Open Research

  • Katherine Fulton: You are the future of philanthropy | Video on TED.com
    ... the biggest, the most open, the fastest, the most connected form of philanthropy in human history. Second category is online philanthropy marketplaces. This is, of course, is to philanthropy what eBay and Amazon are to commerce. Think of it as peer-to ... a big boost here at TED. But there are many others. New Profit in Cambridge, New School's Venture Fund in Silicon Valley, Venture Philanthropy ...
    http://www.ted.com/talks/katherine_fulton_you_are_the_future_of_philanthropy.html
  • UN Office for Partnerships | Home
    ... United Nations Homepage Career Home About us Structure Our Team Contact us Annual Report Partnership Services Outreach Partnership Initiatives Our Partners How can you engage? Guidelines and Administrative Instructions Model Agreement and Principles for Collaboration ... opportunities. WCMP mobilizes financial and human resources to address global issues and advance efficient philanthropy. On 16th October, 2009, the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists launched its first multi-donor giving ...
    http://www.un.org/partnerships/
  • EDGE 2
    ... a company with some friends and fancied that I'd apprentice myself to a venture capital firm. (Heard that venture capital had something to do with starting companies). However, in 1974 there weren't any summer ... way paging, or cable modems, and pull together "co-ventures" of entrepreneurs and corporate partners. MTEL/Destineer and @Home are examples. In the end, we're recruiters who pay you ... ...
    http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge2.html
  • Liquefied Natural Gas
    ... the contract. Marathon holds a 60 percent interest in the LNG project, along with partners Sonagas (25 percent), Mitsui & Co. (8.5 percent) and a Marubeni Corporation subsidiary (6.5 percent ... the first, and currently only, LNG liquefaction and export operation from North America. This joint venture, which exports LNG from Alaska to Japan, represents the world's longest running LNG export business ... to the Kenai LNG plant where the gas is liquefied. LNG from the joint ...
    http://www.marathon.com/Global_Operations/Integrated_Gas/Liquefied_Natural_Gas/
  • PBS | About PBS |PBS AND THE PBS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE FIRST RECIPIENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FUND
    ... of the PBS Foundation. “We are proud that the Social Entrepreneurship Fund is our first Program Venture Fund for programming and content and we are thrilled that NOW has been selected ... around the globe as they try to stretch the confines of traditional philanthropy by applying business skills in original ways to make the world a better ... Daddura, jedaddura@pbs.org, 703/739-5223 WWW.PBS.ORG/PRESSROOM PBS Awards Corporate Facts PBS Foundation PBS FAQs Industry ...
    http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20070319_fundgrant.html
  • centraleurope-revised.qxd
    ... nations of Central Europe stand poised to assume their places as essential political and economic partners with Western Europe, many are like third world countries in their treatment of people with disabilities ...
    http://www.wwda.org.au/invisnegl1.pdf
  • Net Impact Chapter Updated
    ... my skill set and resume, I also made great friends” Sanjay Wagle Vice President, Clean Tech Vantage Point Venture Partners “ I went to business school because I felt that the best way to address ... dues? To support our member programming and organization Some activities are hard to fund through philanthropy (e.g. career services) Member dues are a more sustainable/reliable source of funding than philanthropy In 2005, member and chapter dues represented 11% of our revenue; goal is to ...
    http://www.slideshare.net/Teias/net-impact-chapter-updated
  • TED | TED Conferences | Past TEDs | TED2006 | Feedback
    ... me repeat what I said on Friday: I thought the conference was fabulous. Truly fabulous." -- Roger McNamee, Elevation Partners "Your conference has already influenced my engagement with the world — had a radio interview Sat night ... legs — I just hope it winds down soon in my mind so I can sleep." -- Mike Singer, Strategic Partners, Inc. "My goal for TED2007 — Tedthadone. A substance to slowly and painlessly ... life-changing in many ways. I made an incredible business connection that may launch a new ...
    http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/85
  • Greentech Media
    ... the built environment and attack climate change. He has created a group of venture-backed green manufacturing companies to reinvent traditional building materials and transform building design and construction ... strategy and organizational development consulting experience spanning the nonprofit, for-profit and philanthropy sectors. Recent executive experience includes: the Executive Director of Groundspring.org. He was the Co ... from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School, Becker joined Brentwood ...
