Tag: Mick Jackson

Corporate Social Relevance in Action

By Cheryl Kiser | August 30, 2015

At The Lewis Institute we talk about Corporate Social Responsibility differently and believe we take it one step further. We talk about Corporate Social Relevance because to us it directly leads to authentic and powerful social innovation inside companies and outside within our communities and society as a whole. To us this is more than…

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Kicking Off the Global Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit in London

By Cheryl Kiser | September 15, 2014

I am honored and excited to be invited back for a second year to kick off the Global Entrepreneurship Leadership (GEL) Summit in London tomorrow. The Lewis Institute’s relationship with GEL and their founding organization WildHearts is emblematic of the kinds of relationships we cultivate to stay connected with how social innovation plays out in…

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Honoring Social Innovators

By The Institute for Social Innovation | April 15, 2014

We are proud to announce our 2014 Social Innovator Awards recipients, Mick Jackson and Razia Jan. Mick is the Founder and Chairman of WildHearts, a charity that launches businesses and uses their profits to fund global micro-finance. We’ve written about them here and here, and are inspired by their pioneering business model just as much…

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Cheryl Kiser at the WildHearts Global Entrepreneurial Leaders Conference

By The Institute for Social Innovation | September 24, 2013

We are thrilled to share that Cheryl Kiser will be speaking tomorrow and Thursday at the WildHearts Global Entrepreneurial Leaders Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a charity operating in 40 countries, WildHearts empowers entrepreneurs everywhere. They see entrepreneurship as the leading force of social change – so who better to partner with than Babson, the…

Micro-Tyco: Cheryl Kiser, Babson College from WildHearts on Vimeo.

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