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ESG Needs a Shared Language

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While nonprofits and social enterprises tend to want to use it as a tool to force companies to contribute to the SDGs, investors want consistent measures to evaluate financial decisions (namely risk), and business leaders want not to incur higher costs.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. The company has pledged to procure five percent of its spend from social enterprises and companies led by underrepresented founders by 2025. Consider SAP’s 2020 5 & 5 by 25 announcement.

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Gumbo for the Struggle: Recipes of Liberation from the Cultural Kitchen

NonProfit Quarterly

The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy. So too is collaboration.

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5 Fundraising Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Scot Chisholm , CEO and Co-founder of Classy ––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Easily steward attendees, fundraisers, and donors to future engagement opportunities.

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The Value of the Right Working Place

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

To create a healthy workspace, you need to: Create a happy workplace through regular team-building activities. Encourage employees to socialize with one another even outside of work to create one big family. Co-working Spaces: Connections, Collaboration, and Innovation. Creating a Healthy Working place. Other related articles.

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How to get on the front page of Reddit [Step by Step Guide]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

We’ve been active on Reddit for quite a while now. Here’s a big list of subreddits related to the environment, sustainability, activism, etc. And here’s a list of Social Media and Digital Marketing subreddits. Get Free Stock Photos for your Nonprofit, NGO or Social Enterprise. Not too bad!

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Impact Markets: The Next Frontier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Given the sheer scale of the social impact market, the time to establish this marketplace to trade social change is now. The Nascent Social Impact Marketplace What do we mean by a social impact market? In more established markets, stakeholders are independent and collaborative.