Big Picture
The New Social Innovators
How the next generation of funders and social entrepreneurs are already taking cues from tech to “hack” the world’s most pressing social problems.
Tag: Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Bringing Social Entrepreneurship into the Classroom
Why we must leverage hands-on experience and service learning to encourage the next generation of social innovators.
Social Entrepreneurship
Creating a Level Playing Field for Social Innovators in Africa
By supporting local innovators, we can solve more social problems and deepen our access to new systems thinking.
Social Entrepreneurship
Taking the Pulse of Investment in Social Enterprise
A recent survey highlights the important role of social enterprise in poverty alleviation.
Food
Between Listening and Doing
A “whole health” approach to improving access to food and food education.
Social Entrepreneurship
Thriving on Failure
In cities all around the world, entrepreneurs are gathering to discuss the flubs, flops, and fiascos that punctuate their careers.
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Civil Society
Compassionate Careers: Making a Living by Making a Difference
Compassionate Careers explores a number of career paths that provide opportunities for service-focused passions to unite and empower a new movement.
Social Entrepreneurship
Time to Define What a “Hub” Really Is
Clarifying four core features that hub organizations are widely assumed to share can help us grasp their limits and possibilities as innovation intermediaries.
Collaboration
Relationship Advice for Cross-Sector Collaborators
When two organizations bond across sectoral lines, how do you keep the fire going?
Impact Investing
Priming the Pump and Getting Out
How an early-stage impact funder and start-up social business in Arusha, Tanzania, struck a deal to get things started and create an opportunity for early exit.