so I was telling you about my encounter with new people, people from different back ground, different profession, distinct interests and also with different motives. Interestingly many of them are young energetic and ambitious.
This Thursday I met around 10- 12 people in a get together and at least three of them have served America as peace corps, Ameri corps or military and, are highly motivated and ambitious to serve the nation in their own way.. and off course !!! they all have started their Non profit organisation with financially viable tags.
So i was also talking about the influence of market !!! and if you have been closely associated with any Non profit organisation... so far, by now you must have heard about the term Social Entrepreneur. If not then just type it in the Google search and you will get the 'Gyan' ( knowledge) about them. Basically its just another term to describe leaders who do good for society. and Lot of philosophy is being created around it !
What I see is that at present the business model and its theoretical base is trying to define this 'seemingly' ambiguous but very important 'role' which a small section of people have played in the past . loosely termed as 'voluntary efforts' or the citizen's initiative for solving social problem.
Now look!! that's the trap i was talking about, people start with some sharing and then they end up finally making philosophy about the issue !! Social entrepreneurship is one of such issue these days.
But i am happy that at least now it might take a shape of a well known profession pretty soon, if not hijacked by "management school of thought' as any other specialisation.
So i was telling you about the energetic and ambitious people, recently i was in New York for a meeting where i met Anne Leonard .. and believe me she was really inspiring.
Anne has been working on the environmental issues for last two decades.. she is humorous .. speaks real fast in presentation.. knows a lot about politics of development... an expert on environment and waste management issues.... and off course she is working hard to make world a better place. but the reason I immediatly become her fan is because, first, She presented environmental problem not as any other problem or issue but as an issue of social justice and human rights. which so far I thought of it as one of the any issue other issue. Second, Her presentation style and was so charging and motivational that I almost fell in love with her & was thinking of making a film on her.. and you know what? just after the presentation she showed us her film in which she is explaining her work and the issue at stake, this was a nice film with beautiful graphic work and soon it will be released.long live Anne Leonard and her initiatives!!
she works with http://www.ega.org/ and can be reached for more information about her upcoming creative film on environment culture of use and throw.
Do you think that one can really watch those project documentaries at length ? probably that is why most of them stay in racks for ever after getting commissioned.
I think if content like this can be packaged creatively and made available to the public and stake holders than sharing knowledge would be Fun !!!
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