Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #socialentrepreneurship
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Great to see @CoadyStFX alumnus Shelagh Savage weighing in on the way forward for #InternationalDevelopment : We can strive to meet existing obligations for development finance... and put gender equality at the heart of everything we do! #SDG5 #GenderMatters
Time travel -- view of American education from 2030: a thread
Education has shifted considerably since the pandemic of 2020, but the writing was on the wall…
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Education has shifted considerably since the pandemic of 2020, but the writing was on the wall…
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The source of the shift was economic: employers valued agile, creative minds that could communicate with professionalism and nuance. Bloated resumes lacked authenticity. (2/25)
Therefore, a new form of interview, simple and to the point: “What can you do? What have you done?”
The first question required a list of skills: digital, mechanical, professional, interpersonal.
The second question required proof. (3/25)
The first question required a list of skills: digital, mechanical, professional, interpersonal.
The second question required proof. (3/25)
There is a lot of confusion regarding what #entrepreneurship is and how entrepreneurs earn profits. This confusion causes a distinction between "market" entrepreneurship and "social" entrepreneurship that does not, in fact, exist. Generally speaking, #socialentrepreneurship is
the providing of value to those in need, with the implied understanding that there is no "room" for earning profits. But this type of activity is either charity, plain and simple, or it is a fundamental misunderstanding of entrepreneurship. This becomes clear if we distinguish
between value creation (really, facilitation) and distribution (value capture). They are often misunderstood for being the same thing--or value creation is overlooked completely. What entrepreneurs do is create new value, which is how they constitute the "driving force" of the
