Blog by Email
- May 2013 (7)
- April 2013 (9)
- March 2013 (8)
- February 2013 (8)
- January 2013 (9)
- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (9)
- September 2012 (6)
- August 2012 (8)
- July 2012 (8)
- June 2012 (8)
- May 2012 (14)
- April 2012 (14)
- March 2012 (17)
- February 2012 (21)
- January 2012 (13)
- December 2011 (15)
- November 2011 (12)
- October 2011 (9)
- September 2011 (14)
- August 2011 (9)
- July 2011 (15)
- June 2011 (19)
- May 2011 (8)
- April 2011 (9)
- March 2011 (10)
- February 2011 (9)
- January 2011 (9)
- December 2010 (7)
- November 2010 (9)
- October 2010 (10)
- September 2010 (11)
- August 2010 (11)
- July 2010 (14)
- June 2010 (23)
- May 2010 (8)
- April 2010 (9)
- March 2010 (9)
- February 2010 (8)
- January 2010 (8)
- December 2009 (8)
- November 2009 (8)
- October 2009 (7)
- September 2009 (4)
- August 2009 (8)
- July 2009 (10)
- June 2009 (11)
- May 2009 (8)
- April 2009 (3)
December 2010
Trends in 2011 Will Be Same as They Were in 2010: Collaboration, Social Media, Integrity
Collaboration
Every conference I went to in 2010 stressed collaboration, whether in new forms of financing for social good, both nonprofit and social enterprises, or among co-workers, within sectors or across sectors to generate new products/services. If you didn't get the memo, check out some of the posts from the Social Impact Exchange 2010 Conference.
- Read more
-
- Comments (0)
- Add new comment
Small Businesses: A Cause Large Business Should Take Up
I know I'm prejudiced. I think entrepreneurship can solve some of the world's problems both in the developed and developing world.
This is one reason I wrote an article for Triple Pundit about corporations helping small businesses as part of their social responsibility work. American companies just had their best quarter ever. If those corporations want to prosper in the future, then they need to ensure that small businesses thrive, too. Reinvesting profits into activities that support small businesses is a great way for these large corporations to ensure their own prosperity; it helps their customers and the overall economy as well.
A win-win-win!
- Read more
-
- Comments (0)
- Add new comment
Connection to Customer Gives Small Businesses an Edge
Homogeneity may be on its way out, which means local small businesses have another edge (the first is trust) People trust small businesses more than they trust their government or even their preachers.)
- Read more
-
- Comments (0)
- Add new comment
Integrity Without Social Responsibility Isn't Integrity
The man who symbolizes executive greed as the poster-boy for "integrity?" Yes, according to a columnist for The Harvard Business Review, who seems to accept former head of GE Jack Welch's definition of integrity: being true to who you are and not to think you know more than you do.
- Read more
-
- Comments (2)
Keep 'em Coming Back: Repeat Customers Make Small Businesses Thrive
From 0% introductory credit cards to super low cable rates for 3 months, from 30% off your first purchase of diaper covers to free shipping on your first order, businesses spend money and pay attention to potential customers. That's what marketing is all about: new customers.
- Read more
-
- Comments (0)
- Add new comment
Expanding an Entrepreneur's Network Fires Up Her Business
I can't resist: I have to tell you about another entrepreneur who, to her surprise, has found networking and lifelong learning enriching and even essential.
Sharon Ng doesn't know where to start when she recounts the benefits of networking, going back to "school," and listening to people she thought had nothing to offer her. She had, after all, developed a unique and effective way of teaching Mandarin, French, and Spanish to children. Who could help her with that niche business?
- Read more
-
- Comments (0)
- Add new comment