Catalyst "Sparkseed" from Sharlene Yang on Vimeo.
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Showing posts with label Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition. Show all posts
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sparkseed's Story : Supporting Young Social Entrepreneurs' Ventures
I love this video. Sparkseed is AMAZING.
If you're interested in learning more about the organization then leave a comment for me on this post and I'll get back to you. I'm the organization's Engagement Officer.
If you're interested in learning more about the organization then leave a comment for me on this post and I'll get back to you. I'm the organization's Engagement Officer.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Young Professionals Party to Celebrate Social Enterprise :: San Francisco. Wed April 28.
Psyched about this one ... found out about it yesterday from Sparkseed via Twitter.
Wed, April 28, 2010
7pm
Temple Night Club - San Francisco, CA
Come party with students and young professionals à la Social Enterprise.
DJ Hey Man! will be spinning at Temple Nightclub on April 28th starting at 7pm in the context of the Third Social Enterprise World Forum – we will be celebrating the winners of the Next Generation Awards. The San Francisco Chapter of the SEA in partnership with Sparkseed invite you to join the movers and shakers of Social Enterprise in this energetic and inspirational experience.
This event is open to all. Please RSVP mindfully, space is limited.
About the hosts:
As DJ Hey Man!, Darian Rodriguez Heyman (former E.D. of the Craigslist Foundation) spins conscious R&B, hip hop, and downtempo grooves from around the world. Darian works with Michael Franti & Spearhead on their annual Power to the Peaceful festival and his efforts on the dance floor and off connect inspiration to action through music.
Don’t miss the Third Social Enterprise World Forum advocating for increased social impact through social enterprise. Join over 600 social entrepreneurs in San Francisco from Tuesday, April 27 - Saturday, May 1 to learn, grow, be inspired, make new connections from around the globe and become part of this expanding movement.
The Social Enterprise Alliance is a membership-based organization that serves as North America's leading association for the social enterprise field. Established in 2009, the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter helps to accelerate social innovation and spur the emergence of a robust support system for social enterprise in the San Francisco Bay Area. The chapter offers public programs on social enterprise topics, and provide local SEA members with opportunities to connect with each other in person and online throughout the year. Contact the chapter at seasfbay(@)gmail.com.
Sparkseed is a nonprofit organization that supports the next generation of social entrepreneurs by harnessing the passion, innovation, and talent of college students in order to increase the impact of their social ventures. Over the past two years, Sparkseed has provided mentoring, seed money, pro-bono consulting, and web tools to over 50 social innovators across the country.
Temple Nightclub is an eco-concious "edu-tainment" complex that works synergistically with all of the entities of the Zen Compound to inspire and work with the community to take on the most challenging issues facing San Francisco and our planet... and have a good time doing it!
Prana aims serve its patrons and the community by providing all organic ingredients sourced locally where possible.
Wed, April 28, 2010
7pm
Temple Night Club - San Francisco, CA
Come party with students and young professionals à la Social Enterprise.
DJ Hey Man! will be spinning at Temple Nightclub on April 28th starting at 7pm in the context of the Third Social Enterprise World Forum – we will be celebrating the winners of the Next Generation Awards. The San Francisco Chapter of the SEA in partnership with Sparkseed invite you to join the movers and shakers of Social Enterprise in this energetic and inspirational experience. This event is open to all. Please RSVP mindfully, space is limited.
About the hosts:
As DJ Hey Man!, Darian Rodriguez Heyman (former E.D. of the Craigslist Foundation) spins conscious R&B, hip hop, and downtempo grooves from around the world. Darian works with Michael Franti & Spearhead on their annual Power to the Peaceful festival and his efforts on the dance floor and off connect inspiration to action through music.
Don’t miss the Third Social Enterprise World Forum advocating for increased social impact through social enterprise. Join over 600 social entrepreneurs in San Francisco from Tuesday, April 27 - Saturday, May 1 to learn, grow, be inspired, make new connections from around the globe and become part of this expanding movement.
The Social Enterprise Alliance is a membership-based organization that serves as North America's leading association for the social enterprise field. Established in 2009, the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter helps to accelerate social innovation and spur the emergence of a robust support system for social enterprise in the San Francisco Bay Area. The chapter offers public programs on social enterprise topics, and provide local SEA members with opportunities to connect with each other in person and online throughout the year. Contact the chapter at seasfbay(@)gmail.com.
Sparkseed is a nonprofit organization that supports the next generation of social entrepreneurs by harnessing the passion, innovation, and talent of college students in order to increase the impact of their social ventures. Over the past two years, Sparkseed has provided mentoring, seed money, pro-bono consulting, and web tools to over 50 social innovators across the country.
