Some years ago I had the honor to meet Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his social enterprise the Grameen Bank. In the workshop organized by Social Business Earth, the Business Model Canvas was used to brainstorm and ideate social businesses. A visual template! And not really a fittingContinue reading “A Visual Approach for Developing Social Enterprises”
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Peace Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus at the Social Business Conference 2013
The second Social Business conference was held yesterday, with the keynote speech of Prof. Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and author of “Social Business”. His talk was insighful, very pragmatic and full of hope, as ususal. It was also different from last year speech, with new inspiring stories from US and Albania, among others.Continue reading “Peace Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus at the Social Business Conference 2013”
Fair trade at the Latin American Day, University of St. Gallen
Today the Latin American Day 2013 took place at the University of St. Gallen, organized by Aiesec, and focused on the topic of Fair Trade. The founder of the company Eco Terra, Dr. Carmina Alvarado De Van Bergerem, and her husband gave a very lively presentation on quinoa, the special grain. The started the companyContinue reading “Fair trade at the Latin American Day, University of St. Gallen”
Muhammad Yunus in Switzerland, May 2012
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, will be in Lugano and Zurich in May 18th and 19th 2012. The event is organized by Social Business Earth, the first social business in Switzerland funded by Samantha Caccamo. The event will start in Lugano, in the aula magna of the university at 5pm and will continue inContinue reading “Muhammad Yunus in Switzerland, May 2012”
Sabrina Bresciani, Ph.D. 