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A hypothetical social enterprise. Two actually. Home delivery and post office boxes have been the staples of the postal business for a long time. Digital media have disrupted the letter mail industry like all industries, and postal servers have tried to… Read More
Developing independence from the grid and food self-sufficiency are just two of the goals Winnipeger Shaun Loney sees social enterprise solving. “We can use entrepreneurial tools to solve social problems and environmental problems,” Loney told The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti.… Read More
How legal practice can respond to technological opportunities and economic realities. In August, 2015 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, opened the annual gathering of the Canadian Bar Association by calling on the profession to become… Read More
The Canada Council for the Arts publication of a major report on the state of the visual arts in Canada (discussed here) inspired us to look afresh at how social enterprise concepts might play in the arts. This quote from… Read More
OneAccessSpace: A Digital Resource for People Affected by Cancer is a new kind of community-based support network. Its founder, Kim Adlard, is seeking financial help at a crucial stage that might be called “enterprise formation.” Please contribute and let your… Read More
Plans are important frameworks for overall direction and strategy – but, as the saying goes, no plan survives first contact with the customer… So we are really talking about culture here: that people within an organisation feel the ability to… Read More
A lot of people are saying that the key to sustainability in the non-profit sector is entrepreneurship. Centres for social innovation (CSIs) are popping up like mushrooms and “social enterprise” is all the buzz among granting agencies and foundations. Closer… Read More
The American Association of Museums recently changed its name to the American Alliance of Museums. What’s in a word? Quite a lot as it turns out. From the AAM’s website: “The change from “Association” to “Alliance” may seem simple, but… Read More