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NexThought Monday: Want to Work at a Social Enterprise? Stand out with these skills
So what do you need to stand out as a job applicant to social enterprises? In our experience here at Impact Business Leaders, where we’ve helped more than 70 professionals find new roles in social enterprises, there are a few key skill sets that have set our most successful participants apart.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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Actually, It IS Brain Surgery
Located in the small, remote town of Mbale, Uganda in the far eastern part of the country, the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda might seem an unlikely place to pioneer a neurosurgery solution. The medical team operates in a resource-scarce environment, yet they've found a way to serve their population and the infants afflicted with serious brain disorders. They're so good at the procedure, it's been widely exported to the United States.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Traditional Financial Services vs. FinTech – The Future of Money
The reality is that the industry needs more than just new products — it needs a new paradigm. I believe the concept of Banking as a Platform (BaaP) provides that new approach, presenting collaborative solutions and offering new value chains not only for banks and their partners, but also for related services such as payment processors, credit providers and mobile network operators.
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- Technology
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NexThought Monday: A New Checklist for Developing Markets for Underserved Communities
New research highlights the significance of incorporating a more “bottom-up” and participatory approach to market development – a position that contrasts with top-down methods that have dominated academic, policy and practitioner discourse.
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- Education, Energy, Impact Assessment
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Weekly Roundup 11-13-15: What’s in a Name?
According to Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, “social enterprise” is a mindset, not a “sector,” and we’d all be better off recognizing that.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Tools for Economic Empowerment: Virtual learning in the Vital Voices GROW Fellowship
In this, the third in a series of articles about women entrepreneurs participating in the year-long Vital Voices GROW Fellowship, they speak in glowing terms of the virtual learning part of their training. Next up, they'll gather for in-person training.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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NexThought Monday: And the big winners in the move to SDGs are … why not everyone?
As we move from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the transition process is filled with a mix of excitement, expectation and guarded optimism. Perhaps some of the early hesitation voiced by various stakeholders, in both the public and private sector, trying integrate the SGDs will come to pass. However, the flourishing ecosystem of large companies diligently working in corporate social responsibility, shared value and in the inclusive business arena is encouraging.
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- Impact Assessment
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Welcome to the New NextBillion: As we celebrate 10 years online, we unveil a comprehensively redesigned website
Emerging economies – and the businesses that serve them – have come a long way in the past decade. And so has NextBillion. Today represents another key step in our evolution, as we unveil a comprehensively redesigned website.
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- Social Enterprise
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