May 2013
10 posts
Report: Harnessing the Power of Social Finance |...
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Twitter's top trumps: are you the Lady Gaga of...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Ever wondered how influential you are in the world of social enterprise? Joe Jervis reveals the top 50 most connected tweeters See on socialenterprise.guardian.co.uk
Functionalism and mental boundaries
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice I’ve decided to dust off some of the papers from a themed issue that I co-edited five years ago since I happen to be very much in “extended mind” mode just now. First up is Larry Shapiro - below is… See on manwithoutqualities.com
A Brief Guide to Embodied Cognition: Why You Are...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice Embodied cognition, the idea that the mind is not only connected to the body but that the body influences the mind, is one of the more … See on blogs.scientificamerican.com
Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion - European...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Publications catalogue See on ec.europa.eu
Yiannis Gabriel: Storytelling and the unmanaged...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEco See on yiannisgabriel.com
The Alchemy of Tomorrow: Turn Conflict Into...
See on Scoop.it - Learning, Education & Coaching See on hsdinstitute.org
Attractors Monthly e-Article | Human Systems...
See on Scoop.it - Learning, Education & Coaching See on hsdinstitute.org
Changing Business As Usual: 3 Questions for...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt ‘Changing Business As Usual: 3 Questions for Non-profit & For-profit Innovation Leaders’ blog post by David Wilcox. See on csrwire.com
‘Social entrepreneurs’ bring new ideas, new...
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April 2013
53 posts
What Startups Need to Understand About The ...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Every year, large corporations spend billions of dollars on supporting, investing in, marketing to, and donating to small businesses, startups, and the organizations that support them. See on forbes.com
Profit Meets Purpose: Why Social Entrepreneurship...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Social ventures that create new value chains while generating profit in pursuit of social goals are a direct challenge to Milton Friedman’s dictum that the social purpose of a business is to generate profit for its shareholders. See on huffingtonpost.com
The No-Nonsense Guide To Getting Paid For Your...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice One of the biggest challenges for consultants and professional services providers is knowing how to effectively charge for time. Here’s the no-nonsense guide. See on brasstackthinking.com
Shine On You Crazy Diamonds – Why Social...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt For this article I am using my NOVA method for structure – Needs, Opportunities, Values, Actions – and I will assume the reader knows what a social entrepreneur is, and what it means to burn out. N… See on pascalescheurer.wordpress.com
Inside a Completely Transparent Company
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt At Buffer, employees know everything about everyone else: how much they make, what their equity is worth—even how much they sleep. See on inc.com
A history of social finance - from the Knights...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt SocialFinance.ca is a network of investors, enterprises, and enablers that are actively harnessing finance for social impact through community investment, microfinance, social enterprise, philanthropy, and responsible investment. See on socialfinance.ca
Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt New funding models are about to revolutionize the social sector. See on blogs.hbr.org
How to Build a Collaborative Organization -...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEco Building a collaborative organization is not easy. Where do you start? This article gives four rules for buildling collaborative organizations. See on ouishare.net
Foucault and social media: life in a virtual...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEco This is the first instalment in a three-part series. Part 2. I tweet, therefore I become Part 3. The call of the crowd —————————————————————- You start the day bleary-eyed and … See on philosophyforchange.wordpress.com
5 Ways Social Enterprises Can Better Engage...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt How are large private sector companies supporting social enterprises? Are there enough collaborations where well-meaning corporations can form strategic partnerships with social enterprises to further a good cause. See on ecopreneurist.com
What Job Candidates Really Want: Meaningful Work
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Attract the best and the brightest by offering them purpose. See on blogs.hbr.org
Gartner Says the Vast Majority of Social...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEco Although social technologies are employed by 70 percent of organizations, Gartner, Inc. said most social collaboration initiatives fail because they follow a worst practice approach of See on gartner.com
Innovation Is Not the Holy Grail (SSIR)
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt It is time to move from innovation as an ideology to innovation as a process. See on ssireview.org
The Most Important Business Ranking in the World
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt ‘The Most Important Business Ranking in the World’ blog post by Jay Coen Gilbert. See on csrwire.com
Change agents
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Socially entrepreneurial organizations are often lean but always high touch. See on voices.mckinseyonsociety.com
