We all love an opportunity to start over when we’re determined to make a change in our life. Perhaps everyone is fond of the idea that we can decide our own future. Perhaps everyone enjoys the thrill of feeling like a new person. No matter their reason, people seek special moments as a reason to start over, such as the New Year. The New Year is right around the corner as this year comes to a close. Like many other years, people are setting up to choose a New Year’s Resolution. Similarly, people may have second thoughts about their resolution in a month or two. Second thoughts are normal, and y ..read more

You’ll wake up on Christmas Day to a pile of gifts under the tree. Perhaps, you’ll receive a few gifts from coworkers or neighbors as well. You’ll gratefully accept the gifts, but somewhere in your mind you think two or three are unnecessary. Better yet, you might not even “like” them per say. People usually throw away gifts they don’t like. It creates waste and oftentimes leads to many perfectly functional items being tossed out. Throwing things away might be an old habit for some people, but there are other options that could help spread a positive impact. Imagine the joy created by “paying ..read more

Get out the popcorn. It’s time for a movie marathon! Major television and streaming networks have holiday marathons every year. The festivities call for the heartwarming and uplifting stories that make the holidays so bright, but it also calls for the nostalgic and life-changing lessons we can learn from holiday themes. Many themes during the holidays revolve around charity, forgiveness, hope, and general goodwill. Wouldn’t social impact fit right in? Whether you want a story that’s funny or a cry-worthy, here are films and documentaries to add a bit of social good to your holiday movie marath ..read more

Here’s a little story for you… “During the holiday season, I could count on seeing my cousins at a party & sleepover at my aunt’s home right before Christmas. This was no ordinary holiday party since my aunt is a baker! She’d invite all my cousins over for us to bake and decorate cookies together. To this day, I can clearly see the slightly bent cookie cutter I used for a star shape and smell the buttery snickerdoodle scent I waited all night for with flour still smudged across my cheek.” Most people have similar stories to the one above of holiday traditions that mean so much to them ov ..read more

Holidays turn entire neighborhoods into completely different dimensions. Why? The decorations of course! When you think of your favorite holidays, you can immediately see the setting spruced up with trendy decor or family ornaments. You remember the atmosphere so fondly thanks to the care put into the display of holiday cheer, especially holidays like Christmas. You can still have awesome holiday decorations while staying sustainable. In fact, you don’t even have to come up with your own ideas of how. Tons of eco-conscious creatives have created DIY or shared their favorite ways to reduce wast ..read more

The holidays are coming up, so you know what that means… spending time meeting people. Whether it’s a family gathering, team holiday party, or a link up with friends, there will be plenty of opportunities where you connect with your community. Events and gatherings are one of the best times to share what’s going on in the social impact world. Of course, you want to do it in a way the matches the festive energy of the holiday season. Gifts, games, and groups are especially popular during holidays, so why not share social impact apps at holiday parties. Apps allow people to interact with online ..read more

The holiday festivities continue! Many themes around the last quarter of the year focus on gratitude, rebirth, charity, and community. Right now is one of the best times to find opportunities to spread social good. People Helping People is based in Columbus, OH, so today’s list focuses on social impact opportunities in our community! There’s tons of events to be on the look the out for. Below you’ll find a list of awesome chances for decorating your holiday season with the cheer of social good. 1. Friendsgiving Potluck Thursday, November 23, 2023 Hosted by Granville Center for the Arts Addres ..read more

Everyone loves to feel appreciated. Even companies recognized this, which is why teams do corporate gifting. The gifts can be to employees, customers, or partners. Companies send them to anyone they want to show extra appreciation towards. With that said, someone who’s a social entrepreneur might think of how much consumption, waste, and carbon that’s put into the world in the process. That’s an understandable thought. You don’t have to hold onto that thought since there are fellow social entrepreneurs handling sustainable corporate gifting! Sustainable corporate gifting allows companies to se ..read more

Education empowers children, teens, and adults to create a better world for themselves and others. This post contains social enterprises, nonprofits, and like-minded organizations supporting education in the US and around the globe. “I believe the children are our future.” A beautiful line sung by Whitney Houston in the song Greatest Love of All, pointing out the need to nurture the next generation. The youth are filled with new ideas and new ways of living. Their dreams for the future sometimes stretch beyond what older generations can see, and they’ll need support to make strides in the worl ..read more

You want to start measuring your team’s impact, but you haven’t found a good example of how to start. At least, you haven’t found one that matches your early journey. The information you found is usually from a big, long-standing company that has more resources, more standard operations, and more insight from many years of business. Luckily, there are social enterprises that share their early approaches to impact measurement. The three themes below represent our exploration of how to approach social impact when stakeholders see the concern differently: Looking at a concern from multiple angle ..read more