Finding Community

Last week was a celebration of Social Enterprise in Columbus, Ohio – and it highlighted the key ingredient for any social change: community. GiveBackHack returned with their signature in-person event, and it was exciting to

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Hello!

… and We’re Back!

Hi everyone! How has your year been? It has been quite awhile since I sent you a newsletter, and well, to be honest, I really missed sharing snippets of how we’re doing with People Helping

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It's been a year

It’s been a year!

It’s been a year since I sent you a newsletter. A lot has happened. I think everybody universally agrees that the pandemic made for a strange year. Between People Helping People and Wild Tiger Tees,

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Tracks

Social Good Blueprint | Hacking Change

[1] Hacking GiveBackHack I was invited on a planning weekend for GiveBackHack, and was blown away. Here is an organization, dedicated to helping you apply the latest technology practices to launch social enterprises, incorporating elements

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SpiceUp

Social Good Blueprint | Good Eats

[1] Spice It Up This week on People Helping People, Tonya Vora shared her story of building Spice Up, an event sharing stories over diversity & highlighting cultures of chefs that have been impacted by

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Social Good Blueprint | Blue Skies

[1] A $10 million tax cut for the planet I’ve read Patagonia’s internal struggle of becoming a billion-dollar company balancing this with their priorities as a B-Corp and socially conscious company. This year they are putting

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Social Good Blueprint | Finding Home

[1] Creating Magical Social Impact with Give Back Hack This week’s podcast was with Suzy and Louisa, founders of Give Back Hack – the launchpad for social entrepreneurship. They talk about how they flipped the

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Social Good Blueprint | Inspiring Buys

[1] ConsciousCBUS Shopping Guide Spoke with Heide Rembold on this week’s podcast – a conscious business activist here in Columbus, Ohio. She’s just released her holiday guide to purchasing conscious gifts – and I recommend checking

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Social Good Blueprint | B Inspired

[1] B Inspired Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google, argues there is evidence that Milton Friedman’s doctrine is incorrect, that it’s not the case that “There is one and only one social responsibility of business

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Social Good Blueprint | Brilliance

[1] Brilliance Inside This week on the podcast, I spoke with Mariette Fourmeaux, founder of Brilliance Inside – a mission working with prison populations to heal society’s cycle of violence. She shares this journey in

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Social Good Blueprint | Seize the Good

[1] Seize the Good Discovered Stephanie Page’s podcast, Seize the Good, with her enthusiasm and joy, is infectious. She’s reaching out to changemakers making a difference and making the world a better place. (Plus she

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Social Good Blueprint | Turning Point

[1] Lamar Peoples: Change Through Politics The People Helping People Podcast is back up with episode 41: Lamar People: Change Through Politics. Listen in for an interesting discussion into Lamar’s experience running for office, and

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Social Good Blueprint | Aspire 2019

[1] 2019 Aspire Social Entrepreneurship Awards Aspire returned for their 7th year of Central Ohio Social Entrepreneurship Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements for businesses creating social impact, hosted by Roosevelt Coffeehouse, the Metropreneur and Columbus Underground.

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Social Good Blueprint | Sea Change

On Wednesday night, 6 of the 14 SEA Change teams pitched their ideas and collectively won $100,000 to take their ventures forward. It was an inspiring evening and fun to see some fellow social entrepreneurs,

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Social Good Blueprint | Sunshine

[1] Solar Trains Riding Sunbeams, in addition to being one of the coolest company names I’ve heard in a while, is a social enterprise working to build and connect the world’s first-ever full-scale community &

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Social Good Blueprint | They Noticed

[1] They Noticed Kyle Westway said it best, in his popular Weekend Briefing, that a “powerful group dropped a bombshell of a statement redefining corporate purpose to include all stakeholders and not just shareholders. […]

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Social Good Blueprint | Spice Up

[1] Chef Miguel Spices It Up On Saturday night, we attended the Spice Up Inaugural dinner – an innovative dinner concept sharing stories and culture of immigrant chefs, to help build cultural ties in the

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Social Good Blueprint | Ocean View

[1] Greta Thunberg Joins Movement to Clip Airline Sector’s Wings Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is sailing to the UN Climate summit… and has garnered support from others, bringing light to the environmental damage

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