By Elliot Greenberger on March 2, 2010
That’s the challenge that TOMS Shoes is asking you (or your community, your campus, your organization) to take on April 8. Watch the video below to see why others took on the challenge last year, and why even more are taking it on this year.
I still have to figure out if the hotel where I’ll [...]
Posted in Fashion, Video | Tagged charity, development, social change, social enterprise, toms shoes
By Elliot Greenberger on February 24, 2010
The Skoll Foundation and BBC World recently launched a prime time TV show called “Alvin’s Guide to Good Business“, featuring Wall Street business guru Alvin Hall. In this series, Alvin visits some of the most interesting social entrepreneurs in the world, learning to understand their challenges so that he can help them grow and [...]
Posted in Video | Tagged alvin hall, development, India, micro-entrepreneur, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, Video
By Elliot Greenberger on February 15, 2010
Great informal interview with industry analysts Michael Fauscette and Natalie Petouhoff as they discuss the intersection of Social CRM and the enterprise. The video was recorded at the Social CRM Summit held by Paul Greenberg on February 11, 2010.
Sound bite: “Unlike the 90s when we focused on process and we focused on [...]
Posted in Technology, Video | Tagged CRM, customer experience, employees, social enterprise, social media, Video
By Elliot Greenberger on February 7, 2010
I recently got an email about the Unite For Sight GH/Innovate 2010 Conference hosted at Yale on April 17-18, 2010.
“The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 students and professionals from 55 countries who are interested in global health and international development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, [...]
Posted in Health | Tagged conference, innovation, seth godin, yale
By Elliot Greenberger on January 26, 2010
I first came across this PUR ad online, and have since seen it several times on TV. I like this ad a lot, despite not caring much for Zach Braff (the “Voice of Water” for PUR).
The reason I like it is because the connection between PUR’s filtration systems and its work to provide clean water [...]
Posted in Health