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Social Enterprises: Built to Succeed, Designed to Help
The world is rapidly changing. The opportunities and needs are changing. Governments, Businesses and Nonprofits/NGOs have been functioning fairly independently of each other, doing what they have been tasked to do. As society becomes more complex, the challenges are more … Continue reading
Corporate Volunteers to tackle The Global Goals (SDGs) through IMPACT 2030
As corporate volunteering has grown around the world, so has the effectiveness of the efforts. Today, skills-based volunteering is harnessing the intellectual capital of employees and deploying it against some of the world’s most challenging issues. The United Nations Post … Continue reading
Investing in Africa: Large Opportunities, Large Challenges
Africa, a continent so large that India, China and the United States combined could easily fit within its footprint. A place rich in culture, natural resources and opportunity. Yet, as companies look at Africa for investments, either for profit or … Continue reading
Corporate Philanthropy in Mexico
Mexico’s business sector is becoming more vibrant, and foreign direct investment continues to grow, resulting in an emerging middle class. Philanthropy and volunteerism have become more widely embraced, particularly by Mexico’s private sector. Yet the appearance of the middle class … Continue reading
Impact Investing as a Tool for Social Change: A Conversation with Jean Case
Be Fearless! What if failure is not a limitation? Set audacious goals. Take bigger risks. Make bigger bets. Be bold. Let urgency conquer fear. These are powerful words. How did you get into this? How did you decide to dedicate … Continue reading
Two Distinguished Scholars, with new Must Read Books, top Points of Light Corporate Meeting
This year’s annual meeting of the Points of Light Corporate Service Council took place in the Boston offices of John Hancock. More than 75 companies were represented at the two day convening. Topics ranged from Innovation and Social Change to … Continue reading
Business-Community Impact Symposium
Business-Community Impact Symposium. Four words, when combined, signal an important convening. Held at Celsius, an unusual all glass house in Bryant Park, participants could ponder intriguing thoughts and glance out at ice skaters and the snowy New York surroundings. I … Continue reading
Convert Good Intentions into Greater Impact: Reimagining Service Summary Report
A group of service and volunteering leaders came together in 2009 to collectively think about increasing the impact of volunteering. I, like many, was on the “supply” side of volunteering, having a large “supply” of Disney VoluntEARS ready and willing … Continue reading
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India – Dealing with the New Regime
In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a three-day visit to India whereby he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed three pacts. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a visit to PM Modi. U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, … Continue reading
Social Innovation Summit
Last week I attended the Social Innovation Summit, held in the Silicon Valley. The organizers, Landmark Ventures, describe it best: “A global convening of black swans and wayward thinkers. Those who are playing at the nexus of technology, investment, philanthropy, … Continue reading