A wave of change towards a more socially conscious world is coming. Business and consumers are progressively interested in doing more good and less harm. At the centre of this activity is the focus on a higher purpose. What is Purpose? Organizations with a higher purpose have answered two important questions related to their mission:… Read more
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | The summer reading lists are out and here’s one list for you if your work focuses mostly on marketing and business development.
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | A status update and review of Simon Sinek’s book: Start With Why… Love this passage from the book: “What if the next time someone asks, ‘Who’s your competition?’ we replied, ‘No idea.'” Words to live by.
The first belief in the up-and-coming movement towards conscious capitalism is having a “higher purpose.” (From Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia). We know that organizations with a higher purpose have worked through the process of answering these two important questions: What purpose does your organization serve?… Read more
The fields of marketing and corporate communication have been transformed forever. Tried-and-true strategies don’t work so well anymore. And while technology has influenced this transformation, it’s not the only controlling factor. Changes in consumer attitudes and behaviours have also influenced how we get our organization’s voice to be heard. And there’s more … There’s another up-and-coming… Read more
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | We’ve started a Meetup group in Ottawa… Communication for Positive Social Impact and at our second meeting we discussed useful workshops and conferences for the social enterprise. Here’s a link to our resource list.
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | We’ve started a Meetup group in Ottawa… Communication for Positive Social Impact and at our first meeting we discussed useful books and resources which have shaped our recent project work and thinking in the social enterprise space. Here’s a link to our resource list.
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | It’s probable that we’ve all read enough articles on how to manage social media programs, but we’ve not come across this type of advice all in one spot before. This article covers the what-if scenarios of social media marketing. There’s some good advice here on what to do in different situations.
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | It’s becoming clear that social enterprises cannot solve all the problems we face. Partnerships with the private sector are becoming more common – and are often built on a large scale. Here’s a great article which describes some large-scale projects in a case study format.
Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | The more we read about content marketing, the more we sense that communicators haven’t quite figured out the magic formula for success. (We’d like to believe it’s because there is no silver bullet to marketing success. Instead, success can be based on a clear, focused and disciplined approach to communications).
