What can I do to get more involved?
Join the community + meet like-minded people:
- NextBillion.net on LinkedIn
- NextBillion.net's Facebook Page
- Follow our updates on Twitter
- BOPSource - the first social network for the base of the pyramid
- Business Fights Poverty
- The Base of the Pyramid group on LinkedIn
- The Bottom of the Pyramid group on Facebook
- Get involved with Acumen Fund, a co-sponsor of NextBillion.net
Find a job, internship or volunteer opportunity in the Career Center; other resources include:
- NextBillion.net's Career Center
- MBAs Without Borders
- MBA Enterprise Corps
- Engineers Without Borders
- Kiva Fellows
Go beyond an internship with a fellowship. A range of fellowships exist with leading organizations working at the base of the pyramid. Below are fellowships with upcoming deadlines for application - more coming soon.
- Legatum Fellowship, MIT. Deadline - February 10, 2010.
Competitions exist to elevate new and innovative ideas and technology, including these relevant to the base of the pyramid:
- Dell Social Innovation Competition. Deadline March 1, 2010.
- Ennovent Challenge: Energy for India's Poor. Deadline January 31, 2010.
- Global Social Venture Competition. Executive Summary Deadline January 20, 2010.
Attend a conference or networking event focusing on base of the pyramid topics. Please contact us and we will be happy to list your event in this space if appropriate.
- Book Talk on For-Profit Education Models for the BoP New York, NY. February 11.
- Emerging Markets Investor Forum. New York, NY. February 25-26, 2010.
- Harvard Social Enterprise Conference. Cambridge, MA. February 27-28, 2010.
- Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference. Miami, FL. March 17-19, 2010.
- Skoll World Forum. Oxford, UK. April 14-16.
- Global Engagement Summit. Evanston IL. April 14-18.
- Investors Circle Spring Conference & Venture Fair. San Francisco, CA. April 18-20.
- Unite for Sight - Global Health & Innovation Conference. New Haven, CT. April 17-18.
- Global Philanthropy Forum. Redwood City, CA. April 18-21.
- Global Social Venture Competition. Berkeley, CA. April 22-23.
- Sankalp Forum 2010. Mumbai, India. May 4-5.
