Just a few days before leaving Sounds promising, somehow still unrealistic and far away: Going to India. I am sitting at home with a coffee, the newspaper on the table, the family members hurrying from the bathroom to the kitchen, where is the key, Mum, I need to pay a book at school, Mum, I…
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Changing the world: start a social enterprise or empower them
Starting an own social enterprise is one of many possibilities on how to change the world. Another one is to build a network and environment that empowers social enterprises. Which is your way? What’s happening in many parts of the world, is that there are many social entrepreneurs engaging in various critical areas: education, environment,…
How ageing is seen in the world
HOW AN AGEING POPULATION WILL CHANGE THE WORLD – BBC NEWS That is the title of a very interesting short video. Did you know that Japan is the country no.1 when it comes to ageing? That Asia and Europe are much more concerned about it than USA? But there is a chance to see it…
5 ideas on how to use social marketing for social issues and causes
Social marketing is not just a social way to communicate and share with others, not just a good marketing tool for all kind of businesses, but also an important way to address social topics and should be used much more also by social entrepreneurs. Often I find very interesting websites that describe social enterprises and…
Go to a town store without reading skills – just imagine…
Just imagine you cannot read and you are poor. You live in rural areas. You need to go into a store in the next town. A real store, not like the small rural seller location where if you go late you just find two or three remaining items and the cans and small containers with…
Happiness for society wanted? Make the vision touchable!
What defines happiness in your country? The number of excellent plans how to make people stay better? Economic growth? A good government? In the academic world social impact, happiness and make-the-world-better-concepts are broadly discussed and shared value or the social progress index are leading terms. “There has always been the idea that economic growth is…
Growing number of games for a better world
Can games help to create a better world? Without doubt- games are attractive. And fun. The number of educative games and those which can help to make the world a little better is growing rapidly. Did you know that Half The Sky Movement: The Game is a Facebook adventure that raises awareness & funds to…
Change is more than an all-in-one Dharavi solution
Change – more than the ‘Dharavi solution’ Short term supporting activities can be helpful – sometimes. Somehow. Some more, some less. But they do not change the general situation as long as there is no chance to revolutionize, create and grow another way of life. Focused support in huge crisis situations is without any doubt…
Spreading social good? It’s not about scaling up, but scaling deep
Have you ever asked why social entrepreneurs do often focus that much on scaling up? Especially, when they start thinking on further development of their business already working well on a local level? This is not bad, do not get me wrong, but I just wonder why social enterprise thinking takes the traditional old ways…
Crakakuiooi….About implementing innovative business models
I bet you are also looking for innovation – or at least for innovative ideas. Which is nothing bad, although I feel this term is somehow becoming ‘boring’ – everyone talks about innovation, innovate this, innovate that … Just think about the innovative market behind: Do you know all the techniques and processes on how…
Go India, go future! 