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Time to Think ‘Solutions’ to Child Abuse

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - Not for Profit leaders, academics, practitioners and policy makers need to come together to cultivate innovative new ways to ensure child safety, writes Dr Sarah Wise from the Berry Street Childhood Institute.

Savile’s Victims Ignored – UK Charity Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - A UK children’s charity report reveals that many of victims of UK paedophile broadcaster Jimmy Savile were ignored or laughed at when they revealed at the time that he had sexually abused them.

‘Posting’ Rural Social Enterprises

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - A first-of-a-kind platform connecting Australian social enterprises with socially-conscious consumers is set to generate new market opportunities for enterprises in rural and regional areas.

Finding Magic in Collective Impact

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - The problem with collaborative efforts is that organisations enter into them with some kind of belief in magic and then face the inevitable disappointment, a national conference on Collective Impact has been told.

Big-Hearted Haircare

Spotlight

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - Australia’s first social enterprise hair salon is providing a touch of glamour and a glimmer of hope for disengaged young people, writes Nadia Boyce in this week’s Spotlight on Social Enterprise.

Jury Out on ‘Naming and Shaming’ by Not for Profits

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - The world’s largest corporates are split on the effectiveness of ‘naming and shaming’ campaigns conducted by Not for Profits, global research suggests.

Creating a Thriving Social Enterprise Sector in Australia

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - The Social Innovation Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Alliance (SIEEA) has developed a Manifesto as a means of collectively advocating for itself and developing its own narrative in order to continue to grow. Meredith Turnbull from the Alliance explains.

Creative Storytelling Key to Social Media Success

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - Despite a massive increase in the number of companies using social media to communicate their efforts around sustainability and corporate social responsibility, quantity hasn’t translated into quality, according to findings of the 2013 Social Media Sustainability Index.

Choose Strength in Numbers for Social Start-ups

Hot Topic

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - Team building, networking and procuring the right talent is key to overcome a common problem in the social start-up space - having good ideas but struggling to implement them, writes RMIT Social Enterprise Group Officer Shaun Knott.

Aussie Miners’ ‘Social Licence’ Spurious: Report

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - Australian mining companies are employing a debatable and ill-defined concept to justify their presence in local communities, new University of Melbourne research suggests.

Let’s Remember that a Backbone has Multiple Parts

Opinion

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - The Head of Community Impact from United Way Australia, Jenny Riley is presenting on mobilisation at this week’s Collective Impact Conference. Here, Riley writes on an emerging ‘distributed backbone’ model.

Olympic Sponsorship Under Public Scrutiny

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 26th February 2014 - The corporate social responsibility reputations of some of the world’s corporate giants are under threat from association with politically-charged major sporting events.

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Savile’s Victims Ignored – UK Charity Report

Let’s Remember that a Backbone has Multiple Parts

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