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Workshop Cheat Sheet: Gender and Inequality

April 22nd, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

Stayed in because of the rain? Read this notes and you'll learn all you need to know about bridging the game between genders in education. Interesting Facts: - Every year of additional education in secondary school is equivalent to 10-20% increase in income. - Education is necessary, but not sufficient. - Unless the woman gets to decide what happens with the money, then she really isn’t in control. She’s just acting as an ATM ...

Social Media: Think Simple and Creative

April 22nd, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized

If Facebook were a country, it would be the 5th most populous country. With 640 million inhabitants, it would fall right behind Brazil. Hypothetically, you can reach these millions through your computer or phone, but persuading them to support your project takes more than a catchy status update or moving event invitation. This holds especially true today with “slackerism” plaguing generations. Sure, I might accept your group invitation or like your organization page, but I’m not ...

Workshop Block 1: Fundraising 101 with Diana Ayton-Shenker

April 15th, 2010 | Filed under Summit Information,Uncategorized

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 ...

GES Thought Partner The Unreasonable Institute Launches Finalist Marketplace

March 2nd, 2010 | Filed under Directors,Partners,Uncategorized

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 ...

Announcing New Media Partnership with Beyond Profit

February 23rd, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

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 ...

Saints Victory Gives Haiti Hope

February 12th, 2010 | Filed under Current Events,Uncategorized

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 ...

Life Choices: Do What Makes You Come Alive

November 30th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

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, ...