5 Ways to Lend a Hand to Social Impact
“I want to help, but I don’t know what I can do.” Such a thought crosses your mind when you’re unsure of how you could possibly contribute to social good. You’re not the only one.
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Which feedback is more important in social impact: Quantitative or Qualitative?
Impact is both tangible and intangible. The efforts you make cause influence that is seen and unseen. For this reason, impact measurement is evolving despite the fact that it’s not easy to capture the full
The Evolution of Social Impact Solutions: Lessons from Kresge Foundation’s Annual Report
One of the most pressing stressors of pursuing a social impact solution is not knowing how things will turn out. Social impact initiatives build what they can based on the information and insights they can
How Social Enterprises Develop Community-led Social Impact Solutions
One of the major aspects of social enterprise is the collaboration with stakeholders. While being focused on profits, social enterprises value the connection to the people that this initiative involves and impacts. This priority of
Do This With Stakeholder Feedback to Improve Your Social Impact Solution
Feedback offers you this secret skill: high probability. Information from feedback helps you predict what’s next. When you receive honest and constructive feedback, you have a higher probability of achieving your aims or avoiding further
Studying History Helps Solve Social Impact Concerns
Have you ever come across a problem or a puzzle where you need a specific fact to figure out the rest of the answer? This would be a problem where knowing one thing is what
How to Collect Feedback Through Social Media
Your strategy is laid out for social impact. You finally start your plan. Things are set into motion. One of the most important parts of any business venture is monitoring the venture’s performance. That’s why
How Can One Solution Solve Multiple Social Impact Concerns?
A solution solving multiple concerns actually combines answers in a way. Much like a Venn diagram, this solution finds the overlap that accounts for different perspectives. It also tries to find a fair outcome that’s
How to Define a Social Impact Concern
Defining a social impact concern helps you describe what you’re working on in a focused way. You can think of it as a blurb that points out the core themes you need. Up until now,
Why Word Choice is Important for Social Entrepreneurship
Small things influence big things. We don’t always see a direct impact between our small and big actions, but a ripple exists. In this world of opportunity and willpower, word choice is one of the
3 Key Methods to Visually Present a Social Impact Concern
Visuals allow initiatives to capture chunks of information and show it in a refined package. No matter how vast the amount of data, audiences are allowed to take their time and digest what they’re seeing.
The Art of Information Gathering for Effective Social Impact
Where do you collect information for a social impact concern? Plastic pollution, unemployment, and other social impact concerns get to have very simple solutions on the surface level. It’s quite easy to look at such
How to Find Common Ground in Social Impact Efforts
One of the things social impact promotes the most is a “win-win” situation. Social entrepreneurs play a positive sum game where the well being of multiple stakeholders is secured. That’s the intention. Realistically, the sweet
How to Find a Cause to Support as a Social Enterprise or Social Impact Initiative
People have an experience, or someone they know will have an experience, that leads them to create a social enterprise. It’s a common story, but what happens when it’s the opposite? A person’s story could
4 Main Reasons Why People Don’t Start Social Enterprises and Ways to Overcome the Concerns
Social enterprise uplifts society, that’s why we can’t have your brilliant ideas stay stuck in a void. You could be holding onto the next idea that changes a nation. You could be holding onto the
The Ultimate List of Creative Marketing Agencies Specifically for Social Impact
How do you tell your impact story? When you need to share the impact you create or educate about a concern, you need a plan in place. Luckily, there are agencies who give their complete
Take these 3 Mindset Shifts to Improve Your Skills as a Resourceful Person
What does “resourceful” mean to you? Better question: Have you ever thought of what resourceful means in general? Honestly, it’s not a word that we think of often. We might say we want to be
How to Work With Social Impact Partners When You’re Not Ready to Start a Social Enterprise
A company can transition as a sustainable business in stages. Not everything needs to be done at once when you’re striving for sustainable, impact-driven systems. Think of it like planting a tree. Most things with
25 Activity Ideas to Celebrate Social Enterprise Day for Individuals, Teams, and Companies
You clicked to read this for one of two reasons: Either way… Welcome! Social Enterprise Day celebrates contributions of social good created by social enterprises, social entrepreneurs, and social impact advocates. Every contribution helps build
What to ask Before You Turn Your Business Into a Social Enterprise
Not all social entrepreneurs start from scratch. Imagine someone who starts a business, and happily grows their business. They developed a knack for entrepreneurship and one day they came across an issue that won’t leave
10 Community Platforms to Rally Your Social Enterprise Audience
In today’s society, people are looking for connections. Not exactly the kind of connection granted to us by internet access. People are searching high and low to create personal connections that feel like a community.
Creating Social Impact from an Idea
What do you do with an idea that you can’t get out of your head? In your mind, there’s an idea that always comes back to you. You think of how awesome the idea could
Triple-Bottom-Line Newsletters: Where to get Sustainability News and Content
Do you ever want an easier way to keep up with sustainability? Maybe you want authentic content away from the noise? Newsletters can give you the current content of sustainability. Not only that, they can
What do Consumers Think About Sustainability Practices, Sustainable Products, and Sustainable Brands
Consumers now see sustainability as a standard. Years prior, sustainability was a “nice to have” on products. It was something that added an extra layer. Sustainability remains an extra layer, but only in terms of
How to Make a Positive Social Impact in Your Community
Two things make the world go ‘round: ideas and exchanges. Ideas are seeds. Once planted they can flourish and turn a field into a plentiful harvest. Exchanges are tides. They shift and move across the
The Top 6 Resources to Take From Your Time at Any Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator
If you’re reading this, chances are that you want to join a social entrepreneurship accelerator, you finished one, or you’re nearing the end of one. You want to make the most of the experience by
A Tale of Sustainability: Are sustainable switches always the most sustainable option?
