In 2002, I helped put together an event during Fast Company's Company of Friends Roadshow and found the non-profits way more passionate and enthusiastic than the for-profits we also invited.
Listening to Jacqueline Novogratz in Murder, Philanthropy, Blue Sweaters (FORA.tv) recall her path from Chase Manhattan banker to Microfinance evangelist and non-profit activist at the Acumen Fund brought this moment back to mind.
She did not get where she is now without a few bumps in the road. It sounds like learning to swim with crocodiles.
Jacqueline tells us the whole story in her book, The Blue Sweater (Rodale Books, March 2009)
I was invited to her Sold Out presentation Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World (Japan Society, May 12). Unfortunately I will not be able to make it.
Also in New York, if you missed the Japan Society event there is a Blue Sweater Book Reading with the author at the Bubble Lounge on May 13.
Want to catch up with non-profit initiatives around the globe, Social Entrepreneurship (on Change.org) written mostly by Nathaniel Whittemore opens a window onto various projects.
He led me to Appfrica which looks at how technology in small steps can improve people's life and prospects.
I also found out about One Mango Tree (from Uganda) whose kitchen aprons (like roosterhead model, pictured above) will bring rays of sunshine to your cooking.
Its founder Halle Butvin wrote about the 3:30 pm slump…
From bonuses to good deeds, Monday Work Etiquette # 89
Previously: Trimming the Fat…Cutting the Clutter…Making Choices…Saying No