Organization’s name:  Tufts University‘s The Institute for Global Leadership, EMPOWER Program for Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship

Organization they are part of:  Tufts University
Website: EMPOWER program for Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship(link)

Address:        

Institute for Global Leadership
96 Packard Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
United States of America

Email: janelle.smart@tufts.edu

Description (taken from a site): The objective of EMPOWER is to help educate, mentor, guide and motivate future social entrepreneurs, defining social entrepreneurship as activities that benefit humankind.   The program and is intentionally broad in scope to allow for innovative projects and research addressing the complexities of poverty in the world.

Site Contains: events, research and internships.

Type: video multimedia(link)

Organization’s name:  Stanford Graduate School of Business, Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship

Organization they are part of:  Stanford University
Website: Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship(link)

Address:                                                                                   

Office of Executive Education                               
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
518 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA 94305-5015

Email: executive_education@gsb.stanford.edu

Description (taken from a site): The Executive Program for Social Entrepreneurs is distinctive in the cutting edge topics addressed, including: tapping the social capital market, balancing social and economic value, blending nonprofit and for-profit legal forms, sustaining innovation, leveraging social innovations through technology; and creating effective cross-sector partnerships. The program also incorporates pioneering research from Stanford’s world-renowned Center for Social Innovation.

Site Contains: schedule, programs                

Organization’s name:  New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, The Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Organization they are part of:  New York University
Website: The Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship (link)
Address:

Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
NYU Stern School of Business
44 W. 4th Street
Suite 7-150
New York, New York 10012

Email:  mrose@stern.nyu.edu
Description (taken from a site):

The Satter Program is dedicated to making the social entrepreneurship movement a leading force for social improvement by generating interest and expertise in the field among members of the Stern community. This involves several related activities:

Teaching social entrepreneurship skills and thinking

Providing opportunities and funding to practice and hone these skills

Supporting research to improve the understanding and practice of social entrepreneurship

Creating a community of students, scholars, and industry leaders devoted to improving the social sector

Site Contains:  events, conferences and seminars

Article on USNews about Social Entrepreneurship. The article talks about start of Ashoka and how Bill Drayton was empowered to pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship. Here it is.

Another great interview with Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka. In this interview he discusses the social transformation, and how people become accountable for creating a better future. Link.

Bill Drayton talks about social entrepreneurship and how it is the next big trend in the field of entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton is the founder of Ashoka. Find this interview here.

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Speak Shop is on-line foreign language tutoring company, one of the first in its field. The site was started by Cindy and Clay Cooper. In this interview Cindy discusses starting and running socially conscious businesses.  Here is the interview.

Bill Draydon, the founder of Ashoka gave an interview to The Stanford Daily. Draydon talks about social entrepreneurship, Ashoka and civic engagement. Check out this interview here.

David Bornstein is the author of one of the most popular books on Social Entrepreneurship: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Guy Kawasaki is a director of Garage Technology Ventures, a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine, and the author of numerous books on entrepreneurship. Check out Guy’s blog that is full of great insights on Entrepreneurship.

Check out this interview.