Dreamstarter: A crowdfunding platform for social...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt StartSomeGood has partnered with leading financial services provider ING DIRECT to launch Dreamstarter, a crowdfunding initiative to boost Australia’s social enterprise sector.Dreamstarter offers inspirational Australian entrepreneurs an online platform… See on prwire.com.au
Find Your Moment of Obligation
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice Don’t let it pass you by. See on blogs.hbr.org
From CSR to Purpose Driven Business In 2013:...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt ‘From CSR to Purpose Driven Business In 2013: Semantics or Substance?’ blog post by Jonathan Løw. See on csrwire.com
Fair Trade USA’s CEO On Being A Better Social...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt There is no guidebook for changing the world; there are no roadmaps. These are uncharted waters. See on fastcoexist.com
5 Quick Ways to Identify a Responsible Company
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Here are 5 ways to identify a responsible company for the busy yet interested global citizen. See on triplepundit.com
An Argument For Purpose-Driven Business: Here to...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt ‘An Argument For Purpose-Driven Business: Here to Stay?’ blog post by Guest Contributors. See on csrwire.com
How to Create Your Reason
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice In an economy that’s going nowhere, having a “why” is more important than ever. See on blogs.hbr.org
The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship in B-Schools...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt The numbers suggest new MBAs aren’t just in it for the money. See on blogs.hbr.org
Jeff Skoll’s top 10 World Forum hits | Pioneers...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Jeff Skoll, the founder of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, has set out his top ten highlights in the decade-long history of the event. See on pioneerspost.com
11 quick + dirty things about writing | Justine...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ― Sylvia Plath 1. See on justinemusk.com
The fireflies next time
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Social entrepreneurs are testing many ideas about the proper relationship between business and society, some of which may eventually scale up and become standard practice for organizations of all sizes. See on voices.mckinseyonsociety.com
Michael Porter unveils new health and happiness...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt The Harvard professor, who created the concept of shared value, hopes to bring social and environmental considerations to the top of the policy and corporate agenda See on guardian.co.uk
An Ontological Understanding of Dialogue in...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice This dissertation develops an ontological understanding of dialogue that is then used to reconsider the forms and purposes of schooling. Employing the works of Martin Buber and Mikhail Bakhtin, th… See on gfbertini.wordpress.com
Three approaches to evaluating social innovation –...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt It’s important to pick the right evaluation approach for the stage your intervention is at, says Kieron Kirkland See on guardian.co.uk
How P&G Presents Data to Decision-Makers
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice When it comes to data visualization, it’s not how creative you are, but how common. See on blogs.hbr.org
The end of everything
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice The book title that won’t go away. See on washingtonpost.com
conversation matters: Four Conversations to...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice Trish Silber coauthored this post with me When organizations face adaptive challenges that are complex and unpredictable, the people who have ideas vital to dealing with the issues are those whose work is impacted by the challenge. See on nancydixonblog.com
I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter | Issue...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice Scott O’Reilly loops the loop with Douglas Hofstadter. See on philosophynow.org
Recognize Your "Escape Mode," and Identify the...
See on Scoop.it - Reflexive Practice When we’re subconsciously trying to avoid something, many of us fall into an “escape mode” where we pick up slightly unusual habits. See on lifehacker.com
Big data and the sentient world | No Straight...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt How does big data help us upgrade our world? See on no-straight-lines.com
CultureLab: Time for economics to shed its...
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IPS – Water Crisis Hitting Food, Energy – And...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEco Water Crisis Hitting Food, Energy – And Everything Else - How much water does it take to turn on a light? It took 10,000 litres to make your jeans. Another three big bathtubs of water was needed for your two-eggs-toast-coffee breakfast this morning. See on ipsnews.net
Laboratories for Social Change
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Iiro Niemi’s insight: How planning is killing us and why social prototyping will save us See on labsforsocialchange.org
Social networks and engineering serendipity in the...
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Is a company with CSR activity a social...
See on Scoop.it - #SocEnt Social Spark and Ashoka Canada hosted a Changemaker Showcase at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. An audience member asked - Is a company involved in CSR a social enterprise? See on socialenterprisebuzz.com
