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Seeing in a New Light

Seeing in a New Light

Dialogue in the Dark Singapore

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Food For Thought @8Q

Food For Thought @8Q

SEforum chats with Shiao Yin, one of three founders of social enterprise Food For Thought (FFT), for the new happenings and vision of the newly launched FFT @8Q.

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Recipe to Success

Recipe to Success

"Our senior colleagues are very diligent and always give 100% to their work. Customers love senior waiters because they always have funny stories about their lives to share. And to be frank, a lot of them have a better attitude then some of the younger people today."

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YES - Transforming Youths

YES - Transforming Youths

Conversation with Mr Ali Raza Khan who shares his experiences running the Youth Engagement Services (YES) network in Pakistan. Khan is the Founder and Director of YES Network Pakistan and is also an Ashoka Fellow. YES pioneered the concept of youth service and youth social entrepreneurship in the country, in ...

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Securing the Future of Asia’s Food

Securing the Future of Asia’s Food

Think of “Food” and “Asia” and what comes to mind is a rich and diverse mosaic of landscapes and sentiments: on the one hand, we can imagine golden fields of rice tended by tight-knit communities, abundant harvests at year-end festivals, and sprawling, animated markets; however, we also have unsavory images ...

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by Marie Lisa M. Dacanay
Creating A Space in the Market
For the past decade, social enterprise has been a buzzword in the arena of both business and philanthropy. But what does social enterprise actually mean for Asia and what is or was its impact on building a more equitable and sustainable marketplace?
Creating a Space in the [...]

 
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By Willie Cheng
Doing Good Well
As its name suggests, Doing Good Well urges its readers not to simply do good but also to do good well by offering a fresh perspective on how the social sector can capitalise business and management principles without compromising the social mission. Willie Cheng applies more than two decades of management [...]

 
Resources, Reviews / Posted: Friday, May 29th, 2009

The Power of Unreasonable People

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By Pamela Hartigan and John Elkingston
The Power of Unreasonable People
The idea of the unreasonable man came from renowned playwright George Bernard Shaw who said: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Authors Pamela Hartigan and [...]