Simple, portable search tools for social entrepreneurs launch on Social Edge
It's a great time to be a social entrepreneur. It's a great time to be someone who wants to see social entrepreneurialism thrive, too.
Strong case in point: the launch of a suite of tools that make it easier than ever to find and support vetted social entrepreneurs participating in the Social Entrepreneur API.*
Announcing the Social Entrepreneur Search, tools developed by Social Edge and Exygy "for social entrepreneurs, funders, and finders (people who want to learn about and support do-gooders). "
Hop over to Social Edge for a clear and comprehensive post (kudos to Marketing Director Jill Finlayson) that covers just about everything you'd want to know about using and contributing to these tools:
How it works and why it's a win:
* For emerging social entrepreneurs
* For vetted social entrepreneurs included in the database
* For funders (award and fellowship programs)
* For journalists and other writers
* For researchers, corporations, emergency response teams
How to make it better:
* Adopt it
* Expand it
* Innovate with it
* Include it in tools drawing from multiple open datasets
* Fund it (more details about funding and what that will support is posted here)
You can also check out the Social Entrepreneur Search Widget Store, where you can pick up the code for any of three kinds of search tools and pop them anywhere on the web: the Full Social Entrepreneur Search, the Funder Fan Club, and the Instant Social Entrepreneur List.
Huge congratulations on this launch to Social Edge and Exygy, the applications development company responsible for their build-out, not just for what they've built but they way they've done it -- working with all of the organizations involved in this project through every phase, from design to implementation.
Who will you find in the database? The Social Entrepreneur API already includes fellows and awardees of Civic Ventures (sponsor of The Purpose Prize), The Draper Richards Foundation, PopTech, The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and The Skoll Foundation.
This list is expanding -- Global Social Benefit Incubators' participation was announced last month, and Echoing Green's was announced just yesterday!
More about that exciting news in a separate post. For now, hop over to Social Edge for more details and a chance to 'shop' at the widget store.
The Social Entrepreneur API (Application Programming Interface) is the first open database of information about social entrepreneurs who have won fellowships and awards from social enterprise funders. The tool allows philanthropists, investors, press, and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneurs based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors. Learn more…
Strong case in point: the launch of a suite of tools that make it easier than ever to find and support vetted social entrepreneurs participating in the Social Entrepreneur API.*
Announcing the Social Entrepreneur Search, tools developed by Social Edge and Exygy "for social entrepreneurs, funders, and finders (people who want to learn about and support do-gooders). "
"I tried it using "textile" and discovered a lot of very neat companies, that did very similar things to what I have in mind. Very useful to have them at my fingertips, rather than spending hours googling!"
-- Ingrid Vercruyssen, launching UK-based social enterprise Lilou Textiles
Hop over to Social Edge for a clear and comprehensive post (kudos to Marketing Director Jill Finlayson) that covers just about everything you'd want to know about using and contributing to these tools:
How it works and why it's a win:
* For emerging social entrepreneurs
* For vetted social entrepreneurs included in the database
* For funders (award and fellowship programs)
* For journalists and other writers
* For researchers, corporations, emergency response teams
How to make it better:
* Adopt it
* Expand it
* Innovate with it
* Include it in tools drawing from multiple open datasets
* Fund it (more details about funding and what that will support is posted here)
You can also check out the Social Entrepreneur Search Widget Store, where you can pick up the code for any of three kinds of search tools and pop them anywhere on the web: the Full Social Entrepreneur Search, the Funder Fan Club, and the Instant Social Entrepreneur List.
Huge congratulations on this launch to Social Edge and Exygy, the applications development company responsible for their build-out, not just for what they've built but they way they've done it -- working with all of the organizations involved in this project through every phase, from design to implementation.
Who will you find in the database? The Social Entrepreneur API already includes fellows and awardees of Civic Ventures (sponsor of The Purpose Prize), The Draper Richards Foundation, PopTech, The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and The Skoll Foundation.
This list is expanding -- Global Social Benefit Incubators' participation was announced last month, and Echoing Green's was announced just yesterday!
More about that exciting news in a separate post. For now, hop over to Social Edge for more details and a chance to 'shop' at the widget store.
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The Social Entrepreneur API (Application Programming Interface) is the first open database of information about social entrepreneurs who have won fellowships and awards from social enterprise funders. The tool allows philanthropists, investors, press, and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneurs based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors. Learn more…
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Comment by Ingrid Vercruyssen on February 24, 2010 at 2:43pm - A huge HUG to everyone involved with this project & a big Thank You for all your hard work with this Christine (TY for the mention;-). Clicking on the widget was like finding a long lost family, really practical and a real push in the right direction.
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