combining those three potent ingredients is how we change the world. If you've been burning to use your considerable talents to make a difference, rather than make a lot of money, it's time you considered joining our growing team.We are looking for more than a dozen motivated individuals to make the leap to positive social impact. From executives to summer interns, from engineers and product managers, to communications and outreach professionals, we have a wide range of opportunities.From children with disabilities to African human rights activists, you will have direct exposure to how Benetech's products and services change lives for...
Ratify Marrakesh!3 Mar 2016 | 12:43 pmThe United States Senate has a terrific opportunity to expand opportunityThe United States Senate has just been presented with the ratification package for the Marrakesh Treaty. We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package.We know a great deal about this Treaty, which is designed to help people who are blind or have other disabilities that interfere with reading, such as dyslexia. Our nonprofit organization operates Bookshare, the largest online library in the world that focuses on the needs of people with these...
Silicon Valley's Developing Conscience: It's Called Apple1 Mar 2016 | 6:56 amSilicon Valley has a problem. In our quest to build better products and better meet the needs of the world for information, we built the most amazing system for effortless government surveillance as a byproduct. It is now incumbent on Silicon Valley to remedy this situation.Forcing tech companies to weaken their products through compelling the creation of backdoors would be a massive step backwards. Whatever the power of search engines or social networks, it's really the smartphone that is the most incredible tool for tracking our every move and activity. With access to the information collected by a person's smartphone, it's probably straightforward to figure out everything important about that...
Understanding Income Inequality24 Feb 2016 | 7:50 amData is a bigger and bigger topic in social change. We need to do a better job of understanding social needs, both to improve our programs and measure their ultimate impact. I spend more and more of my time talking to leaders in the sector, helping advance the use of data for action and impact.I encourage groups to begin collecting data as part of their basic program activities, and I make the claim that it will eventually allow them to connect their data to other, larger databases and maybe begin to take advantage of big data. Imagine how my mind has been blown by learning about a huge international income database that has microdata on millions of households from more than 50 countries, all harmonized to...
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Green Bonds Can Help Make the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, NSF International Says27 Jun 2016 | 5:00 amThe transition to a low-carbon economy will require concerted investments in new technologies and an unprecedented deployment of capital throughout the world.
Companies Are Responding to Shareholder Calls to be More Sustainable27 Jun 2016 | 5:00 amStakeholders want companies to disclose what they are doing to run their operations in a cleaner fashion and to benefit their communities, especially when it comes to things like carbon reductions and waste management.
World's Largest Companies Decoupling Emissions, Business Growth27 Jun 2016 | 4:33 amGreenhouse gas emissions data from the world's 500 largest companies shows that for the first time, the Global 500 are beginning to grow their businesses and manage their emissions at a rate that follows the global scientific consensus on the risks of climate change, according to a Thomson Reuters report. These businesses currently represent about […]
Methane Replaces Carbon Dioxide as Primary Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Target24 Jun 2016 | 5:00 amWith the dramatic increase in the drilling for and use of methane for electricity generation (an increase driven, in part, by the lower carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of natural gas compared to other fossil fuels), methane emissions – especially from the oil and gas industry – have found themselves in the crosshairs of regulators at both the federal and state levels.
Toyota, Dish Network Share Waste Management Strategies24 Jun 2016 | 4:28 amWaste management, according to Toyota's Ryan McMullan, is the "gateway drug" to employee engagement on environmental sustainability initiatives. At Environmental Leader's conference, McMullan, who is Toyota Motor Sale's environmental and safety manager, and Dish Network environmental safety manager Scott Chizanskos discussed commercial and industrial waste management strategies. Unlike supply chain or even energy initiatives, waste […]
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NexThought Monday: Storming the Walls – How Mozambique's 'Citadel Economy' Shapes Financial Inclusion27 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amWhen I first travelled through Mozambique, the picture was idyllic. Leaving sprawling Maputo behind, my main impression was of beaches, coconut trees and serene dhows. Every now and then you pass through a small village. You plan your mileage carefully, or run the risk of being left to buy plastic bottles of fuel next to the road. You buy fish, tomatoes, onions and fresh pão bread from the local market, and stop to buy cashew nuts from roadside vendors. But you make sure to be stocked up on essentials, because formal shops are few and far between. And, of course, you take enough cash, as there are unlikely to be any ATMs or card facilities. As a tourist, this is all part of the adventure – and the...
Weekly Roundup: How Brexit Could Impact Emerging Markets + Other Non-Brexit News24 Jun 2016 | 9:14 amWe could not call this a Weekly Roundup without addressing Britain's decision to leave the European Union. Sorry, but we can only find downside for the global economy and world development – a sampling of which is below. If you've already read enough about Brexit, we get it – just skip this particular item – there's plenty more non-Brexit news this week. Brexit will be terrible for Africa's largest economies (Quartz) EU aid stuck in Brexit limbo (DevEx) EXPERT VIEWS- How will 'Brexit' affect aid agencies and charities? (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Why a Brexit could hurt emerging markets—and beyond (CNBC) Brexit Sparks Emerging-Market Selloff (Bloomberg) Why Brexit is grim news for the world...
Opportunity International and MyBucks: 'A Powerful Partnership to Improve More Lives'23 Jun 2016 | 11:25 amEditor's note: The sale of microfinance institutions to fintech companies has broad potential repercussions for both clients and the microfinance sector's overall development. Because opinions differ on whether this impact will be positive or negative, NextBillion is running multiple, comprehensive posts on the topic. The post below was written by Opportunity International Global CEO Vicki Escarra, in response to a recent post by former MFTransparency CEO Chuck Waterfield that provided a critical take on Opportunity's sale of six microfinance banks to the fintech company MyBucks. Another post, written by Daniel Rozas and Gabriela Erice García at the European Microfinance Platform, presents...
'Ahead of the Curve' – Three Companies Get Serious About Measuring Customers' Financial Health23 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amEvery organization wants to measure its impact in some way. Certain industries are further ahead than others in doing this effectively. The health care industry has key indicators to measure the effectiveness of medication, hospital care and doctor supervision. The education industry continually challenges itself to identify the most effective ways to measure its impact on students' short- and long-term futures. The time has come for America's financial services industry to get serious about measuring its impact on customers. It is easy to track the number of active checking accounts or the number of dollars lent on credit cards. It is much harder to measure if those checking accounts and credit cards...
A Quick, Simple Malaria Test, and Why It Matters22 Jun 2016 | 5:34 amFyodor's UMT provides results within 25 minutes � It's the middle of the night. You develop a fever and don't know why. You live in or are traveling in a malaria-endemic country. Is it malaria, Zika, even yellow fever – or, best of all, nothing? Would it be better if it were simply malaria? At least then you would know and could act quickly. If you live in an endemic region this nightmare can easily turn to reality. It's confusing and frightening. What if there were an easy test which would determine if it was malaria or even typhoid, a test without complicated instructions, a test that is simple to administer and doesn't involve blood? Until now, all malaria diagnostic tools have been invasive,...
3 ways artificial intelligence will save the day27 Jun 2016 | 2:20 amArtificial intelligence in environmental science is helping to save the world.
Too much sun? Rising heat hits health, water in San Diego27 Jun 2016 | 2:15 amClimate change is turning up temperatures in sunny San Diego, creating an array of health and water challenges for the regional economy. Here's how businesses are dealing with it.
Is Europe superior on sustainable business?27 Jun 2016 | 2:11 amWith the future of the European Union at the top of the headlines these days, I've been thinking about the differences between European and American companies on sustainability.My own experiences make me think Europe is way ahead of the United States when it comes to sustainable business. Working for McDonald's, I quite often dipped into Europe from my Chicago base. I heard even crusty cab drivers pontificate about climate change and bemoaned, even publicly, that the sustainability IQ of Americans was 1 on a scale of 1 to 10, compared with Europeans at 10.
Brexit, 2016 politics and 4 lessons for sustainable business leaders27 Jun 2016 | 12:45 amPolitical backlash to globalization also has big potential implications for sustainability.
Maui and the energy deregulation debate24 Jun 2016 | 3:10 pmSurprise: Racing to 100-percent renewables isn't just about tech innovation.
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'Project Bloks' Programming for Kids27 Jun 2016 | 2:52 pmProject Bloks ...aim is to create an open hardware platform to help developers, designers, and researchers build the next generation of tangible programming experiences for kids.
Furniture from 'Muti Interiors'27 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amMuti InteriorsBold. Modern. Comfortable.Furniture Proudly Handmade in UgandaFor those who like em curvy. New stools have arrived. #ugandan #woodworking #furniture #home #african #wood #design #mutiA photo posted by Muti Interiors (@mutiinteriors) on Jun 1, 2016 at 9:56am PDT
Solar Tent Fish Drying26 Jun 2016 | 4:15 amCharles Mkoka writing for Al Jazeera: image via Al JazeeraFishing communities in Malawi are getting higher prices for their dried fish thanks to simple solar drying technology...[more]
OpenDrop - Desktop Digital Biology Laboratory19 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amFrom Gaudi Labs:OpenDrop is a new design for an open source digital microfludics platform for research purposes. The device uses recent electro-wetting technology to control small droplets of liquids. Potential applications are lab on a chip devices for automating processes of digital biology. How ever the present design should also open the technology to other field and allow experimentation to find new applications. Including the field of art, music, games and education.
Uncovering Young Innovators18 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amFrom Battabox:
From Poverty to Power
What does 'How Change Happens' thinking tell us about Brexit?27 Jun 2016 | 10:30 pmI was in Lisbon running a 'How Change Happens' summer school when the Brexit news came in, so I thought I'd apply an HCH analysis to a seismic event. I'm not an expert on UK politics, so this is bound to be pretty uninformed compared to the avalanche of post mortems in the press, but let's see where it goes. First up a disclaimer. As Timothy Garton Ash put it in a brilliant piece for the Guardian on Saturday 'A universal truth: nobody knows what is going to happen but everyone can explain it afterwards.' I went back to the Context/Institutions/Agents/Events typology I used in From Poverty to Power. I'll run through some of those, then reflect on what's missing. Context: Multiple long-term...
Links I Liked26 Jun 2016 | 11:30 pmBlimey, where to start? Think I'll do an initial 'how change happens' post mortem piece on Brexit tomorrow, and just stick to the pre-poll run-up today, because the final days of the EU referendum campaign produced some fine humour – it already seems like a bygone age. Rhodri Marsden belatedly took a leaf out of the Leave campaign's approach to factiness. And should his political fortunes prosper, let's hope Boris Johnson's grasp of government is better than his understanding of the purpose of capos (h/t Rob Manuel). John Oliver did his bit for Remain, providing this potty-mouthed cover version of the European anthem, Ode to Joy. One of the cleaner lines 'we would all be bat shit crazy if we...
