Advocacy/Policy Change, Growth/Scaling Plans, Issue Based Blogs, Social Impact Architects, Social Movements
In our great democracy, advocacy provides us with the opportunity to affect positive social change on a wider scale than any individual organization can achieve on its own. Yet, it’s one many organizations shy away from, but we’d like to change that.In our New Year’s...
Collaborate, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guest Blogs, Issue Based Blogs
We are excited to be sharing a wonderful piece by our friend and TrendSpotter, Carla Javits, President and CEO of REDF. She has a lot to contribute as a leader in the social enterprise movement, but also had a birdseye view as daughter of NY Senator Jacob Javits. We...
Collaborate, Communicate, Conference Reviews, Impact, Impact Measurement, Issue Based Blogs, Social Impact Architects, Storytelling
We have experienced an interesting time of reflection this month – between the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty and the 85th birthday of Martin Luther King, which caused us to remember and reflect on 50 years of the Civil Rights Movement. The reflection will...
Business Planning, Collaborate, Communicate, Fundraising, Grow, Guest Blogs, Issue Based Blogs, Social Impact Architects
In order to start and grow social enterprise, capital is a critical part of the equation. In part one of this series, we discussed the basics of impact investing and greatest challenges to bringing the movement mainstream. While there are challenges, there are also...
Business Planning, Collaborate, Communicate, Fundraising, Grow, Guest Blogs, Issue Based Blogs, Social Impact Architects
There has been an enormous amount of content created in the last six months related to the many components of the burgeoning field of impact investing. While the coverage serves as a poignant signal of the traction the newly defined asset class has achieved, the...