Archive for China
Asias Young Changemakers: Holly Chang, founder: Golden Bridges
In 2006, Holly Chang sold her home and belongings in America and moved to China were she invested her life savings to start Golden Bridges, a nonprofit promoting mutual understanding between China and the West through charitable projects. She is currently working on a new initiative called Project Pengyou to support the missions of the [...]
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Are you a social enterprise in China? Support the development of the sector and contribute your information to the 2012 China Social Enterprise Survey! About the survey Social entrepreneurship is a growing field in and has been increasingly highlighted as an avenue to provide solutions for the growing social and economic disparities in the China. [...]
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Asia’s Social Changemakers: Meixin Li, founder Gift of Hope
Meixin Li is an outstanding young social entrepreneur based in Beijing, China. She has recently founded Gift of Hope, a social enterprises which works with disabled artisans and sells their beautiful handicrafts nationwide. We have caught up with her to learn more about her and her venture: How do you make a positive impact? [...]
Asia’s Social Changemakers: Charlene Wang, founder Tranquil Tuesdays
After working for the US foreign service for 6 years Charlene Wang founded Tranquil Tuesdays, a Beijing based social firm selling tea and artisan teaware. Founded on her passion for tea and her commitment for women empowerment she has build the venture to train and hire Chinese women who are having difficulty finding a job [...]
Asia’s Social Changemakers: Ryan Dick – Founder of GIGA
In 2007, Ryan Dick came to Shanghai as the award winner of Henry Luce and lectured on urban planning and architectural design in Tongji University during 2007-2008. After joining architectural firm AOO by chance and he found that his environmental protection ideas met the one of Raefer—founder of A00, so they set up GIGA. GIGA [...]
Coaching for Nonprofit’s
There is a great opportunity for nonprofit leaders based in Beijing or Shanghai to receive coaching (6 sessions) for free from an experienced personal coach form the International Coaching Federation. Coaching is a great way to reflect on your current challenges and opportunities, and compared to mentorship, it focuses on you as an individual and [...]
Beijing Working Groups for Social Entrepreneurs
We launched the intake of the summer batch for our two working groups in Beijing today! Register by June 1, 2011 to access an unparalleled network of peers and learning. Research has demonstrated that the most valuable resource to help successful entrepreneurs learn and grow is other successful entrepreneurs, from people who have “been there, [...]
Thur, Feb 24th: In conversation with Entrepreneurs: Turning Passion into Business
In conversation with Entrepreneurs: Turning Passion into Business Did you ever sit in your cubicle and thought about starting your own business, something that truly satisfies you, something of your own? Join our panel & mixer in which 3 entrepreneurs will share how they turned their dreams into reality through ventures that make a positive [...]
Tuesday, Feb 22nd: In Conversations – “The Changing Role of Business”
In Conversations: “The Changing Role of Business” In this discussion, we will discuss how more and more companies are involved in solving social and environmental issues previously only of the concern of governments. However with changing expectations of the public and social awareness of individuals, companies are changing their roles and CSR as well as [...]
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