Tag: social entrepreneurship
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Saving the world through game dynamics
Jane McGonigal’s TED talk starts out a little bit hokey, but rapidly evolves into an important new idea that could genuinely change peoples’ lives. Jane was the community designer for I Love Bees, the infamous Alternate Reality Game that was released as a promotional endeavor for Halo 2. Her later work recognizes the importance that […]
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Buy from marginalized communities with Elevyn
Elevyn is a kind of Etsy for marginalized communities: a way to buy directly from artisans in poorer parts of the world. You get a unique piece of clothing, jewelry or other art; they get to lift themselves out of poverty through their own work. This is something that would be far less possible before […]