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Walden University held it’s fifth annual Social Change Conference, Social Entrepreneurship: Taking Action, Leading Change, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.  The conference focused on the success stories of social innovators and the new partnerships springing up to lead change in our country and around the world. Noted speakers included Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green, and Michele Jolin, Senior Advisor for Social Innovation for the Domestic Policy Council, The White House.  A replay is available online.

Below are my live tweets.  There are some gems here.

• koa: En route to Walden Univ’s social change conference.
  2009-09-30 12:30:57
• koa: I will be live tweeting from the Walden University “Social Entreprenuership: Taking Action, Leading Change” this morning. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:30:55
• koa: Photo: http://bkite.com/0coJS from National Press Club: Getting started #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:33:49
• koa: Walden President Jonathan Kaplan: goal of the conference is to prepare each one of you to take action and lead change. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:35:59
• koa: Social entrepreneurship is about more than individual actions. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:37:45
• koa: RT @rosettathurman: You can watch the live webcast of #waldenscc NOW http://ow.ly/rPMQ
  2009-09-30 13:38:17
• koa: Cheryl Dorsey of Echoing Green up first. Provides seed money and advice to social entrepreneurs. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:39:22
• koa: Echoing Green was started 20 years ago by a private equity firm. They adapt business principles to the social sector. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:45:19
• koa: Echoing Green invests in 40 countries around the world – they are program agnostic and geographic agnostic. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:48:14
• koa: Echoing Green has a 67% rate of success for social “businesses” in which they’ve invested. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:50:24
• koa: If you are watching live at http://bit.ly/43WLDl, we can take your questions via Twitter. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:51:59
• koa: RT @rosettathurman: Cheryl: Momentum of idea that “citizens can do it better than gov’t” spurred on fld of social entrepreneurshp #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:57:23
• koa: Millennials are shaking up the way we think about social entrepreneurship. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 13:58:51
• koa: Dorsey does not advocate creating new organizations instead she champions new ideas, more hands on deck. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:00:52
• koa: It’s important to have an asset based world view. We must see problems as opportunities. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:03:31
• koa: Are the walls between for profit and non profit crumbling? New approaches are less siloed and use every tool at their disposal. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:07:01
• koa: Are you a social entrpreneur? Check out @echoinggreen #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:08:56
• koa: A new trend is double and triple bottoms lines focusing on profit, social, and environmental. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:11:55
• koa: RT @rosettathurman: Cheryl: Book recommendations! Megacommunities http://bit.ly/JBcjZ, Age of the Unthinkable http://bit.ly/LYyjR #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:16:37
• koa: Michelle Obama came to Echoing Green 20 years ago to get money to start Public Allies. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:19:49
• koa: Did you know that you can micro-volunteer via the web or an iPhone app? http://bit.ly/2t4fPz #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:28:21
• koa: Dorsey They take a social justice stance on social entrepreneurship. Asked if they focus more on social or entrepreneurship. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:35:05
• koa: RT @jaywalk1: Dorsey – If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes several to raise a soc. entrepreneur #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:35:23
• koa: Second speaker is Michelle Jolin (senior advisor for Social Innovation for the White House’s Domestic Policy Council). #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:39:05
• koa: Jolin also served in the Clinton White House. She was also with the Center for American Progress. @AmProg #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:41:46
• koa: Watch live at http://twurl.nl/a64z52 #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:44:56
• koa: Looking for my buddy @thestemadvocate . Are you in the building? #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:46:16
• koa: The Domestic Policy Council is looking for new ways to get people engaged in social change including use of technology. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:48:09
• koa: Jolin: Government action alone is not going to make the difference. Needs partnerships btw profit, nonprofit, gov’t. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:50:04
• koa: Jolin: Looking at things the government can do as well as things they can stop doing. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:52:16
• koa: Jolin is now taking questions. Have any? Tweet them now. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 14:56:04
• koa: RT @rosettathurman: Jolin: … With technology there are new ways to involve communities. We’re using more online chats, etc #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:07:33
• koa: Aside: Obviously many are left out because they don’t have access to these technologies. #waldenscc #digitaldivide
  2009-09-30 15:09:05
• koa: @ajlovesya You can watch at http://twurl.nl/a64z52 #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:32:29
• koa: Next up Peter Kannam executive directory of New Leaders for New Schools. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:34:35
• koa: Kannam introducing panelists; Dr. Kathia Lazlo, David Bostein, Anthony Jewett, and Dr. John Nirenburg. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:37:03
• koa: Bornstein is author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:39:00
• koa: Jewett founded Bardoli Global to provide opportunities for outstanding minority youth through study abroad and service-learning. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:41:17
• koa: RT @rosettathurman: Panelist bios here: http://ow.ly/rVKO #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:41:43
• koa: Lazlo is a mentor for MBA students studying green sustainable enterprise at the Dominican University of California. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:43:45
• koa: Niremberg has done a lot of work in organizational development and is a faculty member at Walden. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:45:13
• koa: Bornstein: The biggest challenge is getting people to overcome their internal resistance to change. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:49:52
• koa: Lazlo: It’s all about human capital. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 15:58:02
• koa: Nirenberg: Social entrepreneurs solve problems that industry alone and government alone are not able to fix. #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 16:02:01
• koa: Nirenberg: What looks like social entrepreneurship today will be a necessity tomorrow (if we don’t change on a national scale). #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 16:03:19
• koa: RT @rosettathurman: Jewett: president of Bardoli Global, http://www.bardoliglobalfoundation.org, Teach for America alum #waldenscc
  2009-09-30 16:06:02