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My six insights from the Social Enterprise World Forum 2019

Contributor, Wednesday, 6th November 2019 -  Emma-Kate Rose, chair of the Queensland Social Enterprise Council, shares her takeaways from a session on building social enterprise networks.
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The best countries for social entrepreneurs revealed

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 6th November 2019 -  Experts believe Australia is the world’s most improved nation for social entrepreneurs
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Aussie NFP scores major partnership with Facebook

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 23rd October 2019 -  Humanitix founders say its Facebook integration will boost funding for education programs helping the world’s most disadvantaged children
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Queensland launches social enterprise strategy to double employment in the sector

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 18th September 2019 -  The Queensland government is injecting close to half a million dollars into the state’s social enterprise sector as part of a wide-ranging strategy aimed at creating more jobs for disadvantaged Queenslanders.  
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Why employment can be a ‘pathway out of disadvantage’

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 11th September 2019 -  While some people dread coming into work every day, for Josh it helps motivate him to get out of bed in the morning.

Spotlight

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The production house shaping the stories of the future

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 4th September 2019 -  Since 2009, Melbourne production house Youthworx has made over 500 films. It’s also fighting to get disadvantaged young people back on track, into work and give them a creative outlet through filmmaking and production, writes Maggie Coggan in this
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‘Social enterprise is a verb. It is not a noun.’

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 4th September 2019 -  The aim of social enterprise is to build a social value marketplace, it is not another means of doing corporate social responsibility, says a global social enterprise expert.

Opinion

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Is an ecosystem-based approach the future of funding social enterprise?

Jay Boolkin, Thursday, 22nd August 2019 -  It’s often discussed that funding the social enterprise ecosystem is important to help all social enterprises thrive – but what exactly is this ecosystem, and why and how should we fund it, ask Laura Reed and Jay Boolkin, in this article first pu
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Victorian social enterprises get connected

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 22nd August 2019 -  Social enterprises across Victoria are getting connected with the launch of a statewide peer-to-peer network.
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Social enterprise helping vulnerable Aussies find meaningful work

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 -  Social enterprise is delivering better job opportunities for disadvantaged Australians than mainstream employment while also fixing gaps in government jobseeker programs, new research shows. 
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