Education
Rethinking Business Plan Competitions
Examining the pitfalls and potential of social business plan competitions, and how educators can redesign them for greater impact.
Tag: Social Entrepreneurship
Education
Critical Competences for Social Impact Leaders
Five opportunities for educators to more clearly connect classic entrepreneurial skills to the social impact field and to foster skills that can serve a range of social impact leadership roles.
Education
Why Social Impact Educators Should Disrupt Their Own Systems
Changing who and how universities teach social innovation offers unprecedented learning opportunities for students—and the potential to create greater social impact.
Scaling
Three Things Every Growing Nonprofit Needs to Scale
An organization’s early-stage success has less to do with having a charismatic, lone visionary at the helm, and more to do with teamwork, metrics, and access to capital.
Education
Shaping Social Impact Education Through Collective Wisdom
More and more students are seeking out courses from business schools that support them in pursuing meaningful careers, and universities are responding, but what does the future hold?
Collaboration
What Lessons Does “Brexit” Hold for Social Innovators Worldwide?
Social innovators have a lot to learn from situations where they and their target beneficiaries vote on opposite sides.
Arts & Culture
Building Cultural Prosperity
What we can learn from cultural innovators, and why it’s important.
Social Enterprise
Market-Oriented and Mission-Focused: Social Enterprises Around the Globe
Social enterprises contribute significantly to the economy, and simultaneously are fiercely social mission-driven.
Social Enterprise
A New Financial Reporting Model for Social Enterprises
Treating philanthropic grants as revenue can hurt social enterprises’ performance.
Social Enterprise
Reverse the Brain Drain
The social sector must better support entrepreneurs and professionals who have migrated from the developing world, and who want to positively influence social change in their countries of origin.