How can a top development thinktank improve its communications?23 Jun 2016 | 11:30 pmWell it feels like the world just ended, but thought I'd post this anyway. Life goes on and all that. The title to this post was my exam question for a recent discussion with the comms team at ODI. My initial reaction was 'you're top of the heap already, relax', but then I got to thinking about a couple of areas where ODI, and most other development 'knowledge brokers' (or whatever they call themselves these days), can sharpen up. Where are the personalities? The ODI is full of interesting, quirky, funny people, but you would never guess that from the website or the output. Why not? Apart from anything else, personality boosts traffic. Why not get ODI staff vlogging on their field visits, to give...
Will Bill Gates' chickens end African poverty?22 Jun 2016 | 11:30 pm� Joseph Hanlon and Teresa Smart are unimpressed by a new initiative, but disappointingly avoid all the potential excruciating puns Bill Gates announced on 7 June that he is giving 100,000 chickens to the poor because chickens are "easy to take care of" and a woman with just five hens in Africa can make $1000 per year. For Mozambique where we work, this is remarkable – fewer than 2% of Mozambican farmers make $1000/year. What a wonderful idea. Why did no one think of this before? Actually, they did. For a decade, Mozambique has had its district development loan fund, known locally at the "7 million" because the initial fund was Meticais 7 million per district. Most farm families have chickens running...
Jo Cox would have been 42 today. Here's what she was like to work with.21 Jun 2016 | 11:30 pmToday would have been Jo Cox's 42nd birthday. Celebratory events are being held around the world Jo as head of advocacy at Oxfam House. Photo: Kate Raworth with the hashtag #MoreinCommon, taken from her maiden speech in Parliament: 'We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us'. My ex-boss Phil Bloomer, who worked with Jo for many years at Oxfam, gave this lovely tribute to an event in Oxford at the weekend. Jo would have been so pleased to see so many people here today from the many causes she fought for: dear Oxfam colleagues, sisters and brothers in the Labour Party and trade unions, feminists, and the good folk of Oxford. Jo was one of the most...
CIPE Development Blog
What Good is Economics as a Science, if Not Based on Field Studies?23 Jun 2016 | 7:41 amI currently work with CIPE partner the Federation of Economic Development Associations (FEDA) on a study to bring Egypt's informal sector into the formal one. Since there are number of studies on this topic, FEDA chose to focus its study on producing a guide – more of a roadmap – that outlines practical steps to facilitating the informal sector's formalization. A series of focus groups based on...
Safety First: Secure Communications and Storage Tools for Reducing Risks22 Jun 2016 | 12:54 pmWhat makes CIPE's programs stand out is the caliber of our partners. From developing the first ever local business agendas in Ukraine, sparking economic policy debates for the first time in Nepal, to leading the private sector cooperate with local … Continue reading →
Democracy that Delivers Podcast #21: After Serving Time for Violating the FCPA, Richard Bistrong Counsels Others on How to Avoid the Same Fate21 Jun 2016 | 1:32 pmFormer FCPA violator and current anti-bribery consultant Richard Bistrong (@richardbistrong) was convicted of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, cooperated with the FBI, and served time in prison. Today he works with companies to help them deal with anti-bribery and compliance issues around the world. He discusses what led to his conviction, and what he learned about corruption risks...
The Tunisian Business Community: Still Working to Keep Tunisia's Democracy on Track21 Jun 2016 | 6:08 amIn 2015, Tunisia's business community, government and civil society worked together to overcome a series of political and security crises that almost derailed their grand democracy experiment, and won a Nobel Prize for their efforts. Now it is the economy that needs an intervention. Instead of transforming and growing, it has been sliding backward. The Tunisian dinar is losing value, public debt...
Debate on Taxation in Pakistan: Reforms Move to the Next Level16 Jun 2016 | 11:51 amPakistan's overall tax-to-GDP ratio has been hovering around 10 per cent for the past decade, which is approximately five per cent lower than the average of comparable economies. Despite a large tax base available in all provinces, they collectively contribute only seven per cent in overall revenues. Federal revenues are low, and government coffers are emptied by debt servicing, high defense...
ODI Opinion
Achieving financial stability and growth in Africa13 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amA panel of experts explores how African financial systems could be structured and regulated to achieve inclusive growth and financial stability.
ODI in conversation with Sir Angus Deaton12 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amWinner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, Sir Angus Deaton, joins ODI in conversation on global poverty, inequality and aid.
Leave no one behind: starting now11 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amThis interactive event explores how we can ensure no one is left behind by progress.
Development Impact Bonds: paying for success5 Jul 2016 | 12:00 amThis panel launches the first-year results of the first Development Impact Bond, sparking a broader discussion about results-based aid and measuring impact.
ODI in conversation with Dr Carlos Lopes28 Jun 2016 | 12:00 amDavid Pilling, Africa Editor at the Financial Times, joins the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in conversation.
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Loafing Shed Plans8 Jun 2016 | 8:35 amIn order to protect you horses from harsh weather conditions, you have to build a precise shed taking guidelines from a high-quality set of loafing shed plans. In this regard you are required to have looked for right loafing shed blue prints that will tell you how to build a strong and solid structure that can combat with the test of time as well as harshness of the climate. It
Dani Rodrik's weblog
Brexit and the Globalization Trilemma13 Jun 2016 | 6:49 amI have not written much on Brexit because I do not have a strong or particularly well-informed view of it. My personal hope is that Britain will choose to remain in the EU – but that is as much because of a belief that without Britain the EU will likely become less democratic and more wrong-headed as it is because of the likely economic costs of Brexit. Yes, I do think exit poses significant economic risk to Britain (and possibly to the world economy), though I believe there are very large margins of uncertainty around the quantitative prognostications presented by the U.K. Treasury and many British economists. But there are also serious questions posed about the nature of democracy and self-government in...
I'm profiled...26 May 2016 | 10:54 amby the IMF, in their magazine Finance & Development. Here is the link. The piece is written by the IMF's Prakash Loungani, who has gone back and fished out vignettes that even I had forgotten. Here is the opening: The triumph of markets over the state appeared almost complete in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall had discredited the role of the state in commanding the economic and political life of citizens. The political scientist Frank Fukuyama proclaimed in 1992 that the spread of democracy and capitalism around the globe would henceforth make history somewhat "boring." Among economists, markets—already held in fairly high regard—gained further...
More on the political trilemma of the global economy11 Mar 2016 | 8:58 amMartin Sandbu of the Financial Times has a very thoughtful discussion of my globalization trilemma, as it applies to Brexit among other things. Sandbu argues that "thinking critically about Rodrik's trilemma should lead us to more optimistic conclusions." I largely agree with Sandbu's points, but I thought it would be useful to state some of my reactions in the interest of clarifying the issues. Here are Sandbu's main points and my take on them. <ol> <li>"First, if anything it is more dilemma than trilemma (as is the more famous macroeconomic trilemma Rodrik takes his inspiration from). Consider this: if economic integration limits a national democracy's room for manoeuvre, does it limit a national...</li></ol>
"Economics Rules" included in FT's list of Best Economics Books of 20152 Dec 2015 | 5:38 amMartin Wolf's take on the book is characteristically to the point, and the best short summary I have seen as yet: After the financial crisis, economics is in the doghouse. Rodrik, one of the world's most perceptive policy analysts, wants it let out again, albeit on a leash. One should, he insists, regard economics as "a collection of models", not as a single grand, overarching theory. The economist's art lies in knowing which model is appropriate to the task at hand.� Here is the link and the other books on the list. UPDATE: The book has also made The Economist's list of best economics books of the year.
An update on Economics Rules18 Nov 2015 | 7:47 amMy Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science has been out now for more than a month, and I am quite pleased by the early reactions. Here is the review in The New York Times Book Review (by David Leonhardt) this weekend, last weekend's review in the Washington Post (by Steven Pearlstein), and the one in the Financial Times (by Martin Sandbu). Clive Crook reviewed the book in Bloomberg View and Diana Coyle in The Enlightened Economist. For German readers, there are reviews in Handelszeitung (by Simon Schmid) and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (by Gerald Braunberger). Last not least, there is a review in Turkish by Emrah Aydinonat in Habertürk. I am probably missing some reviews -- so...
A reformation of digital and democracy literacy led by civil society3 Jun 2016 | 2:02 pmOnce upon a time, the codes that guided society were the province of a few. The word of God was read and interpreted by priests and men of the church who told the people what the book said, what the codes for a good life were. And the people did as they were told. Then more people learned to read, printing technology changed, and still more people learned to read. Violations of power from those who had controlled the code were exposed, and religious reformation was called for. New technologies and more public interrogation of the "code" began and many took over what had the been the tightly-held purview of a few.(The above is a deliberately oversimplified analysis of 15-18th century western European...
Thoughts on democracy from the U.S. capital26 May 2016 | 12:33 pmI've been thinking...Suing news outlets with whom you don't agree is not philanthropy. Wealthy individuals litigating an agenda by themselves (and secretly) is different from "impact litigation" led by public interest groups, (even when financed by a few individuals). (see below * on associational power)The arc of platform consolidation built on the back of personal data that has contributed to the collapse of independent journalism is a story line we may see repeated in the nonprofit sector writ large.Community-governed, small, independent associations - which de Tocqueville noted as core to American democracy - are threatened by homogenizing pushes for scale, efficiency, short-term metrics, and earned...
Redesigning civil society organizations9 May 2016 | 8:30 amDigital data are everywhere. They are replicable, generative, storable, scalable, nonrival and nonexcludable. Digital data are different enough from time and money - the two resources around which most of our existing institutions are designed - that it's time to redesign those institutions.It's time for institutional innovation.� Nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations are familiar corporate forms that manage private monies (and time) for public benefit. Their corporate structure, reporting, and governance requirements direct resources to the public mission and provide bulwarks against misuse of financial resources. There is nothing in their corporate code or governance structure that equips them to...
Resources - Tech for Social Good6 May 2016 | 1:45 pmI just finished teaching a continuing studies class at Stanford on Tech for Social Good. My colleague and co-teacher, Rob Reich and I assembled this list of free online sites to follow/ newsletters to read for the class. I thought I'd share it here as well. Enjoy! (and let me know what I'm missing)Civic Hall and Personal Democracy Forum (and First Post newsletter)http://civichall.org/civicist Data & Society Institutehttp://www.datasociety.net/Equal Future – Social Justice and Technologyhttps://www.equalfuture.us/Knight Foundation Tech for Civic Engagementhttp://www.knightfoundation.org/funding-initiatives/tech-engagement/Markets For Goodhttp://www.marketsforgood.orgNYU Gov Lab� - Friday...
