Hi there. Welcome to this blog. If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re curious about social enterprises. Maybe you run a program. Maybe you run a charity or maybe you run an organization and you’re curious about whether it IS a social enterprise or whether it COULD BE a social enterprise. I really want […]
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Guest post by Heather Simpson, S4G: Strategies for Good I must admit that I have been fixated by the coverage of Me to We. I will refer to Me to We throughout this post as I feel Me to We – the for-profit social enterprise– is the dominant entity and it is important to make
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Coming at data collection with a worldview shaped by capitalism often means data points are collected and become assets that are harvested from their environment. The data is usually disconnected from the humans behind the numbers, and the evolving stories and lived experience of vulnerable and marginalized people is often obscured and buried in the
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What could this global quarantine look like if we took a moment to reflect on the opportunity this enforced isolation has presented us? There are three feminine traits that will support us in this this moment as we live in this moment and transition into a post-COVID future. Firstly, BALANCE is crucial. We are not
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We are our support networks Amy Bartlett Mentorship and coaching are both a science and an art, and the unique relationship formed in this kind of work lies at the intersection between the personal and the professional in a myriad of ways. There are lots of articles and advice about how to be a good mentor,
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The Value of Making Cheap Mistakes Anouk Bertner Social enterprise is currently all the rage, with government, business and foundations mobilized and investing to help charities that want to start their own revenue-generating engine to support a shrinking, and more restrictive funding pool. It’s an exciting moment for NGOs and charities, but it also requires
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