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Education: The Cream Is Rising

BY April Joyner
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Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 12:54 PM

As concern that U.S. schools just don't have many good teachers continues to rise, it's encouraging that the education field has actually attracted more academically skilled workers in the past few years, as reported in The New York ...READ»

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Janie Fossner

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:31 AM

College: Northwestern University Major: Economics Hometown: Dix Hills, New York Age: 22 First Job: Teach for America in Oakland, California Job search advice for the Class of 2000: "Start early, talk to people who are already ...READ»

CAREER PLANNING | 1 comment

Playing Rookie

BY Fast Company
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:28 AM

Graduating college seniors across the nation share their criteria, ambitions, and priorities for a first job.READ»

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 1 comment

Social Swag

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Wed Jan 18, 2006 at 1:51 PM

Want to feel good, fast? Spend four hours in a room with the top social entrepreneurs in the nation. On January 12, Fast Company and our partner Monitor Group hosted the third annual Social Capitalist Awards celebration in New York, ...READ»

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Social Entrepreneur Resources

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 77
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM

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LEADERSHIP MENTORING | 1 comment

Learning 101

BY Lucy McCauley
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:19 AM

Unit of OneREAD»

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Can Designers Stamp Out Rural Poverty?

BY Michael Cannell
Relevancy Score: 48
Tue Oct 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM

Designers, corporate leaders, foundation heads and journalists meet next month in Aspen to solidify plans for a national design center in Alabama to study and alleviate rural poverty.READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 1 comment

The Social Networking Guide for Newbies

BY Karen Post
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 11:08 AM

Don't be left behind. Everybody's doing it: politicians, kids, moms, rock stars, even granny.READ»

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Open Debate

BY Bill George and Wendy Kopp
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM

Do leaders teach? Do teachers lead? Bill George and Teach for America's Wendy Kopp take to the blackboard.READ»

BRAND | 3 comments

Do We Have a Responsibility to Education?

BY Tom Waldron
Relevancy Score: 43
Fri May 15, 2009 at 5:45 PM

There are many people across the U.S. — the world even — who are committed to improving education. I’m talking about teachers, parents, legislators, community activists and in many instances, students themselves. I was ...READ»

99% CONFERENCE | 3 comments

Six Traits That Separate the Achievers From the Wannabes

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 31
Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 12:54 PM

Cheryl Dorsey, president of Echoing Green, a social entrepreneurship funder which has dispensed over $27M to projects such as City Year and Teach for America, says the people who make things happen share certain common traits. Each ...READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | 22 comments

Now the Good News...

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:25 AM

Venture philanthropy. Patient capital. For-benefit corporations. What if you could actually make a profit while changing the world?READ»

ECHOING GREEN | 1 comment

Echoing Green: Leveraging Skills Based Business Volunteers for Social Enterprises

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 28
Wed Jul 15, 2009 at 11:07 PM

"Echoing Green deeply relies on the content expertise of its volunteers and supporters," according to Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green. Since 1987, Echoing Green has helped to launch 471 new social enterprises, including ...READ»

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The Market Speaks: CSR is Good for Business

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 27
Sun Jul 12, 2009 at 10:06 PM

“Customers… are making purchase decisions based upon companies' behaviors. When companies do find the things that are important to their customers and go above and beyond with regard to the corporate responsibility that the ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 3 comments

Next: A Nonprofit IPO?

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 27
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:06 AM

Inspired by Wall Street bankers, social entrepreneurs tap into a new source of funding.READ»

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How Do You Serve?

BY Chris Jarvis
Relevancy Score: 27
Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 5:32 PM

  Michelle Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Nancy Pelosi, Arianna Huffington, and Bon Jovi all told us how they serve yesterday at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the world's largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the government, non-profits, entertainment, academia, business and the media.   READ»

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You're Hired but Don't Come to Work: Good for the World

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 23
Mon May 18, 2009 at 10:18 AM

Consulting firms, law firms, and banks are reconciling their desire to build talent with their need to cut costs by deferring “start dates to new hires, giving them six months or a year to travel or do public service. This ...READ»

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Filling the Void

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 20
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:02 AM

Introducing the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award winners--25 entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can't stand a vacuum.READ»

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Investing in Social Change

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:41 AM

Echoing Green is a nonprofit innovator that underwrites social entrepreneurs -- and builds a supporting community.READ»

SKOLL WORLD FORUM | 1 comment

A Social Entrepreneur's Tale: A Newbie Navigates the Skoll World Forum

BY Jeff Chu
Relevancy Score: 18
Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 5:32 PM

On Monday evening, in a hotel room in London, Kjerstin Erickson made her hit list. Laid out in Excel, it is meticulous: name, organization, responsibility--65 names in all. The next day, Erickson boarded a train and made her way ...READ»

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Social Capitalists: Profiles

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 17
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

Accion International Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: A Social Impact: A+ Aspiration: B+ Sustainability: B+ Boston, Massachusetts Maria Otero, President and CEO www.accion.org "We have taken traditional ...READ»

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Social Enterprise + Preventative Healthcare + Service = Project HEALTH

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 17
Fri Aug 21, 2009 at 12:04 AM

College friends Rebecca Onie and Tara Abrahams followed their passions to address healthcare and poverty. Just over a decade after graduating from Harvard, each with a graduate degree now as well, they are leaders in social enterprise ...READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | 3 comments

Charitable Deductions

BY Alison Overholt
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

Charity Navigator dares to hold the nation's nonprofits accountable for their fund-raising.READ»