A Better World
Sustainability as Core Strategy
So there it was, on the front page of the Philippine Star yesterday — ‘Ayala adopts sustainability as new business strategy’. With this (i’m assuming) much-discerned strategic direction, Ayala will be reorganizing its multiple businesses around sustainability. Meaning to say that they won’t just be focusing on financial returns; they will now be ardently... »
Green Thinking : A Business Fable on Clean Energy and Climate Change
Dennis Posadas, renowned author of books such as Rice and Chips : Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia and Jumpstart : A Technopreneurship Fable, has a new book — clarification : business fable – in the pipeline. It’s entitled Green Thinking : A Business Fable on Clean Energy and Climate Change, and is part of... »
TEDx is Coming to Manila
TED, our inspiration behind putting up the WhyNot?Forum, is coming to Manila! This particular event is called TEDx Manila, and is being organized by Filipino UP Professor and education advocate Rom Feria (himself a TED Fellow). TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our... »
Modern-Day Multiplication of the Loaves
Tonight, I was witness to a miracle – almost like a modern-day multiplication of the loaves. People dropping by the Ateneo College Covered Courts to donate to those affected by the unimaginable havoc caused by Typhoon Ondoy. It was a scene of volunteers thanklessly, selflessly, and ego-lessly working together to facilitate all this. Keep... »
Social Enterprise World Forum
Thanks to MicroVentures Chairman Rapa Lopa, I’ll be attending and speaking on our experience in Hapinoy and Rags2Riches at the Social Enterprise World Forum in Melbourne Australia, this coming October 6 to 8. SEWF, according to their literature, aims to support the social enterprise sector as a means to create sustainable change including in... »
The Social Change Challenge
THE SOCIAL CHANGE CHALLENGE PR: PURSUING REFORMS Keynote Address, 16th National Public Relations Congress September 10, 2009 Manila Hotel by Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J. President, Ateneo de Manila University First of all, warmest congratulations to the Public Relations Society of the Philippines as you hold your 16th National Public Relations Congress. Greetings to Butch... »
Design Meets Development
IDEO just released version 2 of it’s Human-Centered Development Toolkit. It’s essentially a free downloadable toolkit using Ideo’s design processes, as applied to the social development world. This was made possible through a collaboration with the Gates Foundation, IDE, ICRW, and Heifer International. This intersection of design and development is really a combination of... »
Is the Filipino Worth Living and Dying For?
I just had to repost this – Rapa Lopa’s talk from the recent WhyNot?Forum 7.0 – Why Not a ReimagiNATION? It is absolutely moving : In a heart-wrenching talk, Benigno Aquino S. Foundation Executive Director Rapa Lopa narrates how the love story of his Auntie Cory and Tito Ninoy translated into a love story... »
Innovations for the Base of the Pyramid
Hapinoy recently presented as a finalist in iBoP-Asia‘s small grants competition. iBoP-Asia is an organization based in the Ateneo School of Government that is pushing for science and technology innovations for the base of the pyramid in Southeast Asia. In line with developing what we call Hapinoy+ (new business models and revenue streams for... »
A 7-Year Old Trying to Save the World
— So last August 12 I get this message in my Facebook Inbox : As a quick background, Noey is the 7-year old daughter of a good friend, Ina Silva. As I looked at her message, I immediately said to myself, “How can I resist such an invitation?”. And so without a shred of... »
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