Feb
10
Can Greed be Good?
Fri, 02/10/2012 - 07:52 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by seth on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 07:52
Greed is good.
Remember Gordon Gekko?
Remember the famous speech to the shareholders of Teldar Paper in the Oliver Stone’s 1987 Wall Street classic?
Gekko never actually utters those words, but he does say this:
Nov
26
Making Nonprofit Work in a For-Profit World
How a Community Action Program Developed a Weatherization Social Enterprise
| Add new comment[Publishers Note: This is an excerpt from a longer version of the same article published and © copyright by Home Energy magazine. For the full version click here.]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) low-income weatherization funds are now winding down. In some states, like Idaho, that have spent all of their funds, agencies are looking for ways to keep their new, and seasoned, weatherization staff and contractors employed.
Mar
15
Social enterprise planning tools
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 19:02 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 19:02Thought you'd be interested in some new and old texts that are
available on the web and could be of assistance to social entrepreneurs
planning their next enterprise.
Business Planning for Enduring Social Impact, by Andrew Wolk and Kelley Kreitz
Mar
15
Social Enterprise Reporter Podcasts Online
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:59 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:59Access the archives of Social Enterprise Reporter podcasts online for free!
David Dey, RiseGO!
http://risego.org
Ian Kim, Ella Baker Center's Green-Collar Jobs Campaign
http://www.ellabakercenter.org/index.php?p=gcjc
Mar
15
Social Enterprise Reporter Back Issue PDF's Online Volume I
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:58 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:58Access Volume 1 of the Social Enterprise Reporter PDF back issue archive here:
SER 101
including the first of a three part series by Cheryl Dahle on REDF
portfolio ventures, "Balancing Act: The Right Size Scoop of Ice Cream".
Mar
15
Social Enterprise Reporter Back Issue PDF's Online: Volume II
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:57 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:57Access Volume 2 of the Social Enterprise Reporter PDF back issue archive here:
SER 201 SER
goes to British Columbia for the cover story "Vancity Credit Union:
Taking a Risk on Entrepreneurs Who Make a Difference" by Tom White, and
Part 2 of Jerr Boschee's Strategic Marketing Matrix for Social
Entrepreneurs®--Segmentation Strategies.
Mar
15
Social Enterprise Reporter Back Issue PDF's Online: Volume III
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:55 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:55Access Volume 3 of the Social Enterprise Reporter PDF back issue archive here.
SER 301
features a cover story on "Building Social Enterprise on the California
Coast" by Tom White, and a Q&A with Michael Shuman: "Integrating
Social Enterprise with Local Economic Development".
Mar
15
SER Podcasts Online: Majora Carter and Eric Weinheimer, NY and Chicago Green Job Leaders
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:54 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 18:54Two podcasts from the SEReporter archive, featuring two leaders
in green jobs, Majora Carter from Sustainable South Bronx, and Eric
Weinheimer from the Cara Program in Chicago, are now online!
To listen to Eric Weinheimer, click here.
http://thecaraprogram.org
Mar
4
Social Enterprise Reporter reborn
Thu, 03/03/2011 - 18:35 | Add new comment
By: Submitted by tom on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 18:35SEReporter has been upgraded to Drupal v.6 with the invaluable assistance of James McBryan and Corey Snipes of Twomile Information Services and Luke McCormick.
Nov
30
Maria Ilcheva, Program Director for Counterpart International-Bulgaria and Executive Director of the Association of Social Enterprises in Bulgaria recently spoke with SER about Counterpart International-Bulgaria and the state of social enterprise in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe. Q: What type of work does Counterpart International-Bulgaria do in the arena of social enterprise? A: Counterpart International is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to helping people and communities to help themselves, and it operates in more than 60 countries around the world.
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