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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social enterprises such as car-sharing programs are changing the nature of urban transportation and providing alternative options to individual car ownership. Promising ideas are in ample supply, but the crucial question is: How can social innovators scale such innovations so that their local impact adds up to big solutions?

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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While nonprofits and social enterprises tend to want to use it as a tool to force companies to contribute to the SDGs, investors want consistent measures to evaluate financial decisions (namely risk), and business leaders want not to incur higher costs.

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3 challenges freelancers face, and 3 of the best freelancing tools

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Distractions from family and social media are a huge problem for freelancers. Most freelancers take breaks and log into social media, and find they have whiled the day away doing nothing constructive. It is up to you to be pro-active and manage your time well. How to mitigate freelancing challenges. We want to help.

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How to Seek Inspiration for Decorating Your Home

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Your vision constructs upon the core competencies of your organization’s comprising of you have previously created: The history of the organization, sponsor base, powers, exclusive capabilities, assets, and belongings. All individuals should obtain a healthy amount of physical activity daily. Associated with core competencies.

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Instead of Disruption, Leverage What Already Exists

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For as long as most of us can remember, social enterprises and social movements have sought to disrupt systems from the outside or to make fundamental policy changes from the top down. By Jim Bildner & Stephanie Khurana.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market. Engaging in ecosystem restoration activities is a direct means for companies to address prior harm inflicted upon ecosystems. Contribute to ecosystem restoration. We stand at a crossroads.

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A Social Movement Requires Momentum

Stanford Social Innovation Review

InvestedFaith is an example of a multi-funder, nonprofit initiative that works with local congregations to support community development by redirecting assets to social enterprises sourced from a practitioner advisory committee.