Articles by Nilima Achwal
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Tuesday
January 3
2012The Best Ideas of 2011: The Power of Collective Action
If 2011 showed us nothing else, it showed us that the age for collective, collaborative action has returned. Compared to the political and cultural movements of other generations, however, this time we have powerful online platforms at our disposal, sending ideas and inspiration across continents in nanoseconds--especially in social enterprise.
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- Impact Assessment
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Tuesday
September 13
2011SOCAP11: Breaking Down Barriers to People Powered Capital
"Why is it illegal for me to invest even $100 in the business of my choice?" The kick-off session on the democratization of impact investing tackled the tough questions, such as how can we channel the massive amount of capital latent in the 98 percent of people may want to invest in a venture, but who are not "accredited investors."
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- Investing
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Monday
September 12
2011SOCAP11: Gleaning Insights in Design Thinking
Design used to be about making artifacts, but now the experience is the commodity. At SOCAP11, the Design for Social Innovation track exposed us to some powerful design thinking techniques from Hot Studio and :: CRONAN ::, two firms with household name corporate and socially known clients. In design, the age of the lone rock star is long gone.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- product design
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Friday
September 9
2011SOCAP11: Spirituality and Social Enterprise
A thoughtful panel of leaders at SOCAP11 opened the dialogue on a powerful underlying motivator for many in social enterprise, but a motivator that is often swept under the rug, unspoken, taboo, or even a white elephant in the room: spirituality. Amid the talk of ROI, balance sheets and capital, what should be the role of spiritually in the space?
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Tuesday
August 30
2011SOCAP11 Preview: How to Design Empathy and Other IDEO.org Projects
Jocelyn Wyatt, the long-time leader of social innovation at IDEO, recently became the co-lead and executive director of IDEO.org, the firm’s newly-launched non-profit started to address poverty-related challenges through design. She will be hosting Design Lab Office Hours at this year’s SOCAP and shares some experiences from IDEO.org’s early days.
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- Impact Assessment
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- scale
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Thursday
August 25
2011Unlikely Partnerships in the Social Sector
In the final part of my three-part interview with Ashoka’s Europe director Felix Oldenburg on how to create a large and sustained impact, he shared his thoughts on how to use existing, or some may call them "old" social structures -churches, welfare systems, and foundations, among others - to scale innovations.
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Tuesday
August 9
2011InVest in a Small Business, See Your Impact – In Real Time
InVenture, founded by former financial analyst Shivani Siroya, melds the P2P website model - one of the founding pillars of Kiva- with investing in SMEs in the developing world. You can go on the InVenture site and invest as little as $25 in an SME in the developing world and receive constant updates on your business’ progress and social impact.
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Friday
July 1
2011Friday Roundup 7/1/11: Kiva Launches First ’Kiva City’ in Detroit
The new Kiva City initiative combines the power of civic leaders, community organizations, and financial institutions. Rolling out first in Detroit, Kiva has partnered with Michigan Corps and ACCION USA to bring financial inclusion to a city that is wholly determined - from the government level to the individual level - on working collaboratively.
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