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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Amtrak = Ride in Style. Really?!?</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/amtrak-ride-in-style-really/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/amtrak-ride-in-style-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit congress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit congress national meeting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Only in the nonprofit sector could you get an email that in all seriousness suggests riding Amtrak as a way to get to a professional conference &#8220;in style.&#8221;  Can you believe:
Are you thinking about coming to the Nonprofit Congress National Meeting, but aren&#8217;t sure whether you can afford a flight? Do you want to avoid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKinsey on Microfinance</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/mckinsey-on-microfinance/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/mckinsey-on-microfinance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bop]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[microfinance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know - this blog is in danger of becoming a McKinsey advertisement.  However, when they keep putting out so much good stuff, I can&#8217;t help it!  Today there are 5 articles on microfinance/microcredit and banking services for the bottom of the pyramid.  Three of these are premium (paid subscribers only) articles which are only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKinsey on Strategy - First Quarter Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/mckinsey-on-strategy-first-quarter-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/mckinsey-on-strategy-first-quarter-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eco-smart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brad bird]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mckinsey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[megatrends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pixar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prediction markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;ve mentioned before that I find the McKinsey Quarterly&#8217;s free resources available by signing up for their newsletter to be top notch.  This quarter&#8217;s entries for top strategy articles are no exception.  The descriptions below are taken directly from the e-mail newsletter.  I&#8217;ve deleted the ones that are only available to premium (paid) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntourism Discussion Happening Now</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/voluntourism-discussion-happening-now/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/voluntourism-discussion-happening-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eco-tourism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ecotourism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gawking at poor people]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[philanthropic travel]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy tourism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social edge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[solimar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[solimar marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[solimar travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sustainable tourism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting discussion is happening on Social Edge about &#8220;Travel with a Conscience&#8221; and includes not only the more familiar eco-tourism/sustainable tourism, but also &#8220;voluntourism&#8221; and/or philanthropy tourism.  My positive experience with Solimar Marketing, which is eco/sustainable tourism-based, makes this discussion particularly interesting to me.
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		<title>Software Testing - The Specialists Are Autistic</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/software-testing-the-specialists-are-autistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[asd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[asperger syndrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autism spectrum disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[autistic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social enterprise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Going through the old e-mails again, and found this fascinating article in HBS Working Knowledge that was shocking and inspiring.  First off, I must admit that I&#8217;m a fan of the show Boston Legal and that most of my knowledge of Asperger Syndrome comes from that show (yes, i&#8217;m pitifully uninformed or misinformed).  However, I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Entrepreneurship in the New York Times</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/social-entrepreneurship-in-the-new-york-times/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/social-entrepreneurship-in-the-new-york-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beth anderson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[greg dees]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[jane wei-skillern]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new york times]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nyt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[root cause]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scalability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scaling social innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social enterprise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York Times editorial writer David Brooks devoted his March 21 column to social entrepreneurship. The column and Letter to the Editor &#8220;Here&#8217;s What Social Entrepreneurs Can Do&#8221; written by Andrew Wolk, Founder and President of Root Cause and SEA Member, is saved here as a PDF.
One excerpt that hit a bit close to home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Panel adoption in CA</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/solar-panel-adoption-in-ca/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/solar-panel-adoption-in-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[ca]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jeff barrie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kilowatt ours]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[silicon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[solar panels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post reports that &#8220;Southern California Edison plans to install 250 megawatts’ worth of solar panels on commercial rooftops, generating enough electricity to power 162,000 homes.&#8221;  Great post/article that goes into the long and short-term business implications of this decision, including a potential short-term price hike as demand spikes before an eventual price fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashoka</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/ashoka/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/ashoka/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[npEnterprise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social enterprise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taken from a post on npEnterprise this morning:
Ashoka&#8217;s Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship has recently developed a “Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources Handbook”. The handbook is an excellent reference guide, and can be found in PDF format here.
This handbook includes a mapping of over 250 professors who are actively teaching or researching in social entrepreneurship
from more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector - HBS Interview</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/entrepreneurship-in-the-social-sector-hbs-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/entrepreneurship-in-the-social-sector-hbs-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jane wei-skillern]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[non-profit]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[social impact]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HBS Working Knowledge pointed me to this interview with Jane Wei-Skillern about the recent casebook that she and her HBS colleagues James E. Austin, Herman B. &#8220;Dutch&#8221; Leonard, and Howard H. Stevenson wrote:  Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector.  Jane co-authored several works with Greg Dees and Beth Anderson that I read when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MapEcos - an intersection of business, environmental activism and research</title>
		<link>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/mapecos-an-intersection-of-business-environmental-activism-and-research/</link>
		<comments>http://jeffstern.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/mapecos-an-intersection-of-business-environmental-activism-and-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MapEcos is a joint venture led by business school professors at Harvard, Dartmouth and Duke.  It &#8220;brings together information about companies&#8217; environmental management, provided voluntarily by managers in real time, with companies&#8217; pollution data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,&#8221; according to a recent article in HBS Working Knowledge.
      [...]]]></description>
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