I’m excited that tomorrow I’ll be interviewing Leila Janah, the founder of Samasource, for the podcast. Samasource is “Microwork for the next billion,” delivering dignified, computer-based work to women, youth, and refugees living in poverty. Check out this video of her at TEDxSV explaining her inspiration, and look out for the podcast at the end of this month!
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Change.org features the AshokaTECH Podcast
http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/changeorgs_founder_talks_social_entrepreneurship_with_ashokatechThanks to Change.org for letting me write a guest post about the AshokaTECH Podcast! Written on their Social Entrepreneurship blog, I discuss how lessons from Change.org’s use of new web technologies can inspire others at the intersection of technology and social change. Go check it out!
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Episode 8 of the AshokaTECH Podcast: Interview with Change.org Founder Ben Rattray
On this week’s episode of the AshokaTECH Podcast, host Alex Budak interviews Ben Rattray, the founder of Change.org.
Founded in 2005, Change.org seeks to be the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time. From homelessness to genocide, health care to human trafficking, global warming, and more, Change.org leverages technology and social media to connect people with one another and organizations to advance their common causes.
Alex gets Ben’s take on how technology is changing the game for non-profits, strategies for striking a balance between being a competitive organization while not being motivated solely by profits, and what his experience suggests to counter critiques of so-called online “slacktivism.”
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Episode 7 of the AshokaTECH Podcast
“It’s critical to identify the best, most high-impact and sustainable ideas…throughout the world.” — Julia Novy-Hildesley, Executive Director, Lemelson Foundation
In advance of the Tech 4 Society event convening in Hyderabad, India later this week, AshokaTECH Podcast host Alex Budak interviews Julia Novy-Hildesley, executive director of the Lemelson Foundation. As a sponsor of the Tech 4 Society event — which brings together leading social entrepreneurs, showcasing tech solutions and innovations revolutionizing social change throughout the world — the Lemelson foundation continues its tradition of supporting innovation and invention throughout the wold.
In addition to the Tech 4 Society event, Alex asks Julia about her recent research on the “innovation engine” model for growth, her thoughts on where social-tech is headed in the next decade, and how we can ensure that a diverse group of future inventors are creating the next great innovations for the world.Listen and subscribe to the AshokaTECH Podcast on iTunes
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Have feedback on the podcast, or a guest you’d like to see interviewed? Get in touch! Enjoy the podcast? Consider leaving a comment and a rating on iTunes to spread the word to other changemakers around the world.
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Episode 6 of the AshokaTECH Podcast: Interview with Elizabeth Hausler
“Earthquakes don’t kill people…poorly built buildings do.” — Elizabeth Hausler
On this week’s episode of the AshokaTECH Podcast, host Alex Budak interviews the founder of Build Change, Elizabeth Hausler, an expert on sustainable building practices to prevent earthquake damage. Alex asks her for her thoughts on the recent tragedy in Haiti, and how similar catastrophies might be avoided in the future. Elizabeth has faced similar challenges following earthquakes in India, China and Indonesia, and provides poignant commentary on the challenges that now face Haiti, as well as advice on engaging the community.
To subscribe to the podcast, please visit the AshokaTECH Podcast Page in iTunes.
To listen to the podcast stream online, please visit the AshokaTECH Audioroom.
To see the official release from Ashoka, visit the blog.
Have feedback on the podcast, or a guest you’d like to see interviewed? Get in touch! Enjoy the podcast? Consider leaving a comment and a rating on iTunes to spread the word to other changemakers around the world.
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Obama should make the centerpiece of his presidency mobilizing a million new start-up companies that won’t just give us temporary highway jobs, but lasting good jobs that keep America on the cutting edge. The best way to counter the Tea Party movement, which is all about stopping things, is with an Innovation Movement, which is all about starting things.
Thomas Friedman, “More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs,” New York Times, 1/23/2010.
At the risk of being “that guy who quotes Tom Friedman,” his column this week is the most poignant I’ve read lately. Innovation and entrepreneurship are what made America great, and it’s time to renew our focus around them. I support Friedman’s call for making 2010 the year of the start-up.
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As many of you know, I’ve been working with BUILD, an education non-profit that provides real-world entrepreneurial experience to empower youth from under-resourced communities to excel in education. Through a combination of coursework in school on the basics of entrepreneurship, to an after-school program working with local mentors, developing a business proposal, receiving seed-funding, and actually running the business, students see first-hand how doing well in school can translate to success in the real-world. And the results are amazing: 100% of students that complete the program have matriculated to college!
Here are some photos from the DC “Winter Sales Bazaar,” last week, where students showed what they’ve been working on, and began selling their products — which range from eco-friendly bags to dog grooming services.
