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Breaking Out of the Social Impact Conference Rut: Five Ways to Design a Truly Impactful Event
Have you ever been to a conference and felt a strange sense of déjà vu – an uncanny feeling that you've seen the sessions, read the buzzwords and heard all the stories before? Even for passionate, insightful members of the social impact community, it's easy to fall into the “same old” when planning a conference. Madhu Viswanathan at the Subsistence Marketplaces Initiative at the University of Illinois shares tips for fellow changemakers who seek to avoid this rut when organizing their own gatherings.
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Winners of 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge announced
A total of 30 teams of Mastercard Foundation Scholars gathered in Kigali, Rwanda to compete in the challenge, for a fellowship that includes seed funding, mentorship, and access to a network of innovators seeking global change through high impact community projects.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Meet The Finalists Of The Social Entrepreneurship Competition With A $1 Million Prize
From food safety to education, the Hult Prize by Hult International Business School has generated 200,000 startup ideas to solve today's most pressing social issues.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Siemens Stiftung launches empowering people. Award 2019 for social enterprises
According to a statement, entries will be assessed by technology and business experts, and the top three winners will be selected by an experienced international jury panel. The first prize is worth 50,000 Euros, with 30,000 and 20,000 Euros awarded to the second and third prize winners respectively.
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The Future of Work is Coming: MIT Seeks Tech Solutions to Adapt to the Impending Transformation
High-tech innovations like artificial intelligence, automation and the cloud are dramatically changing the nature of work. Some believe these changes will lead to massive job losses, while others imagine a future with plentiful and satisfying careers in industries we’ve yet to imagine. MIT’s Solve initiative is looking for solutions that ensure that no one is left behind by technology. Hala Hanna encourages innovators and entrepreneurs to enter Solve’s Work of the Future Challenge, which is open until July 1.
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- Entrepreneurship, Technology
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Impacting The Future: Ahmad Ashkar, Founder And CEO, Hult Prize Foundation
One of the refreshing aspects of my interview with the Hult Prize Foundation founder and CEO Ahmad Ashkar is that he comes across as someone who doesn’t believe in mincing words.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- North America
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No girl’s period should force her to miss school, and this startup is making sure of that
Twenty years after Bamisaye finished school, Nigerian schoolgirls continue to face the same challenges when they menstruate. So, she decided to do something about it—by creating a startup that provides girls with menstrual hygiene kits in the hope that they'll stay in school.
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- Entrepreneurship, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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MIT Clean Energy Prize rewards student innovation
Robust batteries, solar refrigeration, UV membrane cleaner, and smart factory technologies take home $140,000 in prize money.
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- Energy
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- North America
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