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CASE Chat with Ticora Jones, Division Chief, USAID Higher Solutions Education Network (HESN)
July 2016 This month’s CASE Chat features Ticora Jones, Division Chief of the Higher Solutions Education Network (HESN). HESN is a partnership between USAID and seven top universities, including Duke University, designed to channel the ingenuity of university students, researchers, and faculty towards global development. In the CASE Chat, Ticora discusses the need for tri-sector leadership, the importance […]
CASE Chat with Bart Houlahan, Co-Founder, B Lab
April 2016 This month’s CASE Chat features Bart Houlahan, Co-Founder of B Lab, the nonprofit organization that certifies B Corporation. Bart is also a member of the CASE Advisory Council. With the founding of B Lab in 2006, Bart has established himself as a leader in the social entrepreneurship field. He discusses with us the changing […]
3 Questions to Consider Before Starting Your Social Venture
This post was written by CASE Executive-in-Residence and Sproxil Co-Founder Alden Zecha in March 2016. He has over 25 years of experience in more than 35 countries and has founded several companies, including SEAD Innovator Sproxil, Inc., a social venture that provides a consumer SMS and app product verification service to help consumers avoid purchasing […]
Made to Stick for the Social Sector: The Quest for Messages that Resonate
November 2015 Meet Rokia. A little girl in Mali, Rokia’s family is extremely poor and often goes without food. Her family has difficulty affording basic needs such as healthcare and education. Rokia isn’t real but the impact of her story is. In 2004, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University conducted a study to see what sorts […]