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SEE Change...As it happens 
July 2013
Greetings!

Summer is here. Time to kick back and relax. Maybe do some travelling or escape to an air-conditioned theatre for a few hours of cool entertainment. However you choose to spend your time, we've got ideas and stories that are sure to inspire you. Read our review from the recent Toronto Hot Docs Festival, learn how a simple idea is paying off at airports in California, or if you are really ambitious, perhaps it's time to prioritize your triple-bottom-line initiatives. We can help!

 

It's all online at SEE Change Magazine.
In This Issue
Hot Docs Movie Review
Prioritizing triple-bottom-line initiatives
Lessons in simplicity
Social Pitch Contest
SEWF 2013
1% logo 2013
Recent Articles

A Whole Lott More

When a town's primary industry faces a downturn, the issue of employment, sustenance, no doubt becomes central to its impassioned conversation. When company employees facing potential layoffs have developmental disabilities, the discussion becomes more heated still. Add some internal politics to the mix and you've got the highly acclaimed documentary, A Whole Lott More.

 

Read the full review here.

triple bottom line

 

With a scarcity of resources, prioritization of goals is necessary. If a company wants to maintain a TBL with all policies and initiatives, it should implement those initiatives that serve all three legs of the triple bottom line over those that do not. Each initiative that's chosen needs to have an environmental benefit, a social benefit and an economic benefit. Generally, the economic benefit can be assumed by increased profit margins, ROI, or positive net present value calculations.

 

Learn how to decide which initiatives are right for you. 

Globetrotting explorer and aspiring world changer Nathan Wang believes that even small change can make a big difference. A short time upon returning from volunteering and traveling experiences abroad, he launched Meaningful Change. Meaningful Change raises money for nonprofit organizations that are involved in education, environmentalism and humane efforts. Partnering with airports and setting up donation bins right before TSA security checkpoints, passengers can drop off any loose change they might have.

 

See how one simple idea can make a big difference.

News from the Social Enterprise World Forum

  • Contest gives SEWF attendees a chance to enhance impact and win $20,000. Collaboration with Good Deals UK brings successful social pitch contest to Canada. Deadline for applications: 5:00 p.m. MDT, August 9.
Complete details about the contest can be found on the SEWF website: http://www.socialenterpriseworldforum.org