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ENTERPRISE IN ACTION NEWSLETTER- Winter 2009
December 2009
Issue 17
  

New News:

Net Impact National Conference This Ithaca, NY, conference broke records with 2,500 attending. 125 attended a panel where Drew Tulchin presented on Social Impact Measurement and shared updates on Nemours the SROI project.
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ProDesarrollo Social Enterprise Associates traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, to provide a training on microfinance financial reporting and SEEP’s FRAME Tool. They also helped ProDesarrollo with their accounting standards publications.
Permaculture Credit Union Drew Tulchin recently joined the board of Permaculture Credit Union, which pools the financial resources of people who believe in business applying the triple bottom line. Support this initiative, open a savings account!

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Current Engagements:

 

At the SEEP Network Annual Conference: Associate Reid Sassman and colleague Ruth Dueck Mbeba of MEDA led a successful game show on new reporting ratios. Congratulations to winner Sasi Thumalari from Habitat for Humanity.

More information at the new website for the MFI Reporting Standards Initiative: MFI Reporting Standards Initiative

  Drew Tulchin travels to Zambia in December to facilitate sessions for a regional meeting. He is working with the Aga Khan Foundation to improve sustainable development initiatives in a dozen countries in Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia.

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Support Clean Energy worldwide with YurtCozy Drew Tulchin sits on the board of Better World Credits, a supporter in launching YurtCozy, now in Beta. This initiative helps microentrepreneurs access loans for a clean energy system.  

New Publications:

We continue to build an online library of free publications to spread knowledge gained
through our projects. Free downloads include:

• USAID ARIES Afghanistan - SME Development Workshop Report
• Facilitating Social Betterment with Business
• The 5 C’s of Credit and Accessing Finance for Small Business
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In this issue:

• New News
• Current Engagements
• New Publications
• Check It Out
• New Travel Blogs

 

 

 

 

 

Short Takes & Shout-Outs:

Congratulations to former Associate, Nejem Raheem, on his new position at Emerson College as Professor in Economics.

Thumbs up to Amber Sprague for her contribution on the strategic plan and market analysis for the NGO membership organization Organic Exchange.

Thanks to graduate student Elizabeth Wolkomir of Johns Hopkins/SAIS for her contribution on the MFI Reporting Standards article.

Travel Blogs:

New entries posted from around the world.

New Entries:
• Afghan ARIES Project - Drew Tulchin
• Taiwanese Influence - Sunny Yi-Han Lin
• Trekking up to Machu Picchu, Peru - Nicole Pieratos
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Earn fame and fortune. Submit your own travel-blog. Blogs highlight projects in international development, entrepreneurship, and volunteer efforts.


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