SEQ-Social Entrepreneurial Quotient

Since the new year started, I’ve had the opportunity to hear two exceptional social entrepreneurs speak: in January Bill Strickland, who heads up the Manchester Craftsman Guild in Pittsburgh, spoke before a group brought together by the Surdna Foundation, and Cheryl Dorsey, who heads up Echoing Green here in New York, spoke as part of [...]

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Bill Strickland’s book is out in Japanese

I just found out that the Japanese translation of Bill Strickland‘s book Make the Impossible Possible was published in Japan from Eiji Press. I AM THRILLED! It is a wonderful book about Bill’s life story in which he explains how he ended up creating a job-training and arts organization in Pittsburgh for the underserved community. [...]

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Social Entrepreneur Bill Strickland Speaks at Japan Society

LECTURE SUMMARY Changemakers: Make the Impossible Possible February 27, 2008 SPEAKER Bill Strickland, President and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation; author, Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary MODERATOR Nana Watanabe, photographer and author, Changemakers: Social Entrepreneurs are Making a Difference and Changemakers II: Working as [...]

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Upcoming Event – Lecture: Changemakers: Make the Impossible Possible

Wednesday, February 27 6:30 pm Japan Society (333 East 47th Street, New York, NY) Over the past 30 years, Bill Strickland, a leading American social entrepreneur, has been transforming the lives of thousands of people through jobs training center and community arts programs at Manchester Bidwell. He and his staff strive to give disadvantaged kids [...]

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