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The Phoenix Project is a catalyst for social innovation. We spark entrepreneurial solutions to society’s most pressing challenges by:
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Educating society’s future social entrepreneurs;
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Convening leaders from all sectors to forge shared paths to innovation;
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Partnering college and community stakeholders committed to innovation; and
- Consulting to enable organizations from every sector to become entrepreneurial.
We accomplish these objectives through our Social Innovation Program, Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship Conferences, the AVAIL service learning platform, and Social Innovation Professionals.
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Co-founder Greg Werkheiser Calls Upon Grads to Become Social Entrepreneurs
5th Class of Social Innovation Program Graduates
Submitted by The Phoenix Project on July 15, 2010 - 10:07pmSome of Virginia’s top undergraduate and graduate students from colleges statewide graduated July 10 from the Phoenix Project’s nationally recognized 6- week summer institute, having completed 25 seminars and workshops on topics of social enterprise, organizational leadership and economic distress taught by top practitioners, before working in teams under the supervision of clinical faculty to deliver 16 capacity-building and innovation projects requested by community agencies in one of America’s most struggling cities. Learn more
Phoenix Project to Launch Consulting Service
Submitted by The Phoenix Project on July 15, 2010 - 10:05pm
The Phoenix Project will formally launch Social Innovation Professionals in August of 2010. For years the Phoenix Project has provided pro bono services to nonprofit, university and government clients seeking assistance in becoming more entrepreneurial and sustainable. That free service will continue as always. But now we have an answer for the many folks who have approached us requesting more sustained professional assistance. Fees generated from paying clients of Social Innovation Professionals will be used to sustain our pro bono efforts, fulfilling our own organizational destiny as a social enterprise.
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