The Buzz 3-9-12

Our quick read on the top tweets, news, and buzz circulating in the field of changemaking this past week. Tell us, what's got you talking? And what do you want to be talking about?

• A recent review of businesses across Africa found that an entrepreneur runs an average of six businesses—a waste utility entrepreneur was famous for running sixty-six! With such diversity, African entrepreneurs run profit ecosystems, rather than business units and with these ecosystems, they have a great deal to teach us about robustness, resilience, and flexibility: http://ht.ly/9AJSL

• The creator of the “Symphony of Science” videos, John Boswell, created a remix of TED2012 with a little bit of previous TEDs mixed in. It’s a perfect, awesome mashup of the experience in three minutes. Watch: http://ht.ly/9AKlh
• Amber Rae is a motivational force of nature. Moving from San Francisco, to New York, and now to Boulder to continually seek her purpose in her career, she is fiercely determined to help others do the same.  Her life mission: “to awaken people to their full potential so they can fearlessly pursue their dreams.” And her advice: pay attention to what gives you energy. We couldn’t agree more. http://ht.ly/9AKXo
• As the social innovation and impact investing sectors grow, measuring and understanding actual social change is becoming more and more important. But, impact evaluations should be conducted with a great deal of care and foresight, particularly for organizations that may not be ready for them, or the consequences. Matthew Forti, founding Board Chair of Echoing Green supported One Acre Fund, shares more insights that every innovator should read: http://ht.ly/9ALA
• Innov8social did the hard work and compiled a list of fifty fellowships that every social innovator should know about. Bookmark the link, make note the deadlines, be sure to read all of the requirements and apply away! http://ht.ly/9AL6I

• Our question of the week: “What would you if you could not fail?” Seriously. Think about it—anything in the world. Sometimes finding our purpose is all about taking a really big leap. Share your answer and join the conversation: http://ht.ly/9ALFz