Sidney | July 26, 2009
When it’s all said and done this is how the social sector’s late 2000s recession story might be written.
2008 – The late 2000s recession was finally acknowledged and it all suddenly came unraveled.
2009 – Nonprofits began to feel the effects of the recession and sector thought leaders issued their predictions.
2009 – The “people” began [...]
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 [...]
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.
