The arena for social entrepreneurship initiatives is not exactly a big one. But it is a rapidly growing phenomenon and even venture capital is beginning to find its way into social enterprises. When I started my social venture in October 2006 I found only about 10 social entrepreneurs (globally) that had been officially and seriously [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2010 by Linus
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Let’s face a weird fact – global warming, in many ways the end of growth for the western world, could be the way out of poverty for a billion people. How can that be? Well, it’s simple really:
Greenhouse gas is not worth anything, it’s simply waste. But, as with any waste – once it piles [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Linus
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Take a look at this great campaign, a masterpiece in the art of storytelling fundraising. With only one number to remember, 600 million girls, the viewer can focus on the story about the girl. THIS is what makes a great campaign, the art of creating a bond between the viewer and the ONE girl, representing [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Linus
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Yes! After a long long time, this ingenious idea has finally found its way to the world!
What is it? It is a way for people to compensate for the negative impact that their digital activities have on the environment. It is simple: You use your computer to read this blog, that will consume [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Linus
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22 million children need a fundraiser
The World’s Children’s Prize is looking for a Fundraising Manager anda Fundraiser who relish challenges and huge opportunities.
The World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child is the world’s largest initiative on rights and
democracy for the coming generation, also recognized in 2008 as “the most important
communication initiative on the [...]
Posted on March 18th, 2009 by Linus
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This GiverSign’s graphics was designed by Shepard Fairy, most famous for his vintage style posters for the Obama campaign.
I think it is beautiful! Don’t you?
Earth Hour 2009 – Sign up for Earth Hour!
Posted on March 15th, 2009 by Linus
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I am very happy to announce a new GiverSign partner: Plan! Plan is today one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid organization. It started 1937 in Britain as a foster parent organization helping children that had lost their parents in the Spanish civil war. Today Plan is working in 66 countries all over the world [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Linus
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I have to say… I will remember these times for the rest of my life. My reality, and many other startup entrepreneurs’ reality, has changed remarkably and irreversibly over the last few months. I’ve been in meetings with VCs and heard things like “it just can’t get any worse now”, and a couple of weeks [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Linus
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After almost 2,5 years of hard work and determination I’m blessed to see GiverSigns spreading all over the world. It is WWF’s Earth Hour campaign that is taking our baby to new heights and places. Earth Hour is one of the largest, if not the largest, advocacy campaigns on the environment ever. It is the [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Linus
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Hey, let’s take a couple of worn out words and stick ‘em together. (Ok, found 21800 hits on Google for “Change 2.0″… But who cares, that’s kind of the beauty of the Internet…)
Let me give you my definitions of the words change and 2.0:
Change: Defines the moment when something seize to exist in [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2009 by Linus
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