If you think it, ask it … in a nice way of course! Unlocking what the other person knows, feels, wants is essential for social business. These questions do not require years of studies nor a complete market research project. They can be simple: Easy ones. Challenging ones. Interesting ones. Impossible ones. But all designed…
Category: change and society
What, if social entrepreneurs just went across the borders
Many social entrepreneurs start small and on a very local level. Often there is no other choice. And maybe it is even the best way to find out if the concept works. Once your business works and you get first results, it’s time to enlarge your business horizons. But how? How to get connected with…
Social entrepreneurship: How to get people motivated to support you
What I learned in the last years is that there are two different ‘levels’ of motivating people and team members, the ‘passive’ and the ‘active’ one. What does it mean? The ‘passive’ one is the basic level of motivation: It’ s the level where we often focus in our discussions, presentations and communication, whether it…
How to combine a coffee break and content marketing
I am sure you have heard it and read a lot about it: Content is king. Content marketing is the best way of reaching people, socialising and interacting. Probably it is also right and as Gartner says: It’s a challenge to keep the creativity fresh. It’s hard to know what will do well, what people…
Industry and social entrepreneurs meet – some thoughts, social entrepreneurs part III
Copyright (c) 123RF Stock Photos Have you ever thought about how you as social entrepreneur should prepare when you meet business people in huge companies? Are there some specific issues you should be aware of? I asked this several times to myself. Expectations management might be key for preparation when social entrepreneurs meet managers. But…
Social entrepreneurs and digital presence – the sum of actions counts
From all those years of study, at school, university, professional courses – by the things I remember – what do I retain? Not much. But some moments, a random fact or snatch of memories comes back and make me think. Some phrases, some impressions, questions, reactions. Small pieces that one by one formed my knowledge,…
10 golden socializing rules of innovation – a car without drivers is useless
Do you know these kind of meetings where you are asked to think about alternative ways of doing? However you will call it – brainstorming, design thinking or creativity hour – normally, this idea process starts slowly. But already after half an hour the paper is full of ideas. People recognize very easily where they…
Shakespeare loved to entertain the audience – why shouldn’t you? Social entrepreneurs, part II
Do you read pure scientific information on a certain topic if you are not a real expert or/and don’t have a specific motivation to do so? Do you like stories which entertain you and make you laugh? Do you prefer websites full of texts and long scrolling activities to shorter, focused and entertaining websites? No,…
How to succeed as social entrepreneur, part 1
Are you a social entrepreneur? Do you want to do something good and scale it up? Then you should learn from nature and increase your network channels’ usage and networking skills. Networking needs to become one of your main activities. Because this is the natural way on how things work very well and complexity can…
4 hours Polka in the car
The infographic on ‘social network love’ shown in the article mentioned below makes me laugh and makes me think at the same time. Having a drink in the bar I just look around, people with mobiles everywhere… and I ask myself what would they do for not loosing their social network profiles? Do You Suffer…
Go India, go future! 