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In Portland: Greg Dees on scaling social innovation

The father of social entrepreneurship education is visiting Portland this week, with stops at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Mercy Corps.

Sharon Chang, left, is the founder of an intitiative to become a talent agency for social innovators. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanesque/3981840235/in/photostream/">Photo: bryanesque (Flickr)</a>

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Agents of change: Yoxi.tv's big plan to groom do-gooders into media superstars

It's an unlikely romance, fit for Hollywood: social change meets corporate marketing. Now, one of Tinseltown's most successful inventions is about to join the cast.

Enter the first social-entrepreneurship talent agent.

Mohammed Gawdat.

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How to use Google’s 9 rules of innovation for social good

Adapted from a report by Lisa Hoashi, Mercy Corps Senior Internal Communications Officer.

Creativity means doing something new. Innovation means doing something differently.

Our world of scarcity needs both.

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The Sanitation Value Chain in Nairobi’s Slums

Sanergy (sanitation+energy) is an MIT-based start-up with a mission: Employ sewage. Produce jobs. One glorified outhouse at a time.

Could Wall Street's bull charge for good? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23148104@N07/2949924573/">iHeylen (flickr)</a>

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Janus-Faced, Capitalism Turns a Gentler Profile

If Wall Street's excesses contributed to the decline of the nation's economy, could the same profit-driven environment really spawn a new generation of do-gooders?

A new, low-cost water filtration system will make it easier for poor Indians to access clean drinking water. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackol/1193158587/">Jackol (flickr)</a>

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Selling to the Poor, On Terms They Can Afford

Here's some conventional marketing wisdom: People who live on less than $2 per day simply aren't a worthwhile target demographic.

Paul Polak leads a talk on affordable technology design for developing areas <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/poptech2006/2966654473/">KrisKrug (flickr)</a>

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Seeing the Poor as Customers

"Most of us look at the 1 billion men, women and children in the world who live on less than a dollar a day and see poor people," writes BusinessWeek. "But Paul Polak sees market failure."

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Neal Keny-Guyer - Social Entrepreneurship at Mercy Corps

Neal Keny-Guyer views Mercy Corps' innovative practices and commitment to social entrepreneurship as key to success.

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A Rare Breed of Social Entrepreneur

Bill Early explains his life experiences and motivations to educate youth about globalization.

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China's Eco-Entrepreneurs

China makes progress towards promoting innovative and sustainable environmental solutions.

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A HandCrafting Justice Story

A success story in the suburbs of Peru tells how a group of 150 women came to work with HandCrafting Justice, a fair-trade partnership.

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Forget the World Bank, Try Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart might be single-handedly responsible for bringing about 38,000 people out of poverty in China each month, about 460,000 per year.

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Curriculum on Social Entrepreneurship

Presents information about how social entrepreneurship can benefit both individuals as well as large-scale economies.

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Rebuilding Through Social Entreprenuership

Microfinance guru Muhammud Yunus explores how economies affected by Hurricane Katrina could benefit from the spirit of social entrepreneurship.

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An Entrepreneur Tackles the Logistics of Disaster

Read how one social entrepreneur is using lessons in logistics from the business world to deploy relief to communities in need.

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