PBS NewsHour tonight – Jamii Bora in Kenya

June 7, 2010June 8, 2010 ~ Sasha ~ Leave a comment

Tonight at 7pm, PBS NewsHour will air Part 2 of its interview with Acumen Fund founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz. This segment will focus on Jamii Bora, the Kenyan microfinance organization which has built the Kaputei housing development outside of Nairobi. They are an incredible organization and I’m sure the segment will provide a glimpse into the fabulous work they do.

The first segment aired on April 14th, 2010 and focused on Ecotact, which is building clean, safe toilets throughout Kenya. Here’s the clip from Part 1 of the interview.

Hope you can tune in / record / share tonight’s broadcast!!

(Update: the clip is now available here on PBS’s website.)

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Jacqueline Novogratz on Charlie Rose tonight

March 25, 2009March 26, 2009 ~ Sasha ~ Leave a comment

Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen Fund CEO and author of The Blue Sweater, is going to be on Charlie Rose tonight at 11pm (here’s the replay). We just learned about this…thought it was going to be next week.

So if you want to hear the story behind The Blue Sweater, now’s the time to tune in! She’s also on the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC tomorrow morning at 10:40am Eastern Time.

You can track all of these sorts of things here.

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A big week

March 3, 2009March 3, 2009 ~ Sasha ~ Leave a comment

The Blue Sweater, written by Acumen Fund CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, hits stores today. Bruce Nussbaum, editor of Business Week, says the book will “will make you cry as it makes you think.” And Nick Kristoff called Jacqueline “one of the most interesting innovators in aid and development.” I found the book to be incredibly powerful, honest, forthright, and challenging to people who want simple answers to complex problems. It is also a beautiful personal narrative and a page-turner, and I hope you’ll buy a copy, read it, share it with a friend, and spread the word. And if you like the book, let people know.

And tomorrow, March 4th, is the deadline for applicants for the marketer I’m looking to hire. The buzz has been incredible, and the blog entry has been viewed more than 13,000 times.

Know someone great? Please send them along.

(Oh, and we’ve been getting a lot of calls, emails, etc. that seem to assume that “just sending in my application” won’t be enough. It will be, as long as you follow the directions on the Squidoo lens.)

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Change minds, change lives

February 14, 2009February 13, 2009 ~ Sasha ~ 3 Comments

It’s daunting to see the world’s problems. It is hard to know what you can do to make a change.

Here’s a great opportunity. A chance to spread the word about a book full of fresh ideas and an authentic story.

Seth Godin and I are asking a few select bloggers spread the word about The Blue Sweater, a new book coming out on March 3 by Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund. We’re asking you to read and review the book, and then give it away to a friend or blog reader. Seth has bought the books and we are giving a small number away to people who can spread the word the farthest.

If you’re an interested blogger, go to this page and describe your platform. Let us know who you are and who you reach with your blog – we only have a few books to share so cannot give copies to everyone.

If you’re a blog reader (of course you are), tell your blogging friends about this and share it with your social networks.

And if you’re interested in pre-ordering the book, you can get it at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

I promise that people will be happy to hear from you about this, and that by spreading the word you are spreading a powerful, new idea.

Change minds, change lives.

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