Searching for Compassion and Vulnerability in Cambridge, UK
Looking into someone’s eyes for 10 seconds straight is a daunting task. It yanks you unceremoniously out of your comfort zone, invades your personal space and makes even the most self-assured among us question the authenticity of our alleged sense of confidence....
It’s Time to Re-Think the Way You Shop
One common thread throughout generations has been the influence of clothing on cultures and societies globally. Subtly or not, what you wear represents who you are and is one of the first things people notice about you. Mark Twain famously wrote, “Clothes make the...
Bill Gates and Bill Drayton Make the Case for Empathy
It might have been pure coincidence, but last month, Bill Drayton, speaking at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District and Bill Gates, at Stanford University in California, made separate cases for why empathy is so important to the social change movement. Before I zoom...
Following in Coca Cola’s Footsteps
How is one organization using innovation and Coca Cola's distribution channels to tackle health issues in the developing world? On the heels of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Summit hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Toronto recently, SEE...
Grant or Government Service Contract: What is the difference?
Social enterprises, by definition, generate revenue and social value through the sale of a product or service. At the same time, charitable programs providing social value are often funded by government grants. But what happens when a...
Practical Tips for Failing Well
One of the skills most frequently overlooked is the skill of failing well. It's time to change that as our competitive and complex environments increasingly require us to transform our failures into learning and needed change. So here it is, in no particular order,...
Pay for Success: Moving from Concept to Reality in California
Over the past few years, we’ve seen “Pay for Success” evolve from a buzz-word (with a sky-high word to action ratio!) to a concept that is being explored and implemented across the country. Pay for Success (sometimes referred to as "social impact bonds") is an...
Love and Money: Harnessing Finance to Serve the Disruptive – and the World
Donna Morton explains how a stint with the Unreasonable Institute inspired a new paradigm for finance - one that meets the needs of all social entrepreneurs “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”...
Turning Investment into Opportunity: why microfinance and impact investing matter
Mariam Dao Gabala, thought leader on microfinance and impact investing in developing nations, took time out of her busy cross-Canada speaking tour to pen this op-ed for SEE Change on the role these financing strategies play in empowering women around the world. ...
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