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		<title>Virtual Volunteering Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Hyatt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[developing country entrepreneurs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to be giving back but don&#8217;t have much time due to your other business responsibilities?  Want to help developing country entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders more from a trade then aid perspective?  Help them be successful through business?  If so, have you tried virtual volunteering?  Check this group out.  I just found a couple entrepreneurs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.imagine-network.org/about"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3311" style="margin: 5px; border: 5px solid black;" title="ImagineNations" src="http://www.businessgivingstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ImagineNations.jpg" alt="" width="182" height="68" /></a>Want to be giving back but don&#8217;t have much time due to your other business responsibilities?  Want to help developing country entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders more from a trade then aid perspective?  Help them be successful through business?  If so, have you tried virtual volunteering?  Check this group out.  I just found a couple entrepreneurs I think I can help with their dream.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold;">About ImagineNations Network</span></p>
<p>From their website:  &#8221;ImagineNations Network is a social networking platform for young entrepreneurs to connect to their peers, supporters, NGOs, financing sources, commercial outlets and others committed to helping young people build businesses and livelihoods around the world.</p>
<p>ImagineNations Network helps educate, mentor and empower young entrepreneurs (ages 15-29), linking them to local and global organizations and connecting them with each other to develop friendships, provide encouragement, share ideas, develop business plans and learn from other young people whose ideas have become a reality.</p>
<p>Developed by <a href="http://www.imaginenations.org/" target="_blank">ImagineNations Group</a> in partnership with <a href="http://www.mercycorps.org/" target="_blank">Mercy Corps</a>, with support from the Global Partnership for Youth Investment (GPYI) of the World Bank and <a href="http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac48/about_cisco_cisco_foundation.html" target="_blank">Cisco Foundation</a>, ImagineNations Network is an innovative solution for organizations and individuals building an online community of resources and support networks focused on youth enterprise development.</p>
<p>For more information, contact us at <a href="mailto:support@imagine-network.org">support@imagine-network.org</a>.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Virtual Volunteer Opportunity with MicroMentor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Hyatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got a little time &#8211; want to help an emerging entrepreneur from the comfort of your own office?  Today I got an email from MicroMentor seeking new mentors.  MicroMentor is a nonprofit program that connects emerging entrepreneurs with volunteer business professionals in mentoring relationships. &#8220;MicroMentor has been growing rapidly with mentors and entrepreneurs joining every [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Got a little time &#8211; want to help an emerging entrepreneur from the comfort of your own office?  Today I got an email from <a href="http://micromentor.org/" target="_blank">MicroMentor</a> seeking new mentors.  MicroMentor is a nonprofit program that connects emerging entrepreneurs with volunteer business professionals in mentoring relationships.</p>
<p><span id="more-1114"></span>&#8220;MicroMentor has been growing rapidly with mentors and entrepreneurs joining every day. To make it easier for you to connect with the MicroMentor entrepreneurs most in need, we’re sending out this regular bulletin highlighting entrepreneurs who are actively looking for a mentor&#8230;If you can’t help, but know someone who could, please forward this message and encourage them to sign up at and become a MicroMentor Mentor.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://micromentor.org/about.html" target="_blank">MicroMentor&#8217;s mission</a> is to &#8220;build businesses that increase economic activity and employment opportunities in low and moderate income communities.&#8221;  <br />
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According to the <a href="http://micromentor.org/" target="_blank">website</a>, MicroMentor is a free online service providing &#8220;entrepreneurs with proven opportunities to grow their businesses and increase revenues by participating in a mentoring relationship.  Entrepreneurs, particularly those with low-incomes and limited access to business resources, realize significant economic benefits from mentoring services. </p>
<p>Mentors are provided with meaningful opportunities to &#8220;give back&#8221; by sharing their experience and expertise.&#8221;  They &#8220;primarily connect microentrepreneurs, owners of businesses that employ less than ten people, to volunteer mentors who have successfully navigated business ownership or management.  MicroMentor is dedicated to the proposition that the success of low-income microentrepreneurs is crucial to the economic and social well being of our communities.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://micromentor.org/" target="_blank">MicroMentor</a> is a Mercy Corps initiative. <a href="http://mercycorps.org/" target="_blank">Mercy Corps</a> is a non-profit, humanitarian agency that implements community-led and market-driven programs in over 35 developing countries.  For more information, please download their <a href="http://micromentor.org" target="_blank">MicroMentor Overview</a> or contact them at <a href="mailto:info@micromentor.org">info@micromentor.org</a>.</p>
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