Social Entrepreneurship Articles, Books & Chapters
Altinay, L., Daniele, R., & Waligo, V. (2015). Social entrepreneurship in tourism. In The 5th Advances in Hospitality & Tourism Marketing and Management (AHTMM) Conference, Beppu, Japan, 18-21 June 2015 (pp. 453-461). Washington State University.
Bornstein, D. (2007). How to change the world: Social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas. Oxford University Press.
Pohlman, E. (2004). The True Agents of Change in Africa: Communities and Youth. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 117-123.
Littrell, M. A., & Dickson, M. A. (1999). Social responsibility in the global market: Fair trade of cultural products. Sage publications.
Social Entrepreneurship Podcasts
Social enterprise
The Social Enterprise Podcast — Hosted by Rupert Scofield, author of The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook, this podcast features interviews with established entrepreneurs who offer insights into how to start, build and run a social enterprise.
Do Good Better — Real talk about social innovation. Sometimes host Trina Isakson interviews expert guests, sometimes she answers listener Q&A and sometimes she just rants. This podcast is geared toward social innovators, entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders.
The Impact Podcast — Host Neetal Parekh explores social innovation through interviews with social entrepreneurs, impact investors, filmmakers, attorneys and professors. Discussions range from business to tech, from law to the media, all centered around the common theme of social impact.
Social Entrepreneur Podcast — This weekly series is tailored to early-stage and aspiring social entrepreneurs. Interviews with founders, investors and thought leaders always end with a call to action.
Social Innovation Conversation — Download panels and speeches from Stanford Social Innovation Review. Experts in government, nonprofit and business bring together research and practice to tackle issues like human rights, revenue generating models and impact investing.
The Changemakers Podcast — This is a podcast about female entrepreneurs, with inspiring stories of women changing the world.
SproutCast — Through chats with social entrepreneurs and purpose leaders, SproutCast offers actionable tips and strategies on creating, growing and managing nonprofits.
General business
The $100 MBA — This daily podcast offers 10-minute business lessons from the real world. No backstories or self-promotion, just quick and dirty tips on business, marketing, tech and more.
NPR’s How I Built This — 30 minute interviews with entrepreneurs, changemakers and idealists, including the founders of innovative brands like Patagonia, AirBnB and Warby Parker.
HBR Ideacast — Just what you’d expect from Harvard Business Review’s Podcast — a cerebral take on cutting-edge business practices. It can feel a bit self-promotional, with Harvard authors plugging their own books, but the insights tend to be good nonetheless.
The social world
TED Radio Hour: Based on talks from TED events, each show is centered on a common theme, like power shifts, crowdsourcing innovation and the source of happiness. Each episode is an hour-long celebration of new ways of thinking, brilliant inventions and fresh approaches to old problems.
This American Life: This one is tough to describe, because This American Life covers just about everything. Each episode centers on a theme, using first-person storytelling and monologues to describe and document contemporary American life.
Invisibilia: Part science, part storytelling, Invisibilia delves into the invisible forces controlling human behavior. Each episode explores questions like “Do clothes have the power to transform us?” and “Are there problems we don’t have to solve?”
Freakonomics — This is the least relevant podcast in the list, but one of my all-time favorites. Freakonomics explores the riddles of everyday life through a social scientist’s lens. Host Stephen Dubner talks with entrepreneurs, economists, Nobel laureates, psychologists and everyday people. Learn “how to win games and beat people,” “ten ideas to make politics less rotten” and everything in between.
Humanosphere — Humanosphere is for people who “give a damn.” Journalist Tom Paulson deep dives into the aid industry, unpacking issues of global health and the fight against poverty.
Social Entrepreneurship Videos
Ashoka Social Entrepreneurs- How To Change the World
British Council Launch
How to be a social entrepreneur: Andy Stoll at TEDxUIowa
Foundations of social entrepreneurship and team formation
Who cares? (trailer)
An interview with Bill Drayton, CEO and the founder of Ashoka
Embedded Sustainability
Embedded Sustainability Podcast
Hawaii Social Entrepreneurship
Highway Inn Mural
India Social Entrepreneurship
Pradip Sarmah: Reinventing the Rickshaw to Drive Social Impact
South Africa Social Entrepreneurship
Solar Cooker in South Africa
State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa (tourism)
Social enterprise Morocco
Social Entrepreneurship Websites
Things you need to know about fund raising for your social entrepreneurship
http://plusacumen.org/blog/fundraising-for-your-social-enterprise/
Aulakh, D. Green Marketing: Think before you act
www.sustainabilityconsulting.com
Training on social entrepreneurship
http://www.macoss.mu/training-social-entrepreneurship-dcp/
Things you need to know about fund raising for your social entrepreneurship
http://plusacumen.org/blog/fundraising-for-your-social-enterprise/
Aulakh, D. Green Marketing: Think before you act
www.sustainabilityconsulting.com
Training on social entrepreneurship
http://www.macoss.mu/training-social-entrepreneurship-dcp/
Altinay, L., Daniele, R., & Waligo, V. (2015). Social entrepreneurship in tourism. In The 5th Advances in Hospitality & Tourism Marketing and Management (AHTMM) Conference, Beppu, Japan, 18-21 June 2015 (pp. 453-461). Washington State University.
Social Entrepreneurship Books
Bornstein, D. (2007). How to change the world: Social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas. Oxford University Press.
Pohlman, E. (2004). The True Agents of Change in Africa: Communities and Youth. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 117-123.
Littrell, M. A., & Dickson, M. A. (1999). Social responsibility in the global market: Fair trade of cultural products. Sage publications.