Sunday, June 7, 2009

http://www.thelearningpit.com/

TheLearningPit Stop - for PLC and Ladder Logic Simulators, Programmable Software Simulations, Course Materials, Curriculum and Support For Trades and Technology Training.

http://www.electrocon.com/systemsim.html - System Simulator

System Simulator's stepped-event analysis:
Comprehensive and tightly integrated database of the network and its protection DEVICES, detailed protective device models, a short circuit computational engine that can analyze networks any combination of complex faults.

http://www.softsearch.com/ac4/index.asp - Business Software Store

A broad selection of software from our over 265 software categories covering general business and development needs, such as accounting, project management and development tools.

http://www.etap.com/tutorials.htm - ETAP Tutorials And Training Videos

ETAP Tutorials are videos or PDF documents providing a quick and easy method to learn a variety of ETAP features and capabilities. A large variety of tutorials from functions as basic as creating a new ETAP project, to more advanced functions like how to add new models, and TCC curves to ETAP libraries.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Support (Inclusive of Funding) Organizations for Social Entrepreneurships

NESsT (www.nesst.org)
Nonprofit organizations supporting the development of social enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America.

CIVICUS (www.civicus.org)
Helps civil society organisations achieve their goals by helping them plan their actions and activities

ASHOKA (www.ashoka.org)
An international fellowship of social entrepreneurs that promotes the development and sustainability of social entrepreneurships

Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (www.ysei.org)
Promotes the idea of social entrepreneurship among youths and empower young social entrepreneurs in developing countries by providing assistance in 4 key areas - knowledge. networking, mentorship and financing

Youth Venture (www.genv.net)
A branch of Ashoka’s social mission that provides disadvantaged youth with the limited tools to build civic-minded clubs, businesses or organizations

UnLtd (www.unltd.org.uk/)
It is s a charity which supports social entrepreneurs

APERIO (www.pepintranquada.com)
Consults and supports social entrepreneurships, for growing, sustainable entrepreneurial social sector

Draper Richards Foundation (www.draperrichards.org/)
Fellowships to young social entrepreneurs and supports them during the start-up phase to help create a wide-reaching social change
REF:http://www.scribd.com/document_downloads/15780275

Funding Associations for Social Enterprises

Skoll Foundation - gives grants and provides development programs to support social entrepreneurial organizations (www.skollfoundation.org)

Acumen Fund - an international fund, based in the US, that links serious philanthropists with social innovators. (www.acumenfund.org)

The Scarman Trust - a UK charity committed to helping citizens bring about change in the British community (www.thescarmantrust.org/)

ChangeMakers - an Ashoka initiative that provides financial awards to budding social entrepreneurs, whose ideas have the ability to help change the world (www.changemakers.net)

The Omidyar Network - funds social enterprises to try and foster a sense of individual self-empowerment on a global scale. (www.omidyar.net)

GlobalGiving - provides a forum for social entrepreneurs to put-up their respective projects and requests for funding. Here, private donors fund projects or ideas that they believe are capable of creating vast social impact (www.globalgiving.com/)

Network Links for Social Entrepreneurs

Futureshifters -an online social network dedicated to young social entrepreneurs to share, engage and meet peers and potential supporters (www.futureshifters.net)

Unltd World - an online social network by Unltd UK to connect social entrepreneurs with various stakeholders (www.unltdworld.com)

Schwab Foundation - consists of a network of outstanding individual social entrepreneurs throughout the world, it is linked with the World Economic Forum. (www.schwabfound.org/)

The Echoing Green foundation - an American based association that endorses International fellowships of individual social entrepreneurs.(www.echoinggreen.org)
Social Edge - a program of the Skoll foundation that connects social entrepreneurs, to help them learn and discuss the different practices used in running an entrepreneurship (www.socialedge.org)

Idealist - a website which provides opportunities for people, organizations and consultants to collaborate with one another and successfully build a social enterprise (http://idealist.org/)

Social Media Publications

Fast Company
a magazine that takes an innovative approach to publishing articles, anecdotes and real-life stories on the skills and abilities required to run an enterprise. (http://www.fastcompany.com)
Making Waves
a Canadian magazine that is primarily involved in the planning of CED’s(community economic developments) and social entrepreneurship workshops. (http://www.cedworks.com)

EasyPower

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The EasyPower product family delivers a full lineup of powerful Windows®-based tools for intelligently designing, analyzing, and monitoring electrical power systems. With the fastest processing speeds on the market, EasyPower delivers instantaneous, accurate results to help you make more intelligent decisions every day.

http://www.easypower.com/services/


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Power Flow Analysis
Power Factor Analysis
Motor Starting Analysis
Relay Coordination Analysis
Harmonic Analysis
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Load Shedding Analysis
Flicker Analysis
Reliability Analysis
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