Who gets to choose what we define as sustainable? One of the largest concerns in the sustainability space is that there is not one agreed definition or standard for sustainable practices and products. Sustainable options
8 Online Marketplaces to Sell Crafts and Goods for Sustainable and Ethical Brands
You have your idea, you created your product, and now you want to get your product to the public. You’re hoping to set up shop so you can promote what you offer. Above anything, you
How to Restart a Product’s Life Cycle in a Circular Economy
In a circular economy, companies repeat a product’s life cycle to reuse materials and keep modern consumption sustainable. It’s society’s way of making up for all the years of piled junk sitting (and floating) around
How to Gain Insight from Stakeholders on a Social Impact Solution: 40 Questions for Prior, During, and After
How do you typically solve a problem? From work to personal life, we are faced with situations and mysteries that we have to find an answer for. Some problems can be addressed in a straightforward
Prototyping: How to Test, Validate, and Present Your Idea
A product’s cycle from creation to rebirth is usually associated with a life cycle assessment. Thinking of so many factors that you are not certain about can be like trying to plan a trip without
4 Tips on Presenting a More Effective Pitch
Part of why you must pitch your idea clearly is the need to secure the resources that will help your idea reach the full potential of its impact. Social entrepreneurs must give extra attention to
7 “Big Picture” Rules You Can’t Miss for Building Effective & Collaborative Teamwork
There’s this popular misconception that the individual must disappear within the group for a team to be effective. In truth, each person taking ownership of their individual contribution to the mission of the team makes
Sustainable Packaging Design: How to Keep the Awesome Packaging Aesthetic You Desire While Prioritizing Sustainability
Every time we receive a new order we get excited. Something we ordered weeks ago (or a few days ago if you have express shipping) and it’s finally here… it’s a top tier feeling. Likewise,
Top 4 Tips to Avoid Greenwashing in Your Sustainable Business Marketing
More mainstream brands are joining the journey of sustainability. Companies such as H&M, SheIn, or Adidas have set up sustainable campaigns to promote “green” business. Gaining mainstream attention became helpful and not helpful to the
What’s the Difference Between Net-Zero, Carbon Neutral, Carbon Negative, Carbon Positive, and a Sustainability Footprint?
If the world follows plans to achieve net-zero, will the state of the world be as we hoped? This is more so a question to explore and discuss, than a question to find an immediate
List of 25 Sustainable Material Alternatives for Creating Eco-Friendly Products
Innovation moves on an exponential curve. It sometimes takes a while for society to find a solution or cross a threshold, but once it happens, the momentum picks up. Like the popular example of the
Sustainability Begins with Product Design
What is product design? Product design is the stage of bringing a product solution to life with experimentation. An idea is imagined for how it can possibly exist in real-time interactions. Someone pondering a design
Does a Sustainable Business Need Multiple Sustainable Business Certifications?
Sustainability is more than a vow to a concept, sustainability is a collection of active commitments to a process or lifestyle. Businesses that care about sustainable development are going beyond promoting the importance of the
Sustainable Campaigns Across Industries: Setting Goals for 2030, 2040, and 2050
Businesses of all levels are making a choice to be sustainable. They are following along with collective agreements that move the world of profits closer to sustainability. Larger campaigns on the national level and international
Quick Start to Add Life Cycle Thinking to Your Business: A Simple Overview of a Life Cycle Assessment in Sustainability
Sustainable product development is gaining traction as companies invest in socially-conscious values, consumers opt for eco-friendly purchases, and policy makers strive for sustainable accountability. Alike to design thinking, sustainable product development requires a look from
The Switch: A Guide on Transitioning to Sustainability
Early April of this year, scientists standing up for a rally and protesting blasted the news. I got caught up on this issue when I was scrolling through Facebook and shared posts about the “Scientist
Women on Social Impact: Green Collect & Equal Opportunities
Office waste takes up a large portion of the wastes going into landfills. This is the exact concern of social entrepreneur couple, Sally Quinn & Darren Andres.
Upcycling: Make-overs on Waste
What is Upcycling More and more people and brands have been following sustainability now and to tell you honestly, it’s just a delight to see. Little by little, single-use wastes are now getting phased out.
Women on Social Impact: Isabel Aagard & Her LastObject
Single-use waste is everywhere; especially with the ongoing pandemic where we have been forced to using single-use waste – face masks, at times, disposable utensils. It was the same frustration that has been baffling Isabel
ALL Ways: Modern Species Helps Sustainable Businesses Find a Personal Style with Consistent Brand Design
In a meme or in conversation, the phrase “We all have that one friend who…” is always followed by a generally accepted commonality. For example, we could fill in: is always late, makes “dad” jokes,
Women on Social Impact: Biking, Bikeworks, & Zoe Portlock
Ever since the pandemic that has taken the world aback, numerous companies found a decline in their businesses. A lot of employees and workers have lost their jobs and quite frankly our economy has taken
ALL Ways: Precious Plastic Creates a Universe of Conscious Advocates for Sustainable Plastic Ecosystems
In a sustainable journey, it’d be nice to have a connection to others who value the same conversations. Actions we make as individuals are important, and talking to others can sometimes help us keep our
Putting Style on Fashion Sustainability
Fashion has been one of the most followed topics for decades. From celebrities posting their trendiest fit on Instagram to Tiktokers sharing their shopping hauls, we have been on the lookout for what’s in season.
On Social Impact & Femininity
It’s officially Women’s History Month here in the US. For this month, we’d like to put a focus on how women have greatly shaped and helped build a better society through social entrepreneurship. From career-driven