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Suspicion lingers about giving to good cause
It is too easy to assume that donations from social entrepreneurs are driven by all the wrong motives, writes SARAH CAREY. Original Source THERE’S NOTHING that depresses me more than cynicism. I can be harsh, but it tends to come from anger or disappointment. Cynicism…
Author: The Irish Times
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Starting Over, With a Second Career Goal of Changing Society
By Steve Lohr Harvard kicked off a small but ambitious experiment this week that it hopes will become a new “third stage” of university education. For the student-fellows in the program, most in their 50s and early 60s, the goal is a second-act career in…
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Immigrants Play Vital Economic Role, Even in Slump
By Donal O’Donovan Inward migration of workers remains crucial for Ireland’s economy regardless of the current downturn, according to new research. The research by economist Jim Power for the Integration Centre, a charity supported by Atlantic Philanthropies and the One Foundation, is the first major…
Author: Independent.ie
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Human Investment Proves Capital Idea
by James McCullough A DESIRE to invest in human capital and help people prompted Wotif.com co-founder Andrew Brice to start giving away millions of dollars. Media-shy Mr Brice yesterday revealed how he had joined a growing number of multimillionaire philanthropists giving away millions to credible…
Author: The Courier-Mail
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Two NFTE Alums Honored by BusinessWeek.com
Dear NFTE Supporters, I am extremely excited to announce that two NFTE alumni have been chosen for this year’s BusinessWeek.com “America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs” Award! • Ibtihaj “Ippy” Amatul Wadud, 19, a graduate from NFTE New England, is the owner of Ippy’s Islamic Fashions, which…
Author: The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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A boom in 'encore careers'
Original Source AmeriCorps, Civic Ventures, and City Year are Atlantic grantees. By Irene Sege When my parents retired, my father taught courses on linguistics and Kosovo and the philosophy of time at a volunteer-run institute for learning in retirement, and my mother picked up pocket…
Author: boston.com
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First U.S. woman to attempt Everest faces challenge with toxins research
Blum was recently one of six entrepreneurs over age 60 to win a $100,000 Purpose Prize Original Source By Kristin Bender BERKELEY — Arlene Blum has done some mind-boggling and challenging things in her 63 years. But even after climbing some of the world’s highest…
Author: Oakland Tribune
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Companies See Volunteering As a Benefit
By Vinnee Tong NEW YORK–Colleen Bramhall’s friends used to think she’d sold out by going to work for Accenture as a consultant after college. Now she says they’re jealous. She’s been to Sri Lanka and South Africa as a participant in Accenture Development Partnerships, a…
Author: Associated Press Online
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After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth Spurt
Proponents of a move to rapidly expand successful nonprofit programs – or “take them to scale” – tend to have in mind relatively new charities started by ambitious social entrepreneurs. Yet few large nonprofit groups are growing as fast these days as Big Brothers Big…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Get a job? No, make a job
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2007-02-05-oplede_x.htm Michael Simmons, 25, always liked the idea of working for himself. At age 16, he started a Web development company that blossomed as dot-coms proliferated. But then the bubble burst, and many of his clients imploded. Faced with new challenges, Simmons decided he had…
Author: USAToday