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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
We’ve talked about the potential (and potential pitfalls) of crowdsourcing in previous posts. Today, we’ll look at ColaLife, a remarkable example of the power of online collaboration to mobilize a movement and revive a decades-old, heretofore unrealized idea. Simon Berry has been obsessed ...
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 ...
When the punditocracy convened in late 2009 to assess the “aughts” (or whatever we’re calling the just-concluded decade), they focused on the War on Terror, the proliferation of reality TV, the fall of Wall Street, and, of course, that series of tubes that ...