Digital civil society in one minute and 26 seconds24 Mar 2016 | 11:55 amFrom an interview at Worldview StanfordLucy Bernholz: Digital Civil Society from Worldview on Vimeo.
Acumen Fund Blog
Forbes 400 Honors Acumen Founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship9 Jun 2016 | 10:00 amOn Thursday, Forbes hosted its fifth annual Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy under the theme "Moonshots—Big Bets for Social Change." The exclusive event brought together 200 of the world's leading philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and business leaders for a critical discussion on how to apply wealth and resources to solve today's most intractable problems. Forbes turned the lens on the audacious thinkers, entrepreneurs, inventors and scholars who are proposing and initiating these radical ideas, creating philanthropic solutions to change our world. Royal Bank of Canada was a presenting sponsor, and McKinsey & Company was the Knowledge Partner. Attendees and speakers included Warren...
"BURNing" The Battery3 Jun 2016 | 7:00 amOn May 26, six renowned Bay Area chefs and more than 100 guests came together for a night of food and social impact in honor of Acumen and our investee, BURN, a producer and distributor of highly-efficient, affordable cookstoves in East Africa. The event took place at The Battery, a private club located in San Francisco's financial district, and was hosted by Acumen partners and Battery co-founders, Michael and Xochi Birch. The chefs, which included Traci Des Jardins of Jardinière, Nicolai Lipscomb of The Battery, Orlando Pagan of The Village Pub and Eskender Aseged of Radio Africa, showed off their culinary prowess by preparing a range of foods using only BURN cookstoves. Guests sampled a variety of...
Five Reasons Social Enterprises Are Applying a Gender Lens to their Businesses24 May 2016 | 10:30 amThere is article after article about why businesses and investors should seek new ways to be more inclusive of women in their business models. But what we've learned at Acumen, where we invest in business that solve problems of poverty, is that leaders of social-purpose businesses are already doing this, and perhaps there's something we can learn from them. The Women Deliver Conference – one of the largest events this year focused on women and girls – took place last week in Copenhagen, with a major focus on the link between development and women's rights. But the role that innovative business models can play in linking women with development goals is still getting little attention. I was excited to...
ACUMEN LAUNCHES NEW U.S. PORTFOLIO TO TACKLE POVERTY IN AMERICA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, BARCLAYS AND THE HITACHI FOUNDATION16 May 2016 | 5:00 amNew York, NY – Acumen, the nonprofit global venture fund, announced today the launch of Acumen America, a portfolio of American social enterprises focused on tackling poverty within the United States. Since its founding in 2001, Acumen has invested $101 million to build nearly 100 innovative enterprises addressing the problems of poverty in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. Now, after 15 years, the organization is bringing its impact investing model to the U.S. to help address the biggest issues facing the nearly 47 million people living in poverty. With the support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Barclays and The Hitachi Foundation, Acumen is building a portfolio of U.S. companies with a focus...
Is Alignment Enough? Changing the Conversation to Build Stronger Partnerships Between Corporations and Social Enterprises4 May 2016 | 11:00 amOn April 12th, Acumen and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship hosted a workshop in Oxford, England with representatives from large corporations and smaller social businesses from around the globe. At the workshop, entitled "Beyond Dialogue," we asked: How can we build business models that truly serve the poor through collaboration among corporations and social enterprises? We wanted to see what large corporations and social enterprises could learn from each other to build businesses that are not only scalable and financially viable but also inclusive of poor and marginalized communities and environmentally sustainable. Over the last three years, Acumen has made an effort to bring together these...
Women's World Banking
Policy isn't enough to close the gender gap in leadership23 Jun 2016 | 10:19 amJune 23, 2016 By Rachel K. Field, Director, Leadership and Diversity The headline was stark: "Financial Services Industry Lagging in Unleashing Female Leadership Potential." This summed up the findings of Oliver Wyman's second Women in Financial Services report released last week, echoing findings from other reports such as McKinsey's Women in the Workplace and Mercer's When Women Thrive, about the slow, if not stalling progress to gender equity in corporate leadership. Your gender diversity policies are missing the "glue" that holds it all together: cultureClick To Tweet While many may shrug and say that this is not surprising, the fact is over the past few years plenty of effort has been...
Learning, Leading, Investing: Women's World Banking's 2015 Annual Report21 Jun 2016 | 3:00 amJune 21, 2016 By Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women's World Banking In early 2015, the World Bank's Global Findex provided us with a global "report card" on access to financial services around the world. The good news: the number of unbanked adults worldwide dropped by 20 percent. Unfortunately, the gender gap in access to financial services did not shift at all. Globally, women are 7 percent less likely to have access to a bank account, up to 9 percent in developing countries. Check out Women's World Banking's 2015 Annual Report: "Learning, Leading, Investing"Click To Tweet The persistence of this gap is frustrating, but it is increasingly clear to us that gender parity in financial...
Microfund for Women's Focus on Women as Talent Helps Them Serve Women20 Jun 2016 | 2:30 amJune 20, 2016 By Microfund for Women Microfund for Women (MFW) is a pioneer in microfinance industry of Jordan, actively empowering women through their beneficiaries and staff. It is also a pioneer in advancing gender diversity within the ranks of its leadership. Through innovative processes, MFW has been able to attract and develop high-potential women, creating a talent pool to help meet targets for organizational growth and execute on our business development strategy. What's driving the impressive staff and leadership diversity numbers at @MicrofundforWom?Click To Tweet MFW's senior leadership team sustains its commitment to gender diversity in spite of a challenging external environment. The rise...
RFQ: Gender Consultant (Individual)14 Jun 2016 | 1:42 pmIssue Date: June 14, 2016 Submission Date: June 26, 2016 Summary Women's World Banking is seeking an experienced individual gender consultant to conduct secondary research into the position of women in the peri-urban and rural economy in Egypt, specifically the Greater Cairo area. The Consultant will be procured on retainer for this project as well as for potential work in other areas in the Middle East. About Women's World Banking Women's World Banking is the global non-profit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources essential to their security and prosperity. For more than 35 years Women's World Banking has worked with financial institutions to show them...
A loan to power her family business: Dendev's story in Mongolia12 Jun 2016 | 11:00 pmJune 13, 2016 By: Women's World Banking Oyunchimeg Dendev graduated from the College of Polytechnics in Mongolia as a light industry technician and mechanic. She got her first and only job was for the State Sewing Factory. After 16 years with the company, she decided to strike out on her own. She made her first tailored goods using her home sewing machine, and started selling the women's suits and school uniforms. How a $200 #loan helped address this microentrepreneur's catch-22 Click To Tweet She couldn't afford rent space in the market so she sold the products through word-of-mouth. A year later, her husband joined the family business when he lost his job at the brick factory. Eventually their two...
Ideas for development
Pluralité des sociétés en Amérique latine : quels impacts sur la gouvernance des ressources ?27 Jun 2016 | 6:41 amLes échanges ont été animés par Christophe Ventura, journaliste. Sont intervenus José DE ACHA, premier secrétaire de l'Ambassade de l'Etat plurinational de Bolivie en France ;... Cet article Pluralité des sociétés en Amérique latine : quels impacts sur la gouvernance des ressources ? est apparu en premier sur Ideas for development.
« Plus de garderies signifie plus d'emplois »24 Jun 2016 | 9:33 amL'étude que vous venez de conduire avec ITU conclut à la nécessité d'investissements massifs dans le secteur des garderies en Turquie. Quelle est la situation actuelle ?... Cet article « Plus de garderies signifie plus d'emplois » est apparu en premier sur Ideas for development.
« Mieux vaut proposer des transferts monétaires directs à bas coût plutôt que des projets fortement subventionnés »21 Jun 2016 | 3:58 amPensez-vous que les ODD puissent être réalisés ? Oui, parce que les Nations vont nouer un dialogue utile autour de ces objectifs et mettre certaines structures en... Cet article « Mieux vaut proposer des transferts monétaires directs à bas coût plutôt que des projets fortement subventionnés » est apparu en premier sur Ideas for development.
Transition énergétique : comment l'accompagner au Sud ?20 Jun 2016 | 6:40 amLes échanges ont été animés par Sandrine Mercier, journaliste à RFI. Sont intervenus Gilles PARGNEAUX, député européen, Vice-Président de la Commission Environnement ; Christian DE GROMARD, référent énergie et... Cet article Transition énergétique : comment l'accompagner au Sud ? est apparu en premier sur Ideas for development.
Stoppons l'avancée du privé à but lucratif pour atteindre l'ODD Education !16 Jun 2016 | 3:25 amCette tribune est publiée dans le cadre de notre partenariat avec – « Développer l'offre privée » : la panacée ? Depuis 2000, l'accès à l'éducation primaire s'est... Cet article Stoppons l'avancée du privé à but lucratif pour atteindre l'ODD Education ! est apparu en premier sur Ideas for development.
Women Thrive Worldwide
Women Thrive is Changing the Narrative on Grassroots Women and Girls22 Jun 2016 | 7:57 amEmily Bove June 22, 2016Women Thrive Alliance members are grassroots organizations who, every day, work to make gender equality a reality in their communities. One step at a time, they dismantle patriarchal structures, change gender norms and attitudes, build support for their vision for an equal society, and expand opportunities for the women and girls they work for. These change-makers – women, girls, men and boys – are united by the belief that when women and girls get a seat at the decision-making table, policies and programs are better shaped to successfully eradicate violence against women, increase women's economic opportunities, and ensure equitable access to education for all. Our members...
Women Thrive Worldwide to Change Focus20 May 2016 | 3:37 pmNoel SchroederMay 20, 2016It is with great excitement that we announce that Women Thrive Worldwide is changing its name to Women Thrive Alliance. As many of you know, Women Thrive has focused in recent years on growing its global network of grassroots women's organizations in developing countries, what we had called the Alliance for Women's Solutions. This Alliance now consists of some 230 women's rights organizations around the globe. Last year, Women Thrive and Alliance members were instrumental in securing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 ("Quality Education") after four hard years of collective advocacy. In March 2016, we launched a report called "Getting equitable education on...
Women Thrive Worldwide to Change Focus20 May 2016 | 3:22 pmPress Contact:�Noel SchroederContact person by email202.999.4482Release Date:�May 20, 2016 atStatement from the Executive Director and Chair of the BoardIt is with great excitement that we announce that Women Thrive Worldwide is changing its name to Women Thrive Alliance. As many of you know, Women Thrive has focused in recent years on growing its global network of grassroots women's organizations in developing countries, what we had called the Alliance for Women's Solutions. This Alliance now consists of some 230 women's rights organizations around the globe. Last year, Women Thrive and Alliance members were instrumental in securing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 ("Quality Education")...
