Posts Tagged: Social development

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 21 November 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 21 November 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | From the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a synopsis of a presentation which was made at this year’s international conference. It’s about the digital transformation taking place in our organization’s. While some information is not new, there’s a great list of “14 questions for the new digital workplace” addressing internal and external communications.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 14 November 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 14 November 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | From Organization Unbound (http://organizationunbound.org/) is a great compilation of videos which “challenges us to pay closer attention to the link between an organization’s social purpose and how that purpose is lived inside the organization on a daily basis.” We think you’ll find the video inspiring.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 7 November 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 7 November 2016

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.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 10 October 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 10 October 2016

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.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 19 September 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 19 September 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | If you follow the subject areas of conscious capitalism and social entrepreneurs, you’ve likely heard of TOMS shoes. TOMS is a hugely successful company which operates with the one-for-one model of conscious capitalism (for each pair of shoes the company sells, a pair is given to someone in a third-world country). Now, the founder, Blake Mycoskie, has started a new venture.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 5 September 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 5 September 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | There is a lot happening in the world of corporate social responsibility, or CSR, including questions about its meaning and what its future strategic focus should be. This is an interesting article that addresses some of those questions and presents the idea that CSR should begin to have more of a human focus and less of a corporate one.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 23 May 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 23 May 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | If you’re hiring employees, how do you pick a final candidate from two great, qualified applicants? We’ve read that you should choose the person who can write well. There seems to be an increased importance on this skill set. If you haven’t written a lot, want to get started, or want to write more, this article has some great tips.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 7 March 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 7 March 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | When we come across success stories of wonderful things happening to make people’s lives better in Kenya (or in Africa in general), we like to share those stories. This one is about a small, and growing, business which sells charcoal briquettes in Kibera.

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 22 February 2016

Positive Comms +Plus for the Week of 22 February 2016

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both) … | Here’s a new term from the world of conscious capitalism you may not have seen… Born Social. It’s a term being used to describe the new businesses which have put a social purpose at their core. This article outlines the three factors to watch for in the coming years which are driving this relatively new business model.