Will Consumers Purchase From Social Enterprises? New Survey Shows Promise
This holiday season individuals will be typically generous and give their money and time to various charities. However, at the end of the year this largesse will account for only less than 2% of the gross domestic product in the United States (according to Giving...
How to Grow Your Garden – And Your Social Enterprise
This summer I helped build a community garden in Thorncliffe Park, one of Toronto’s most densely populated high rise communities on the Eastern side of the city, along the Don Valley. The garden was a pilot project, to test whether the community could expand its...
Camp Oochigeas Celebrates 30 Years Providing Friendship and Fun for Children Affected by Cancer
In our ongoing series profiling organizations who’ve made - and continue to make - a huge difference in our lives and our communities, we turn to Camp Oochigeas,an innovative charity giving children diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to enjoy being kids. In...
Social Enterprise World Forum: What’s in it for you?
The Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) 2013 is coming to Calgary, October 2 to 4. It's the sixth year for this global event and the first time Canada is hosting. If you’re thinking about attending, here are three reasons you should make your plans right now....
Water Innovation Lab : An innovative approach to water challenges
In light of the upcoming Water Innovation Lab (WIL) 2013, designed and co-hosted by Waterlution, organization co-founder and executive director, Karen Kun sets the stage for their novel approach to water challenges. It all begins, offers the social entrepreneur,...
High-tech clothing, baseball and collaboration in the social enterprise space
In the March issue of SEE Change Magazine, Mike Rowlands, wrote about the power of collaboration. He shared insights into the success of the Rainforest Solutions Project, a coalition formed by Greenpeace, the BC Sierra Club and ForestEthics, to fight the...
What my son taught me about social enterprise
On May 29th, those of us in the first cohort of social entrepreneurs at the School for Social Entrepreneurs-Ontario (SSE-O) will graduate. That means a graduation ceremony, which of course gives all of us graduates a chance to invite some friends and family. For...
Inspiration, play and the Goldilocks zone
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever...
A subject we don’t talk about: Selling
Selling is at the heart of any successful business. This doesn’t happen very often, but our entire family spent much of this weekend reading and making plans; plans for getting back into the studying groove now that Spring Break is over, plans for summer vacation...
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