The past dozen-or-so weeks have been an outstanding blur of awesome people, places, ideas, gatherings, conversations and flights. Summer came and went for much of North America, then San Francisco’s belated summer arrived and has now — with this weekend’s foggy chill — apparently departed too. For me, the change of seasons always represents a [...]
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Halfway Through Eight Extraordinary Events
Posted in REXpedition, Social Entrepreneurship, Water.org, YGL/WEF on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What’s a YGL?
Posted in Social Entrepreneurship, YGL/WEF on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m only 6 weeks late with this post. That’s pretty good for 2011, all things considered. It’s been a pretty amazing year so far — packed with opportunities, travels and discovery — though my blog has paid the price for that. I have more half-written draft posts than I care to admit, and a pile [...]
Savings-Led MF & Youth
Posted in Microfinance, Savings, Social Entrepreneurship on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been far too long since I wrote a proper blogpost. That’s mostly because I — along with what seems like half the world — tweet rather than blog these days. You can follow me here. And my travelogue-library reduxes are still some ways from completion, alas. Last week I was in Boston to attend [...]
April’s Note from the Road: East Africa 1 (2008)
Posted in Africa, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship, Travelogues on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Seulam (Amharic, from Ethiopia) – Hujambo (Kiswahili, from Kenya) — Greetings from East Africa! I’ve been on the road for almost 2 weeks now, yet due to lack of both quality internet access and time have not been able to blog as much as I’d hoped. It’s been an amazing journey so far, as I’d hoped and [...]
SoCap, Social Investing and Africa
Posted in Africa, For-Profit/Non-Profit, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship on October 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This past week has been incredible. First BarCamp Africa at the Googleplex, then the inaugural SoCap (social capital) conference in SF. My mind is still spinning with ideas. Amazing and inspiring people, tremendous opportunities, so much to be encouraged and enthused about… I moderated a BarCamp panel on social, cultural, political and development issues in [...]
