September Beijing Social Innovation Meet- Up

We believe that the really exciting stuff happens when you get people talking, face-to-face. The Social Innovation Meet-Ups are monthly participant-driven meetings focused on social innovations and entrepreneurship in China. It’s a platform to voice your ideas, brainstorm solutions and connect with like-minded catalysts who can make a positive change. Topic: Fair Trade in China [...]

2nd Social Innovation Meet-up Beijing: Healthy Food

About Social Innovation Meet Ups We believe that the really exciting stuff happens when you get people talking, face-to-face. The Social Innovation Meet-Ups are monthly participant-driven meetings focused on social innovations and entrepreneurship in China. It’s a platform to voice your ideas, brainstorm solutions and connect with like-minded catalysts who can make a positive change. [...]

Weekly Twitter Roundup

May 22nd RT @Social_Innovate : Meguru Japanese Electric Vehicle is made out of Bamboo & Wood Pulp Paper http://bit.ly/d0bjtV #SocEnt #Japan MicroCapital PlaNet Finance #China Reports 1/3 of Chinese have no access to financial services http://bit.ly/9JxFgV via @MicroCapital Must read: Central Asia Institute annual Journey of Hope III publication online http://bit.ly/aqpns3 @gregmortenson #Asia #socent #nonprofit [...]

BoP Opportunities in China

Recent interesting post on  the NextBillion Blog: What are some BoP ventures and issues in the world’s most populous nation? China’s extreme income inequality, rich heritage and diverse geographies make for intriguing social venture opportunities during its time of neck-breaking economic growth. While China has become the world’s third-largest economy, 627 million Chinese still lived [...]

Weekly Twitter Round-Up

May 16th Startup Digest Launches in Shanghai – Thomas Crampton http://bit.ly/baF9iq via @CoolStartups #china #entrepreneurship Cambodian knitters help build sustainable social enterprise http://ow.ly/17dt5R via @SocialEarth #socent #Cambodia May 14th The oft unspoken dark side of rise in philanthropic giving/foundations in China (@cmphku) http://is.gd/c6SkF via @cnphilanthropy Great webinar on #Socent in #India Thanks @beyondprofit May 13th [...]

Mobile 2.0 applications: Potential use among BOP in emerging Asia

Posted by Nirmali Sivapragasam on Lirne Asia An article by an Indian journalist who attended the recently concluded Expert Forum in Islamabad, summarizes various “Mobile 2.0? initatives deployed by emerging South and Southeast Asian countries in recent years. “Mobile 2.0? applications can be described as those which offer services which are more-than-voice, such as payments, money [...]

1st Beijing Social Innovation Meet-Up

We believe that the really exciting stuff happens when you get people talking, face-to-face. So we run monthly participant-driven events focused on social innovations and entrepreneurship aimed at bringing together dreamers and doers, social entrepreneurs and people interested in making a positive impact on society. It’s a place to voice your ideas, get advice and [...]

Asia’s Young Changemakers: Ketan Deshpante

A student finds the entrance test to an engineering college a never-to-be-forgotten struggle. Most others would simply grumble. Not Kedar Deshpande. He turned the problem into an opportunity, producing a primer for fellow sufferers — a sort of “all you want to know about…” booklet containing the low-down on engineering colleges and their entrance tests. [...]

Vietnam: Fund for pro-poor businesses debuts

Via: Next Billion The Vietnam Challenge Fund (VCF), a new financial instrument to support new business projects that directly benefit the poor was launched Tuesday in Hanoi. With an initial budget of US$3 million for 2009-2011, the fund is a major component of the “Making Markets Work Better for the Poor Phase 2″ initiative. It [...]

Spark Beijing – building the community of innovation in Greater China

The financial crisis has increased our workload over the last year, it is increasingly important to work smart. Innovation training is the key to improving your thinking and the best way to add value to your role, company, and life. As Premier Wen JiaBao said last week, “We will make China a country of innovation.” [...]