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Grand Challenges Canada Financial Ecosystem ~ We Mitigate Risk and Crowd In Private Investment 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
By: Andrew D. Taylor & Peter A. Singer Grand Challenges Canada, which is funded by the Government of Canada, supports Bold Ideas with Big Impact in global health. So how do we balance fostering in...
Counting the ‘Stars’ of Global Health 23 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm
Jo-Ann Osei-Twum Global health continues to evolve, with increasing investments, the diversification of stakeholders, and a staggering interest from young people seeking to exercise their privileges ...
Storytelling in Proposals 13 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
“Tell a story” is a common recommendation and theme across our Proposal Development Resource. Experts like Yun-Ling Wong from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pierre Chartrand, formerly of the Can...
‘Scaling’ Up My Learning Curve 10 Aug 2013 | 02:06 am
Ashley Teo Though I have been interested in social finance and impact investing for several years, I have hesitated at making any sort of concrete career move in its direction. Given social finance’s...
On being Tweet-smart and what it takes 3 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
Swati Anand “You are what you share.” ― Charles Leadbeater, ‘We Think: The Power Of Mass Creativity’ “Who do you like on Twitter?” This question was among the many in the arsenal of Communication pe...
Proposal Development Workshops in the Field 3 Aug 2013 | 01:24 am
A main impetus for developing the online proposal development resource at Grand Challenges Canada was to serve a much larger, broader audience than our occasional in-person workshops can reach. We fee...
Xcelerator Blog 3: Xcelerator Training Programs Asks Global Innovators to Think Like Investors 2 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
Laura Sampath, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) “Entrepreneurs with great ideas are often told to have unwavering conviction in their own beliefs and innovations,” said X...
Xcelerator Blog 2: Operationalizing – Context Analysis and Strategy Mapping 1 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
Laura Sampath, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) “Stand up and pair up!”, Xcelerator instructor James Barlow commanded as he kicked off Day 3 of the Xcelerator Training P...
Xcelerator Blog 1: Xcelerator Training Program for Saving Lives at Birth Grantees 1 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
Laura Sampath, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Stretch, pivot, generate, align, solve. These are the strategic “boot camp” moves that global innovators will be expected...
Seeking Advice from your Friends and Peers 30 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm
Let’s face it: global health funding – whether it’s academic, government or private – is competitive. There are many more proposals out there than there is money. That can sometimes translate to a com...
