Tagged ‘Steve Spillman’

May 28th, 2010By No Comments

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of thought-provoking tweets from the past week: A fake Twitter account holder (@BPGlobalPR) purporting to represent BP's public relations department is spreading like... well, like the ...

May 21st, 2010By Comments (2)

And we're back! 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: Last week, National restaurant chain Panera Bread (@panerabread) opened a community café with a ...

May 7th, 2010By 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: Chris Anderson (@TEDchris), Curator of TED, the wildly popular conference series devoted to "ideas worth spreading," spilled ...

April 27th, 2010By Comments (4)

Micro-volunteering has gotten a lot of buzz lately. And with good reason--new applications enable mobile phone users to pitch in for causes without putting a dent in their schedules. You can fact check to help a reporter while waiting for your dinner date ...

April 23rd, 2010By 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 thoughtful tweets from last week: Jennifer 8. Lee (@jenny8lee), a NY Times reporter, best-selling author, and modern Renaissance woman, was one of ...

April 16th, 2010By 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 last week: Bruce Lowry, communications director for the Skoll Foundation (@SkollFoundation) is live tweeting this year's Skoll World Forum, ...

April 8th, 2010By 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 last week: When one of the co-founders of microlender Kiva talks about her new startup, it's worth listening. Jessica ...

April 7th, 2010By Comments (4)

Last week President Obama signed a bill that will make the government the primary provider of student loans, stripping banks of that power. This will lead to vast government savings, which will be reinvested to provide grants to students from low income families ...