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Share your thoughts on The Blue Sweater with Jacqueline here
Jacqueline has a new blog post about why she wrote The Blue Sweater up on Business Fights Poverty's online community, a professional network for those passionate about fighting poverty through good b…
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Share your thoughts on The Blue Sweater with Jacqueline here
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Let Jacqueline know what you think of The Blue Sweater on this discussion thread - she takes your thoughts seriously! She'll visit this page to see and respond to what readers are saying.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jacqueline Novogratz Mar 14.
Making The Blue Sweater the Common Book at Your University
Thanks, Noah - I like the way you think. One potentially effective way you might help us ICE students is by going through your network of contacts and comparing it against this list of "One Book"/com…
Replied Dec. 9, 2009
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The program looks great. I'm excited for this too. I just registered, and look forward to meeting everyone there!
Hi Beth
Thanks for reading the book and we'd love to learn more. I'm wondering if you might talk first to Wei Wei Hsing to explore these ideas. Would you connect with her via the community site and let her know I thought it was a good idea. The two…
Jacqueline, reading your book came at that perfect moment in time when it connected to a number of different threads in my life. I have been working in the field of education for over 30 years and have been pondering how do we teach our children to…
Wow Beth - that is such a gift to us! Thank you for sharing your idea with this group. Keep us posted on what happens and what your friends and colleagues think of it.
If you're up for it, there are a bunch of resources on this site for book clubs…
Couldn't be more true, Andy...have you learned or taught anything by "doing" that has had a big impact on you?
The Blue Sweater and Jacqueline's continued modeling of a linchpin has been huge in helping to make change happen. Here's a snippet from a post - but the ideas I've learned from that modeling now permeate all that I do.
Thanks Ekta -- Mumbai is one of my favorite cities. Thanks for your kind words. I wish you all the very best - we really need all of to focus on what it takes in big and small ways to include everyone in our global conversation and global economy as…
All photos taken by Megan Swezey Fogarty
Wow what a useful framework, Mary Louise. I'm curious what other teachers and students in this group think - how do we do enough to make sure people actively read the book and learn about Acumen's work?
Jacqueline,
Your book is a bible for anyone who wants to work in the social sector. I loved your book. It's candid, refreshing and engaging. I loved the way you described the natural beauty in the African countries you worked. It helped to keep per…
Hi Fang
Thanks for your thoughtful note. I think it is important not to think of this work as being done by selfless people, though. Indeed, I think that committing to something bigger than yourself actually creates the most meaningful life imaginab…
I wish you could have known John. His legacy lives on not only through my work but through the work of everyone on the team at Acumen, for his ideas have so infused the way we do what we do. People too often think of legacy as having their names on…
great pic of mary louise!!
Hello Blue Sweater fans! I am posting a previous thread from 'Students for the Blue Sweater' which has a similar posting on what we can do to make The Blue Sweater a bestseller. Check out the comments below!
Wei Wei Hsing on January 12, 2010 at 8:…
Join this group if you're in a book club reading the Blue Sweater. On the discussion forums, you can exchange thoughts & share ideas on discussion topics, recipes, and ways to help.
Hi Wei Wei,
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- I'm here to help Blue Sweater readers connect with each other. My hope is that building this community of readers will inspire a shared commitment to change.
The Blue Sweater is one of our most powerful tools for communicating about the impact of patient capital and the importance of individual dignity. Please share the book and use it to help you talk about our work!
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Undergrad - Columbia University, majored in Economics and East Asian Studies
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Comment Wall (19 comments)
- At 12:40pm on March 5, 2010,
Anjali Oberoi said… - I think I end up doing an informal Acumen 101 every second day within a different section of my friends circle :) It would be great to do an organized one though - do you have a "get to know us" package? It would be easy enough to put one together too.
- At 7:52pm on February 3, 2010,
Alexis Ditkowsky said… - Hey! Yeah, Dan and I are delayed with Peace Corps so after a few months of traveling/hanging, I'm working for Ashoka's Changemakers until mid-July. I'll be living in NYC for a stretch starting at the end of February so hopefully I see you around. ;)
- At 9:40am on December 18, 2009,
lakshmi kumari said… - Wei I suggest that it would be good that some few pages of Blue Sweater may be displayed on Acumen fund online community website so people who ever have not read this can get an idea about the Book .
Actual I read few pages which were displayed on Amazon.com it was very interstng and I hope to get to know more about the Blue Sweater .
Thank u
lakshmi
- At 11:40am on November 26, 2009,
Jacob Shwartz-Lucas said…
- Hi there, I have put together a plan for myself to create the most positive change in the world that I can. I am hoping to get feedback from people in the community on the merit of the plan. Would you be interested in givng me feedback on it? I have attached it to my profile page under info. Thanks! :D
- At 12:30pm on November 20, 2009,
Robert B. Vellani said… - We're ordering books. (We can only buy one hardback at the moment because of the library budget). I think the Admin wants to make the Blue Sweater a project for the Preston Scholars Program. I've got the Religion Department Head, the Dean of Studies, and the Principal on board. The first cohort will be juniors in the fall. That year focuses on Social Justice, hence the tie-in with Blue Sweater. As well, I'm trying to make contact with other sustainables on this web site to have pen pals for my group.
- At 8:38am on November 18, 2009,
njoki b. muya said… - Thank you Wei:-)
- At 8:37am on November 18, 2009,
njoki b. muya said…
- Thank you Wei,
- At 4:51am on November 12, 2009,
Nicky Bita said… - Thanks for ya encouragements and would love to hear how we can better make athis world a better place for the generation to come through my Agro forestry! project with Kamwe... so please help if you can
- At 2:52pm on October 26, 2009,
Aamina Riaz said… - Thank you! it's feels good to be onboard already......well, that sounds doable. I'll look at the pack and try to generate interest in the meantime. I have a feeling I knew more likeminded people in Canada and can generate interest in Pakistan - London and PwC may be more of a challenge. Let's see.......
- At 7:35am on October 26, 2009,
Michael Ivey said… - Thanks for the kind words. I'm really looking forward to getting my feet wet around here.
-Mike
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Hi Lisa, yes I do have a website/evite for the event- it should be out Saturday, as I am still waiting on some final details before putting it up. As for academics, that is a great idea you have. I'm aiming for Adlai Wertman at USC, but have yet to…
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