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Yunus Brand New 2010s
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news of ingrid munro
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- What is the name of your company, organization, or school?
- valuetrue.com and http://futurecapitalism.ning.com/
- What is your job function?
- champion of brands that the world needs to know about
- How did you find out about the Microfinance Network?
- haley
- What is your alma mater?
- cambridge uk
- What is your website?
- http://grameen.tv
- Why are you here?
- At the citizen network forums http://yunusforum.net which dr yunus authorised at time on nobel prize, I help make transatlantic connections between east Coast cities where my faily lives and European cities from which I originate and know how to network culturally to find people who want to do real stuff
- What are you currently working on?
- next: I work with dr yunus teams led by Mostofa Zaman on connecting 5000 youth ambassadors and sharing news of which university clubs he likes best. Youth delevered their report on initial ideas for this at Dr Yunus 69th birthday dialogue in dhaka june 09- can we make 09/10 yes we can year across campuses and worldwide whetrever young people want to connect sustanability projects. Our previous dilaogue events include 10000 free dvds on the best news youtube type videos have ever networked http://yunus10000.com and linki ng 1000 readers arounnd his social business and future capitalism system mapping book on ending poverty.
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Hi dear colleagues.
Take a look at this page
http://www.mficonnect.com/forum/topics/fixing-africa-once-for-all
which employers actually like microcredit or social business experience on cv's
Do we have any know-how to contribute to the Obama jobs summit?
I sent a message to the President Obama, which probably ended up in cyberspace, but I took the chance anyway. I suggested that he make an executive order providing entrepreneurs time t…
which employers actually like microcredit or social business experience on cv's
which employers actually like microcredit or social business experience on cv's
which employers actually like microcredit or social business experience on cv's
Started in 1996, http://www.ghakti.org now installs more solar units than whole of usa; aims to create 100000 jobs for women villagers by 2012
as far as I know after 2 years of moderating 1000 bookclub the world's number 1 network where microcredit and green meet is http://www.ashdenawards.org -its prizewinners throughout many years are well documented and micro; it is extremely well spons…
great stuff holly; could you give us a rough idea of how many places bonsai has been shown and how many sb clubs this has started? how do student microcredit clubs get involved with showing bonsai
local searches would be incredibly useful - as well as content of his speech, I am very interested in whether any people meetings are reported- for example I have long thought that manmohan singh and yunus are the 2 greatest sustainability economist…
"Microfinance in India" Group in MFI Connect aims at connecting people involved in Microfinance in India and to create platform for them to share and discuss situations, issues, news, updates and opportunities in Microfinance in India.
.Banks for jobs : video stream 1 of 6 at http://wholeplanet.tv
undergraduate after action debriefing guide (donations, SB loans or peer offers to replicate welcome)
**how did big governments and big banks evolve into job-destruction systems?
**who…
.Banks for jobs : video stream 1 of 6 at http://wholeplanet.tv
undergraduate after action debriefing guide (donations, SB loans or peer offers to replicate welcome)
**how did big governments and big banks evolve into job-destruction systems?
**who…
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Micro financial discussion of America’s future
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I urge students to join in this discussion. For 33 years my idea of free markets –and media truth - is to get consumers, societies and employees to question what opportunities and risks are compounding in particular markets – eg healthcare, energy, autos, advertising media, education, housing, banking .... Then 2 years ago I started to learn from Dr Yunus and Bangladeshi friends how to add on a second debate revolving round sustainability futures o… Continue
I urge students to join in this discussion. For 33 years my idea of free markets –and media truth - is to get consumers, societies and employees to question what opportunities and risks are compounding in particular markets – eg healthcare, energy, autos, advertising media, education, housing, banking .... Then 2 years ago I started to learn from Dr Yunus and Bangladeshi friends how to add on a second debate revolving round sustainability futures o… Continue
Posted on October 6, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment
What MFI collective actions could have most impact in 09/10
make microcreditsummit africa (kenya april 2010) best ever - sam daley harris' wish 1
ask your congressman to vote congressional medal for dr yunus - the congressional medal is the one that gets its recipent the opportunity to talk to cngress -sam daley harris wish 2
find ways to refocus on 2010s as millennium goals and joy of life decade - wish: various (mail me at chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk if you would like some links on this)
wo… Continue
ask your congressman to vote congressional medal for dr yunus - the congressional medal is the one that gets its recipent the opportunity to talk to cngress -sam daley harris wish 2
find ways to refocus on 2010s as millennium goals and joy of life decade - wish: various (mail me at chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk if you would like some links on this)
wo… Continue
Posted on October 3, 2009 at 5:30pm —
greatest dc days 2009.2 day hillary met originator of $2 health plans
http://www.grameentrust.org/dialogue/dialogue71/Features_3.html#DrYunusBriefsHillaryClinton
2009.1 was day yunus met berenanke , IMF and 1000 GWU students http://prosperlending.blogspot.com/2009/02/muhammad-yunus-speaks-at-george.html
2009.1 was day yunus met berenanke , IMF and 1000 GWU students http://prosperlending.blogspot.com/2009/02/muhammad-yunus-speaks-at-george.html
Posted on July 25, 2009 at 12:30pm —
Comment Wall (16 comments)
- At 8:56am on June 18, 2009,
Samantha Caccamo said… - Hi Chris, thank you for your message. No, unfortunately I don't have any plans to come to the US at the moment. I am staying in Italy probably until October when I go to Grameen in Dhaka. I look forward to meeting you though. Yes perhpas we can meet in Berlin. That would be closer to me. I live in the very North of Italy at the border with Switzerland.
