The writer of Girl Meets Business has taken a typically pragmaticlook at how philanthropy can help your career. I flagged it because she referenced a blog post I did on the neural payoff we get from giving.

Microcapital.org and the Think Change India blog are among the publications and blogs that have covered the launch of our Social Capital Index. Think Change sees it is a potentially significant development, while Microcapital focuses on the shortcomings of the current version. “In its current state, the index seems most limited by its scope, or […]

We have launched the Social Capital Index, a timely tracking of investments in the social capital market, including social enterprise, (health, education and workforce development) fair trade, digital inclusion, and some clean tech and microfinance investments. Over time we will be able to size the Social Capital market and its growth trajectory in each sector.

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Our second issue is out. The Social Capital Deal Space should be a major addition to the xigi platform. It’s where we will be tracking new investment in this space, into enterprise, into funds and from funds, syndicators, angel networks and relevant foundations. Over time it will give us an index and a growth trajectory, […]

You might not be the kind of Michael Lewkowitz needs to talk to. Or you might not be ready to talk to Michael Lewkowitz.

To be in his early target research group, you need to wrestling with the twin issues of complex ambiguity and early stage ventures, with system change in social capital and bringing social […]

This is “Digital Ethnography” by students at Kansas State reflecting on the university educational system. While at first the video on the xigi site now pointing to how kids really learn today might seem tangential to moving capital to good, reflecting on how money is spent to prepare students for moving through life is not. […]

What would the world really look like if hybrid forms of good capital became commonplace? What new ways of acting would arise? What if we could more clearly imagine the possibilities? This thought led me to imagine what xigi might look like in Second Life (SL), the leading 3D social network where nearly 10 million residents […]

We know at times xigi can be confusing and are working to make things smoother but in the meantime, if you need help then download the xigi User Manual recently completed by our wonderful intern Sarah Choi. This manual is a step-by-step user guide on how to add data and make the most out of your […]

Sustainability advocates are harnessing the power of the web to help visualize their networks through mapping, says CSR Wire. Robert Redford’s Sundance Channel launched an ‘Eco-mmunity Map’ as an extension of the station’s online environmental forumfeaturing blogs, news and discussion. Fusing the popularity of social networking sites such as MySpace and LinkedIn with the […]

Here is what the term social enterprise looks like on wikipedia, visualized with a mindmap. They are coming up with a version you can use on intranets, which might be the way we’d use it with xigi if we went that way.