Professor Muhammad Yunus recently presented at Caixa Forum in Barcelona, discussing microcredit, social business, and how the system can be changed, whilst expressing his views on artificial intelligence. Contributing Editor Nikoline Arns was there to capture the key insights…
Read MoreWhat would happen if the things you bought had no profit in their price, and the price breakdown was transparent? In this guest blog post, Leonie Bucher shares her experience in setting up the Cost Price Cafe…
Read MoreOn Episode 131 of Impact Boom, Lena Belin of public shares her broad experience in the design sector and discusses opportunities for organisations to meaningfully engage with people, leading to stronger outcomes that make a positive difference to society.
Read MoreOn Episode 128 of Impact Boom, Andrew Hamilton of Social Scaffolding discusses consistent gaps where non profits could commonly improve and provides insights into impact investing, effective boards and implementing ideas.
Read MoreOn Episode 129 of Impact Boom, Ben Shemesh of TOM Melbourne talks about the international movement that is facilitating open source assistive technology for people with disabilities, alongside key lessons learnt along the way.
Read MoreWhat books would you recommend to other changemakers? Here’s our list of the 100+ most recommended books from our 2018 social impact podcast series with global social enterprise and innovation leaders. Great inspiration for your holiday reading!
Read MoreOn Episode 127 of Impact Boom, Sharon Zivkovic of Community Capacity Builders and Wicked Lab discusses the difference between simple and complicated problems, providing communities and governments with insights on how to best tackle complex issues with effective approaches.
Read MoreOn Episode 126 of Impact Boom, Brad Clair and Nick Kamols discuss how they got early traction at Powerwells, sharing insights into their social enterprise journey and what they’ve learnt about the future of business.
Read MoreOn Episode 125 of Impact Boom, Minister Fentiman talks about the strong grassroots social enterprise movement in Queensland, and how government is creating a Social Enterprise Strategy to help support the sector, ultimately making a difference in the lives of vulnerable Queensland families.
Read MoreOn Episode 123 of Impact Boom, Sabrina Chakori discusses a practical response to the sharing economy, explaining her experience in building the Brisbane Tool Library (based at State Library of Queensland), and talks about how the ‘circular economy’ has become a mainstream term, sometimes misused, and points us to where we should be focussing…
Read MoreOn Episode 124 of Impact Boom, Gabriela Gallardo and Santiago Mejia Acosta of Yaku Latin Goods discuss how they saw a need to create a self-sustaining business to provide ongoing support to social projects, whilst sharing a few lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
Read MoreOn Episode 121 of Impact Boom, Louise Aitken of the Akina Foundation discusses what social enterprises need to know to deliver significant impact, she shares her views on how the government can most appropriately support the sector, as well as suggesting the core ingredients at the heart of any good enterprise.
Read MoreOn Episode 120 of Impact Boom, Charlie Shread and Marianne Osório of Wondering School discuss how schools may become places which democratise decision making, focussing on abilities, strengths and critical thinking whilst creating environments which value lifelong learning.
Read MoreOn Episode 119 of Impact Boom, Alexandra van der Ploeg of SAP shares her experience in integrating corporate social responsibility into business strategy, rather than seeing it as a bolt-on, whilst providing insights into social enterprise around the world.
Read MoreOn October 26th, the Logan Social enterprise Forum was held, bringing together key stakeholders to share ideas and experience, network and discuss the future of social enterprise in Queensland and more broadly in Australia. Impact Boom hosted a great panel which local and national leaders, with the aim of advancing forward conversation, ideas and the sector.
Read MoreOn Episode 118 of Impact Boom, Robbie Semple (currently at Nesta, but will soon join Social Entrepreneurs Ireland), shares useful insights on the realities of starting and scaling social enterprises, as well as transitioning into social impact work more broadly.
Read MoreEmma-Kate Rose of Food Connect reflects on the key lessons from leading one of Australia’s first equity crowdfunding campaigns for a community owned food hub; the Food Connect Shed.
Read MoreOn October 25th 2018, the Sunshine Coast Social Enterprise Forum was held with 200 attendees representing a broad range of sectors, local and state government. Impact Boom proudly supported the forum and hosted a panel discussion with some of Queensland’s leading social enterprise ecosystem builders. So how might we best create positive social change in the regions? Read on to find out.
Read MoreOn Episode 116 of Impact Boom, Camilla Marcus-Dew of The Soap Co and Clarity discusses using good business as a vehicle to tackle many of the challenges we face as a society and shares insights into how providing employment and confidence can create strong positive impact.
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