22-year-old Caroline: "I Will Not Stop Until I See Some Change"27 Jun 2014 | 10:21 amCaroline MutesiJune 27, 2014My name is Caroline Mutesi. I am a Ugandan national and the first born of five children. I am 22 years old and I graduated in 2014 from Makerere Universty in Uganda with a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences. I volunteer at Forum for African Women Educationalists - Uganda (FAWEU) because I want to help young girls and boys get an education and work with people with whom I share the same dream and vision. The youth delegates at the African Union in Addis Ababa after the youth run for the Day of the African Child. This year, Women Thrive sponsored me to attend a commemoration of the Day of the African Child in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This day honors the thousands of black school...
Excerpt from Teach a Woman to Fish: Kaya Girls Center19 Jun 2014 | 6:50 amKendall StempelJune 18, 2014In her new book, Teach a Woman to Fish, Ritu Sharma writes about her experience speaking to young women at the Kaya Girls Center in Burkina Faso. The Center was created after the U.S. stopped funding the Burkinabe Response to Improve Girls' Chances to Succeed (BRIGHT) program in West Africa. The need for secondary schools for the young Burkanese women who benefited from BRIGHT led to the creation of the Kaya Girls Center, which you can read about in the excerpt from Ritu's book below: Ritu and her translator Paul, speaking to schoolchildren in Burkina Faso. The classroom was filled with 50 girls between thirteen and fifteen in matching uniforms of white shirts, blue pleated...
Could you help us change the law?27 Jun 2016 | 7:28 amTake ACTION and tweet influential MPs below. Tomorrow, MPs will vote on the Finance Bill – a set of measures and proposals that will change the way we manage our tax system. Excited? You should be! This is your chance to help change the law. An amendment to the Bill, tabled by Caroline Flint MP, could have a huge impact on our fight against extreme poverty. The amendment would require the UK's largest multinational companies to reveal where they make their profits and where they pay taxes, through what's called public Country-By-Country Reporting. Why does that matter to the poorest countries? Public information about the operations of large UK multinational companies would allow developing countries...
This Hunger Heroine is helping moms make smart food choices in Nigeria27 Jun 2016 | 6:35 amBy Atoke Professor Ngozi Nnam is a hunger heroine in Nigeria. As a young girl taking trips around the country with her family, Ngozi couldn't help but notice the number of young children with moon faces, distended stomachs, prominent ribs, and swollen feet. Their obvious suffering prompted questions in her mind: What had happened to them? And why were they like that when she was not? She would later learn that the children she saw in those villages were severely malnourished, exhibiting symptoms of marasmus, anaemia, stunting, wasting, and kwashiorkor—diseases that she strongly feels should have no place in today's modern world, in Nigeria or anywhere else. Her passion for eradicating these...
It's 2016 and there are 65 million people with nowhere to go24 Jun 2016 | 11:21 amThis is a guest post by Isabelle De Lichtervelde, ONE's Policy Officer for Development Finance. At a time when the world is facing an unprecedented displacement crisis, this year's World Refugee Day on 20 June marked an important moment to honour the courage of all the women, men and children who have been forced to flee their homes, and to reflect on how we can address their urgent and longer-term needs, while preventing future crises. This week, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, released its latest data on forced displacement in 2015. The new figures remind us of the enormous humanitarian challenges the global community is currently confronting. As of the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were forced to...
8,395 miles: One refugee's journey from South Sudan to Boise, Idaho21 Jun 2016 | 7:15 amThis piece is part of a reporting partnership between ONE and Refugees Deeply. Khamisa grew up in southern Sudan, in an area now part of the world's newest country, South Sudan. When she was 10 years old, her father was killed in a land dispute; fearing their own safety, Khamisa and her mother traveled to Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya – currently home to 179,000 refugees. Eventually Khamisa was granted refugee status in the United States, and she moved to Boise, Idaho – now her home. "I grew up there (southern Sudan) 'til the age of 10 and then went to Kenya with my mother to seek refuge. It was 1996. It was not easy. The only thing that I remember is that we had been without food for a very...
Your vote is your voice – please use it this week21 Jun 2016 | 7:15 amBy Dave Kellam (Flickr: Flagging Support) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons If you're in the UK, then you've probably heard all the arguments in the last few weeks about whether we should remain in the EU or leave. Now it's decision time. At ONE, we're not going to tell you which way we think you should vote. That's for you to decide. But we are asking you to use your vote. Why? Well, we often say, "we're not asking for your money, we're asking for your voice." That's because we know your voice can make all the difference. And there is no better way to raise your voice than by exercising your democratic right to vote. Your vote is your voice. Because people fought and died for the...
Kiva Blog Updates
Kiva launches direct to social enterprise program27 Jun 2016 | 4:28 pmThe direct to social enterprise program is a pilot program that aims to raise capital for social enterprises in a new and more efficient way. Social enterprises have the potential to strengthen their communities and reduce poverty by expanding formal employment, scaling innovative social solutions and driving sustainable economic growth. However, they often fall in the "missing middle," meaning they are too small for traditional banks, but too big for microfinance. In the past, Kiva has used 2 different models to support small social enterprises: <ul> <li> •The social enterprise itself is set up as a Kiva Field Partner: Under this model, the social enterprise must have its own borrowers, whose...</li></ul>
Guadalupe is living the American dream: "No one believed me, they all said I was crazy."27 Jun 2016 | 12:39 pmThis the second of our stories in our series spotlighting U.S. businesses in celebration of Independence Day. "After years of working for someone else, I decided it was time to pursue my dream of bringing the food of my childhood to my new home." You can tell Guadalupe is a passionate woman from the moment you place your order at El Pipila. She is constantly moving around assembling the plates, but keeping an eye on everything that's going on, making sure everyone receives the best service. Her passion comes in part from her journey to the United States, and as she discusses it Guadalupe's eyes fill with tears. Her daughter, Brenda, does most of the talking, to help her mother through it....
We are together: How a refugee's story helped me write my own21 Jun 2016 | 2:43 pmKigali, Rwanda. Photo by Flickr user oledoe. I've only seen the film Hotel Rwanda twice. The first time, I was alone on my parents' couch in small-town Oklahoma. I tend to want to be emotionally prepared for heavy films with difficult subject matter, but when do you ever feel prepared enough to bear witness to such a magnitude of senseless violence and tragedy as what happened in Rwanda? The answer is never, so I finally just took a deep breath and hit play. Continue reading at Kiva's Medium page�-->> Tags:�kivakiva microfundsloansmicrofinancelendingrefugeerefugeesAfricarwandahuman rights
In honor of World Refugee Day20 Jun 2016 | 12:00 amThere are more than 60 million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world who were driven from their homes by violence and conflict. In honor of World Refugee Day, we're featuring the stories of borrowers who were forced to rebuild their lives and found new hope and support through the Kiva community. Kiva lenders have crowdfunded more than $2.6 million in loans to refugees and internally displaced people. This support helps Kiva's Field Partners extend financial services to those most at risk and in need, including refugees and IDPs escaping conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Colombia, among others. Kiva loans can also help play a critical...
Growing a business and caring for a family, from a refugee camp19 Jun 2016 | 9:05 amThis is part of our World Refugee Day series honoring Kiva borrowers who made the incredible journey from refugee to entrepreneur. Najah, whose name means "Success" in Arabic, comes from a Bedouin background and is now a successful business woman herself. She raises sheep and goats and sells milk and meat. She lives with her 5 children in a refugee camp near Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world, in the West Bank. Her husband lives most of the week in Israel due to his work, so she runs the household and the business. She's working in difficult conditions — the West Bank economy is in crisis and many families like Najah's have to scrape together a living in refugee camps...
The Change Blog
I Wasn't Too Old to Change After All16 Jun 2016 | 4:57 amI've always been a list person. I like orderly, pigeonholed thought processes. When I read information, it automatically appears in my brain as an outline – none of those messy, ideas-all-over-the-page graphic organizers. For eighteen years my educational philosophy pretty much stayed the same. Oh, I would change up processes and bring in new visuals and tools, but what I basically believed education should look like in my classroom never changed. When our district announced it was bringing in one-to-one tech devices for our students, I thought, "That's fine for the younger teachers, but I'm only five years from retirement – things are fine. I'm a good teacher. No need to change at this...
5 Life Lessons Learned After Divorce14 Jun 2016 | 5:50 am"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." – Joseph Campbell I thought I had my life planned. Since I was a junior in high school, I knew I was going to marry my high school sweetheart, have two children and teach. We went to the same college, I got a job teaching kindergarten and we had two beautiful boys. Everything seemed to be going according to plan, but the truth was year after year I was becoming more and more miserable. I was stubborn though and determined to make the marriage work, so for many years I pretended to be happy. When my youngest son was just 8 months old we decided that it was time to get a divorce. The life I knew...
How I Found New Power In My Mistakes12 Jun 2016 | 6:49 amI've had opportunities. I've tried my hand at many jobs. I did the corporate thing and worked in the academic sphere. I organized parties and I worked in fashion. I poured drinks, pushed charities and baked apple pies. I've written books, scripts, and I even directed a short film once with somebody from the BBC. I was part of a startup and worked flat out before that eventually went under. I've lived in a dozen countries and traveled through three dozen more. I tried my hand at a half a hundred lives and left them all behind. Today I spend my days alone, in my room, rattling away on a keyboard, spilling out words for other people to put their name on and claim as theirs. I'm not young anymore. A...
How to Find Beauty From Grief9 Jun 2016 | 5:12 am"Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom." – Rumi It was 9:25 am ET and my office phone rang. Picking up, I was surprised to hear my stepdad's voice on the other line. It was 6 am on the West Coast. "Jill, your mom is dead." Me: "What are you talking about?! Why are you saying this?! Are you joking??" Him: "I'm sorry. I found her this morning." I don't really remember how I signed off, but I hung up and began to sob….I couldn't catch my breath. She was 59. I didn't know this then, but the autopsy would later list her cause of death as "complications due to alcohol use." In...
Things I Learned from Taking a Gap Year after University7 Jun 2016 | 4:57 amWhen I graduated from high school, a lot of my friends decided to wait a few months before they started college. I had been accepted into the Liberal Arts program at my mother's Alma mater and I could not wait to get started. So, I moved on campus later that summer and started my classes in the fall. I figured that continuity in my education would keep me focused. While it was not always a breeze, my four years at the university was everything I hoped it would be. I had fascinating professors who had a lot of experience in the areas they taught and they impressed their enthusiasm in my mind. I had so many ideas of what I wanted to do as a career, and that was one of the reasons I got my BA in Liberal...
