While most of these trends deal with global issue understanding them can be valuable for smaller grass root not-for-profits.
For example “Get to the Roots of a Global Problem” is equally applicable to a local or regional problem.
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How to choose a charity
This article that makes suggestions on how donors should choose a charity appeared in the Globe and Mail May 9, 2009
Charity closed after bad books revealed
The Toronto Star investigates local charity
Startup and Change The World
I recently found this guide for young social entrepreneurs I hope you find it interesting.
The Right Brothers
This article from the Globe and Mail details success and dilemmas of social entrepreneurs.
“If we’re asking these kind of charitable groups to be more sustainable, and not rely on government funding forever and ever and ever, we’ve got to create structures that allow them to be more entrepreneurial,” Ms. Hewitt says. “You can do it [in existing laws], if you’re motivated and really keen. But why should you have to?”
Information for Social Entrepreneurs
To help social entrepreneurs here are some valuable sources of information
– Toronto Enterprise Fund and their publication
Come and join the fun
Come and laugh yourself silly with some of Vancouver’s newest comics including Jim Randall – raconteur
February 19, 2010
Comedy at the Fresh Bean.
Location – Fresh Bean Coffee House 2616 East Hastings
Time – 8 pm Friday February 19, 2010
For reservations call the Fresh Bean at 604-253-1110
Is There a Market for “Conscious Capitalists”?
A recent New York Times article Michael Strong, founder of innovative charter schools, and John Mackey, C.E.O. of Whole Foods, discuss how they combine their belief on the markets with their need to do good “because we shared a commitment to markets, on the one hand, and doing good, on the other. We found that our friends who were market advocates tended to ridicule our commitment to doing good, whereas our friends who were committed to doing good tended to be confused about the positive potential of markets.”
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The Harlem Miracle
This article talks about how schools in the “Harlem Children Zone” are making major changes in the lives of children. Over the past decade, dozens of charter and independent schools, like Promise Academy, have become no excuses schools and have achieved amazing results im helping marginalized children.
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The Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs
Here is a Recent BusinessWeek article on the most promising social entrepreneurs. Please note the articles on social entrepreneurship on the right of the article. The second last article “Do-Gooders Who Spread The Good” is about Greystone Bakery and its founder Julius Walls Jr.. Mr Walls is the co-author of a recent book Mission Inc. which I recommend to anyone interested in the issue of Social Entrepreneurship.