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Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Mon, May 14, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/14/12
Editor's note: This post has been reblogged from Ashoka's Empathy blog. Learn more about Ashoka’s Empathy Initiative! Visit empathy.ashoka.org. “In today's world, where everyone...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Mon, May 14, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/14/12
Editor's note: This post has been reblogged from Ashoka's Empathy blog. Learn more about Ashoka’s Empathy Initiative! Visit empathy.ashoka.org. “In today's world, where everyone...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Fri, May 11, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/11/12
Can you imagine an office building or high-rise tower with no energy bill? It's not easy to do; in the United States, the buildings we live and work in consume more energy per day than any other...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Fri, May 11, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/11/12
Editor's note: This post was written by Elizabeth R. Miller, communications associate at Knight Foundation.After spending nearly three years boosting social entrepreneurship in the Americas, Ashoka...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Tue, May 8, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/08/12
Editor's note: This post was written by Change InSight contributor, Abigail WickSocial change isn’t rocket science; it’s just a matter of gumption and drive. Policy-makers, think-tanks, and...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Tue, May 8, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/08/12
Ashoka CEO and founder Bill Drayton has received Harvard Kennedy School’s prestigious Richard E. Neustadt Award for Public Policy. The Neustadt Award is presented annually to a key social innovator...
Submitted by Yeleka Barrett on Thu, May 3, 2012
Submitted on Behalf of Mina Akrami, Ashoka Canada Volunteer
Endings usually end with a reflection. Thus, with the end of my internship at Ashoka, here are a few words on the time I spent here. From the first day of my internship, the Ashoka...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Wed, May 2, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/02/12
Editor's note: This post was written by Ashoka's Yoni Blumberg and Julie Wiscombe with contributions from John C. Townsend. Like many Ashoka Fellows, Maurice Miller’s journey to becoming a leading...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Tue, May 1, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
05/01/12
Editor's note: This post was written by Ashoka's Yoni Blumberg and Julie Wiscombe with contributions from John C. Townsend.
“Growing up I always wanted to be a pilot,” Ashoka Fellow Kingsley...
Submitted by Ashoka ChangeInSight on Wed, April 25, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on
04/25/12
Editor's note: The following is adapted from Civic Ventures founder and Ashoka Fellow Marc Freedman's latest book, The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife. With the...