Two Startups Addressing Digital and Financial Inclusion Each Receive $50,000 Investments27 Jun 2016 | 4:21 pmThe Points of Light Civic Accelerator announced that it will invest $50,000 each in New York On Tech and PYT Funds – one nonprofit and one for-profit startup. Both are creating greater opportunities for [...] The post Two Startups Addressing Digital and Financial Inclusion Each Receive $50,000 Investments appeared first on SocialEarth.
Textile Waste Turned into Consumer Products27 Jun 2016 | 2:24 pmThe global textile industry is valued at over $1 trillion, ranking as the second largest industry in terms of intensity of trade. Textiles are also the fastest growing sector in [...] The post Textile Waste Turned into Consumer Products appeared first on SocialEarth.
Saving the Environment with Summer Energy-Saving Tips27 Jun 2016 | 8:22 amBy Maria Antoinette Studies have shown that the United States wastes more energy than it uses, and residential energy waste is a significant part of the problem as it puts [...] The post Saving the Environment with Summer Energy-Saving Tips appeared first on SocialEarth.
World Bank Adopts New Climate Change Action Plan24 Jun 2016 | 8:50 amIn the run-up to the historic COP21 climate agreement at Paris in December 2015, more than 180 countries submitted pledges on climate action – the Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs. [...] The post World Bank Adopts New Climate Change Action Plan appeared first on SocialEarth.
Most Americans Support Recycling: New Survey24 Jun 2016 | 8:41 amA new survey carried out by the Carton Council of North America has found that 90 percent of respondents believe recycling is important and citizens should try to recycle as [...] The post Most Americans Support Recycling: New Survey appeared first on SocialEarth.
Social Velocity
How Is Nonprofit Overhead Still a Thing?23 Jun 2016 | 6:48 amLest you think we've made headway on overcoming the Overhead Myth (the false notion that nonprofits must keep their fundraising and administrative costs cripplingly low) you need only look as far as a recent Forbes article, "5 Nonprofit Leaders Share How to Keep Overhead Costs to a Minimum." And this is perhaps even worse because it is nonprofit leaders themselves, not philanthropists or business leaders, telling nonprofit leaders that overhead is bad. The Forbes Nonprofit Council made up of "top nonprofit execs [who] offer insights on nonprofit leadership & trends" compiled these 5 "tips" for keeping nonprofit overhead low. And the tips are as insidious as you might think. I know I...
We Must Rise21 Jun 2016 | 6:52 amIt has been a rough several weeks. The horrifying brutality in Orlando was just another instance in what seems like an endless stream of gun violence. And that violence is just one of the challenges facing us, from an increasingly hate-filled presidential campaign, to growing wealth inequality, to racial unrest, to political polarization and gridlock. It seems now more than ever we need real leadership to point us toward the light. But our nation's leaders themselves are in turmoil. You only need to look at a recent picture of Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to see how conflicted and immobilized a leader can become. We are witnessing a time that requires true leadership. This is a...
10 Great Social Innovation Reads: May 20169 Jun 2016 | 6:59 amMay offered some interesting insights into the world of social change. From a plea by nonprofit infrastructure groups for more funding, to some criticisms of philanthropy's unwillingness to invest in rural economies or provide a realistic runway to nonprofits, to digital's impact on journalism, to the evolving sharing economy, to a call for more nonprofit board resignations, to a way to break the nonprofit starvation cycle, there was a lot to read. Below are my picks of the 10 best reads in the world of social change in May. But you can always follow me on Twitter (@nedgington) for a longer list. And if you are interested in past months' 10 Great Reads lists, go here. <ol> <li>Perhaps the biggest news of the...</li></ol>
Is Your Frustrating Board a Symptom of a Larger Problem?7 Jun 2016 | 7:07 amOne of the biggest complaints I hear from nonprofit leaders is that their board is not working well enough for them — most often around fundraising. From board members who are largely in name only, to others who refuse to fundraise, to those who meddle or micromanage, to those who don't understand the organization or its programs, there can be a large list of grievances that nonprofit leaders have about their board. So nonprofit leaders often look for a magic bullet to get their board in gear. Just last week a nonprofit leader approached me seeking help getting her board engaged. She thought that if she hired a consultant to rewrite their board by-laws and rework the board committee structure,...
Where Does Your Nonprofit Fit In the Market?1 Jun 2016 | 2:48 pmAs much as we might like to deny it, nonprofits exist in a market economy, which means that nonprofits, like everything else, must compete for customers and resources. Therefore it is critical that you understand where your nonprofit fits in the market. While a business has one customer, a nonprofit has at least two distinct customer groups: <ol> <li>Those who benefit from a nonprofit's work (clients), and</li> <li>Those who fund that work (donors, government contractors, etc).</li> </ol> So it is absolutely critical that nonprofit leaders understand what unique value their work brings to these customers. This can be done through a Marketplace Map, which is one of the first exercises (along with a Theory of Change) that I help...
SSIR Articles
Re-Designing American High Schools for the 21st Century (Blog)27 Jun 2016 | 9:22 amBy Patrick Cook-Deegan It's time to boldly reimagine the high-school experience using the power of human-centered design, the latest adolescent neuroscience, and purpose learning.
Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering27 Jun 2016 | 8:00 amBy Judith Lasker Drawing on extensive field research and surveys, Lasker suggests several ways to make international health volunteering more effective.
Supporting a Truly Participant-Centered Approach to Development (Blog)24 Jun 2016 | 9:30 amBy Mekdelawit Astatke Bayu Resistance to unconditional cash transfers may be less about their effectiveness and applicability as a participant-focused programmatic strategy, and more about the development community's vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
Impact Assessment: Corporate Sustainability 2.0 (Blog)23 Jun 2016 | 9:30 amBy Joanna Radeke Unless companies commit to measuring impact, their sustainability initiatives will solve only pockets of social problems or have no real impact at all.
Rewriting the Future: A Latino Prosperity Movement (Blog)22 Jun 2016 | 9:30 amBy Mara Perez Latino philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and technology innovators are establishing important building blocks for the creation and strategic deployment of Latino wealth.
Care2 Causes » Trailblazers For Good
10 Songs With Feminist Revisions23 Jun 2016 | 8:30 amMusic has long reflected the sexism we see in society as a whole, and we can't just scapegoat rap and hip-hop. The following artists have given popular songs a much-needed feminist makeover.
Murders of Environmental Activists Are at an All-Time High22 Jun 2016 | 2:30 pmEnvironmentalist activists sacrifice a lot of their time and energy fighting on behalf of the planet, but one thing they shouldn't have to sacrifice is their lives. Tragically, however, that's precisely the cost that many eco activists are paying at the hands of unscrupulous, anti-environment corporations. In fact, 2015 broke a record – the kind […]
Oregon Person First in US to Legally Identify as Neither Male nor Female22 Jun 2016 | 8:30 amThere's no doubt that awareness of trans rights is at an all-time high in America. While that progress is great, what about people who don't fit into either box? Just because someone doesn't feel like a male doesn't mean that that person does feel like a woman (or vice versa.) This is the problem that Portland, […]
Hero Calls 911 for Homeless Vet, Keeps His Belongings Safe for Him20 Jun 2016 | 4:00 pmDouglas Dean Hall is a veteran. He's a former active duty Marine with a prosthetic leg. He is also homeless. When he collapsed on a Hollywood street in April 2016, he had little cause to believe anything good would happen to him. Fortunately, he'd be wrong about that. Dana Lee Calabrese and her cousin saw […]
Maine Student Rejects Scholarship From Bottled Water Company19 Jun 2016 | 10:00 amDespite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.
YEC // Young Entrepreneur Council
YEC Member Company Convene Partners With Major Landlord Brookfield Property Group27 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amYEC member company Convene partnered with Brookfield Property Group to operate meeting and conferencing centers at its first-rate office buildings around the world. Brookfield Property Group, a major real-estate investment platform, also led a funding round with asset management firm Arrowpoint Partners of $20 million for Convene. Ryan Simonetti and Christopher Kelly, both YEC members, co-founded Convene in 2009 to combine technology, hospitality, and design to transform the workplace experience. Convene's workplace-as-a-service platform provides on-demand meeting and hospitality solutions for building tenants and their employees. "The core business is still 'Zipcar' for meeting space," Simonetti told...
Welcome Bryan Zaslow, President and CEO at JBCStyle, JBCConnect and Janou Pakter26 Jun 2016 | 11:00 pmYEC members are successful entrepreneurs who've built world-class companies. The founders of impactful businesses, each new professional is a welcome addition to the group. So join us this week in welcoming one of the newest members of our community: Bryan Zaslow. Bryan Zaslow is the president and CEO of JBCStyle, JBCConnect and Janou Pakter. JBCStyle is a full service fashion and retail recruitment firm. Along with its sister company and Janou Pakter, the firm provides staffing, HR, sales, PR, company culture, marketing and finance services. Bryan is an expert in recruitment and in leadership strategies. Looking to connect? Reach out to your member concierge at firstname.lastname@example.com and mention how you could...
YEC Members Offer Tips on Design and Finance26 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amYEC members are experts in many fields. From technology to food innovation, they've started successful and forward-thinking companies across a variety of industries and gained first-hand knowledge of the challenges of starting and sustaining a business. This week, our members offer insight on finance and design. The Importance of Rethinking Business Design In his latest Huffington Post piece, "The Importance of Rethinking Business Design," John Rampton shares how "business design has helped improve brand identity and loyalty, market position, sales, idea generation and time to market It's allowed me enhance operational efficiencies, creating a well-oiled machine." 15 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When...
YEC Members on Unlocking Customer Happiness at Scale25 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amYou can't know for certain what your customers will want in the future, but you can anticipate it using what you know about your product and your target audience — if you have the right software and systems in place. To learn how, we talked to five YEC members to understand what strategies work best for acquiring and retaining customers. While they each work in different industries, they all use what they already know about their customers and their particular offering to keep the happiest customers coming back (and referring others, too). INVERT THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT FUNNEL YEC member Eli Rubel, current vice president of marketing at Helpshift and former CEO of Glider, looks at customer happiness from...
Your Weekly YEC Social Roundup24 Jun 2016 | 2:00 amEach week, we like to post what's been going on with some of our members in the world of social media. Our recap will cover member news and highlights, external publications and hiring needs. Member News & Highlights Did you catch this week's episode of Silicon Valley? This clip was filmed at YEC member company Wpromote's headquarters, highlighting Michael Mothner and his product. Did you catch last night's episode of Silicon Valley? Watch the clip filmed at Wpromote HQ: https://t.co/TyEQnrZR1v pic.twitter.com/mTZSlGf25r — Wpromote (@Wpromote) June 20, 2016 BIG NEWS for YEC member Kathryn Minshew. Her startup, The Muse, announced on Wednesday that it's raised $16 million in a Series B funding...
