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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social enterprises such as car-sharing programs are changing the nature of urban transportation and providing alternative options to individual car ownership. Promising ideas are in ample supply, but the crucial question is: How can social innovators scale such innovations so that their local impact adds up to big solutions?

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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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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Solugen is currently constructing a commercial biomanufacturing facility to scale production—and it is just one of many innovators in this market. Instead of constructing a new office, manufacturing or retail site, companies can first restore existing buildings. Contribute to ecosystem restoration.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They support organizations that are leaders in what they do, demonstrate innovation, and align and collaborate with others to achieve workable solutions to community issues.

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Good Reasons for Every Startup to Include SEO in Their List of Priorities

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

For new businesses and set up organizations that would prefer not to spend on enormous scale promoting efforts, site improvement is the most ideal approach to construct a brand. Nonprofits: Upgrade Your Social Media Marketing Strategy through Social Media Automation. 5 Great Team Collaboration Tools for Non-Profits.

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3 challenges freelancers face, and 3 of the best freelancing tools

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Distractions from family and social media are a huge problem for freelancers. Most freelancers take breaks and log into social media, and find they have whiled the day away doing nothing constructive. Get Free Stock Photos for your Nonprofit, NGO or Social Enterprise. How to mitigate freelancing challenges.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

B2P has constructed or supported over 450 trail bridges in 21 countries, reaching over 1.5 Helvetas worked alongside local communities in four regions to construct and rehabilitate 436 kilometers of roads connecting 68 villages. Bridges to Prosperity is working to address this gap by collaborating with technology partners (e.g.,