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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>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Two social visionaries from India</title>
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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<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=425&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashoka’s &#8220;Tapping Youth Innovation Challenge&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2009/02/28/ashoka%e2%80%99s-tapping-youth-innovation-challenge/</link>
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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"<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=372&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get engaged in Charitable giving</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/09/30/get-engaged-in-charitable-giving/</link>
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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 :-)
I have reproduced the entire article below. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=280&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=54&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative models for Social Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/07/11/innovative-models-for-social-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=46&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashoka Support Network</title>
		<link>http://blog.ambientengines.com/2008/07/10/ashoka-support-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Melville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a blog about Social Entrepreneurship would be incomplete without writing about Ashoka - a Washington based non profit started by Bill Drayton in 1980 that virtually coined the term "Social Entrepreneur".<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.ambientengines.com&blog=3998279&post=42&subd=socialecosystem&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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