... start of its pioneering work in making loans to community organisations was to try and measure the social impact of the work we invested in. The idea was that a loan would be repaid in both ... it has not been hugely successful. So I was particularly interested in the work that Heidelberg have done on this. ACEVO and the Social investment Business laid on a seminar yesterday to hear from Dr Volker ...

... up cross-sector partnerships and innovation.  Here is their purpose: he Social Impact Exchange’s purpose is to: Share and develop knowledge ... and venues Develop infrastructure that helps build the field of scaling social impact Part of the intent of ... expansion funders, advisors, intermediaries, practitioners and other social sector leaders. You can find out more at their website here. Posted ...

... been announced: “Our next Mobile Monday is focused on the social impact of mobile technologies in emerging markets. ... have shown how mobile phones can provide a positive impact in the developing world. In many regions, mobile phones provide ... your company/organization is using mobile phones to create social impact, please fill out your details at: If you have questions, please contact Itay ...

I have done research on the social impact of internet and computer technology. I found that many people have not tackled this topic as a whole. Most people have looked at small ... to avoid society, internet can also be used to interact with society. I would be willing to bet that it has caused more social interaction, rather than less. For every person who chooses not to leave their house, there are ...

... others designed to make it easier for top-performing social programs to expand widely to communities that need them. The Robert Wood ... Philanthropy Network and Duke University recently announced The Social Impact Exchange (“The Exchange”) -- a cross-sector, ... a yearly competition to identify programs with the highest impact and readiness to grow, and support them with financial and consulting ...

... being capable to leave its home world, Earth, scientists have begun to wrestle with the consequences of this next great journey; of the social impact humanity will have upon discovering life elsewhere, be it fossil, bacterial or an intelligent civilization. See article. Note: This article is from 1999. Get your SF book manuscript edited