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Manuel Rosaldo
New York, NY
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Manuel commented on the article |We'll miss the blog, Nathaniel! It's been an OUSTANDING run. But looking forward to following the progress of Asset Map and reading the blog.
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Manuel commented on the article |This is a very exciting development! Hopefully B-Corp legislation will get passed in California, making it easier for social businesses to prioritize their mission.
We tried out the Extraordinaries' Be Extra! app and revied it on Dowser.org: http://dowser.org/micro-volunteering-via-mobile-phones-hype-or-hope-dowser-investigates/
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Manuel commented on the article |Great post! I'm hoping the new B-Corp legislation will make it easier for more social businesses to launch and eventuallygo public without fearing that shareholders will sue them should they prioritize principles over profit.
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Manuel commented on the article |I agree about "the implications of SEship going way beyond our cute little field." In Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know, David Bornstein talks about three stages of SEship:
In SEship 1.0, the field focused on identifying, supporting and promoting organization founders. In SEship 2.0, it emphasized organizational excellence, often inspired by approaches from the business world. We are now entering into SEship 3.0, in which we are beginning to SEship as a method of change, a process that includes and requires the participation of actors in every sector of society.
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Manuel commented on the article |Nathaniel, you are so skilled at recognizing patterns and breaking them down in accessible ways. This morning I saw Seth Godin Speak at the NYC Social Change Symposium, and he reminded me of another way that conferences are changing--there is increasing pressure for speakers not only to convey information, but to entertain.
Successful speakers have always had to be engaging, but more so today that ever today, because 1. as you point out, their writing and speeches are accessible online, so entertainment is part of the value add of seeing them in person 2. visual aids are a bigger part of presentations 3. most presentations are put online, creating pressure for speakers to entertain if they want to get booked again and promote their brands 4. our attention spans are shorter (reading through an academic paper doesn't cut it anymore) 5. TED has set the bar high in terms of entertainment
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Manuel commented on the article |Very thoughtful breakdown of the issues here! Teasing out the individual issues that feed into larger chrises and upheavals is the first step needed to create solutions.
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Manuel commented on the article |I love this post! It's illuminating to see the keys to putting together an impromptu conference broken down. Everything you write about how to cultivate and mobilize networks is totally applicable to any type of entrepreneurship--they say the most important role of the entrepreneur is as a recruiter.
Check out Dowser's post on Larry Brilliant's TedxVolcano speech here: http://dowser.org/tedxvolcano-a-spontaneous-eruption-of-creativity/
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Manuel commented on the article |Excellent point here! Academic debates over theoretical issues like this, or how to define social entrepreneurship, do little to advance the field and can be divisive.
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Manuel commented on the article |Great post, Nathaniel! David Bornstein wrote on dowser.org today about the media's tendency to overhype superficial conflicts when reporting on social change:
http://dowser.org/how-to-practice-solution-journalism/#more-1033
His post was about another NY Times article, a story on Playworks and whether children are being subjected too much "structured playtime". I think high interest rates in microfinance is a much more serious concern (David posted on that as well: http://dowser.org/profiting-from-the-poor-the-ethics-of-microfinance/), but like you said, there is also a tendency for the media to build up and tear down heroes.
