Archive for August, 2009
Episode 14: Jill Finlayson, Web Marketing Manager at Skoll’s Social Edge, On Social Entrepreneur API
What do successful social entrepreneurs have in common? What is the Social Entrepreneur API and how will this database help funders, media, social entrepreneurs & others find vetted social entrepreneurs? Jill Finlayson, Web Marketing Manager at Skoll Foundation, shares insights to these questions and more, as well as what to look forward to at her [...]
Episode 13: Patricia Loya, Director of La Cocina, On Street Food & Business
What is La Cocina & how does this organization help women food entrepreneurs formalize their businesses? What training does La Cocina provide to help street food businesses grow? What was San Francisco Street Food Festival all about? envisionGood.tv met up with Patricia Loya, Executive Director of La Cocina, at their one-day block party in San [...]
Skoll Foundation: Dan Crisafulli, Director of Ecosystem Investments & Partnerships
How can finance and business skills prepare you for a career in the field of social entrepreneurship? What are the main focus areas of Skoll Foundation? How does Skoll measure social impact through “Pulse” and who are Skoll Foundation’s partners in this new tool? Dan Crisafulli, Director of Ecosystem Investments & Partnerships at Skoll Foundation [...]
Premal Shah, President of Kiva, on Social Change
How To Create Positive Social Change? “Start Small. Do One Thing. Focus. Repeat.”, advises Premal Shah, President of the online microlending platform, Kiva.org. In this video interview, learn about Kiva’s achievements to date, its launch in the United States, and what one can expect at Premal’s upcoming panel discussion during Social Capital Markets (SOCAP09) conference [...]
Sally Madsen, Designer of Social Impact at IDEO, On “Ripple Effect”
How does design thinking play a role in bringing water to communities of need worldwide? Sally Madsen, Designer of Social Impact (IDEO) at IDEO, tells us how. She joined us for a short interview at IDEO’s office in Palo Alto, California this week. Learn from Sally what “human-centered” design is all about, and hear what [...]
Aaron Sklar, Designer for Humanity at IDEO, on Humanity-Centered Design & SOCAP09
envisionGood.tv met up with Aaron Sklar, Designer for Humanity at IDEO, this week at his office in Palo Alto, California: learn from Aaron what “humanity-centered design” is all about, and hear what you can expect at his panel at the upcoming Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco, California. Thanks for watching: please subscribe, comment, [...]
Kevin Jones, Co-Founder of Social Capital Markets Conference: SOCAP09 Behind-the-Scenes
Kevin Jones, Co-Founder of Social Capital Markets (SOCAP09) met up with us at The Hub in Berkeley, California to share the inside scoop on SOCAP09, the conference in San Francisco: Sept 1 – 3, 2009 that will bring together leading catalysts of positive social change for a day of learning, knowledge exchange, and connecting. Learn [...]
Interview with Leila C. Janah, Founder of Samasource | On Poverty, Work & Social Capital Markets
This week we had the pleasure to meet up with Leila Chirayath Janah, founder of Samasource, at her office in San Francisco, California. In our talk, Leila tells us how she became inspired to start Samasource. Leila also tells us about the topic of the panel she is joining as a featured speaker at the [...]
Swaziland, Africa – Phindile of YouthAssets Encourages Girls to Focus on Education
envisionGood.tv met up with Phindile, Youth Advisory Board Member of YouthAssets, in Swaziland, Africa in July 2009. Phindile talks about Life and shares one tip with young girls (and boys too): “concentrate on your studies”. YouthAssets is an international nonprofit organization that empowers orphans and vulnerable youth in southern Africa. Thank you for watching. Please [...]
