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| Name | Jo Matthews |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | www.i-genius.org |
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Interned in the Business Development department of Oxfam International before working in Calcutta, India, with an organisation called 'Future Hope'. Recently completed an MA in Development Management, where I became specifically interested in the role of the media in development issues, having also studied at the London School of Journalism, media and development issues and the relationship between the two is something that really interests me. Am particularly interested in the often negative focus and cliched portrayal of Africa. Now working as Director of Marketing and Communications for i-genius, working towards the upcoming event in Thailand! Look forward to hearing from you!
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Life is full of choices
posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 01:36 PM
For a long time the world has been seen in black and white. There is no grey area between philanthropy and business, between social motivations and monetary incentives. This is what many of us have come to believe; that there is a choice in life that must be made; between making money and doing social good. These two independent paths surely cannot be united.
About ten years ago I asked my mum, with clichéd visions of sock-and-sandal wearing philanthropists in my mind, whether it was possible to ‘save the world and wear nice shoes’. Her slightly bemused reaction was an affirmation in my mind that I would have to choose between the altruistic path (and lose the shoes), or the hard-hitting business woman path (and lose the world).
When I first found out about social entrepreneurs, I realised that perhaps this choice wasn’t as clear-cut as I had first thought. People are uniting the things that are good at with the things that they care about, the things that they have had to do with the things that they want to do. Social enterprise can give the world a bit of shake-up and blur the boundaries of our pigeon-holes, bringing innovative creativity into both our workplaces and into our lives.
The world is not black and white, but nor is it grey. Social entrepreneurs are bringing the world into colour.
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Premasagar Rose
Friday, February 15, 2008 12:04 PM
Hear Hear! :)
Desmond Penrose
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 02:13 PM
that is so cool Jo, for me the world is all brown, 250,000 shade is all. And that one beautiful thing when we get it sis !
Nishant Pyasi
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 03:03 PM
Hi Jo, Hope you had a great event at Thailand. Thanks for your comment as well. Stephen and Sally have both been added as friends, pending their approval. Currently time is occupied with course work and massive deadlines. Hence, not much time is available to devote to igenius. However, it is hoped that soon time will be available not just to update profile, but also reach out to the community here. Thank you once again.
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