News Roundup: Huffington Post, Craig Newmark, TEDxKarachi and McKinsey
June 11th, 2010 by Lindsay Siegel ⋅ No Responses
- The Huffington Post featured an interview with Jacqueline Novogratz and ran a story on women and philanthropy, focusing on new approaches for poverty alleviation. The article showcases Acumen, the Global Fund for Women and Women’s Funding Network.
- Jacqueline and Roshaneh Zafar of Kashf spoke at TEDxKarachi last week. Check back early next week for our team’s reflections on the event, but in the meantime enjoy this article from The News in Pakistan.
- Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder, writes about how he finds Acumen’s work inspiring, sharing Jacqueline’s The Blue Sweater book club experience in Nairobi.
- Fast Company & Monitor Group presents Acumen with the 2008 Social Capitalist Award.
- Bloomberg Venture interviews Jacqueline in a 4-part series on the her story and the founding of Acumen.
- Acumen CIO Brian Trelstad, is interviewed by McKinsey on lessons learned in impact measurement.
- Part 2 of a special series on PBS NewsHour featured Jamii Bora’s program in Kenya.
- The Ripple Effect website was launched this week to highlight a safe drinking water collaboration between Acumen, IDEO and a variety of NGOs in India and Kenya.
Tags: Jacqueline Novogratz, Kenya, The Blue Sweater
This entry was posted
on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 10:25 am and is filed under Acumen News, Jaqueline Novogratz.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
