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BE A CHANGEMAKER - Support a leading social entrepreneur

For nearly three decades, Ashoka’s highly rigorous and effective selection process has identified and welcomed to our Global Network more than 2,000 Leading Social Entrepreneurs, or Ashoka Fellows, whose innovative solutions to social problems produce transformative, lasting impact.

We have just finished the process of vetting a new group of Leading Social Entrepreneurs from around the world. You have the unique opportunity to support their stipends.

YOU can be the critical partner who helps them fly

HOW?

1. Pick a social entrepreneur

Select them by region or issue

AFRICA / ASIA / EUROPE / SOUTH AMERICA / NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
EDUCATION / ENVIRONMENT / CIVIC ENGAGEMENT / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RIGHTS / HEALTH

2. Enable them to scale their impact with your support
You can support a whole stipend or give to a common fund. The average stipend amounts are calculated by regional cost of living estimates, specific Fellow needs and Fellowship considerations.
For inquiries or to get started, contact supportfellows@ashoka.org

3. Participate in changing the world
Follow the story of your leading social entrepreneur through regular updates. Share their stories with your family and friends. Contribute to making the world a better place.

CONTACT - ASHOKA  at supportfellows@ashoka.org OR CALL (703) 6008296

If you’d rather directly invest in Ashoka online, click here.
If you’re interested in learning more about Ashoka, visit www.ashoka.org or read our 2007 Summary of Results.

Check the Fellows on the ground in the Ashoka Travel Experience to Argentina: Watch the video.

International Career Coach Krissy Jackson has been newly appointed onto the International Coach Federation Global Board of Directors.

On September 15, ICF Headquarters announced the newly elected members of
the 2009 global ICF Board of Directors:
• President-Elect: Giovanna D’Alessio, MCC, Italy; and
• Directors At Large (terms expiring 2011): Ira Dressner, PCC (USA); Janet Harvey,
PCC (USA); Krissy Jackson, ACC (Switzerland); Ed Modell, PCC (USA);
and Pat Obuchowski, ACC (USA).
New Board members will be joining the following returning Board members:
John Annesley, PCC (Australia); Diane Brennan, MCC (USA); Philip Brew, MCC
(UK); Sylviane Cannio, PCC (Belgium); Tom Hatton, PCC (Ireland); Marilyn
O’Hearne, MCC (USA); Lene Rønning-Arnesen, PCC (Norway) and Karen
Tweedie, PCC (Australia).

From: Fortune Magazine Ask Annie 

The traditional male style doesn’t appeal to many women, says an eminent executive coach, and that’s okay. Women’s own style works just fine, if they let it.
By Anne Fisher, senior writer
October 10, 2008: 9:40 AM ET

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(Fortune) — Not long ago, in a workshop with a group of senior executives, coach Lois Frankel tried a little experiment.

“You look like a pretty powerful person,” she remarked, in a friendly tone, to one of the female honchos in the room. The woman reacted by demurring: “Who, me? No, no, I’m not really powerful…”

A few minutes later, Frankel made the same comment to a man in the group, whose executive rank was roughly the same as his female peer’s. His response was radically different. He preened a little, acknowledged the compliment, and accepted it as his due.

“Women are often uncomfortable using the word ‘power’ in relation to themselves, and no wonder,” says Frankel. “If we had to let men define power for us, we wouldn’t want it.”

Read full article here

Just how relevant are we?

Networking is very important to me and I realised recently that my contacts list was getting rather long and I was in fact not ‘in contact’ with most of the people on it.

What to do? There were three choices:

a) Be the proud owner of a long and completely useless list of names and email addresses. Most of whom I know little or nothing about and, who probably know just as much about me.

b) Delete everyone I am currently not in contact with, even though they were the ones who asked to be connected with me in the first place.

c) Start being ‘in contact’ Let my network know what I am doing and what to expect from me and provide them with at least one content rich, practical article on a monthly basis. Make offers that will be helpful in their career development and invite them to contact me regularly so that I might learn more about them and be a useful part of their network too.

Well of course put this way there was no contest and the business newsletter I discontinued two years ago due to lack of time was reborn.

The immediate response from my network was both valuable and at times amusing.

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