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How’s Facebook’s environmental track record looking these days? Well, Facebook has a whopping 21,541 causes in their Environment category, and it’s helped provide a platform for nonprofits to fundraise — for example, $350,161 for the Nature Conservancy (the number-two cause on Facebook, at least in terms of dollars raised). Not bad, huh?

Except for the fact [...]

While the American conservative movement howls and spits in a Tea Party-inspired rage, British conservatives are quietly rebuilding their party as the party of the networked age. This morning, the U.K.’s likely next Prime Minister, conservative David Cameron, made a surprise appearance at TED via simulcast from London to explain what this could mean.

Cameron started [...]

If April is the cruelest month, turns out February is fellowship season. A number of my favorite organizations across the social entrepreneurship space have just opened application or nomination processes for fellowships that offer community, money, free attendance at conferences and more. Here’s a list of the one’s I’ve come across recently and wanted to [...]

Over the past week, buzz around the iPad has been deafening. First it was the rumors, then it was the reactions — on the one hand, scathing attacks, and on the other, passionate defenses. (Each accompanied by an avalanche of jokes about the name.)

For some, the din started to seem like too much, especially when [...]

This blog is filled with stories of organizations striving to expand innovative solutions across the world. The ambition to scale up is close to the heart of social entrepreneurs, and the goal to end — rather than just alleviate — global problems. But for some groups, bringing an idea to scale is less important than [...]

This is part 4 of an 11-part series on Undergraduate Social Entrepreneurship coordinated by the Social Innovation Initiative at Brown University. This post was written by Charles Harding, Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Runa.

There is a culture of generosity embedded in the principles and institutions of social entrepreneurship. After all, the [...]

In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, all initial attention — naturally — focused on immediate relief. Search parties to dig people out of the rubble, and relief workers to set up access to medical treatment, food, water and shelter. But the real process of recovery, which comes next, has far greater implications for [...]

Dollars aren’t the only thing entrepreneurs look for when they go to a venture capitalist. Advice, connections and ideas are key assets that likewise come along with having an investor. By contrast, one underutilized asset are other peers that have also received investment. But now, First Round Capital has created an entrepreneur exchange fund that could [...]

This is part 3 of an 11-part series on Undergraduate Social Entrepreneurship coordinated by the Social Innovation Initiative at Brown University. This post was written by Catie Whelan, Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Merasi School.

The best ideas are like taffy: they should only be consumed after rigorous pulling, stretching and challenging.  The ideas behind social [...]

In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, all initial attention — naturally — focused on immediate relief. Search parties to dig people out of the rubble, and relief workers to set up access to medical treatment, food, water and shelter. But the real process of recovery, which comes next, has far greater implications for [...]