Social Enterprise

Zugunruhe Founder on the Move!

Zugunruhe Founder on the Move!

I am pleased to share with you the news that I have accepted a new role as the Executive Director of the Imagination Catalyst at the Ontario College of Art & Design University starting May 2013.  The Imagination Catalyst is a student and alumni-centred entrepreneurship and innovation incubator/accelerator.  It provides workspace, mentorship, workshops, and networking [...] More →

Canada’s First Social Purpose Business Legal Structure Option (CCC) Now Ready for Comers

Canada’s First Social Purpose Business Legal Structure Option (CCC) Now Ready for Comers

Until this year, there has been no social purpose business or limited liability legal organizational structure option available in Canada.   You may recall from reading this blog that back in May, 2012, the British Columbia Business Incorporations Act was amended to create Canada’s first such option.  The new structure is called a Community Contribution [...] More →

Social Enterprise:  The Signals, Not the Noise

Social Enterprise: The Signals, Not the Noise

  Wow. The term social enterprise continues to create confusion.  No wonder. Different communities use this term to describe their unique perspectives on a typology of enterprise types.  For example, the tech community tends to use the term “social enterprise” to refer to organizations which effectively leverage social media technologies to further their objectives.  In [...] More →

Harvard Social Enterprise Conference: Create, Connect, Commit!

Harvard Social Enterprise Conference: Create, Connect, Commit!

And this is exactly what I intend to do while I am there!  Me, and about 1500 other attendees. This year’s conference (Feb 8/9) features over 100 speakers, 25 sessions, and 6 tracks including impact investing, a spotlight on water, and host of skill building sessions.  There are also 4 keynote speakers including Tracy Pilandjian [...] More →

Ogunte: For Women By Women (Social Entrepreneurs)

Ogunte: For Women By Women (Social Entrepreneurs)

This is an amazing organization based out of the U.K. Their purpose:  ”We harness women’s skills to create robust social businesses, projects, and networks, that create a positive social and environmental impact. Together with the network members, we are building trading and learning platforms to break through mainstream supply-chains.” Worth the time to check into [...] More →

New “No Guts, No Change” Episodes!

Finally. They are here! Episode #3 and #4 of our social enterprise podcast series “No Guts, No Change” are available! Episode 3 focuses on legal options available for Social Enterprises in Ontario. Here is the link:  https://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJhT203TER0TWxvSWNUQw Episode 4 focuses on how to become a certified B Corporation featuring an interview with Joyce Sou, Manager, [...] More →

Announcing Another Social Enterprise Discovery Workshop!

Announcing Another Social Enterprise Discovery Workshop!

The Zugunruhe Project and the Queen’s Centre for Responsible Leadership is collaborating again to bring you another informative workshop on the emerging social enterprise space in Toronto on Friday, September 21st from 9-4pm! The goal of the workshop is to emerging social enterprise sector’s “for profit” segment, including an introduction to the players, metrics, and emerging [...] More →

Missed the May 23rd Discovery Workshop on Social Enterprise?

  Well here is a brief summary of the day!  See the official write up below! Insights from first Discovery Learning Workshop on Social Enterprise On May 23rd, the Centre hosted the first in a series of Discovery Learning Workshops on Social Enterprise.  This workshop series is designed to help participants learn about how we [...] More →

A Day With Social Enterprise Nerds

A Day With Social Enterprise Nerds

OK. I am a social enterprise nerd, among other things.  And so it would not be surprising that I would leave a whole day spent learning and talking about the fast evolving social enterprise landscape with great enthusiasm. On May 23rd, I along with the wonderful people from the Centre for Responsible Leadership at the [...] More →

Australia Develops Research Based Definition of Social Enterprise

Australia Develops Research Based Definition of Social Enterprise

  For those of you who continually search for less confusing or constraining definitions of social enterprise, I wanted to direct you to www.socialtraders.com.  This organization launched a seminal research project called FASES. The FASES research is a unique collaboration between Social Traders and the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) at Queensland [...] More →