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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. Understanding how social innovation directly affects people’s lives is essential.

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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. In Education. We see the same thing in organizations focused on educational attainment.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. Companies can also look beyond their own walls for innovative ideas.

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The Colors Co-op Experiment: Learning the Right Lessons from Our Failure

NonProfit Quarterly

As a former Windows on the World worker and a co-founder of ROC who witnessed the restaurant’s opening (2005) and closing (2020), I believe it is important to assess what worked, what did not, and what can be learned from the experience that might inform future co-op and social enterprise efforts. million yearly.

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The Power of Self-Renewal: Sustaining Your Impact as a Leader

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Throughout my 35-year career as an optometrist turned social entrepreneur, I have practiced continual self-renewal in pursuit of a world where equitable access to eyeglasses is universal, especially for the poorest and most remote communities. Compassionate capitalism and public-private partnerships held the key to jumpstarting our impact.

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Director of Quality and Strategic Growth

Anedot

Establish and maintain community partnerships in the areas of; employment, volunteerism, social engagement, education, vocational training, or any other areas of interest to the individuals served or that would enhance BI services. QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS EDUCATION : Master’s Degree in Business or related field required.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

“Then they gave me another account, which was public broadcasting. This was the first time public broadcasting had hired an advertising agency to build audience. And she was applying what I thought of as marketing to Sesame Street, which is education. Then there is private policy change, though corporations and organizations.