Social innovators can learn from each others' successes and failures. That's the idea behind Dowser's Mini Case Studies, real-world stories showing how changemakers confront practical challenges. From time to time, we'll add to the mix great studies from around the web. Here's one ...
How would you go about creating a world where people live in peace? Rather than dismiss the question as hopelessly naive, think of it as a practical challenge. Where would you begin? Eric D. Dawson, the founder of Peace First, says the logical ...
Think back to the toughest class you took in high school. Would you have performed better with an experienced coach by your side? And what if that coach had been with you every day, getting to know your strengths and weaknesses, keeping you ...
PROBLEM: When Kim Fortunato joined Operation Warm as president in 2006, she was impressed by its vision and reach. The Pennsylvania-based organization provides new winter coats to kids who can't afford them—to keep them warm and boost their general sense of well-being. At ...
Bob Lenz, co-founder and CEO of Envision Schools, is not satisfied with teaching history and science: he wants students to practice being historians and scientists. That’s why at his schools you are more likely to find a student preparing a multimedia public presentation ...
Justin Zoradi never expected to write a business plan, much less start his own organization. ("I got a C-minus in microeconomics in college!") But after a service trip to South Africa in 2006, that's exactly what he did. Living and working for a ...
When Hannah Taylor was 5, she saw a man eating out of a trash can. For the next year, Taylor interrogated her mother with questions about homelessness. One day, her mother challenged her to do something about it. So Taylor organized a bake ...
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 past week: Big news! As the Chronicle of Philanthropy (@Philanthropy) noted, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett ...
This Saturday, June 19, a host of young people with plans to build a better world will descend on San Francisco for Do Something's free Social Action Boot Camp, which targets changemakers under 25. The event addresses questions of concern to social entrepreneurs, ...
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr created a counseling program and consultancy for adult entrepreneurs in East Palo Alto, one of California’s poorest cities. One day in 1999, four high school sophomores dropped by her office. “We’re sick of school," ...