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	<title>Synthesist &#187; Social Enterprise and Innovations</title>
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		<title>CARD MRI Fosters an Army of Entrepreneurs with Microfinance 266.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovation for the poor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December 1986, the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Inc. was organized as a social development foundation to address the growing poverty incidence in depressed communities in Regions IV and V. From the beginning, CARD sought to achieve this goal by turning poor, landless, rural women into an army of entrepreneurs by granting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rags2Riches – Reese Fernandez Creates Value from Creativity 226.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all entrepreneurs are innovators as categorized by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In putting together a new way for nascent entrepreneurs to work together and create value from creativity and to sustain the work over time, Reese Fernandez of RIIR is definitely in the practice of innovative entrepreneurship. I believe her pioneering effort &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link to the Brilliant Blog What Matters by McKinsey 202.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enriching the conversation with essays on topics relevant to our future SYNTHESiST&#8217;s goal is to enrich the conversation on topics relevant to its chosen domain, innovation and change management in emerging markets. To help attain such goal, I have placed a link to the brilliant blog by the consulting firm McKinsey. Please click the image. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nestle Embeds Sustainability into Strategy through CSV &#8211; Creating Shared Value  193.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/creating-social-value-embeds-sustainability-into-corporate-strategy-for-nestle-193-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Changes in Environment and Need for Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Water and Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Porter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Porter and Mark Kramer devised an anchor concept for social innovation. The buzz I heard in January that Nestle had moved on to Creating Shared Value or CSV from corporate social responsibility (CSR) was correct but I did not get the right definition then. Ms. Susan Steinhagen of the CSV team in Nestle, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging Markets Symposium on Health and Healthcare at Oxford 186.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changes in Demographics and Lifestyle say from Growth, Aging and Urbanization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now I can post about it! A welcome change on a Sunday. The spacious library-lobby at the Green Templeton College conference center welcomed me and about 40 other participants at the Emerging Markets Symposium (EMS) on Health and Healthcare held at Oxford University, England in December 2009. To encourage discussion, the participants were bound by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embedding Sustainability into New Enterprises 184.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/embedding-sustainability-into-new-enterprises-184-0/</link>
		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/embedding-sustainability-into-new-enterprises-184-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changes in Environment and Need for Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Water and Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing of Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapid Prototyping - Incubators, Proof-of-Concept, Accelerators]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adaptive research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[intensive learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zeitgest, tools and metrics are making CSV for enterprise the new norm Businesses are starting to embed sustainability into their strategy rather than just do it as a separate project under corporate social responsibility (CSR).  They are starting to do this because it is beginning to make business sense. The Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Inquirer Presidential Debate 172.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/first-inquirer-presidential-debate-172-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Automated Elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sets the bar in testing the candidates. I&#8217;m down to 4 choices. Crisply run and with clear-cut time constraints, it forced the debaters to speak to the point. The microphone was gently shut-off on the long-winded. Still, it captured enough meaningful sound bites. Held at the University of the Philippines National Theater before a full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Automated Elections Managing the Change 171.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/2010-automated-elections-managing-the-change-171-0/</link>
		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/2010-automated-elections-managing-the-change-171-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filipinos are engaged but Tech usability issues can disenfranchise. We have always been enthusiastic about elections with past participation around the 80% range. And Juan voter was well engaged at the Maharlika Elementary School in Taguig as voter, as BEI member, as monitor, as media and, as typical, kibitzer in mock elections to further test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embedding Sustainability into Corporate Strategy 159.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/embedding-sustainability-into-corporate-strategy-159-0/</link>
		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/embedding-sustainability-into-corporate-strategy-159-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changes in Institutions, Policy and Regulation from Need, Transparency and Empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have two tales from the grapevine. What used to be at the fringe seems to be moving to the mainstream. Regular corporations may slowly be morphing to social enterprise because it is beginning to make business sense. The First Tale. A new concept is being tried out by some multinationals to replace CSR or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashoka Leverages for Social Entrepreneurs 158.0</title>
		<link>http://synthesistblog.com/ashoka-leverages-for-social-entrepreneurs-158-0/</link>
		<comments>http://synthesistblog.com/ashoka-leverages-for-social-entrepreneurs-158-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>m beduya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financing of Innovation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashoka and Bill Drayton seek and nurture social entrepreneurs In 1981, Bill Drayton organized Ashoka: Innovators for the Public to identify first class entrepreneurs with pattern-changing ideas before either were proven and nurture both so that their success hastens development and democratization around the globe. David Bornstein&#8217;s 2004 book, “How to Change the World” chronicles [...]]]></description>
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