---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wren McNally <wrenmc@uw.edu> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:59 AM Subject: Please distribute: GSEC 2012 application announcement To: Gaetano Borriello <gaetano@cs.washington.edu> Dear Gaetano, We could use your help to distribute the application announcement for our 8th annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC). Please join our efforts to reach as many students worldwide as possible – spread the word far and wide through your networks! For your convenience, I provided messages below my signature for social media and email distribution. The GSEC application deadline is November 9, 2010.  Any enrolled university student – in any field, at any level of study – is eligible to apply.   GSEC business ideas may focus on any subject area and must address a problem of poverty in developing countries. Great news for 2012: ·         We will select 15-20 teams to participate in GSEC Week (Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2012) ; ·         Travel scholarships will be given to international teams, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; ·         At least $30,000 in prizes will be awarded, including a global health and an Information & Communications Technology (ICT) prize! Please contact me with any questions.  Thank you in advance for your support! Wren McNally Assistant Director, Faculty & Community Programs Global Business Center/CIBER Foster School of Business, University of Washington Lewis Hall 315, Box 353200, Seattle, WA 98195 T: (206) 543-4109 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) www.facebook.com/GSECUW 8TH ANNUAL GLOBAL SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION (GSEC) ANNOUNCEMENTS: Facebook – www.facebook.com/GSECUW Students worldwide are invited to apply to GSEC: submit applications by Nov. 9, 2011! GSEC will give at least $30,000 in prizes, as well as travel scholarships, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. **Rules, application, and guidelines on the GSEC website** Twitter – @GSECUW Students worldwide: submit social biz ideas to GSEC by 11/9/2011. Travel support, great exposure, mentorship, $30k in prizes! #socent Email – Please spread the word: Applications are open for the 8th annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC)!  Apply by November 9, 2011 GSEC invites students around the world – across disciplines and levels of study to – to submit innovative business solutions to poverty in developing countries.     15-20 student teams from around the globe will be invited to Seattle for GSEC Week 2012 (Feb. 27 – Mar. 2), where they present to 400+ professionals, and compete for $30,000 in monetary prizes, including global health and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) prizes!  Travel scholarships available for international teams, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Rules, guidelines, and application available on the GSEC Rules & Prizes page . Questions? Contact: gsec@uw.edu Blogs – Let your readers know about GSEC and the application deadline! Share your experience. Spread the news that GSEC teams are making a difference! ·         2011 winning teams Sanergy’s pilot project in Kenya aims to serve 5000 people and create +80 jobs!  Thanks to GSEC, they met with two Rotary Club chapters in Nairobi, one of which led to a connection that with a company that now supplies the cement used in their toilets. They were recently invited to join the Clinton Global Initiative and SOCAP11. ·         How does Wello (2011 global health prize team) plan to impact 1,000,000 lives in the next  5 years?  With the support of Seattle funders, they’re launching a pilot project in November. ·         Remember the 2012 GSEC team who sought to support rice farmers in Mali? As a result of GSEC, Malo Traders gained valuable insights from the PATH Ultra Rice program and participated in the Unreasonable Institute this summer.