Return On Now
How to Sell on Instagram for SMBs: 2016 Social Media Series21 Jun 2016 | 11:55 amThe following post is copyrighted by Return On Now - Austin Internet Marketing Consulting Services As promised, we're back we're going to explore the wonderful world of selling on Instagram. Sales in the Land of Instagram First, let's define terms. I think words matter. We can all go further, together, when we take a moment to find a common starting point when we're talking about sales or selling — or anything for that matter. It's not even important that we agree on the definition. What's important is the commitment to take a breath, take a step back, and take in other perspectives. (Oops, got sociopolitical again, didn't I?) Yes, in a capitalist economy, sales eventually equates to money in the bank....
Posting to Instagram for Small Biz Marketers: 2016 Social Media Series15 Jun 2016 | 9:59 amThe following post is copyrighted by Return On Now - Austin Internet Marketing Consulting Services As part of our ongoing series of social media for today's one-man-band marketers and those who love them, we've been looking at Instagram, both why and how to use it. Last week, we covered some of the benefits of marketing with Instagram. We'll continue that today. As often happens in life, we will uncover some of the shadow-side aspects of Instagram for marketers. Instagram offers a nigh-on unlimited text character count. (2200tc) As we know from Twitter, "tc" means text character and includes punctuation and spaces. Instagram gives you over 2000 more of those little buggers than Twitter allows. That's...
Instagram Pros and Cons for Small Business Marketers: 2016 Social Media Series7 Jun 2016 | 2:14 pmThe following post is copyrighted by Return On Now - Austin Internet Marketing Consulting Services Last week, we looked at Instagram in the abstract — as something Margaret Atwood may have written at the turn of the century — and then, with a high-level geopolitical analysis — because I fancy the work that Stratfor and the like do for our society. Now let's get down to brass tacks, por fin, okay? As I've said in prior posts, Instagram is fun and almost easy for the marketer to use. I can hear the digital natives rolling their eyes. (What? It's audible.) But I'm not writing for digital natives I'm writing for the beleaguered, the harried, the tired, the put-upon, the weary masses with a small...
2016 Social Media Series: Why Instagram? Because Facebook.1 Jun 2016 | 12:30 pmThe following post is copyrighted by Return On Now - Austin Internet Marketing Consulting Services And now, the thrilling conclusion to our mini-series: The Visual Social Platforms: Which One Should Busy Small Biz Folk Be On Now. All You Need to Know Is in the Title — Because Facebook Imagine seeing that title on the worn spine of a paperback in a used bookstore before the turn of the century, if you happened to be around by then. Who would have been the author? Asimov? Orwell? Gary Snyder? What juicy futuristic sci-fi world would it envision? (Probably one much less mundane than our actual daily round, right? There'd undoubtedly be jetpacks.) That would have been a perfectly cryptic title for a...
Which Visual Social Media Should Small Business Use, and Why?24 May 2016 | 8:01 amThe following post is copyrighted by Return On Now - Austin Internet Marketing Consulting Services Last week, we took a brief foray into the history of the digital social media so that we could make better informed, supportable decisions on how to allocate our social media and content marketing dollars and efforts. This week, we'll dive a bit deeper into the "visual platforms" of Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram. I will explain why I'd recommend Instagram only at this time. Tumblr came first. Tumblr was pretty huge at the time it was first introduced. It offered the easiest user interface for blogging newbies: Intuitive and easy to learn just by playing around with it. You didn't need to navigate a...
Changemakers Ideas ExChange
América Latina e Direitos Humanos - Por Edgar Cortez23 Jun 2016 | 1:21 pmtexto por Edgar Cortez - Pesquisador do Instituto Mexicano de Direitos Humanos e Democracia - 06 de junho de 2016 Quando falamos da América Latina, é possível que pensemos que a realidade dos países que a integram é parecida e que os países compartilhem muitos aspectos em comum. Foi essa ideia que, em algum momento, levou Simón Bolívar a surgir com o projeto Pátria Grande. Porém, ao nos vermos, o que encontramos é um continente que vive numerosos contrastes, que explora diversos caminhos e apresenta diferentes desafios. As ditaduras militares ficaram para trás e hoje quase todos os países vivem uma regularidade democrática. Porém, o voto como ferramenta de mudança social não deixa de...
Responsible Innovators in Copenhagen: An Urgent Call for Sustainable Fashion23 Jun 2016 | 10:42 amThe theme for this year's Copenhagen Fashion Summit was responsible innovation. However, what I actually came across during my time in Copenhagen (at the world's largest summit for sustainable fashion) were responsible innovators--entrepreneurial individuals with an action plan for making sustainability the new normal. These responsible innovators and their startups got me really excited about the future of fashion. However, how can we grow a collaborative environment around sustainable fashion that allows influential corporates and responsible innovators to work together? I arrived in Copenhagen ready to understand what made this city such a haven for sustainably minded professionals. The city aims to...
América Latina y Derechos Humanos22 Jun 2016 | 6:25 amCuando hablamos de América Latina es posible que pensemos que la realidad de los países que la integran es cercana y comparten muchas cosas. Eso fue lo que en algún momento llevó a Simón Bolivar a plantearse el proyecto de Patria Grande. Sin embargo, al vernos a nosotros mismo, lo que encontramos es un continente que vive numerosos contrastes, explora diversos caminos y suma gran número de retos. Quedaron atrás las dictaduras militares y en la actualidad casi todos los países viven una regularidad democrática. Sin embargo la ilusión del voto como herramienta de cambio social, quedo en eso, mera ilusión; la democracia electoral ha mostrado sus estrechos márgenes para atender y dar respuestas...
How Young People in Africa Can Succeed and Drive a New Future of "Work" - Insights from the #AfricaYouthFwd TwitterChat20 Jun 2016 | 2:32 pmIf you've ever been in sub-Saharan Africa, you've probably seen a chicken crossing a road. The funny thing is, that chicken might be key to solving one of the world's most pressing problems: poverty. For starters, they're inexpensive to take care of, as Bill Gates wrote in his development blog. They're also a good investment, helping chicken breeders make hundreds of dollars extra every year. And anyone—women and young people included—can get into the business. Look at the impact the chicken-centered social enterprise Poult Vault, Inc. is making. Poult Vault, located in Camaroon, helps individuals become poultry entrepreneurs. "When it comes to addressing the increasing gap between youth...
Des solutions innovantes ont remporté le défi "Tissons le changement" pour résoudre les problèmes structurels qui gangrènent l'industrie de la mode.20 Jun 2016 | 5:04 amTrois extraordinaires initiatives ont reçu les prix Fabric of Change hier durant le Copenhagen Fashion Summit. Ce sommet a été accueilli par l'icône de la mode Amber Valetta et l'auteur Derek Blasburg. En outre, le sommet a été une occasion de convier toutes les parties prenantes à chercher des solutions pour relever les défis relatifs au développement durable de l'industrie du textile. Des récompenses totalisant 100.000 € ont été remis aux vainqueurs par la Fondation C&A qui, en partenariat avec Ashoka a lancé l'année dernière la Compétition Fabric of Change afin de soutenir et mettre en lumière les nouvelles approches visant à transformer l'industrie de la mode. Les gagnants...
The Power of Power (and Light)16 Jun 2016 | 9:13 amWe often do not think about what we cannot see, but in some cases we do not think about what we can see, and more importantly WHY we can see – power. It is no secret that the world is unequal. Most people are aware of at least some of these inequalities; for instance, almost everyone knows that the global burden of disease falls harder in Sub-Saharan Africa than Western Europe. Some inequalities, however, are less obvious and less discussed. Access to power is trivial in most developed countries, yet remains a major barrier to development in many impoverished nations. According to ONE.org, 7 out of 10 people living in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to electricity. Furthermore, 30% of health centers...
ARV Use and Adverse Birth Outcomes13 Jun 2016 | 8:46 amAn essential component of working in the maternal and neonatal health field is staying up to date on the rapidly evolving research. We do this through a variety of outlets; social media is a vital tool, and press releases or news stories are always useful sources. Another way for us to stay informed is by attending talks by experts in the field. This is how we found out about recent research on the adverse birth outcomes of ARV use during pregnancy. ARV use during pregnancy has been proven again and again to be an efficient method for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. In fact, proper ARV treatment throughout the stages of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and breastfeeding decreases the...
Hard Labor18 May 2016 | 7:09 amAs healthcare professionals, thought leaders, and innovators converge on Copenhagen, Denmark for 'Women Deliver', the team at Maternova honor all the work done by champions for women globally. We want to reflect back on a year of accomplishment and success for those who work tirelessly to provide women a better world. This past year has seen many triumphs including a reduction in maternal mortality in many key countries. But, we can't overlook the preponderance of evidence that suggests we can still do so much better. And it is in that spirit, and solemn remembrance that we offer this piece. In March of 2016, the public consciousness was rocked by the grim sight of a young mother, lying dead outside a...
Disability and accessible prosthetics in developing countries5 May 2016 | 11:36 am*3D printing of prosthetics: a social enterprise in Vietnam Persons with disabilities are the world's largest minority, representing 15% of the global population. 80% of this population live in developing countries. We report on a creative approach to the new 3D printing craze-- and its application in personalized prosthetics in Vietnam. In Vietnam, disabled persons account for 15.3% of the country's population. The main causes are US-Vietnam war casualties, the lasting effects of Agent Orange (a herbicide warfare that causes mental and physical disability) and land mine accidents. UNICEF-Viet Nam estimates that there are 1.2 million Vietnamese children (out of the 30.5 million Vietnamese under 18) with...
Multiplied Danger of Co-Infection with HIV30 Apr 2016 | 3:11 pmNobody needs convincing of the huge impact of HIV in our world today. While the prevalence of HIV differs vastly by region of the world, it still touches nearly every corner of the earth and has caused devastation throughout the span of its pandemic. There are an estimated 35 million people living with HIV today, and while the number of mortalities per year has fallen in recent years, it remains above one million. While these numbers are difficult to see, they are unlikely a surprise to most. The HIV pandemic is one of the most researched, targeted, and widely discussed. Much less discussed is the interaction HIV can have with other infectious diseases, and how coinfection can amplify the effects of...