Ps. I just sent you a message on facebook. I asked you a question and tried to respond to yours from a couple of days ago! I hope I got it right. Let's keep in touch on a regular basis. I think it's of vital importance to share ideas, opinions, and compare notes on how to move forward. I really want to make a difference. I am very happy that a person like Dr. Yunus is walking around the Earth and since I found out about him and read his books I support him more than anyone. I believe in his new system of capitalism and want to help implement it. I am already doing all I can, spreading the words to friends etc. I know a couple of people who own multinationals here and am trying to get their attention. It is a delicate thing to do but I am slowly working on it.
Thank you for being there to share ideas with me. I appreciate it.
S
- At 10:22am on June 18, 2009,
Samantha Caccamo said…
- Thank you very much for your answers Chris. I already wrote my first customized letter to the CEO of an Italian company that has building projects all over the world. You might want to check it out www.astaldi.com I think they could build water dams in Bangladesh and other projects that involve water, energy etc. I even spoke to his assistant to try and get his attention. So far no response. Perhaps tomorrow I will contact them again. They could do a world of good by creating a social business and they have the finances to do it.
Thanks for the tip re. converting an organization that interests me into a social business or microcredit program. I had thought about it already! I went to visit this Onlus organization in Varese, Italy yesterday after work, as a matter of fact, and found out how it operates. They give away free food to poor people. They collect the groceries from wealthy families and give it to the poor. I think that could be converted into a social business.
I am keeping up my work and will let you know how it evolves.
Thank you again for your answers. Talk to you soon.
PS I will write to grameencl now to hear their view.
Have a good day!
S
- At 12:01pm on June 18, 2009,
Haley said… - Hey Chris,
Thanks for the recommendation. I am glad to hear of some literature on banks other than Grameen. Do you have any other recommendations? I am trying to broaden my perspective a little.
Thanks,
Haley
- At 3:18pm on June 26, 2009,
Holly Mosher said… - Hi Chris,
I don't know the people making Yunus Movie. I'm glad it is finally getting made though :) Let me know as you find out more.
Holly
- At 5:51pm on June 26, 2009,
chris macrae said…
- before dr yunus won the nobel prize, vivian norris de montaigu - an american living in paris and blogger at huffington post signed contract to do the official fictional movie- her aim is to make it the biggest blockbuster of all time and have a leaflet as audience exits for the 2% who may want to network round turning fiction into reality- she writes for Huffington Post
she has carefully selected the following team:
director - number 1 female grossing director of all times
co-producer former head of bbc films
interns who are young film-makers and distribute content particuloar to microcredit clubs of the sort that action yunus and bangladeshi social business and FC systems
she wants funders who most believe in this as a world collaboration stage but expects to have completed the social buisness design of yunusmovie to star shooting flim in 2010
if anyone has an urgent reason to contact vivian, mail me at chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk with your reason and short bio , and I will relay email to vivian. we have chatted for a couple of years now and tease each other in who uniquely belives in dr yunus more
- At 10:19am on July 11, 2009,
Brian R. Weinberg said… - how can I become a youth ambassador ?
- At 1:52pm on July 11, 2009,
chris macrae said…
this is slide used at 69th birthday dialogue with dr yunus which took 150 minute and where YAM5000 was one of several projects agreed for action as anyone most connected to yunus tries to help everyone renew yes we can through 09/10 (you may know -eg from chapter of banker for the poor that yes we can was initially dr yunus catchphrase at microcreditsummit 1997 )
to apply ror yam5000 - best is mail mostofa zaman at mostofa12@yahoo.com he is working on this right now with lamiya morshed head of http://yunuscentre.org - what would most excite them is if there is a revolutionary or deep action topic you and some peers want to discuss and do throughout 09/10 of a sort that someone close to yunus can guide you on either his views on his congratulations as you make progress
by all means paste this message in mentioning I said so - invite others to do so as well but this goes back to chpater 11 of book in creating world without poverty where dr yunus most wants Youth ambassadors to team as a small group of people to work together for one year on whatever one focus they choose to try and develop micro up
- At 1:56pm on July 11, 2009,
chris macrae said…
- oops sorry I keep on maing mistake one needs ww in most bangla webs so I should have written http://www.yunuscentre.org
- At 8:39am on July 20, 2009,
chris macrae said…
- would be interested if anyone has comments on summer 09 layout of our homepage at http://microcredit.tv - conversation with sam on future of micro summit
- At 5:28pm on July 24, 2009,
chris macrae said…
- we are preparing 09/10 version of members owned microcredit at facebook and welcome ideas from people who might want to be "officers"
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