    http://www.greentechmedia.com/events/live/green-building-summit/speakers
  • IBM - Samuel J. Palmisano
    IBM - Samuel J. Palmisano Skip to main content United States [ change ] Home Business solutions IT services Products Support & downloads My IBM Speeches Samuel J. Palmisano IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Final Remarks, as prepared American Chamber of Commerce Executives Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 31, 2008 "Competing in a Globally Integrating Economy: Now Comes the Hard Part" Thank you, Roy [Williams]. I am honored to be with you today. I also want to personally thank Mick Fleming, Chris Mead and Mark Egan. ...
    http://www.ibm.com/ibm/sjp/07_31_2008.html
  • Boeing: 2008 Environment Report
    ... Carbon Dioxide Emissions Water Conservation Hazardous Waste and Recycling Toxic Release Inventory Environmental Awards Community Investment Boeing Environmental Philanthropy Boeing-Sponsored Employee Volunteerism Environmentally Progressive Products and Services Air Transportation Systems Alternative Energy Solutions Research and ... to being offered on new airplanes, winglets are also available on a retrofit basis by our joint venture partnership company Aviation Partners Boeing, providing environmental performance benefits to the existing fleet. We have made continuous improvements to the ...
    http://www.boeing.com/aboutus/environment/environmental_report/environmentally-progressive-products.html
  • Microsoft Word - pdf-vorlage-neue-buecher.html
    Seite 1 von 46 Neue Bücher März 2007 - New books March 2007 A Allgemeines / General Equilibrium in economics : scope and limits / ed. by Valeria Mosini. - London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2007. - XXI, 284 S. : graph. Darst. (Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 83) Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 13 Beitr. - Equilibrium in mechanics and then in economics, 1860- 1920 : a good source for analogies? / Ivor Grattan-Guinness -- Between economics and chemistry : Lavoisier's and Le Chatelier's ...
    http://www.zbw-kiel.de/dienstleistungen/neue_buecher/pdf/neue_buecher_2007_03.pdf
  • Microsoft Word - CSR-AN IOE APPROACH.doc
    ... markets in which a company operates. CSR is driven as much by competitiveness as it is by philanthropy and encompasses general principles of ethical behaviour as well as environmental, economic and social ...
    http://www.csrgermany.de/www/csrcms.nsf/id/078FDE0B1F9654FCC1256F2B00341367/$file/CSR-an_IOE_Approach_21032003.pdf
  • BONVENTURE - Home
    ... Organisationen » Fundraising und Sponsoring » Ehrenamt und Vereine » Stiftungen und Stiftungsinfos » Große Verbände und kirchliche Einrichtungen » Weitere nützliche Links »   Socially Responsible Venture Capital und Venture Philanthropy Organisationen European Venture Philanthropy Association/EVPA Die EVPA ist ein Netzwerk für Organisationen und Personen, die dem Prinzip der Venture Philanthropy in Europa verpflichtet sind, es unterstützen oder sich darüber informieren wollen. Social Venture Partners Philanthropische Organisation zur Unterstützung von Social Entrepreneurs auf Basis des Venture Capital Ansatzes in USA und teils in Europa. Venturesome Philanthropische Organisation zur Unterstützung von nonprofit Organisationen ... ...
    http://www.bonventure.de/content/magazin/querverweise/
  • CSI | Centrum für soziale Investitionen und Innovationen | Centre for Social Investment
    ... for Nonprofit Management, Trinity College, Dublin: http://www.cnm.tcd.ie Master in International Studies in Philanthropy: http://www.misp.it Skoll Centre, Oxford Said Business School: http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/skoll Masterstudiengang Nonprofit-Management ... www.stiftungsverzeichnis.de Blendedvalue.org by Jed Emerson: http://www.blendedvalue.org The Center for effective philanthropy: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.com European Foundation Centre: http://www.efc.be European Venture Philanthropy Association: http://www.evpa.eu.com International Society for Third-Sector Research: http://www.istr.org Social Venture ... ...
    http://www.csi.uni-heidelberg.de/infos.htm
  • National Venture Capital Association
    ... Policy Agenda & Issues CleanTech Advisory Council Strategic Communications Group Networking and Events Publications & Bookstore Insurance Program Venture Philanthropy Public Policy NVCA Public Policy Position Papers Public Policy Archive Medical Industry Group Medical Industry Group Overview MIG Policy Agenda ... here for more Public Policy Highlights. Association News There are nearly 11,000 job openings at more than 2500 venture-backed companies on Start-UpHire.com Model Legal Opinion Document Now Available NVCA Partners with StartUpHire to Capture Jobs Data Terry McGuire of Polaris Ventures
    http://www.nvca.org/
  • CSI | Centrum für soziale Investitionen und Innovationen | Centre for Social Investment
    ... for Nonprofit Management, Trinity College, Dublin: http://www.cnm.tcd.ie Master in International Studies in Philanthropy: http://www.misp.it Skoll Centre, Oxford Said Business School: http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/skoll Master in ... www.stiftungsverzeichnis.de Blendedvalue.org by Jed Emerson: http://www.blendedvalue.org The Center for Effective Philanthropy: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.com European Foundation Centre: http://www.efc.be European Venture Philanthropy Association: http://www.evpa.eu.com International Society for Third-Sector Research: http://www.istr.org Social Venture ... ...
