
Today marked the day when the smallest ripple will spread out and virally infect the entire pool with synergized movements to create a better impact to the society, at least, in Balik Pulau. And I'm sure many more small ripples are being initiated in various villages and towns at this very moment to move the entire nation, and when nations collaborate, the entire world will vibrate. We started with a formation of Kelab Usahawan Sosial (Social Entrepreneurs Club - SEC/KUSBP) where a dozen local citizens of Balik Pulau congregated and one of the only two Pusat Internet Desa (Rural Internet Centre) in Penang (with another one in Tasek Gelugor, Seberang Perai) and agreed to push forward with its establishment as fast as possible.

Next week, the committee will welcome representatives from Kuala Lumpur-based Warisan Global Sdn Bhd, host for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Malaysia 2008. And in weeks ahead, expect intense discussions on activities planned for GEW Penang/Malaysia and back-to-back trainings for would-be social entrepreneurs ("usahawan sosial", as an opposed to commercial/for-profit-only entrepeneurs).
Read more about social entrepeneurship at:-
- Wikipedia
- WikiVersity
GKP's Young Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI)
- UK-based School for Social Entrepeneurs (SSE) and Canada-based University of Alberta School of Business's CCSE.
- Palo Alto, USA-based Skoll Foundation and its Social Edge portal
- Switzerland-based Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
- Inspired Pragmatism Blog by Madhukar Shukla
- New York University (NYU) Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship
- Telecentre.org
- And supporting agencies including Canada-based IDRC, Swiss-based SDC, Microsoft (Unlimited Potential Program) and Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP, with Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia based Secretariat)