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Create an Infographic About Childhood Obesity! The Let’s Move! initiative and GOOD are working together to help address the challenge of childhood obesity by raising awareness about the problem and how the nation is working to address it. Read more about the contest. The deadline of this project has been extended to July 13, 2010.

Create an Infographic About Childhood Obesity!

The Let’s Move! initiative and GOOD are working together to help address the challenge of childhood obesity by raising awareness about the problem and how the nation is working to address it.

Read more about the contest.

The deadline of this project has been extended to July 13, 2010.

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Site connects nonprofits and social entrepreneurs with pro bono lawyers

“A new website connects lawyers who want to volunteer time with non profits and social entrepreneurs looking for free legal services.

TrustLaw Connect is an online service promoting pro bono legal work around the world. It works a bit like Kiva in that people requesting and people donating help are vetted and then matched through the service, which is run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. It’s free to both beneficiaries and providers.”

Thanks to Marc Smolowitz for originally posting to Facebook. 

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U.S. Lagging, Not Leading, Social Entrepreneurship

Very interesting article (and comments!) on the Harvard Business Review Blog “The Conversation” about why the U.S. needs to “spend less time and money training entrepreneurs and funding contests domestically [and] invest more in social entrepreneurs globally.”

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MIT Media Lab has developed NETRA (short for “Near-Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment”), which aims to make eye exams affordable in the developing world. 

Read more of “Eye Phone: MIT Researchers Develop Ultra-Cheap, Smartphone-Based Eye Exam Tool” on Fast Company.  

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TechCrunch interviews Samasource CEO Leila Janah in How Samasource Helps The World. According to its website, Samasource is “Microwork for the next billion.”  They bring dignified, computer-based work to women, youth, and refugees living in poverty.

In the video, they talk about Samasource’s model, its challenges, its competitive advantage, and why it’s run as a nonprofit instead of a business.

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I think building a company is the best way to change the world, because it’s the best way to align the interests of a lot of smart people and a lot of partners to build something that’s great and that serves people. You can’t do that if you’re an individual because it’s just you and there’s no one to align, and you can’t do it if you’re a nonprofit because you have no resources and you’re constantly out trying to raise money instead of generating it and being self-sufficient.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook in an interview for Inside Facebook

His sister, Randi Zuckerberg, works on Creative & Buzz Marketing, Politics, and Social Change at Facebook, and provides a lot of support for nonprofits.  Interesting.  How do you react to this comment?

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Starbucks expanding recycling program with coffee cups in Chicago

“Starbucks is finding new ways to use the 3 billion paper cups its customers use each year, even in cities where recycling is not popular or mandated.  This fall, it will send cups used at its Chicago stores to Green Bay, where a Georgia Pacific paper mill will turn them into Starbucks napkins.  The effort is a major push by Starbucks to create a commercial market for its used cups, which include 1 billion plastic cups for cold drinks.”

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Ad Age Insights has just released a new whitepaper, “Social Activism 2.0”, that discusses how to get the social media generation behind your cause.  “Young adults are changing activism, redefining it,” said Eliza Esquivel, planning director of TBWA and author of the study. “Knowing and talking about social issues to them is now considered a form of activism.”

Ad Age Insights has just released a new whitepaper, “Social Activism 2.0”, that discusses how to get the social media generation behind your cause. 

“Young adults are changing activism, redefining it,” said Eliza Esquivel, planning director of TBWA and author of the study. “Knowing and talking about social issues to them is now considered a form of activism.”

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More pay-what-you-want Paneras coming

The Panera nonprofit restaurant model appears to be succeeding in its first month of operations. 

From the article: “Its cashiers tell customers their orders’ ‘suggested’ price based on the menu. About 60 to 70 percent pay in full.  About 15 percent leave a little more and another 15 percent pay less, or nothing at all.   A handful have left big donations, like $20 for a cup of coffee.”

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First, my pledge: More than 99% of my wealth will go to philanthropy during my lifetime or at death. Measured by dollars, this commitment is large. In a comparative sense, though, many individuals give more to others every day.
Warren Buffett in “My Philanthropic Pledge” in FORTUNE as part of the $600 Billion Challenge

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