Tagged ‘Steve Spillman’

September 3rd, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: More than 50 carrot farmers from around the country have banded together this week to take ...

August 27th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: From the city that brought you gay marriage last year comes another progressive decision this week. ...

August 20th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: At this point, you’ve probably heard of (or even used) Groupon, the social coupon site where ...

August 19th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

When’s the last time you flew a kite? If it’s been a while, there’s an interesting event in New York City this weekend that could help fix that. FlyNY, drawing on last year’s success, returns for a full day of kite-flying festivities this ...

August 17th, 2010Contributors:  Comments (1)

Two months ago, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett formally announced their new endeavor, the Giving Pledge.  Each man pledged to give the majority of his billion-dollar fortune to philanthropic causes.  They then urged others to follow suit.  In a short time, the program ...

August 13th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind the PBS television show “Sesame Street” (@sesamestreet), is teaming up ...

August 6th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Remember Vélib, the pilot bike-sharing experiment in Paris that’s been replicated in cities around the world?  ...

July 30th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Social media news blog Mashable (@mashable) informed us about this brash new website that had flown ...

July 23rd, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Google (@google) announced this week that it's purchasing 20 years’ worth of wind energy to power ...

July 16th, 2010Contributors:  No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Trendspotters PSFK (@psfk) alerted us to news that New York City is gearing up to launch one of ...