Temple Nightclub is an eco-concious "edu-tainment" complex that works synergistically with all of the entities of the Zen Compound to inspire and work with the community to take on the most challenging issues facing San Francisco and our planet... and have a good time doing it!
Prana aims serve its patrons and the community by providing all organic ingredients sourced locally where possible.
Monday, March 29, 2010
"When you Empower Women, you have Vision for your Country." :: 10,000 Women
In between reading chapters of "The Blue Sweater" I stumbled upon (thanks to Twitter) the list of 2010 winners of the JustMeans.com/Financial Times Social Innovation Awards.
I was psyched to see that two orgs I love, TechSoup and Sparkseed both won awards this year. Was also psyched to discover a new org, who was also an award winner - Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women.
I was psyched to see that two orgs I love, TechSoup and Sparkseed both won awards this year. Was also psyched to discover a new org, who was also an award winner - Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women.
10,000 Women from Just Means on Vimeo.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Young Entrepreneurs Making College More Attainable & Affordable
I found these guys on Inc. Magazine's website. I was tipped off by Fast Company via Twitter:)
photo: Jason Shah
A junior at Harvard University, Jason Shah launched his SAT prep site INeedAPencil.com in 2006 when he was still in high school. The free site offers low-income students an alternative to pricier courses such as those at Kaplan and The Princeton Review. Students can log on to the site and choose from more than 60 lessons in math, reading, and writing, many of which use pop-culture and sports references to liven up the material. It's not just a gimmick -- a random sampling of the site's users showed an average improvement of 202 points on their SAT scores. INeedAPencil.com earns most of its revenue by generating leads for colleges and universities eager to recruit the site's 30,000 users, who can opt in to receive information about different schools.
Jason is a Sparkseed Innovator. For more info about Sparkseed see this previous blog post.
photo: Troy Rhodes
When Troy Rhodes, a junior at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, sold his college textbooks at the end of the spring 2008 semester, he received $18 -- for books that cost him $560 just a few months earlier. There had to be an alternative way, he thought. So over the next year, he developed MyBookBorrow.com, which allows students anywhere to save on textbooks by renting instead of buying. When a student requests a textbook, Rhodes (or one of the three friends who assist him) finds a used copy from one of the two textbook distributors that are his suppliers. He then provides a rental quote (after checking on competitors' rental prices and Amazon's purchase price) to the student. If the student agrees to the price, Rhodes buys the book and has the supplier ship it directly to the customer. When the semester ends, the customer ships the book back to Rhodes, who keeps his stock in a $22-a-month storage space.
photo: Jason Shah
A junior at Harvard University, Jason Shah launched his SAT prep site INeedAPencil.com in 2006 when he was still in high school. The free site offers low-income students an alternative to pricier courses such as those at Kaplan and The Princeton Review. Students can log on to the site and choose from more than 60 lessons in math, reading, and writing, many of which use pop-culture and sports references to liven up the material. It's not just a gimmick -- a random sampling of the site's users showed an average improvement of 202 points on their SAT scores. INeedAPencil.com earns most of its revenue by generating leads for colleges and universities eager to recruit the site's 30,000 users, who can opt in to receive information about different schools.
Jason is a Sparkseed Innovator. For more info about Sparkseed see this previous blog post.
photo: Troy Rhodes
When Troy Rhodes, a junior at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, sold his college textbooks at the end of the spring 2008 semester, he received $18 -- for books that cost him $560 just a few months earlier. There had to be an alternative way, he thought. So over the next year, he developed MyBookBorrow.com, which allows students anywhere to save on textbooks by renting instead of buying. When a student requests a textbook, Rhodes (or one of the three friends who assist him) finds a used copy from one of the two textbook distributors that are his suppliers. He then provides a rental quote (after checking on competitors' rental prices and Amazon's purchase price) to the student. If the student agrees to the price, Rhodes buys the book and has the supplier ship it directly to the customer. When the semester ends, the customer ships the book back to Rhodes, who keeps his stock in a $22-a-month storage space.
Friday, February 5, 2010
2010 Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition :: Another Opportunity for Students with ideas for new Social Ventures
If you are an undergraduate at a U.S. university who is ready to make a difference, then you are eligible to apply for $11,000 funding, $20,000 pro-bono consulting, and mentoring from entrepreneurs & executives.
Sparkseed is looking for extraordinary students who will lead their own for profit or nonprofit social venture.