The Pinchot Perspective
The Strategic Use of Intrapreneuring7 Jun 2016 | 1:23 pmYears ago the headquarters of one of our clients developed an overall corporate strategy. Each division was asked to implement the new strategy in their businesses. Our client managed a large division. All the other divisions put together strategic planning teams to develop and rank possible ways to implement the strategy in their businesses. Instead our client went to all his locations and gave all the employees a talk about the new corporate strategy. He asked for volunteers who had an idea they wanted to work on that aligned with the strategy. Volunteers were invited to an idea fair – a poster show of their potential innovations and new businesses. 125 intrapreneurs showed up. At the idea fair...
The Strategic Use of Intrapreneuring7 Jun 2016 | 1:23 pmYears ago the headquarters of one of our clients developed an overall corporate strategy. Each division was asked to implement the new strategy in their businesses. Our client managed a large division. All the other divisions put together strategic planning teams to develop and rank possible ways to implement the strategy in their businesses. Instead our client went to all his locations and gave all the employees a talk about the new corporate strategy. He asked for volunteers who had an idea they wanted to work on that aligned with the strategy. Volunteers were invited to an idea fair – a poster show of their potential innovations and new businesses. 125 intrapreneurs showed up. At the idea fair...
Why Intrapreneuring is Suddenly Happening Again5 Mar 2016 | 9:35 pm"The rise of the intrapreneur is driven in part by a restless, younger workforce eager to make a real impact with their careers. Fast Company The Rise of The Intrapreneur The word, "intrapreneur" is iconic for many millennials. They use it as shorthand for the freedom to pursue their own ideas and the chance to make a meaningful difference early in their careers. This is what millennials are demanding. As millennials spread the word, companies are implementing intrapreneuring to recruit and retain the best and the brightest. The rapid growth of corporate programs in intrapreneuring is also driven by a rapid rise in th strategic importance of...
The Fun of Climate Change26 Jan 2015 | 10:36 pmI recently did a TEDx Rainier talk on The Fun of Climate Change. I hope you will watch it and forward a link to this page on to your friends. In a nutshell this is what I said: There are three ways to respond personally to the news about climate change: Denial, Depression or Doing something about it. One of these is far more fun than the others. We need to have fun with global warming for two reasons: <ol> <li>Gloom and doom are not selling very well; in fact it appears that they drive people into denial and depression.</li> <li>We need a lot of creativity to solve the challenges of global warming and people are a lot more creative when they are having fun.</li> </ol> That said, we appear to be headed rapidly toward a tipping point...
Intrapreneuring Today29 Oct 2014 | 2:33 pmI am speaking at the 2014 Intrapreneurship Conference. They interviewed me on what is going on in intrapreneuring today. Below is the interview, which is borrowed from their website (see link above): ===================== If you read any random article on intrapreneurship, chances are the author points to Gifford Pinchot III as the one coining the term in 1985 as well as being the creator of the "the Intrapreneur's 10 Commandments" that have circulated widely since their creation. Some even call him the father of intrapreneurship. Why is intrapreneurship a must-do for companies? In a rapidly changing world, innovation is the source of both profit and survival. The faster the world is...
Rang De — Medium
Rang De's Educational Footprint Growing Every Year16 Jun 2016 | 7:25 amThis is Beena Sengar. A mother of three children in Morar, Gwalior, she applied for a Rang De education loan in August 2015 so that she…Continue reading on Rang De »
Ushamath Mahila Mahasangh — A New Partnership to Reach the Underserved in Uttarakhand16 Jun 2016 | 4:36 amLife in the upper reaches of the Himalayas is not easy, especially for women. Devastating earthquakes and landslides, rampaging rivers and…Continue reading on Rang De »
Bridging The Empathy Gap13 Jun 2016 | 5:46 amAs a social worker in my first job, I would often see donors visiting us to donate toys for our kids at school. Usually, these were…Continue reading on Rang De »
Regulation of India's Peer-to-Peer Lending Platforms — A Welcome Move8 Jun 2016 | 4:15 amAround the world, there is a buzz around peer-to-peer lending.Continue reading on Rang De »
Access Livelihood Consulting: Giving Women Farmers in Telangana The Respect They Deserve8 Jun 2016 | 2:29 amALC India, a Rang De field partner, is a management consulting organisation that aims to promote sustainable livelihoods in Telangana.Continue reading on Rang De »
Justmeans Articles and Editorial
Business as a Force for Awakening: A Dharma Approach15 Jun 2016 | 6:55 amA B Corp Story(3BL Media and Just Means)—Your new credit card arrives in the mail. No more swiping for you. You've entered a new era with your chip card and for some reason, you feel more technologically savvy, like you belong in a younger generation. But what happens inside that little chip? Do any of us know? We just trust that it's better than swiping. We trust. We trust credit card companies and all the players in between who take our money for the luxury of the trust built into that chip. Should we be so trusting? Do we really understand what happens behind the confusing curtains of credit card processing? In a multi-trillion dollar industry, does anyone care about the small-business...
Starvation Alley Shakes the Cosmos with Organic Turbulence: A B Corp Story14 Jun 2016 | 8:53 am(Photo Credit: Giles Clement) (3BL Media and Just Means)--The hot, balmy month of June requires three things: SPF 50, a friend with a pool and refreshing cocktails to offer to your friend in exchange for everyday pool access. Or, for us Floridians, every day of the year requires these things. So you can imagine that when I heard about Starvation Alley Farms, a B Corp, and their cold, pressed, purely delicious organic cranberry juice--the first of its kind to hit the market-- I knew my cocktail options had dramatically improved. I also knew I might suddenly have more friends with pools. To locals and fellow farmers in the Washington peninsula, Starvation Alley Farms founders Jessika Tantisook, Jared Oakes,...
Sustainability, Acceleration, & Laughter: How kibikibi Partners Jemma and Emma Do Consulting with a Soul (Mate)17 May 2016 | 12:15 pm(3BL Media and Just Means) - Laughter, camaraderie, give and take, vulnerability and synergy: according to a quick Google search, when you meet someone with whom you share these characteristics, you've found your soulmate. As with most soul partners, Jemma Blaylock and Emma Hill (rhyming names must also be a dead give-away that you've found your perfect match) knew almost immediately that they were destined for best mate-ship and a joint business venture. When I met these business partners, soul mate sisters at the Social Venture Network (SVN) Spring Conference, I knew I was destined for gut wrenching laughter and intelligent conversation about what it takes for mission-driven companies to succeed....
The Disruption of Local Living, Investing and Cheese4 May 2016 | 2:29 pm(3BL Media and Just Means) - Peering through the window, San Francisco-based Mission Cheese looks like a cool cheese and wine bar, an intimate and hip place for a date or business meeting. Ask a few questions about the Bent River, Marieke Gouda or Fleur de la Valle cheeses that you ordered as part of your Midwest cheese flight, and you soon discover that Mission Cheese loves the cheesemaker just as much as they love the cheeses they sell. Probably more. In the same way that the fair trade model exists to empower small-scale coffee and chocolate producers, Mission Cheese champions the domestic cheesemaker. For the last five years, founders Sarah Dvorak, Oliver Dameron and Eric Miller have positioned Mission...
Josephine Empowers Home Cooks through Small-Scale Production and Community22 Mar 2016 | 11:21 am(3BL Media and Just Means) - Tapas Tuesday at Patricia's house. Prahok Khatiss Noodles at Monica and Kelvin's? Or stop by Kelly's for Bean Soup with Pancetta? Hungry yet? Sounds better than that frozen pizza or fast food drive-through you're thinking about tonight, right? Called the "Uber" of home cooking or "one of the coolest new businesses in America" by The Atlantic and Business Insider respectively, Oakland-based, social enterprise Josephine is an online community of home-based cooks. Josephine's home chefs describe their experience as a gift of camaraderie, community and sharing. I have a hunch that the latter is exactly how co-founders Charley Wang and Tal Safran think of...
Junxion Strategy
Social Change Institute Impact Bio: Sharon Gregson13 Jun 2016 | 3:09 pmHaving had four kids as a working mother while struggling to finish university, Sharon Gregson knows first-hand "there aren't enough quality childcare spaces for children, fees are too high for many families, and wages of early childhood educators are below a living wage." Since she was a young single mom in the late 80s, Sharon Gregson has been a longstanding childcare advocate, focused on women's and children's rights, and the need for a high quality and affordable childcare system in Canada. "Access to quality childcare shouldn't be a matter of luck!" Today, she operates 14 licensed childcare programs in East Vancouver and every day she sees the stress that mothers are under. "There's a...
Social Change Institute Impact Bio: Dr. Courtney Howard8 Jun 2016 | 9:43 am"Here in Yellowknife, we're over 2º warmer than we were in the 1940s. My patient population is already affected by the changing climate—the ice is more dangerous to travel on, so people fall through; caribou herds are dwindling; permafrost is heaving and making buildings less stable; and we spent the whole summer of 2014 cloaked in wildfire smoke." Climate change is here. Climate change is here. And Dr. Courtney Howard's patients are feeling the effects: "As you can imagine, change this rapid is stressful, particularly because many aboriginal people in the north still live very close to the land. It has real effects on culture and on people's way of life." Dr. Howard is working on a...
Better Business Podcast: Adam Garfunkel2 Jun 2016 | 5:19 pmAccountability. Performance. Transparency. Three fundamental tenets of responsible business and, it turns our, three ideas that have framed the career of Junxion's London MD, Adam Garfunkel. Business, but better…. Listen online. Adam was chatting with Tom Idle for issue 20 of the Better Business podcast and setting out the ideas behind the B Corporation movement. B Corps are companies that are committed to using business as a force for good – that is, for people and planet, as well as profit. Junxion is a B Corp and as Adam explains in the podcast, one of the first 100 in the UK where the B Corporation movement only launched in September of 2015. So what does being a B Corp entail? Being...
Social Venture Institute Impact Bio: Carla Heim31 May 2016 | 12:33 pmCarla Heim works with social entrepreneurs in BC to provide the tools and funding to grow their businesses. She knows that entrepreneurs can hit the limits of their skills and capacity, and her passion lies in helping them push through those challenges. Carla is a Senior Account Manager at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Along with her colleagues, she supports social entrepreneurs not only with capital, but also with planning, certification, operational systems and more. Her biggest focus right now is helping to grow the B Corp movement in Canada. "I love the B Lab and what they're doing for businesses—and then what those businesses can do for the community. This feels like a very...
