Social Entrepreneurship

Peter Deitz hosts "Online Social Entrepreneurship" discussion on Socialedge.org

by Nathaniel Whittemore

Published December 03, 2008 @ 10:51AM PST

Social Actions founder Peter Deitz is hosting a great discussion over on Socialedge about how online platforms could be better designed or leveraged to enable individuals to contribute their assets to the work of social entrepreneurs. He says:

With the exception of Kiva, MyC4, Wokai, Ideablob and a hand full of campaigns on ThePoint, there are very few opportunities online to support social entrepreneurs.

  • What would happen if ordinary people could use the Internet to seamlessly contribute to the work of social entrepreneurs in a range of ways?

  • What if ordinary people could be the arbiters of which social entrepreneurs find the right combination of creativity, connections, and capital to fulfill their world-changing missions?

  • What kinds of online tools would need to be developed to enable this sort of mass participation in social entrepreneurship?

In just a few days, a great conversation has already started to sprout. You can join it here.

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  1. Peter Deitz

    Hi Nathaniel, Thanks for linking to the SocialEdge discussion.  I've been very impressed with the response.

    There's a huge potential here to unlock social entrepreneurship, so it's not just a game between the big venture capitalists and entrepreneurial upstarts. 

    I see this discussion as the natural extension of my focus on micro-philanthropy tools in support of nonprofits.  I hope some of your readers will add a comment or two to the discussion on SocialEdge.

    All the best,
    Peter


    Posted by Peter Deitz on 12/04/2008 @ 05:55AM PST

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Nathaniel is the founding Director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University, which works annually with hundreds of students in dozens of countries around the world through curricular programs and student project incubation.

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