Reading through many articles that talk about social entrepreneurship and social change there is one thing that is obvious: social change and social entrepreneurship are often connected to young people. Competitions are designed and often open to students/people below 30 only, universities see the high potential of change in the young generation. You are young,…
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My video of the month – social media for social change
Today I found this video and I just want to share with you – because it shows the networking community that empowers the different thinking. Social media, social change and social business – wherever we focus on it leads to the new way of thinking and shows the mechanism behind. Just thinking of what can…
Social change: Why business needs smiling Yoga at its heart
Don’t we and our industries, we as managers know about poverty, ecological problems, hunger , missing education and similar necessities in this world? Don’t many of us already engage? Individuals, foundations, companies… Yes. We do. Many of us are interested in social change – we all know that. Nevertheless, the success is still limited. Don’t…
The desire to change
Everyone knows that society needs change. The dimension of social needs – be it in emerging markets , be it in the richer and rich countries – is obvious. But is there really the desire to change? And if so, how strong is this desire? Many programs fail because they do not take into account…
Knitting together Arts and social change – and why not add business?
“The twentieth century has transformed the entire planet from a finite world of certainties to an infinite world of questioning and doubt. So if ever there was a need to stimulate creative imagination and initiative on the part of individuals, communities and whole societies the time is now. The notion of creativity can no longer…
Children books and Social change – help needed
There has been written so much about education as a key element to social change. And probably there are only a few things in the world that are that true. When I came across this chart I was really surprised how many children books lack of diversity. On the other side I know some people…
Talk to social entrepreneurs – How to start your social change career
(Image taken from video cited below) This morning I came across a fantastic video. I think there is so much truth in it and maybe it is a good starting point for today. As the social entrepreneurs in How-To Start Your Social Change Career explain, community service is a selfish act of self-improvement. You live…
Creating social impact: see the benefit of walking before participating in a marathon
It is astonishing how individual social entrepreneurs and/or small startups can achieve results by addressing and implementing innovative ways of social enterprises in local areas. Compared to huge organizations they are often much faster to connect and to start working together with local people on obvious needs. Probably this is due to a very pragmatic…
How you can help to promote social entrepreneur ideas
On 22nd June, took place the Impact journalism day, a day where 20 journals from 20 countries dedicated a supplement to social impact topics. That’s what they did: Building a network of like-minded editors Impact Journalism Day works through sharing. Each newspaper in the project found the most inspiring change-makers and creative innovations in their…
Socializing Social entrepreneurship – 1 + 1 makes 3
Socializing Social enterpreneurs – it sounds somehow strange, but this is what could lead to much more success in the future and accelerate social change in the world. We are just at the beginning. Having a look at ongoing social entrepreneur competitions, platforms and organizations that are involved in supporting social activities it is mostly…
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