Diana began her discussion about fundraising by outlining the three stages of fundraising: Approaching from the Inside Out, Going Out into The World, and the 3 Vs (value, values, and voice). Approaching fundraising from the inside out involves not just asking a potential funder for money, but to first evaluate what you yourself need from the funder. Going out into the world involves approaching the funder and understanding what his values and ...

A few months ago, we told you about the Unreasonable Institute, which will bring 25 social entrepreneurs from around the world for a 10-week summer institute where they'll receive the training, mentorship, and seed capital they need to get their ventures off the ground. Now, our friends are one step closer to choosing their first crop of social entrepreneurs. 34 finalists are in a race to raise $6,500. The first 25 to cross the finish line will attend the Unreasonable Institute. And the ...

The Global Engagment Summit is excited to announce a new media partnership with Beyond Profit Magazine! Beyond Profit is a print and online magazine based in Mumbai, India that focuses on for-profit social enterprise in developing markets. The magazine features stories and ideas about how to think “beyond profit” to make change in the world. As part of our media partnership Beyond Profit will feature “BP on the spot interviews” during the Summit. These interviews are two minutes long and will ...

BY SPENCER JACKMAN The New Orleans Saints’ path to the Super Bowl XLIV Title began long before their 2009 training camp. In fact, the franchise has faced many lean moments dating back to its inception into the National Football League (N.F.L.) in 1967. The Saints waited 33 years until their first playoff victory, and the organization was once well known for its “fans” wearing paper bags over their heads at games. However, these obstacles proved obsolete relative to the devastation and aftermath ...

It’s Fall Quarter of Senior year. And what does that mean? That every conversation we have (whether its with your friends, whether its with your parents, whether its with the lady who cuts your hair) boils down to one question - what are you doing next year. The undergraduate experience at Northwestern University is supposed to be about challenging the intellectual aptitude of its students, encouraging us to explore new disciplines, provoking our core beliefs. Yet after four years of debating, ...