Creating a 'Social Business City'
From an article by Pioneers Post
Taoyuan City, Taiwan has created “an enabling ecosystem for social businesses, social enterprises and social innovation” by removing obstacles and giving them the “power, means, opportunities and authority to pursue their goals”
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Increasing trust and engagement in fundraising
From a video at Digital Leaders
Ripples asked the question, ‘What if donors could understand their impact in 5 seconds?’. They created an impact feed in their app - fast, personalized evidence. Donor feedback overwhelmingly positive.
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21st Century Pioneers: Faith, enterprise + social purpose
From a report by Jubilee Centre
Christians are playing a key role in purpose-driven businesses, social enterprises of all sizes, across the UK and a wide range of sectors. Working in business is a vocation for many. Renewal is happening today and needs to be encouraged.
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Unshattered - ending the addiction relapse cycle
Geoff Knott
They save 3000+ lbs of fabrics, textiles from landfill yearly. Women with lived experience use reclaimed material to create unique, handcrafted handbags, etc - making a difference for planet and themselves.
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The Flourishing Business Canvas
From Flourishing Enterprise Innovation
The Flourishing Enterprise Innovation Toolkit is a management innovation to enable leaders to design their flourishing enterprise: socially beneficial, environmentally regenerative and financially viable.
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Lessons in scaling for impact
From a report by Spring Impact
‘Impact at scale’ remains a buzzword; widely talked about but little understood, especially when it comes to practical implementation. Spring Impact have distilled the lessons learned in 10 years of helping mission-driven orgs to scale.
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How to build an impact city: nurture neighbourhoods
From an article by Pioneers Post
“Small impact enterprises are a crucial part of a community’s fabric. Their societal impact is tangible, direct - well-connected to neighbourhood and inspiring locals to become more actively involved.”
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Basic patterns of impact businesses
From a report by Reframe Ventures
An analysis of 500 example organisations having social impact showed 12 different groups of businesses with 24 sub-groups. All solve social problems through business action.
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Online - Social Procurement Festival 2023 - Day 1
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The Social Procurement Festival gathers buyers from both the public & private sector to learn and share best practice for social enterprise procurement, social value activities and to network with social enterprise suppliers and committed buyers.
We will hear from policy makers, procurement teams and social enterprises and create connections to last beyond the festival.
The festival continues on morning of 30th March.
29/03/2023
09:30
Online - Social Procurement Festival 2023 - Day 2
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The Social Procurement Festival gathers buyers from both the public & private sector to learn and share best practice for social enterprise procurement, social value activities and to network with social enterprise suppliers and committed buyers.
We will hear from policy makers, procurement teams and social enterprises and create connections to last beyond the festival.
30/03/2023
09:30