A Business Plan for Social Change

A Business Plan for Social Change
TechnoServe is a 40-year-old group that has helped create or improve more than 2,000 businesses in the developing world. Transcript of radio broadcast:
24 February 2008

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

Starting a business is never easy. But an organization like TechnoServe can make it easier. A businessman in the American state of Connecticut, Ed Bullard, launched this nonprofit group forty years ago. The name comes from the idea of technology in the service of mankind.

TechnoServe looks for business solutions to rural poverty. Or, as it says on its Web site, "social change has a business plan." The group has helped create or improve more than two thousand businesses in about thirty countries.

Luba Vangelova works for TechnoServe in Washington, D.C. She tells us the group has an estimated budget this year of about forty-five million dollars. She says much of that will support business training and development programs in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.

In parts of Central America, for example, TechnoServe is helping coffee producers become competitive in new and growing markets. In rural India the group is assisting farmers with crop production. And in Mozambique, TechnoServe is helping develop the travel and tourism industry.

One way it identifies promising entrepreneurs is through a business plan competition called Believe Begin Become. This is an intensive program that provides technical training and expert advice.

Winners receive money to bring their business plans to reality. TechnoServe has held nine national competitions in Central America since two thousand two. Five competitions have been held in Africa, including one in Tanzania last year.

SPEAKER: "B.B.B. has been a breakthrough for me. Finally I am going to own my own business. And I am going to employ people."

A TechnoServe channel on YouTube describes Believe Begin Become and some of the winning business plans. Luba Vangelova says TechnoServe also supports entrepreneurship programs for teenagers and young adults.

Charity Navigator, an independent group that rates American charities, has given TechnoServe its highest rating.

And that’s the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill Moss. A link to TechnoServe can be found at voaspecialenglish.com, along with transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports.

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商业计划书对于社会变迁
technoserve是一个40岁的集团，已经帮助建立或改进超过2000个企业在发展中世界。全文电台广播：
2008年2月24日

这是美国之音特别英语的发展报告。

创办企业，是很不容易的事情。但一个组织像technoserve能方便。一位商人在美国国务院的美国康涅狄格州教育署Bullard将发起这个非营利性组织在四十年前。这个名字来自于理念的技术，在为人类服务。

technoserve面貌与商务解决方案，以农村贫困。或者，因为它在网站上称， "社会改变了商业计划书" 。该集团已帮助建立或改善超过2000的企业在约30个国家。

luba vangelova工程technoserve在华盛顿特区，她告诉我们，该集团预计今年的财政预算案约4500.0万美元。她说，在很大程度上是会支持的业务培训和发展计划，在拉丁美洲，非洲，亚洲和东欧。

在中美洲部分，举例来说， technoserve正在帮助咖啡生产者的竞争力，在新的和不断扩大的市场。在印度农村地区，该集团正在协助农民与作物产量。并在莫桑比克， technoserve是帮助发展旅游产业。

方法之一，它确定了有前途的企业家，是通过创业计划比赛称为相信开始成为。这是一个密集的计画，提供技术培训和专家的意见。

得奖者收受钱财，使他们的经营计划，以现实。 technoserve已举行了9次全国比赛，在中美洲自2000两。五项比赛已在非洲举行，其中一人在坦桑尼亚去年。

一位发言者说： "惠誉评级公司已经取得了突破性的我，最后我要自己我自己的生意和我要聘请人" 。

1 technoserve频道YouTube的描述，相信开始成为一些获奖的商业计划。 luba vangelova说technoserve还支持创业课程，为青少年和年轻的成年人。

慈善航海家，一个独立小组，即利率，美国的慈善机构，已发出technoserve其最高评级。

这也是该美国之音特别英语发展报告撰写的吉尔苔。链接technoserve可在voaspecialenglish.com ，随着誊本， MP3和播客我们的报告。