Sidney | March 16, 2009
What happens when a group of MBA students in an Emerging Markets class take a trip to Bolivia to apply their newly acquired business acumen? What started out as a group project to fulfill requirements for a class has (within one year) blossomed into the International Development Collaborative (IDC); a social enterprise led by co-founder [...]
Sidney | March 4, 2009
Every year, local and regional foundations review proposals to support local university initiatives. In many cases, these initiatives are the products of knowledge and expertise gained through rigorous, thorough research. While I support this fully, I have also come to believe that the foundation-university relationship needs to be revamped and expanded beyond the typical grantor-grantee [...]
Social Innovation ChatterThis blog covers the issues of our world community and the people whose innovative ideas will bring about sustainable solutions for the good of all. The word “Uplift” is used as a metaphor for “sustainable” social change. Uplift was borrowed from the ideology of “racial uplift” espoused by twentieth century civil rights leaders that sought new approaches to social change in their pursuit of racial equality. Similarly, today's innovators seek new approaches to social change that will uplift the human race.
