Data Philanthropy Event Donates Analytical Skills and Insights to Nonprofits
In our ongoing series profiling companies making a difference in their communities, we look at Aimia Inc., a data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics company (and the parent company of Aeroplan) that completed its third annual data philanthropy event last week....
Buy Social Canada: Promoting Purchasing for Impact
A culinary school that trains individuals with difficulty procuring work; a social enterprise that helps low income workers and entrepreneurs find employment and build their business; a business supply company promoting sustainable operations and local purchasing....
Empowering New Zealand Youth to Change the World
The organization Inspiring Stories is about to launch its youth social enterprise workshop for its third consecutive year. Live the Dream is a program designed to help youth across New Zealand bring their ideas on social change into fruition. A nine-week intensive...
Social Finance Forum 2015: Announcing the Content
The 8th annual Social Finance Forum is a few days away and the event tickets are selling fast! We are excited to present this year’s conference to you as the speakers and content have carefully been curated to cover all aspects of impact investment space. This year...
The Toilets No One Used: How cultural sensitivity can impact success on the ground
“Director Seal engea irka?” Where is the Director’s stamp, Julee asked, holding the stamp pad in her hand. “Theriyadu,” I don't know, I replied. After two months in Tamil Nadu, I had picked up enough of the Tamil dialect to make small conversation. I was the only...
Collaborative Action For Social Impact
As the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, I witnessed one of the main ecological attractions in Ixtapa, Mexico-- the release of baby sea turtles into the ocean. This experience is imprinted on the females, of whom less than 5% reach adulthood, who return to the very...
Green Standards Gives New Social Value to Old Office Assets
Furniture without cash value quickly goes from company asset to company liability. Green Standards is trying to change the way corporations perceive office assets, and the Toronto-based firm is developing a unique business model in the process—one that’s socially...
Changing the Face of Philanthropy: In Convo with Gena Rotstein
Dexterity Ventures Inc. (DVI) creates technology solutions and tools to help organizations incorporate giving and social good into their products or online presence. It also powers Canada’s first philanthropic brokerage firm, the Place2Give Foundation and...
Meaningful Internships for Toronto’s Millennials
When we think of young people, a few words come to mind. Idealistic and naïve? Perhaps, but also driven and purposeful. Increasingly, says Amanda Minuk, what many want from work is “the purpose and a paycheque.” As a graduate of the MBA program at University of...
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