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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. This month, I surveyed end users to find out how they draw value from going social. Social enterprise platforms move conversations from someone’s inbox to the public, so management has continuous insight into the team’s progress.

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How Do We Create A More Diverse Community Of Social Entrepreneurs

Forbes Social Media

Is the social enterprise sector as diverse as it claims to be? Are we giving out some kind of subliminal message, creating an unconscious bias that social enterprise is not for the more marginalised members of the community?

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Influencer Engagement: Finding a Fit

Waxing UnLyrical

In 2017, my organization, Goodwill Industries International, then a 115-year-old social enterprise; one of the oldest 501 (c)(3) nonprofit brands; the leading workforce provider in North America; and the #1 brand doing the most good by enso and featured in Fast Company Magazine – faced a pretty significant challenge.

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Major Social Media Acquisitions: 3 Must-Reads

Firebelly

By Trefis Team Salesforce.com has agreed to buy Buddy Media, a leading social media marketing platform for $689 million in cash and equity. Buddy Media enables its clients to listen, engage, gain insight, publish, advertise and measure social marketing programs. Billion Yammer Buy, Microsoft’s Social Enterprise Strategy Takes Shape.

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Thank you Google, for the Antithesis of a More Social Network

Waxing UnLyrical

A staunch Seth Godin disciple, he is engaged with social enterprise development and its coitus with the web. And that is the reason I absolutely adore it. Image: OZinOH via Flickr, CC 2.0. Amrit Pal is an engineering undergrad at BITS Pilani in Goa, India. His ramblings that occasionally matter can be read here.

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The Conscious Company Global Leaders Forum

Janet Fouts

Mike Brady CEO of Greyston Bakery , a benefit corp and social enterprise bakery in Pennsylvania, practices the collaborative approach to hiring. On the topic of our relationships with each other, she asked the question “What would happen if we, at our first meeting, decided we were kin?” They call it “Open Hiring™”.

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Bubble or No Bubble, We’ll Still Be Social

Waxing UnLyrical

A staunch Seth Godin disciple, he is engaged with social enterprise development and its intersection with social web. Image: black vanilla via Flickr, CC 2.0. Amrit Pal is an undergraduate engineering student at BITS Pilani in Goa, India. His ramblings that occasionally matter can be read here.

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