Business Professional's Volunteer Network

Build upon your talents by helping those in need. A network of professionals interested in giving back what they have learned.

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Social Entrepreneurs

Social Entrepreneurs: Resources

The best places to turn for advice when you want to launch a social venture.

Social Entrepreneurs: Naya Jeevan for Kids

This enterprise wants to bring "new life" to families in India and Pakistan.

Social Entrepreneurs: Top Areas

More entrepreneurs are using their business skills to address four big global issues.

Social Entrepreneurs: Driven by a Cause

NYU's Jeff Carr explains a social venture's dual bottom line.

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SUSANTA BISWAS

Documentaries on social communication for sustainable innovations and development

Documentaries on social communication plays a significant role to propagate the message of sustainable innovations which leads to sustainable development. Potka Developmental Block consisting of 2...

Tagged: sustainable innovations, ramgarh, jharkhand, west bengal, puruliya

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David Beans

Who Inspires you? 1 Reply

I took a couple of days off this past week to do some early spring cleaning. As I was going through my closet, I found a book written by Horace Carter, and the book was inscribed to me by Horace ...

Started by David Beans in Sample Title. Last reply by Darkwinter Mar 15.

Bridget Kathleen Burns

Do you want to be a leader in a sustainable world? - LEAD Europe 2009 Programme 1 Reply

Dear Colleagues, Following a successful debut in Brussels, LEAD Europe is inviting applications for our ‘Leadership for Sustainable Development’ Programme 2009. I have attached a flyer, a 2009 Ap...

Started by Bridget Kathleen Burns in Sample Title. Last reply by Lynn Reidl Dec. 18, 2008.

Volunteer Voices

Mosetsana

Peace Corps Volunteer Katie Pepiot served in South Africa as an elementary education Peace Corps Volunteer. Hear Katie read her poem, "Mosetsana."

South African Child

Peace Corps Volunteer Katie Pepiot served in South Africa as an elementary education Peace Corps Volunteer. Hear Katie sing and play her song, "South African Child."

A Lifetime of Service

Peace Corps service for Mary Ann Camp meant three tours-in Lesotho, Malawi, and Botswana-tackling health, agriculture, and education problems with her host communities.

Of Brooms and Filmmaking

"Of Brooms and Filmmaking" is a story by Peace Corps Volunteer Susan Miller-Coulter detailing some of the hilarious twists and turns that a group of Jordanian girls encountered as they made a film about water.

Green

Two states ready for first open wolf hunts

A pack of gray wolves roams Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan in 2004.Montana and Idaho are moving to host the first open gray wolf hunts in the lower 48 states after the animal's removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies.




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Australian town bans bottled water sales

German backpacker Sandra Hackel sits at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday,  with a bottle of water at hand while she writes a letter home. Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water.




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Environmentalists unfurl Mt. Rushmore banner

July 8: Greenpeace climber hung a 65-foot tall banner featuring President Barack Obama's face onto Mount Rushmore on Wednesday, a message times to coincide with the G-8 conference under way in Italy. NBC's Brian Williams reports.  (Nightly News)Environmentalists who scaled Mount Rushmore and unfurled an anti-global warming banner along President Abraham Lincoln's face Wednesday were charged with trespassing.




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Blog Posts

Chris Jarvis

What is Social Innovation? Reflections from the National Conference for Service and Volunteering

Shannon Schuyler, US managing director of Corporate Responsibility, for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), is our guest blogger, writing from San Francisco at the National Conference for Service and Volunteering.

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Posted by Chris Jarvis on July 7, 2009 at 1:05pm

Chris Jarvis

Volunteering and Service in America: Four National Themes

Realized Worth was unable to make it to the… Continue

Posted by Chris Jarvis on June 30, 2009 at 11:59am

Chris Jarvis

How Do You Serve?

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Posted by Chris Jarvis on June 24, 2009 at 2:19pm

SOCIAL Innovation Pod Casts

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BPVN Poll!

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Welcome!
This social network was designed to have people share their success stories on how they took their talents, knowledge and experience to help others. I ask that you share your ideas on the best ways to help those in need and also feel free to ask questions in the Forum tab at the top of this page.

Thank you for visiting the Business Professional Volunteer Network and for bringing a positive movement to light.

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