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		<title>Help select a winning teen social entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vibha Krishnamurthy is the founder of Ummeed, and Ashish Karamchandani, leader of Monitor, Monitor Inclusive Markets, visit Boston <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/04/21/two-social-visionaries-from-india/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=425&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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" <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/02/28/ashoka%e2%80%99s-tapping-youth-innovation-challenge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=372&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get engaged in Charitable giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 :-)
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		<title>The New Philanthropy &#8211; New models for Social Impact</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/07/27/the-new-philanthropy-new-models-for-social-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/07/27/the-new-philanthropy-new-models-for-social-impact/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&amp;blog=3998279&amp;post=54&amp;subd=socialecosystem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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