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The HUB is designed to facilitate the creation of sustainable impact through collaboration. Whether you are already working on a concrete project, have the first sparks of an innovative idea or just the intention to contribute your time, energy and talent to make a positive difference, the HUB provides a carefully curated experience to help take your initiative to the next level.
The Hub Amsterdam
The Hub is a place for people with ideas for a better world to work, meet, learn, connect. We support new solutions for the world’s most pressing issues. Located in a beautiful restored schoolbuilding at the heart of the city, embedded into a global network of people and places dedicated to driving positive change, filled with all the tools and trimmings needed to realize impactful ideas and develop new ventures. The Hub is not a place where people sit behind their laptops and nothing happens. Our hosts connect talents, knowledge and resources to build a strong community of social entrepreneurs. Conecting leads to new collaborations.The Hub København -
Hver anden måned vil der være et uformelt meetup for folk med en mere en almindelig interesse i social innovation. De der har lyst til det, får 5 min til at præsentere en udfordring eller et projekt de gerne vil have feedback til. Derefter vil der være dialog i grupper og mulighed snakke mere løst over en kop kaffe
The World in Action
"I've watched as, slowly, the enduring mentality of 'my voice doesn't count' has been countered, through demonstrations of how coming together with one united voice IS powerful and can effect genuine change for the better."
Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, describes an interesting, pseudo-cooperative model for sharing the resources of smaller community banks with the goal of making them more viable lenders to middle market companies and less dependent on real estate. Could this be analogous to the innovation needed to ready impact investors for prime time (in partnership with others) on the recommended lists of the major wealth managers?
Social Capital Markets
Get your haircut by the über talented and super friendly professionals at one of Amsterdam’s finest hairdressers, Bubblekid . Of course, using only natural hair products! Bubblekid is exactly the kind of hairdresser we love. Not just because they work with high quality, natural hair products from Australian brand Kevin Murphy*, but also because of the fantastic design and atmosphere of their studio.
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Trailer of MADE IN TRENCHTOWN. The film is the product of a participatory video project with three teenagers from Trenchtown, about the challenges of growing up in one of Kingston’s marginalized inner city communities. Short film SOMEBODY’S JOB.
Esther Maagdenberg
For twenty years, The Berkana Institute has worked in friendship and partnership with people around the world who are discovering that there is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. After these many years of constant work we have discerned that the time has come for the Institute to rest. We have decided to “bed down” Berkana for a period of stillness and quiet, Winter in the cycle of life. During this time, we’re gathering our energy, preserving our valuable capacities, and listening in for Spring. When Spring comes, in ways we can’t yet know, we will be back in the world, doing the work that feels right for us to be doing.
The Berkana Institute
Zelf is ze ook een Walk Out. Deborah Frieze voelde dat er iets niet klopte in de wereld van dotcom waar ze een bedrijf had opgericht. Ze stapte uit dat comfortabele leven een pad vol onzekerheden op. Ze noemde zichzelf geen Walk Out, ze kende de term niet eens, totdat ze Margaret Wheatley tegenkwam die haar zo omschreef. Via Wheatley kwam Frieze bij het Berkana Institute terecht, een organisatie die zich bezighoudt met communities en social change. Daarmee werd ze een Walk On: iemand die ook echt met de onvrede die z/hij voelt aan de slag gaat, die echt social change wil bewerkstelligen.
Ben jij ook een Walk Out Walk On? — Sociaal Ondernemen. Nu!
In June we will gather in Berlin to continue to explore our calling as a community, as well as ways we can pioneer an inclusive, sustainable, and aware society.
Presencing Institute
Project Leefstand
Hi, Leefstanders! Have you heard of Vianza? It’s a social platform & marketplace for designers, indie retailers & various suppliers to connect. In addition to this brilliant (& much-needed) platform, there is also a Vianza blog – an excellent resource brimming with tips, advice & inspiration for designers & retailers. Charlotte was recently invited to write a guest post for the Vianza site, & we thought you guys would enjoy reading it also! Last year I was thrilled to take over an existing store together with my boyfriend.monikevanduren RT @HNPbrussel : Ben je ambtenaar en wel eens in Brussel op zoek naar een tijdelijke werkplek? Reserveer vanaf nu 'n plek bij #deelstoel iturl.nl/snWtC yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite
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MakeSense
What we do We connect Social Entrepreneurs with supercool individuals ready to take up their challenges ! Find a social entrepreneur, connect with him and finally solve his challenge ! We connect Social entrepreneurs with supercool individuals online on http://www.makesense.org ( will go live early july, sorry we’re late ) and offline through specifically designed workshops also called MakeSense Hold-upsMarch 30th by Tahnee Prior Every week, we make a short summary of cool things happening at Sandbox. Tune in every Friday to find out about Sandbox events, new members, and more! 1.
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