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 September 28, 2008 by Raj Melville
We have a terrific line up of speakers and panels for ForSE 2008 on October 10th at Boston University. See the list below. Do make sure you have registered as there are very few seats left.
To register go to: http://www.bu.edu/forse
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Posted on September 21, 2008 by Raj Melville
Two of the tracks at ForSE 2008 will showcase innovative revenue models that help non-profits build greater capacity and sustain operations and will explore educational programs focused on engaging young people in real world entrepreneurial experiences.
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Posted on September 14, 2008 by Raj Melville
ForSE 2008, Forum for Social Entrepreneurs, has a number of interesting features and topics this year. The Forum will break into multiple tracks to maximize interaction between attendees. Each track will provide an opportunity for
• An in-depth discussion with a panel of practitioners and experts in that field.
• A case study discussion with an emerging social entrepreneur to review and provide feedback on their business challenges.
• Additional “How to” workshops and panels.
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Posted on September 13, 2008 by Raj Melville
We finally opened registration for ForSE 2008:Forum for Social Entrepreneurs on Wednesday, September 10th. The response has been terrific!! We had over 60 people register within 48 hours. This is shaping up to be a great gathering of like minded people interested in social entrepreneurship.
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Raj Melville
The Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, or ForSE for short, brings together social innovators with leading business professionals, investors, donors, government officials, academics, and students to facilitate the sharing of new technology and business ideas along with hard-earned management learnings to foster informed discussion and action on new social venture concepts. Registration for the ForSE 2008 is now open. Registration is limited. Register early for the discounted registration rates available to the first 180 registered attendees.
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