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Submitted by Julie Whittaker on Tue, May 15, 2012
The third of a series of blogs written by Vodafone World of Difference Intern Amy Berkhout. My time at Ashoka is flying by.  My fellow World of Difference winner Will Bentinck has already moved on to pastures new at Enternships following the completion of his 2 month...
Submitted by Julie Whittaker on Tue, May 15, 2012
A Tribute to Roland Mann who established Ashoka’s UK chapter Ashoka UK would like to pay tribute to Roland Mann who passed away earlier this year on March 11 2012.  He was a friend to Ashoka’s founder Bill Drayton and instrumental in establishing its UK Chapter...
Submitted by Julie Whittaker on Fri, May 11, 2012
When ClearlySo began in 2006 one thing that they identified as a crucial missing link to realising their vision for a more social economy was a central source of information about issues which affect social businesses and enterprises. The result; ClearlySo’s Guide for...

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Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on 05/14/12 Editor's note: This post has been reblogged from Ashoka's Empathy blog. Learn more about Ashoka’s Empathy Initiative! Visit empathy.ashoka.org. “In today's world, where everyone is so interconnected and...
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on 05/11/12 Can you imagine an office building or high-rise tower with no energy bill? It's not easy to do; in the United States, the buildings we live and work in consume more energy per day than any other sector of the economy (...
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on 05/11/12 Editor's note: This post was written by Elizabeth R. Miller, communications associate at Knight Foundation.After spending nearly three years boosting social entrepreneurship in the Americas, Ashoka’s Lorena García Duran is...

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