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What Interning Is Teaching Me About CSR

By on April 22, 2013 in Education, Social Intrapreneurship

It may be wishful thinking, but I would really like a job after college, and, for a college sophomore, that means interning interning interning. Now I know that there are a lot of opinions out there about whether or not internships are mutually beneficial (or beneficial at all), but I think there can be a [...]

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Founder’s Syndrome vs. Organizational Sustainability

By on March 8, 2013 in Social Entrepreneurship, Social Intrapreneurship

Starting a social change organization is often hard for the same reasons that make it feel easy. For instance, if you’re an entrepreneur, working for yourself is much more fun than doing what someone else says. But working for yourself has at least one very serious side effect that must be managed: Often without the [...]

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Communication Design + Social Innovation

By on February 20, 2013 in Community Building, Design, Education, Sector, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Intrapreneurship

Communication is the most important determinant of whether or not you will succeed in achieving your vision (see my previous post on the use of language in Intrapreneurship). Great leaders have it, and there’s a way to get it. I speak at many conferences, including the recent Social Enterprise Boot Camp, and receive many requests [...]

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Happy Generosity Day!

By on February 12, 2013 in Fundraising, Social Intrapreneurship, Stories of Impact

Here is a movement worth backing: rebooting Valentine’s Day into generosity day. It’s simple: on February 14 perform acts of random generosity toward people you came across. Why? Let’s start with the basics. Generosity is the habit of giving without expecting anything in return. It can involve offering time, assets or talents to aid someone in [...]

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If It’s Not Core to Your Business, Don’t Bother with CSR

By on February 8, 2013 in Community Building, Energy / Enviornment, Featured, Social Intrapreneurship, Stories of Impact

What is the state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) today? For the most part, we hear stories of companies touting minor, internal achievements that are far removed from the core of their businesses. While any step forward is a win, should switching to recycled paper, turning off lights on weekends or setting up a cosmetic [...]

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Insights On Intrapreneurship From A Google Hangout With Ashoka Changemakers

By on December 19, 2012 in Social Intrapreneurship

This is a guest post by Will Sloan from SocialStory. Just when I felt I was beginning to understand the confines within which the term social entrepreneur or social enterprise can be applied, this new term emerges: the social intrapreneur. Luckily, from what I understand of it now, it is a bit more straightforward in [...]

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Unlocking Intrapreneurship with Language

By on December 5, 2012 in Design, Featured, Social Intrapreneurship

If it is true, as has been said, that all change begins with language, then it is equally true that the inability to change begins with language as well. The wealth of jargon used to describe intrapreneurship (itself a bit of jargon), innovation and corporate social responsibility is more exhausting than enriching, and as their [...]

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How to Change Career Fields to Social Innovation

By on October 24, 2012 in Social Entrepreneurship, Social Intrapreneurship

You’ve decided you want to shift career fields to work in social innovation. But your current job has little or no overlap with the social sector. How do you make the switch? Here are eight approaches you can use to help you make the move and land a social innovation job. Have a story. You [...]

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Part-Time Social Entrepreneur, Full-Time Changemaker

By on August 29, 2012 in Community Building, Featured, Social Intrapreneurship, Starting the Journey

I’m going to be entirely honest: I’m only a part-time social entrepreneur. Social entrepreneur has been my working title for the past few years, but just two weeks ago–I’ve decided this term does not fully describe what I do. *** Sitting on the floor in her two-room hut, we shared a pot of coffee. We’d [...]

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