Social Catalyst

I don’t think I can improve on this post and its message; so I am posting it here in its entirety with links to it.
This is from a daring person who is taking control of a process usually much out of your control (finding a job). She is, at least from what I gather [...]

Is there a way to get the important info to people starting or running a social business (aka enterprise) in a collaborative open source way that eliminates the bureaucracy of hub sites and presented on a user friendly way? Importantly, if you found a way, what chance does it have of reaching a meaningful portion [...]

Apologies for the brief hiatus in posting.
Finding the time to blog isn’t easy, especially when planning a big launch
event. Thankfully all the planning paid off (thanks to Cultivate for all their
hard work) and the Shine launch was a big success. It was great to see the
building full of people and buzzing with energy. The event [...]

In terms of a strategy for organisational culture there are two obvious elements to get right; people and structure. It is important to recruit people who buy into the culture and have a structure that encourages the right atmosphere.
For a rapidly growing company getting only one of these right is not enough. When a company [...]

If greed is the root cause of the current financial crisis (and others), then how can we cure ourselves of the root cause. This is the premise of a short editorial in the New York Times that underscores the importance of getting at the fundamental issue of our time.
Could an emerging social business (ref: social [...]

Social entrepreneurs are often puzzling to the rest of the world. We are not religious -giving meaning to our passion – (although we might be), We are not civil servants – giving meaning to our actions – (although we might be), but we still have a desire to create things that connect and leverage the [...]

Partnership. What does this word mean?
I am getting the feeling lately that many people see partnership more
as a way for them to get something, rather than a relationship where
they give and get. Why do you think it has come to this? Perhaps the
jaded view of partnership is driven by the typical construct:
1. Two parties [...]