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Cathy Bogaart

Social Enterprise Gains Importance In Tough Times - The Leader World - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Bogaart on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • with self-belief and a preparedness to adapt to the new economic situation, social enterprise will thrive
  • Social enterprise, in many ways, is about generating value: for both society and business. What could be more important when facing difficult times?
  • leverage their natural resources for the betterment of both society and their bottom line
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  • New graduates are known as ‘Generation Yers’. Born between 1979 and 1998, they want to be successful business people, but they also want to do good with their skills. They want luxurious products, but won’t buy from unethical companies. For businesses to recruit and retain the best, they have to offer more than the corporate package. Community engagement is fast becoming a key competitive differentiator between professional services firms. In a recent survey of UK graduates by PricewaterhouseCoopers, 70% said that they will actively seek out employers whose corporate responsibility behaviour reflects their own. An Aspen Institute study shows business school students citing ‘business's responsibility to society’ as a top concern when choosing a job.
  • social entrepreneurship will be rattled by this economic situation, but we will make changes to our approach where necessary and come out stronger and more central to both business and community.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 27 Jul 09
     
    This article talks about how the recession's economic tightening is actually good for social enterprises as it forces the industry to be more innovative in order to survive. The author talks about asking for partnerships that are even more valuable than charitable donations. He also talks about why it's important for all companies to incorporate ethical business practices in order to stay viable in a generation of people who care deeply about where products come from. Times are better than ever for social entrepreneurs.
Assunta Krehl

News - Uof G students showcase work at food innovation forum - GuelphMercury.com - 0 views

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shared by Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The University of Guelph's leadership in the development of food products that enhance health was showcased at the Agri-Food Innovation Forum in downtown Toronto yesterday.The forum's focus is on agriculture, food and human health, and is examining ways to generate business enterprises in the nutraceutical and functional food field.
  • John Kelly, executive director of the MaRS Landing and chair of the Agri-Food Innovation Forum, said there is a growing global market for nutraceutical products and good product ideas are coming from young minds.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Agri-Food Innovation Forum focused on agriculture, food and human health and is examining ways to generate business enterprises in the nutraceutical and functional food field. MaRS Landing is quoted indicating that there is a global market for nutraceutical products and good product ideas.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Agri-Food Innovation Forum focused on agriculture, food and human health and is examining ways to generate business enterprises in the nutraceutical and functional food field. MaRS Landing is quoted indicating that there is a global market for nutraceutical products and good product ideas. Feb 12, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Student's software design wins award - The Star - February 19, 2010 - 0 views

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Clients & Tenants ICT Software

shared by Assunta Krehl on 26 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 26 Feb 10
     
    Vincent Cheung, owner of Shape Collage Inc., a software program has developed a software program that arranges hundreds of photos into custom shapes in seconds. This program is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux. The company website (shapecollage.com) boasts of more than eight million members. Shape Collage Inc is a MaRS Client.
Tim T

Women and work: We did it! | The Economist - 0 views

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shared by Tim T on 30 Dec 09 - Cached
  • within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce
  • Women already make up the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of professional workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women run many of the world’s great companies, from PepsiCo in America to Areva in France.
  • Women’s economic empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times
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  • women are still under-represented at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America’s largest companies and 5% of their peers in Britain are women.
  • juggling work and child-rearing is difficult
  • Many women feel they have to choose between their children and their careers. Women who prosper in high-pressure companies during their 20s drop out in dramatic numbers in their 30s and then find it almost impossible to regain their earlier momentum. Less-skilled women are trapped in poorly paid jobs with hand-to-mouth child-care arrangements. Motherhood, not sexism, is the issue: in America, childless women earn almost as much as men, but mothers earn significantly less. And those mothers’ relative poverty also disadvantages their children.
  • the shift towards women is likely to continue: by 2011 there will be 2.6m more female than male university students in America.
  • All this argues, mostly, for letting the market do the work.
  • Norway has used threats of quotas to dramatic effect. Some 40% of the legislators there are women. All the Scandinavian countries provide plenty of state-financed nurseries. They have the highest levels of female employment in the world and far fewer of the social problems that plague Britain and America.
  • there are plenty of cheaper, subtler ways in which governments can make life easier for women
  • Some popular American charter schools now offer longer school days and shorter summer holidays.
Assunta Krehl

Sweet Valley Rye - The Eyeopener Online - April 6, 2010 - 1 views

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ICT Entrepreneurship Collaboration Advisors Sue McGill MaRS

shared by Assunta Krehl on 09 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Apr 10
     
    Ryerson's Digital Media Zone (DMZ) is looking to find the inner Silicon Valley innovator within Ryerson's student body by creating a space where entrepreneurs can collaborate and receive support. Sue McGill, an advisor at MaRS, has toured the DMZ and shares her views.
Cathy Bogaart

WeblishPal on The Pitch - BNN March 2, 2011 - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Bogaart on 03 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Cathy Bogaart on 03 Mar 11
     
    Toronto start-up and MaRS client, WeblishPal interview on BNN's The Pitch. WeblishPal is an online platform that connects English teachers and students across the world.
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