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A Young Ambassador’s Report from the 2012 Chicago Microfinance Conference
I left the 2012 Chicago Microfinance Conference, “Micronext: Strategies and Challenges of Social Impact,” impressed, energized and hungry for more. The conference focused on the strategies and challenges of social impact, facilitating discussions around the direction of and the lessons from past methodologies. The strong turnout included experts from various microfinance organizations, as well as Read more…
Tagged 2012 Chicago Microfinance Conference, Agricultural finance, Blog, Chicago Microfinance Conference, Conference, David Roodman, Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, home improvement loans, HOPE International, Impact, Insurance, Kellogg School of Management, Loans, Microfinance, northwestern university, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, YAO, YAO-Chicago, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals
Top 5 Creative Fundraisers by International Nonprofits
Last February, 29 super-dedicated young professionals and entrepreneurs went to Orlando, Florida to jump out of a plane, skydiving to raise funds and awareness for Opportunity Tanzania‘s microfinance initiatives. Inspired by our supporters’ fundraiser at 18,000 feet, we entered Jump for Opportunity as the “Most Creative Fundraiser by a Charity” in this year’s Classy Awards. Read more…
Tagged Classy Awards, Clients, contest, Creativity, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Florida, fundraisers, Jump for Opportunity, MFI, Microfinance, Nonprofit, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Tanzania, Orlando, Stay Classy, Supporters, Tanzania, Twitter, University of Chicago, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, young entrepreneurs, Young Professionals
YAO Member on Chicago Microfinance Conference & How Innovations Expand the Reach of Savings
The following guest post was written by Lauren Dillon, a co-chair of the Chicago chapter of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) who works at Illinois-based nonprofit Oasis International. Innovation is at the heart of microfinance. It’s also the engine that propels it. Innovation is packed with chance, risk, fun, adventure! And, when coupled with microfinance, Read more…
Tagged 2011 Chicago Microfinance Conference, Africa, biometric technology, biometrics, CARE, Cell phone banking, Chicago, Chicago Microfinance Conference, DePaul University, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Financial services, Innovation, Malawi, MFI, MicroDreams, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, mobile phone banking, Oasis International, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Savings, Simona Haiduc, Technology, Tuition savings accounts, YAO, YAO-Chicago, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, young entrepreneurs, Young Professionals
Learnings for YAO from the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit
Being an effective leader can be a challenge. So as the manager of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO), I’m always eager to learn from effective, experienced leaders from a variety of fields. That’s why I was so pleased when, last Friday, I got the chance to join thousands of people around the world who were listening in and Read more…
Tagged Business, business leaders, christian, Community, Conference, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Leaders, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Philanthropy, Poverty, Tanzania, TOMS shoes, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals, Youth
Your Last Chance for Tanzania — Listen to the YAO Broadcast
The deadline is fast approaching for the Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) Insight Trip to Tanzania, September 4-11, 2010. You must register by this Sunday, July 4th to secure your spot. Don’t miss the chance to see microfinance at work in this vibrant, developing African country. Today, listen to YAO manager Sonya Perez-Lauterbach’s interview with Read more…
YAO meets Ken Vander Weele at the Microfinance Club of New York
Panelist Ken Vander Weele (front center) and Opportunity’s East Coast Regional Director Richard Spalholz (far left) posed for a picture after the panel on Tuesday night, with guest blogger and YAO core member Michelle Mak (front right) and members of YAO-New York and YAO-Boston. YAO-NY core member Michelle Mak shares with us this report from last night’s Read more…
Tagged Africa, China, Global Leadership Team, HIV/AIDS, Ken Vander Weele, Malawi, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Microfinance Club of New York, Mobile Banking, Opportunity China, Opportunity International, Poverty, Training, YAO, YAO-New York, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals, Youth
Don’t Miss the Chance to See Microfinance Work Firsthand in Tanzania
“It was exciting to see how quickly Opportunity is growing in Tanzania. We met so many of its inspiring clients when we visited — real people working hard to improve their lives.” -YAO member and 2009 Insight Trip participant Anne Edwardson On September 4-11, 2010, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO) will offer a unique opportunity to Read more…
Tagged Africa, Arusha, Clients, Financial Access, Insight Trip, Kilimanjaro, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rwanda, Students, Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals
A Working Session at CGIU: Alleviating Global Poverty
Recently, I had the privilege of participating in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) in Miami, Fla. I was a table facilitator at two “working sessions” in which I collaborated with student leaders committed to effecting global change. With me at the conference was Liesel Pritzker, founder and chair of Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO), Read more…
Tagged Advocacy and Media, Blogs, CGIU, Change-makers, Clinton Global Initiative, Conference, Education, Facebook, Leaders, Liesel Pritzker, Opportunity International, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, Radio, Social Entrepreneurship, Students, Twitter, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals
Can you have fun when addressing global poverty? YAO says YES!
Can you have fun when addressing global poverty? YAO says YES! This past month, 30 YAO (Young Ambassadors for Opportunity) members gathered at the Board of Governors conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. For some of us who had traveled to Tanzania and Rwanda together last fall on the YAO insight trip it was a sweet reunion. Read more…
Tagged Arizona, Board of Governors, Board of Governors Conference, Creativity, Insight Trip, Passion, Rwanda, spring 2010 microfinance conference, spring microfinance conference, Tanzania, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Young Professionals
