New Social Venture Makes Children’s Books More Accessible
Dave Rader created the idea for BookBugs - an online children's book retailer that donates books to kids in need and closes the book access gap - while getting his MBA. As the son of two educators and the husband of a pediatrician, he was inspired to build a...
Three Good Ideas from the Social Finance Forum 2014
Quite a lot has already been shared about the 2014 Social Finance Forum, which took place at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing in Toronto on November 6 and 7. So, for this piece, I’m going to keep my thoughts to three good ideas that I took away from the event...
Can a Television Show Inspire Social Change?
The world is more tolerant and less violent than at any other point in human history, but you wouldn’t know it from watching most mainstream media. Despite incredible advancements and a world of unprecedented innovation and interconnectedness, the news still...
Technology for Social Change: TechChange focuses on peacebuilding
Here at TechChange, along with providing technology training for social change, we are constantly bringing words and numbers to life through animations. The recent surge of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in international development has caught the attention of...
An Introduction to SROI: Evaluator’s Cut
The world of program evaluation, like any other, has its hot topics. Multi-methods evaluation, developmental evaluation and data visualization are a few of the things evaluators have been buzzing about recently. At the 2014 annual Canadian Evaluation Society...
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Think Green – Not Pink
When people think of Breast Cancer Awareness month, they think pink. In the sea of pink, there is one breast cancer charity asking Canadians to think green, year-round. The Canadian Breast Cancer Support Fund’s (CBCSF) purpose is twofold – building awareness around...
The Four Stages of Social Alchemy: Transforming problems into ideas that change the world
Transformative social change is the new standard for the social sector, and impacts the bottom line. But, what does this mean and how do we get there? Like millions around the world, we were saddened this summer by the sudden passing of Robin Williams, a true...
Beyond Miles: Taking your miles (a lot) further
In our ongoing effort to profile exceptional corporations doing good work in communities at home and abroad, SEE Change sat down with Alden Hadwen, Director of Community Engagement at Aimia in Canada. Hadwen heads up Aeroplan’s Beyond Miles program that just...
5 Ways to Use Media for Social Change
For the past decade, Ripple Strategies has been harnessing the power of the media to help change-makers share their stories, create a bigger impact and leave a better legacy. They recently published a report entitled The Ripple Effect: How to Use the Media for...
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