轉寄︰ What does social enterprise mean to big business?

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You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose".
I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant".

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7/10/2011 Grab a coffee and take five minutes to catch up with some excellent social enterprise news and analysis including: –why the UK is at a watershed moment for impact investing –what big business really thinks about social enterprise –the essential steps to turning around your business We also have some great comment pieces from Ed Mayo and Liam Black. Liam's been writing for us for almost ten years and in his final article before our metamorphosis he asks whether anything has actually changed.  Liam will be joining us at Good Deals, on Thursday 24 November, and we've just confirmed our really inspirational closing speaker, Julie Hanna. Julie is chair of the board at Kiva and a highly successful entrepreneur in her own right. It's a very rare chance to catch her insights into social entrepreneurship, technology and innovation. If you haven't booked already, sales are coming in thick and fast. Don't miss out. We're delighted to be supporting the Triodos photography competition Social Vision. There are less than four weeks to get your entries in to win £1,000, tickets to Voice 2012 and free advertising on SocialEnterpriselive.com. Find out more. The five essential steps of a successful business turnaround John Treace, author of a new book on the 'nuts & bolts of sales management', mines through decades of executive sales experience and provides managers with the five steps and the proper tools to an effective and permanent business turnaround. More... UK at watershed moment for social impact investing, says report Social impact investment has the potential to evolve from being an emerging market to a very large, mature investment market attracting mainstream investors, according to a report published this week. More... Entrepreneurs set up ‘school’ to help social entrepreneurs to exploit the digital revolution An open competition is being launched today to find social economy organisations who want to develop an income generating digital product. More... Premium content from the website MORE FROM SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Soldier of good fortune Video: making equity work in social enterprise Fairer deals for Fairtrade The Business RESOURCES YOU NEED TO EXCEL IN SOCIAL BUSINESS: Creating effective video for the web: Part One Video: John Sculley, former CEO of Apple on innovation, brand and shared value Five steps to a sustainable public sector mutuals market Video: what does social enterprise mean to big business? At the launch of an ambitious social enterprise initiative promising 1,000 new jobs in the Olympic host boroughs, Tim West finds out what big business thinks of social enterprise and asks whether there really is a shift from corporate social responsibility to corporate social innovation. More... Why a mutual Post Office would deliver a first class solution In September, the government launched a public consultation on mutualising the Post Office. Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, argues why it makes sense to hand ownership to the people behind the counters, on the post rounds and receiving the services. More... Liam Black: Ten years on After ten years of writing for Social Enterprise magazine, Liam Black asks if anything, hair loss aside, has actually changed. More... £20,000 available through investment readiness challenge The Sarah Dodds Investment Readiness Challenge will provide financing of up to £20,000 to between one and three social ventures. More... NEWS ON TAP Want other ways of accessing Social Enterprise news? Follow us on Twitter @SEmagreporter or email us to download our news widget © Social Enterprise Magazine 2010 Social Enterprise LIVEWIRE is produced by London Fields Publishing on behalf of Social Enterprise. No part of this publication may be produced in any material form (including photocopying it or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 6-10 Kirby Street, London, England, EC1N 8TS. Applications for the copyright owner's written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. The registered office of London Fields Publishing is 26 Gransden Avenue, London, E8 3QA. Company registered in England no. 4219483 Unsubscribe - Forward to a friend - Change your details