SocialEarth Post: Nodal Networking for Social Innovators

Sidney | July 27, 2009

Today, I am excited to become apart of the SocialEarth.org (@socialearth) content contributors as a guest blogger.  The title of the post is From Tweeps to Peeps:  Nodal Networking for Social Innovators. SocialEarth is a site where domestic and international nonprofits, for profits, foundations, businesses, venture capitalists, and social entrepreneurs can find rich content and [...]

Alleviating Poverty through Entrepreneurship Summit

Sidney | February 24, 2009

It is not often that I get the chance to attend a free one-day meeting that offers  great networking opportunities and knowledge-packed presentations.  On Friday, I attended the Alleviating Poverty through Entrepreneurship Summit at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  The summit was a student-organized event lead by [...]

"Why Uplift?"

This 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.