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How Change Happens: Why Do Some Social Movements Succeed and Others Fail?

What does (and doesn’t) work in building the better world we dream about? Why do some movements for social change succeed while others fizzle or even fail? For considering…

November 12, 2019

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Symposium Aims To Help Nonprofits Improve

The symposium’s keynote speaker will be Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of…

October 8, 2019

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Change Happens

At GSEI and in a new book, Leslie Crutchfield keeps her finger on the pulse of how and why social changes occur, or do not, in the 21st.…

November 16, 2018

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Aging Well Hub Launches Experience Mapping Tools

Georgetown McDonough’s Aging Well Hub announced the rollout of two experience mapping.…

September 28, 2018

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GSEI Receives Part of $1 million grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation

The grant supports research on women's economic mobility and workforce social.…

August 17, 2018

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#Trending: Rural Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs exist beyond Silicon Valley. There's tremendous potential for venture capital and innovation in small companies and small towns across rural.…

August 14, 2018

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Access To Capital Is Critical to Ensuring Success of Rural Entrepreneurs

An op-ed by Matthew McKenna, executive-in-residence, Global Social Enterprise Initiative: “Many people across the country think that the story of rural America has already been…

June 7, 2018

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The State Of Caregiving For Alzheimer’s And Related Dementia 2018

“It’s as if women are expected to be the caregivers,” says Diane Ty, project director of Global Social Enterprise Initiative and AgingWell Hub at Georgetown University. She…

May 30, 2018

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The Rise of the Silver Economy

The growing population of older adults has businesses scrambling to address the challenges — and opportunities — that come with aging in the 21st.…

May 29, 2018

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AB InBev Foundation and Georgetown’s Global Social Enterprise Initiative Partner on Underage Drinking

AB InBev Foundation has formed a partnership with the Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business to work on changing social…

May 23, 2018