Top 8 Social Enterprise Blogs You Should Be Reading
4 December 2014
Keeping up with the evolving landscape of social enterprise can be a challenge. However, if you’re working with or for a social enterprise, education may be your greatest tool for growth and success. Luckily, there are dozens of blogs and sites out there that will help you keep up. Here are our eight favorites:
Fast Co.Exist is the social enterprise wing of Fast Company’s extensive business and marketing blog collection. According to the editor Morgan Clendaniel, “Those are the kinds of stories you’ll find here. Stories about world-changing innovations that are going to alter the way we live for the better in the next year–and over the next 100 years–in ways you can’t yet imagine.”
Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation Blog
Although the blog is rarely updated, the White House’s Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation blog is an insider look into the efforts of the White House and President Obama to support social innovation. Recent posts cover official White House business such as executive actions to accelerate impact investing and President Obama’s launch of energy program “Power Africa.”
Mashable’s social good blog covers everything from the innovations being made by the biggest companies in the world to discussions of social issues. If you’re new to social enterprise, this is a great place to start.
If you’re new to social enterprise, this is a great place to start
One thing to take note of: Mashable accepts and publishes many sponsored posts. They are labeled as such and can easily be skipped.
Triple Pundit is dedicated to covering the for-profit companies that use their business to promote social and environmental good. The blog follows the philosophy of the “Triple Bottom Line:” People, Planet and Profit.
Next Billion is a blog that aims to bring together the communities “who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise.” The blog promotes and highlights the innovations and enterprises that most greatly benefit the bottom two-thirds of low-income businesses and consumers.
With over 170 contributors in 25 countries, Social Earth is among the top sources for information on the places where enterprise and social good meet. The blog team aims to improve the world through coverage of businesses “that are uplifting the human race via their work.”
Social Earth is among the top sources for information on the places where enterprise and social good meet
The Guardian Sustainable Business blog is the most authoritative voice in the world of corporate social responsibility and the sustainability movement. It is by far the most comprehensive environmentally focused blog we’ve found on the web. The site is updated with dozens of posts a day, including many open discussion threads. If environmental sustainability is your top priority, you will never run out of posts to read.
An extension of Social Enterprise Magazine, Pioneers Post is “News, views, knowledge and analysis on business and finance driving social progress.” The blog includes a section called “Business School” which is a valuable collection of articles and blog posts designed to function as a “How-to” for how to start and run your very own social enterprise.
Have other blogs on your must read list? Let us know in the comments below.
