The Luminary Social Entrepreneur

Ashoka held a TweetConf on the omnipresent topic of the Future of SocEnt. Here's what some of the birds had to say. Some desired to better define SocEnt: Think we also need to demystify what  # socent  is - move away from warm&fuzzy & towards viable impact-driven biz   Q3: Knowing what to measure and how to measure it is still one of the biggest  # socent  challenges. Is it a number, or a smile? Kiwanja felt that SocEnt would lead to an end of globalization; a bit rash in my eyes. Q6: In 25 years time we'll be living in a far more locally-focused world. Globalisation will be seen as a bad experiment.  # socentchat   @ kiwanja  Agree with you, but we'll also be connected & able to build interpersonal relationships globally (microglobalisation?) One said well that whatever it may be, we better get moving! A6.The best way to predict the future is to create it, so let’s stop rearranging the chairs and get busy makin...

 "The social entrepreneur is committed to the good of all, not to self interest." --  #BillDrayton ,  "Biggest risk in life is 'existential risk' - doing something u don't love for yrs." Bornstein  "Don't think about it in terms of deals. It's about breaking down walls." - Bill Drayton  Bill drayton says companies that aren't change makers won't survive Love it!  #philanthropy   #service   @Ashoka : The greatest satisfaction is to help others be givers. --  #BillDrayton ,  @Ashoka   #FutureSocEnt As much as I wish I could have attended, I am left scouring the scraps, the rough gems, that attendees toss to me via the impersonal Twitter feed. Alas, even the smallest pieces do my heart good.  The complete account of Bill Drayton's chat with David Bornstein was not made available tonight, according to my knowledge, so we'll have to wait another day. The Daily News and Liquidnet, the NY venue f...