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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. Social enterprises driven by a desire to improve lives can also get mired in ideological conflict.

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How to Create a High-Performing Non-Profit Team

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How to Create a High-Performing Non-Profit Team Successful nonprofits, NGOs and Social Enterprises have high performing teams. Collaborating with agencies that specialize in disability employment services can help you find the right candidates who align with your mission and values, ensuring a well-rounded and effective team.

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Bringing Organizational Cultures Together for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when organizations come together to tackle social and environmental challenges. Research reveals how inter-organizational collaborations for social impact often run into structural or governance issues like power asymmetries or a focus on the wrong metric of success.

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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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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

After some years, DJ Bola found out about the Artemisia accelerator program, the first social enterprise accelerator in Brazil. DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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10 Essential Social Media Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

10 Essential Social Media Tools for Nonprofits. Want to become more effective with your Nonprofit, Social Enterprise or NGO? Check out this line up of great Social Media Marketing Tools for Nonprofits by George. Social media plays a significant role in the online promotion of your nonprofit, charity or NGO.

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Not Invented, But Scaled Here

Stanford Social Innovation Review

On one hand, social enterprises and other small innovative organizations can be an engine for conceptualizing, designing, testing, and validating new solutions to old problems. Obstacles related to operational infrastructure and access can be costly to solve, derailing a social enterprise’s scaling ambitions.