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Contribution Globale team
07/23/2010
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| Making RoseLeaf a Reality |
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Making RoseLeaf a Reality
Get Involved
Last modification: 03/10 at 19:55
Should RoseLeaf focus more on industrialized regions, developing regions or equally on both?
In which industrialized regions should RoseLeaf Initially launch its network and focus its efforts?
In which developing regions should RoseLeaf Initially launch its network and focus its efforts?
For more information, to become a mentor or to be added to our growing network please comment below and send your contact information to:
ContributionGlobale@gmail.com
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| 11 Posted by: Ryan, 03/13 03:35 |
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| 10 Posted by: Murray Britton, 03/12 22:48 |
I chose developed world, since the organization is encouraging social innovation entrepreneurship, the developed world has less obstacles to getting a business up and running. Its hard to say to exclude anyone but i feel you may have more successful businesses in this market.
The other thing i wanted to caution on is going into other countries, other cultures and presuming things will work the same there as they do here. Really get to know the culture, take on culture experts would be better, if you move into foreign markets. |
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| 9 Posted by: Murray Britton, 03/12 22:43 |
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I just wanted to toss this out there, but i was was thinking about the most common problem women workers i know have and that is of child care. I wonder if there is anyway to incorporate working with day care providers to provide cheaper care to working women. Or to let women entrepreneurs know about gov. subsidies that are available to them for working and having children. Just food for thought. |
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| 8 Posted by: Hal, 03/11 22:40 |
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I suggest that the best approach is to start small and get the kinks out of the program and then broaden the reach. |
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| 7 Posted by: Ravi, 03/10 21:38 |
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I voted for industrialized. It looks to me like the support and services you can provide are really a good fit for women who are already in a developed economy but don't necessarily have the resources personally to fully participate in it. |
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| 6 Posted by: Roberta, 03/07 21:23 |
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I'm in agreement with Barb. I can think of a half dozen local women entrepreneurs attempting to grow businesses--from jewelry to childcare--who could benefit from such a network. Great ideas have a way of taking on a life of their own. |
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| 5 Posted by: Derek, 03/07 21:17 |
The polls bring up good questions.
Would a good method for reaching women entrepenuers to mentor and collaborate with developing countries be to start with the developed world?
Do you think that the support of successful entrepenuers from the industrialized should be encouraged early on, and the flow of need from the developing world starts second? How much of the help for the entrepeneurs in the developing world come from within the developing world? |
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| 4 Posted by: Ranjani, 03/03 15:08 |
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I believe that it is the developing nations that required your attention - it is so full of opportunities. As you may already be aware that any successful organization in US has realized this and they are tapping the potential from the developing nations. If there is a way to smooth this connection, it will be for greater good. Women in many countries are still not willing to step out of socio-economic bondaries and organizations such as yourself will only ease this transation and help connect with the rest of the world. You will have a lot of road blocks, but that I how we challenge ourselves and move ahead. Temporarily, it would be great to spend time within US before the economy picks up which it will. But the actual task surely lies beyond US in the developing nations. |
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| 3 Posted by: KarlSmith, 03/03 04:27 |
On Industrialized vs. Developing
The motivation to help the developing world is obvious but my first thought is that it makes more sense to test run this in the industrialized world. Somewhere where the founders know the culture and the needs and can work out the kinks without also having to cross a cultural divide.
It also makes sense to do it in an area where you are not fighting against low internet usage levels.
As an additional comment I think the social network idea has a lot of potential. Its so new that we don't really know a lot about but of course there are promising signs.
I would say from an old schoolers perspective that templates are extremely helpful for people trying to start a new business or organization.
So the potential entrepreneur has an idea but may know nothing about local and national regulations, loan requirements, etc. If there is a guide of sorts - Step 1 do A. Step 2 do B. Step 3 do C. That helps a lot.
I can see where social networks could be vastly more effective but it could be useful to keep the old standby in mind.
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| 2 Posted by: Ronnie, 03/02 04:07 |
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Great idea, in the current economy industrialized and developing may be turning on their heads. Its the industrialized area that may be in more trouble, given the high rates of unemployment and lack of access to natural resources. Lots of opportunity for a project such as this. |
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| 1 Posted by: barb, 03/01 13:46 |
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Pick a country,not a region. Think globally, act locally. |
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Welcome to the Contribution Globale wikiblog!
Thanks for your visit and your interest to our CITIZEN ACT.
Name: Contribution Globale
Team members: Jenn Halweil, Holly Hardison, Yusuf Simonson
Country: Etats-Unis
School: North Carolina State University
Coach: Julien LEVY
Theme: Social Solidarity
 See their school website
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Latest Web Demo
Posted by: Yusuf Simonson
03/11 at 05:57
Check out our latest web demo (pt.4). It is a brief overview of our recommendation tools and group features, including forums, calendars, and group loan history to encourage pay it forward peer to peer lending initiatives, in person networking and collaboration.
NCSU Homepage
Posted by: Jenn Halweil
03/11 at 14:43
Check out the NCSU homepage for an amazing editorial about RoseLeaf and Citizen Act by Joseph Wright.
www.ncsu.edu
(The full editorial is available at: http://www.ncsu.edu/features/2010/03/going-global/)
New York! We'll return soon.
Posted by: Holly Hardison
03/05 at 02:30
We are off to New York to meet Nancy Jones who is Head of HR for Americas to discuss our project and women in the business world. We could not be more honored or excited. We will be back Sunday March 7 and will respond to your comments when we get home :)
MorLove Thank You
Posted by: Jenn Halweil
03/04 at 07:21
A good friend and female entrepreneur gave us a shout out on her site:
http://morlove.org/2010/03/citizen-act/
Mor is truly an inspiration. We cannot thank her and all of you enough for your support!
Poll Voting!
Posted by: Jenn Halweil
03/03 at 16:17
Don't forget to vote in our two polls on the get involved portion of the website. Based on your responses we will be adding questions shortly!
Tune in to 88.1 at 7pm!
Posted by: Yusuf Simonson
03/01 at 23:58
For those of you in Triangle, NC area tune into 88.1 tonight for an interview with Jenn about the competition and our idea. It will also be made available through WKNC.org at their Eye on the Triangle Blog after today :)
Web Demo is up!
Posted by: Holly Hardison
02/28 at 05:49
The website demo is now up and running! Check it out!
Web Demo Coming Soon!
Posted by: Holly Hardison
02/26 at 22:14
Our web demo should be available Saturday evening :)
We're Up and Running!
Posted by: Jenn Halweil
02/26 at 22:07
Despite some technical difficulties, we are finally online!
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