Conversations on Responsible Business24 May 2016 | 6:00 pmJunxion Principal & Managing Director Mike Rowlands is heard regularly on Vancouver's Roundhouse Radio, in conversations about socially responsible business. Visit this page to listen online for insights and ideas sparked by what's happening in the news, and to find links to learn more. May 24, 2016: Social Change Institute, Making Space, Managing Passion, Objectivity, Learning from the Best Listen online. "If you're too close to your work, too wound up in it, it is difficult to stay objective, and to do the right thing for your cause." The annual Social Change Institute conference runs June 15 – 19, 2016 at Hollyhock, Canada's leadership learning centre—and it's designed to help social...
Green Entrepreneurship
Top 5 Green Business Ideas for Aspiring Eco-entrepreneurs25 Jun 2016 | 8:00 amGreen businesses are gaining popularity as more opportunities arise for eco-entrepreneurs to invest in. This business is mainly driven by the demand of consumers who are interested in purchasing goods and services that incorporate eco-friendly manufacturing processes. In fact, most of the services and products being offered today have been greened. Thus, if you are looking to start a […] The post Top 5 Green Business Ideas for Aspiring Eco-entrepreneurs appeared first on Green Entrepreneurship.
SioTeX Corporation is Transforming the Specialty Silica Industry13 Mar 2015 | 2:59 amA Silica Success Story – How a Business Plan Competition Helped Make a Green Dream Come True SioTeX is transforming the specialty silica industry. The Texas-based company manufactures a specialty silica product called Eco-Sil™, a green alternative to fumed silica that is safer and more sustainable. It is manufactured using rice hulls, a renewable resource […] The post SioTeX Corporation is Transforming the Specialty Silica Industry appeared first on Green Entrepreneurship.
Enviromate – Putting Reuse at the Heart of Construction11 Feb 2015 | 8:17 amEnviromate is designed with one core goal; to encourage and promote sustainable construction through the reuse of surplus building materials at all levels within the industry, diverting reusable material from landfill – Increasing the product lifecycle, reducing the extraction of vital raw materials, enabling the transition to a circular economy and most importantly saving the Environment. Enviromate was the idea […] The post Enviromate – Putting Reuse at the Heart of Construction appeared first on Green Entrepreneurship.
Book your green certified hotel on GreenHotelWorld.com31 Aug 2014 | 9:45 amEco Conscious Booking Like any other online travel agency, GreenHotelWorld.com offers you the best hotels for the lowest prices. However, they feel they should make it super easy for you to choose the greenest hotel at the same time. Therefore, they highlight hotels that protect the environment, address social issues, support the local economy and preserve […] The post Book your green certified hotel on GreenHotelWorld.com appeared first on Green Entrepreneurship.
UK Green Crowdfunding platforms merge27 Jul 2014 | 5:23 amUK based Trillion Fund and buzzbnk have announced to merge their Green Crowdfunding Platforms creating UK's biggest in terms of users. This is an interesting development in the crowdfunding sector, since we have seen a large increase of small initiatives the last years. It can be expected these small initiatives need to start merging as […] The post UK Green Crowdfunding platforms merge appeared first on Green Entrepreneurship.
Servant Leadership Guide: Definition, Qualities, Pros & Cons, Examples27 Jun 2016 | 8:04 am© PublicDomainPictures | George Hodan "The great leader is seen as servant first" – Robert K. Greenleaf The above quote lays its premise on a leadership theory that has gone to challenge traditional leadership models. Servant leadership is not entirely a new concept or a way to lead, but it hasn't been intentionally applied until in recent decades when the idea took off in force. In this guide, we'll explore what servant leadership is through the context of history and modernity. We'll examine the different elements of the concept and consider the characteristics a good servant leader needs to possess. Finally, we'll examine the advantages and disadvantages of servant leadership and explore a...
Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness26 Jun 2016 | 7:30 am© pixabay | Foundry In this article, you are going to learn about 1) an introduction to being self-aware, 2) the importance of self-awareness, 3) how the Johari Window works, and 4) how to improve your self-awareness. INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE They say that, before knowing anything else, you have to know who you are first – your strengths, your weaknesses, your desires and motivations, your personal beliefs and perceptions. You have to be in touch with your emotions. In other words, you have to be self-aware. You have to have the capacity for introspection. The concept of self-awareness, or self-knowledge, is quite old although largely ignored. Today, world leaders, business executives, managers...
Beginners Guide to Living a Super Minimalistic Life25 Jun 2016 | 7:30 amIf you'd like to change your lifestyle from high-consumption to a happier and less material driven way of life, a minimalist lifestyle could be the answer. © pixabay | MDARIFLIMAT In this guide, we'll equip you with an understanding of minimalism and the basic principles of a minimalist life. We'll highlight the benefits of this approach and provide you with a five-step plan to a super minimalistic life. WHAT IS A MINIMALISTIC LIFE? Minimalistic life is often misunderstood as a wacky fad. When people hear someone is living a minimalist life, they think the person doesn't have a TV, a computer or almost any other household item (if they even have a house!). Furthermore, people who lead a minimalist...
How to Conduct a Feasibility Study the Right Way24 Jun 2016 | 7:30 amAll businesses have to critically examine the actions they take, whether the business is just starting out or has been in operation for a while. Establishing the viability of an idea or action can ultimately determine whether a business succeeds or not. The best tool for determining this is by conducting a feasibility study. © pixabay | geralt In this guide, we will examine what a feasibility study entails and when it should be used. We'll then outline the five key elements of a feasibility study and provide you with six steps for conducting one within your organization. Lastly, you'll see some examples of feasibility studies. WHAT IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY? A feasibility study is a study, which is...
Email Marketing Metrics You Need to Optimize23 Jun 2016 | 7:30 am© Flickr | Joe The Goat Farmer In this article, you will learn about 1) the basics of email marketing and its associated metrics and 2) a detailed analysis of the email marketing metrics (e.g. sending, opening, clicks, conversions). ON EMAIL MARKETING METRICS Brief description of email marketing Email marketing is a direct marketing technique that utilizes commercial emails as the preferred medium for promotion of products and services to a group of existing and potential customers. The emails sent are intended to perform the following primary objectives: <ol> <li>Communicate valuable information about your product or service.</li> <li>Create new opportunities for business.</li> <li>Create brand awareness among potential...</li></ol>
Conversations With PASSION! Corey Poirier
Elena Herweyer23 Jun 2016 | 2:41 pmLatest episode, this time with Marketing Expert Elena Herweyer.
Mary Ellen Ciganovich21 Jun 2016 | 1:00 pmWe hope you enjoy this interview with Mary Ellen Ciganovich where she talks about how she found a way to thrive despite her life altering diagnosis of MS.
Simonetta Lein - Fashion Icon, Author, Influencer21 Jun 2016 | 6:45 amI hope you enjoy our latest interview; this time with Author, Fashion Icon, Influencer and Activist, Simonetta Lein.
Christine Campbell - New Album, New Indigogo Campaign10 Jun 2016 | 6:55 amHere it is, our latest interview with Guitar Slinger, Singer / songwriter and Music Force, Christine Campbell.
Tom Ziglar7 May 2016 | 12:00 amI hope you enjoy this interview with the proud son of the late Zig Ziglar, Tom Ziglar.
Emerging Innovation
We like what they do: Building young people's skills21 Jun 2016 | 1:00 amThree businesses are determined to train young people for today's and tomorrow's jobs in Lusaka, Ho Chi Minh City and Bangalore.
Emerging Innovation: How we are growing a small business across five continents20 Jun 2016 | 5:00 pmEvery small business faces the common challenge of finding high quality employees at an affordable cost. At Emerging Innovation, we tackle this problem through outsourcing and up-skilling our team.
Preparing the Next Generation of African Development Professionals20 Jun 2016 | 10:18 amIn a recent Devex survey of global development recruiters, they named the African continent as the region where they expect the most hiring to take place in 2016. At least half of those positions, if not significantly more, are expected to be filled by national, rather than international candidates. As the center of gravity of foreign aid further shifts to the Global South, more and more opportunities are opening up for young professionals to take a leadership role in the development of their home countries. But what kinds of opportunities are available and what skills, education and training should aspiring professionals seek to qualify for these positions today and in the future?
How SEEDSTARS channels investors toward the most interesting start-ups in Asia30 May 2016 | 11:05 amOn 29th May during Seedstars Ho Chi Minh, MimosaTEK won the Vietnamese round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland in March 2017, to compete before an audience of over 1,000 attendees, and for up to USD 1 million in equity investment. The event took place this Sunday at DreamPlex, and seven shortlisted startups were invited...
Dreamplex, a new kind of working space in the city28 Mar 2016 | 2:00 amHO CHI MINH CITY - Occupying three spacious floors, Dreamplex is the latest, state-of-the-art coworking space enabling startup entrepreneurs, creatives, consultants and investors to work collaboratively or privately in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. Dreamplex is designed to be a tech community, helping investors and entrepreneurs connect. Doors opened on November 16, 2015, and the coworking space now hosts 145 members and regularly runs workshops and pitching events.
5 Terrific Tools for Green Tourism Booking23 Jun 2016 | 1:15 pmMore and more travelers are interested in protecting the environment and cutting down on their carbon footprint yet sometimes it can be overwhelming to find the right tools that truly provide green travel options. In this post on Epicure & Culture, Michele Herrmann gives her top five tools for booking like an eco-traveler. Be sure to check
Context Travel: Small Guided Tours for the Intellectually Curious Traveler22 Jun 2016 | 11:05 amHave you ever wanted to experience a new city with a local expert who knows all a place inside and out? In this article published on Third Eye Mom, Nicole Melancon introduces Context Travel, a unique travel company that provides small guided walks and tours lead by local experts giving tourists a unique opportunity to
From Sea To Hearth, Rick Bayless' Leña Brava Masters Sustainable Cuisine21 Jun 2016 | 2:26 pmBy Lena Kazer Chicago's West Loop neighborhood gained a gem last month – Rick Bayless's newest Baja restaurant, Leña Brava. The doors opened to Randolph street's Restaurant Row on May 5th, and I had the pleasure of joining Catalina Offshore and Baja Seas for a tasting of the seafood the companies provide for the restaurant
Aboriginal Australia16 Jun 2016 | 8:01 amIn this thought-provoking post on Uncornered Market, Audrey Scott writes: "A trip to Aboriginal Australia can unfold a double-edged story of cultural pride in the face of discrimination and exclusion, a story of changing the equation to create opportunities for Aboriginal people. It's also the story of how we travelers — wide-eyed, open minded novices —
Visiting Mexico's 'Magic' Towns13 Jun 2016 | 3:02 pmDid you know that Mexico is home to several magical towns that offer a firsthand glimpse into Mexico's rich cultural heritage? In this post on The Culture-ist writer Julia Zaremba shares some of her magical finds and what Mexican towns should be high on your list to explore next. With five of the world's seven ecosystems,