BYU Microfinance Club

Excitement is building for the BYU Microfinance Club! We continue to roll out our weekly Microfinance Forum of exciting guest speakers who’ve had amazing social & economic impacts. Collectively, they’ve worked in dozens of countries, having raised hundreds of millions of dollars to empower some 8 million-plus impoverished people, mostly women in the Third World so they can advance toward economic self-reliance. This week’s presenter is Tim Stay, an amazing high-tech entrepreneur who has launched, grown, & sold a dozen successful businesses. More importantly for our purposes, he’s a high-results social entrepreneur who has co-founded MFI programs around the globe. Come, hear Tim, & meet us tomorrow (Wed, March 20) at 7:00 PM at the Marriott School of Business!

Great insight on social innovation and how to measure whether humanitarian work and social ventures are actually succeeding!

https://vimeo.com/17292835

Kevin Starr: Lasting Impact Kevin Starr, Mulago Foundation director, looks for the best solutions to the biggest problems in the poorest countries. He thinks all projects need to answer four…

http://www.opportunity.org/blog/what-were-reading-top-10-blogs-about-microfinance-poverty-eradication/ #.UfCgAGQZmdk

What We’re Reading: Top 10 Blogs About Microfinance & Poverty Eradication Blogs are a great way to hear a variety of voices and experience an issue from diverse perspectives and if you’re interested in microfinance and global development there are a variety of sites full of information, opinions, and more. These blogs, like our Opportunity Blog, are fun ways to learn mor...

Hi everyone!!!
Motiis is a brand new company whose mission is to alleviate poverty in developing countries using a for-profit business model. Motiis recently received a large investment to build businesses and create wealth in Africa.

I want to invite you to help with the launch of the Motiis web video. This video push is part of an attempt to raise awareness about our efforts and find candidates to be a part of the first Motiis project beginning this year in Kenya. The launch will be held at two times to accommodate everyone’s schedule: Monday July 8 at 7:00 PM and Tuesday July 9 at 9:00 AM.

Be a part of this event and meet world thought leader in microfranchising and Motiis CEO Jason Fairbourne.

· We’ll provide pizza and drinks.
· We'll raffle off of prizes.
· All you need to bring is a laptop, which you’ll use to help spread our new video to your friends.

So join us for pizza, prizes, and lots of posting. We could use your help!

Address: 560 S 100 W Provo UT 84601 (Third Floor, North Loft)
Be sure to RSVP with the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HrrjnmV6ocd81-cXCaVUYuc3dV8MhgjGHL_YhrsWkRw/viewform

See you there!
BYU Microfinanace Clun

Motiis Launch RSVP https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HrrjnmV6ocd81-cXCaVUYuc3dV8MhgjGHL_YhrsWkRw/viewform

We have been informed of 2 full-time VISTA positions available with Teens Act, a nonprofit that helps at-risk students go to college. The office is in Provo.
1. Program & Outreach Coordinator
2. Business & Strategy Coordinator
from Aug 2013-Aug 2014. Application deadline June 24th.
For more info go to http://www.teens-act.org/jobs/Vista/
These positions are not directly related to microfinance, but are a great opportunity.

VISTA positions Teen Act is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps at-risk student go to college. We offer an approved elective course to students that is taken during the school day in secondary grade levels. Teens Act will serve over 100 students and their parents this coming school year.