To apply, go here and follow the instructions. You will need to answer these 3 questions: (100 words max each)
1. What issue will your venture address?
2. Why are YOU pursuing this specific issue?
3. How will your venture solve this problem?
KEY DATES:
* February 7, 2010 – 1st round deadline. Create your startup profile and elevator pitch video.
* March 7, 2010 – 2nd round deadline. Submit your business plans (semi-finalists only)
* April 1, 2010 – New Sparkseed Innovators announced!
Each year Sparkseed selects up to ten student-led social ventures. The social innovators who lead these for profit and nonprofit ventures receive six months of high-impact support from Sparkseed. After six months, the top three ventures are selected to receive on-going support.
Sparkseed is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA dedicated to fostering creative, college-level social entrepreneurs.
Since its beginning, the Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition has benefited over 50 social entrepreneurs. Learn about the Sparkseed Class of 2009 here.
This one is my favorite - Social Business Consulting Group, Cornell University.
Jenny Gottstein, the Venture Advisor and Marketing Consultant at Sparkseed, said “At Sparkseed, our mission is to create a sense of urgency around the idea of social entrepeneurship. We aren’t training the leaders of ‘tomorrow’, as in ‘one day, that student will be in the U.S. Senate!’, but rather these are the leaders of today. There are students who are literally dreaming up the next Kiva in their dormroom, and our goal is to make sure they have the tools they need to make an impact right now.”
“By uploading their elevator pitch videos and creating public profiles, students are putting their ideas on display. The purpose of this competition is not only to find the next round entrepreneurs to invest in, but also to connect student leaders across the nation and facilitate a cross- germination of ideas.”
For more info about social venture mentoring at the university level, check out this great Next Billion blog post about the course "Social Venture Creation", offered through the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan.
About the course:
From the course website: In this course "Social Venture Creation", students form multidisciplinary teams and take steps to launch a social venture. By the end of this course, student teams submit an implementation plan and make a presentation on a social venture idea to a panel of industry experts and potential funders.
The hope is that some of these multidisciplinary student teams will be able to launch a social venture upon completing the course – and make real, long-lasting impact.
Open to undergrads and graduate students.
Class Time: Tuesday/Thursday 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Term: Winter 2010
Credits: 3
Course Number: ENGR 490.009
Sparkseed is looking for extraordinary students who will lead their own for profit or nonprofit social venture.
To apply, go here and follow the instructions. You will need to answer these 3 questions: (100 words max each)
1. What issue will your venture address?
2. Why are YOU pursuing this specific issue?
3. How will your venture solve this problem?
KEY DATES:
* February 7, 2010 – 1st round deadline. Create your startup profile and elevator pitch video.
* March 7, 2010 – 2nd round deadline. Submit your business plans (semi-finalists only)
* April 1, 2010 – New Sparkseed Innovators announced!
Each year Sparkseed selects up to ten student-led social ventures. The social innovators who lead these for profit and nonprofit ventures receive six months of high-impact support from Sparkseed. After six months, the top three ventures are selected to receive on-going support.
Sparkseed is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA dedicated to fostering creative, college-level social entrepreneurs.
Since its beginning, the Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition has benefited over 50 social entrepreneurs. Learn about the Sparkseed Class of 2009 here.
This one is my favorite - Social Business Consulting Group, Cornell University.
Jenny Gottstein, the Venture Advisor and Marketing Consultant at Sparkseed, said “At Sparkseed, our mission is to create a sense of urgency around the idea of social entrepeneurship. We aren’t training the leaders of ‘tomorrow’, as in ‘one day, that student will be in the U.S. Senate!’, but rather these are the leaders of today. There are students who are literally dreaming up the next Kiva in their dormroom, and our goal is to make sure they have the tools they need to make an impact right now.”
“By uploading their elevator pitch videos and creating public profiles, students are putting their ideas on display. The purpose of this competition is not only to find the next round entrepreneurs to invest in, but also to connect student leaders across the nation and facilitate a cross- germination of ideas.”
For more info about social venture mentoring at the university level, check out this great Next Billion blog post about the course "Social Venture Creation", offered through the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan.
About the course:
From the course website: In this course "Social Venture Creation", students form multidisciplinary teams and take steps to launch a social venture. By the end of this course, student teams submit an implementation plan and make a presentation on a social venture idea to a panel of industry experts and potential funders.
The hope is that some of these multidisciplinary student teams will be able to launch a social venture upon completing the course – and make real, long-lasting impact.
Open to undergrads and graduate students.
Class Time: Tuesday/Thursday 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Term: Winter 2010
Credits: 3
Course Number: ENGR 490.009
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