Hey everybody, here’s the first batch of essay responses for the Echoing Green Fellowship — your feedback is much appreciated!
Download the Essay Questions and Guidelines Here
Your Bold Idea
International Transparency Solutions is a new for-profit social venture designed to connect investors and the developing world through a suite of due diligence …
Posted on January 27, 2010 by Marco Puccia .
Posted on January 20, 2010 by Marco Puccia .
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**Closest Competitor: Self-Auditing, Network Based Approach Used by Kiva and Global Giving**
Aspects of Overlap:
____ Working With Same Population
__X__ Working On Same Issue Area
____ Using Similar Model of Change
How Will Your Approach be Different From and …
Posted on January 15, 2010 by Marco Puccia .
A few days ago I announced that I was moving on to “Round 2″ of the Echoing Green Fellowship Application, and need your support. One of the sections on the application is a “Root Cause Analysis” where we have to break down some of the social issues that our venture …
Posted on December 30, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
Incase you missed it, I launched my very first podcast yesterday featuring one of my favorite initiatives: HopePhones.org! HopePhones allows you send in your retired mobile phones so that they may be recycled and used to purchase 2-3 mobile phones that will be dispatched to medical clinics around the world …
Posted on December 27, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
A couple of weeks ago I shared the above image put together by Appfrica Labs that illustrates the “conspicuous correlation” between conflict areas and mining of coltan deposits (minerals used in many of our electronic devices). I wrote this quick analysis:
One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes …
Posted on December 3, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
Are you a student with a great idea for a nonprofit or social enterprise!? SparkSeed is searching for the top student social entrepreneurs across the country to help support their projects with the tools and resources they need to advance their projects. SparkSeed will select 10 ventures to receive six …
Posted on December 2, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
For all the students out there interested in social innovation and creative approaches to global development, there is no better opportunity to come together and collaborate than at the Global Engagement Summit at Northwestern University. I attended GES last March and really had the time of my life! It is …
Posted on November 11, 2009 by Marco Puccia .
Take a few seconds and head over to the BBC World Challenge site to vote for finalists BTTR Ventures — the only US-based finalist!
Did you know that less than 1% of all the coffee harvested each year ends up in your cup? Most of the coffee grounds finish as landfill. …