    http://www.csi.uni-heidelberg.de/infos_e.htm
  • Hewlett Packard
    ... Hewlett Packard   Contact us       Faqs       Funding       Partners           Contact Us FAQs Funding Partners CPIT CWA NEW MEDIA EDTECH ENVISION HEWLETT PACKARD IBM NEW ZEALAND KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS MACROMEDIA MASSEY UNIVERSITY MICROSOFT MULTI SERVE EDUCATION ... world I am young in, and you never can be.’” Contact:  Melissa Fincham, Education and Philanthropy Manager Email  address:  melissa.fincham@hp.com Website:    www.hp.co.nz                           © Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand ...
    http://www.digiops.org.nz/about/partners/Hewlett+Packard.htm
  • Background - Rotorua Partners Programme
    ... the wider Rotorua community, in partnership with Rotorua District Council. It comprises three categories of partners: Project Partner   Corporate Partner   Foundation Partner           Our current list of Rotorua Partners, information about their own activities and how to contact them directly, is set out on our ... page of this website   The Rotorua Partners’ Programme is based on corporate and community philanthropy. Its intent is twofold: to provide an opportunity for corporates and other organisations to ...
    http://rotoruapartners.rdc.govt.nz/Background/default.htm
  • Saving The World, One Loan At A Time - Forbes.com
    ... have been subtitled "bridging the gap between idealism and bureaucracy" or "between capitalism and philanthropy." In the book, Novogratz, now CEO of the Acumen Fund, offers a justification ... to avoid pre-judging these women. More than a decade later, we meet two of her partners in her microfinance work again. Both have been implicated in war crimes related to the ... admission. The book trails off with her work at the Acumen Fund, a nonprofit "global ...
    http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/25/economic-development-africa-opinions-book-review-microfinance-philanthropy.html
  • Microsoft Word - help3.rtf
    ... Chapter 3 (In ‘Help’, Tom Shakespeare (2000) Venture Press, pp. 43-62) HELPING Preceding chapters have explored the cultural meaning and social context of ... of family in the form of networks of friends and partners within gay communities. Researchers involved in the 'families of choice' project stress the choice ... particular aspect of resistance and survival during the AIDS crisis: friends as well as partners ...
    http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/Shakespeare/help3.pdf
  • Nonprofit Organizations and NGOs
    ... Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., then President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation. Venture Philanthropy Venture Philanthropy | Definition & History Definition: Venture philanthropy refers to the nonprofit sector's application of certain practices used by venture capitalists when investing in new business ideas. Venture Philanthropist Partners ["Investing in Social Change"] A sea change in philanthropic giving, an unprecedented wealth creation ... with The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region to launch this initiative. Venture Philanthropy ...
    http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/readings/nonprofits.html
  • Microsoft Word - Profiles-New.doc
    ... social studies teachers; in 1989 the Network Coordinator - H. Mead www.newtraditions.de November 2, 2006 Partners’ Profiles Organization Website Profile German Youth for Understanding Foundation was established to grant scholarships to ... Office offers support and advice (programs, experts, speakers) Network Coordinator - H. Mead www.newtraditions.de November 2, 2006 Partners’ Profiles Organization Website Profile Berlin www.auswaertiges-amt.de to the partners of the New Traditions Network; within the Foreign Office the most important contacts ...
    http://www.newtraditions.de/profiles.pdf
  • Movac - Blog
    ... funding through its lifecycle from science to market spanning proof of concept, angel investment, early stage venture capital, expansion stage venture capital, and public markets. AngelLink was launched at a function at NZX in August ... company investment by formalising visibility to upcoming investment opportunities to all of the partners across the investment continuum”.   Dr Mapp said, “The highest priority for the New ... ...
    http://www.movac.co.nz/blog-30305.htm
  • Real Deals
    ... Daniela Barone Soares The chief executive of Impetus and leading light in venture philanthropy on using the due diligence model for charitable funding, the success of St ... Comment A critical condition The public sector must step in to keep European venture capital alive until the private sector wakes up to its opportunities. News Analysis European venture capital bottoms out A total of 730m was invested in 201 European ...
    http://www.realdeals.eu.com/
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