Catching Up

Time to share a few links that we've been meaning to post for a while:

Speak another language fluently? Consider volunteering for the TED Open Translation Project and translating a TED talk. Details at TED.com.

Check out the job posting for a Corporate Social Responsibility Manager for Wells Fargo in Hyderabad, India. For this and other great opportunities, visit nextbillion.net.

Meanwhile, on the nextbillion.net blog, our very own Seth Nemeroff writes about a discussion panel for the book Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day.

If you have any other links you'd like to share with your fellow young professionals, just leave them in the comments. Thanks!

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Sorry! One more thing. Cool opportunity for Indian professionals to "meaningfully bring your knowledge and talents to your land of heritage" as an Indicorps member. Learn more about their special Young Professionals Initiative.

The Blue Sweater is Now Available

The Blue Sweater - Acumen Fund CEO Jacqueline Novogratz's personal memoir about her quest to understand global poverty - is now in stores. I can't wait to get started this weekend after reading all the blog and news coverage of it. Here are a few of the highlights:

-BusinessWeek gives The Blue Sweater four stars

-The Financial Times has a glowing review (subscription required)

-The McKinsey Quarterly has a video interview and excerpt on its site

-And GOOD writes, "it can be easy to forget that one person can make a massive, humongous, undeniable impact on the world. I've had my many cynical moments—we all have. Which is why it's nice to be reminded from time to time that there are muses out there we can look to for some pointers. Today, here's someone to think about: Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of Acumen Fund and first-time author."

Happy reading!

The Blue Sweater

We're looking forward to reading Acumen Fund CEO Jacqueline Novogratz's personal memoir, The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World. The book follows her quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.

Some exciting events related to The Blue Sweater are in the works for Young Professionals for Acumen Fund - check back soon for more details. (FYI, the book hits shelves on March 3.)