Opportunity Collaboration (unconference) Fellowships - apps due April 15

Cordes Foundation Fellowships provide opportunities for social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders to participate as Delegates in the Opportunity Collaboration who for financial reasons are unable to attend. The hope and intent is to open doors, minds and networks for exceptional social entrepreneurs and nonprofit executives engaged in poverty alleviation and economic justice enterprises.

In total, 50 Cordes Fellows are selected through an international competition.

Fellows participate fully in all aspects of the Opportunity Collaboration. In addition, Fellows may earn a certificate of completion awarded by the University of the Pacific Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship. This on-site professional training symposium covers areas critical to the success of organizations and individuals creating social impact and combating poverty. The curriculum is designed in partnership with the Fellows and other Opportunity Collaboration Delegates.

Apps due April 15 - details here.

More about the Opportunity Collaboration event here.

I took a look at the event outline and particularly liked this discussion topic - because I'm already a fan of Think Impact:) (Check out my blog post about the org here.)

Personal Growth for the Successful Social Entrepreneur - Saul Garlick, Executive Director, Think Impact, leads a discussion on the critical areas every neophyte social entrepreneur needs to address NOW to reach their goals.



Saul Garlick is Think Impact's Founder and Executive Director. He also serves as ambassador to the United States for The Buffelshoek Trust, an organization committed to the construction of much-needed schools in rural South Africa. Saul served as managing editor of the SAIS Review, as founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Hopkins Donkey and has worked on Capitol Hill for Rep. DeGette (D-CO) and as acting desk officer for Angola in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. He is a contributor to Carnegie Council's online magazine, Policy Innovations. Garlick is a Truman Scholar and has received numerous awards including the William C. Foster Award, the Circles of Change Award, and the Fire Within Social Entrepreneurship Award. Garlick received his BA with honors in 2006 from Johns Hopkins University and his MA i American foreign policy and International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.

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