Posted on March 21, 2010 by Raj Melville
Ashoka Youth Venture and Best Buy Children’s Foundation have teamed up to create the @15 Community Impact Challenge. Read about each of the winners on the Youth Ventures blog. Help select one of the winning teams and it costs you nothing, just register and vote. Read more at
http://blog.ambientengines.com
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by Raj Melville
Vibha Krishnamurthy is the founder of Ummeed, and Ashish Karamchandani, leader of Monitor, Monitor Inclusive Markets, visit Boston
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Posted on February 28, 2009 by Raj Melville
Ashoka has launched a youth movement called Ashoka’s Youth Venture (http://genv.net/).As part of their efforts to spur innovation, they have teamed up with a number of organizations to hold youth oriented social innovation competitions. The latest one is “Tapping Youth Innovation, a Water Campaign”
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by Raj Melville
I wrote an article recently on how Indian Americans can take a step towards increasing charitable giving. Equally applicable even if you are not an Indian American 
I have reproduced the entire article below.
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Posted on July 27, 2008 by Raj Melville
I had the pleasure of moderating a wonderful panel on “The New Philanthropy – New models for Social Impact” with four great speakers presenting a wide range of activities that their different organizations pursue in the social sector. The cross section of organizations provided a range of perspectives on the innovative new approaches being adopted to help solve some of the most pressing social issues worldwide.
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Posted on July 11, 2008 by Raj Melville
Last year I had written a piece for a conference blog with the title “Innovative models for Social Change”. I think the theme and topic is still relevant and I have reproduced it below.
Next week, I will be moderating a panel that will be addressing this theme at the 50th Anniversary celebrations for my Alma mater. I am fortunate to have several of the innovative organizations that I mention in the post to be a part of my panel.
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