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Six Trends in Social Entrepreneurship

Jim — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:03:15 +0000

While most of these trends deal with global issue understanding them can be valuable for smaller grass root not-for-profits.

For example “Get to the Roots of a Global Problem” is equally applicable to a local or regional problem.

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How to choose a charity

Jim — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:00:02 +0000

This article that makes suggestions on how donors should choose a charity appeared in the Globe and Mail May 9, 2009

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Charity closed after bad books revealed

Jim — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:49:25 +0000

The Toronto Star investigates local charity

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Startup and Change The World

Jim — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:14:01 +0000

I recently found this guide for young social entrepreneurs I hope you find it interesting.

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The Right Brothers

Jim — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:24:58 +0000

This article from the Globe and Mail details success and dilemmas of social entrepreneurs.
“If we’re asking these kind of charitable groups to be more sustainable, and not rely on government funding forever and ever and ever, we’ve got to create structures that allow them to be more entrepreneurial,” Ms. Hewitt says. “You can do it [in existing laws], if you’re motivated and really keen. But why should you have to?”

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A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs - Telling our story

Jim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:42:06 +0000

I have created this guide to facilitate work that I do with entrepreneurs that
focus on social issues. In addition I hope it will be of value to others that believe
that the solution to our communities social issues lies in creating self-sustaining
social entrepreneurships thus reducing our reliance on government funding.
All comments on and additions to this guide will be greatly appreciated.

A GUIDE FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS - TELLING OUR STORY
(click to read as a PDF)

Information for Social Entrepreneurs

Jim — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:27:53 +0000

To help social entrepreneurs here are some valuable sources of information

- Toronto Enterprise Fund and their publication

Doing well Doing Better

Come and join the fun

Jim — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:09:12 +0000

Come and laugh yourself silly with some of Vancouver’s newest comics including Jim Randall - raconteur

February 19, 2010

Comedy at the Fresh Bean.

Location - Fresh Bean Coffee House 2616 East Hastings
Time - 8 pm Friday February 19, 2010
For reservations call the Fresh Bean at 604-253-1110

Is There a Market for “Conscious Capitalists”?

Jim — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:52:14 +0000

A recent New York Times article Michael Strong, founder of innovative charter schools, and John Mackey, C.E.O. of Whole Foods, discuss how they combine their belief on the markets with their need to do good “because we shared a commitment to markets, on the one hand, and doing good, on the other. We found that our friends who were market advocates tended to ridicule our commitment to doing good, whereas our friends who were committed to doing good tended to be confused about the positive potential of markets.”
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The Harlem Miracle

Jim — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:32:48 +0000

This article talks about how schools in the “Harlem Children Zone” are making major changes in the lives of children. Over the past decade, dozens of charter and independent schools, like Promise Academy, have become no excuses schools and have achieved amazing results im helping marginalized children.
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