by Leah Bury DON’T Expect Your Cause to Sell Your Product The idea of “doing good” is a lot more pervasive now in the mind of consumers, and 60% of shoppers now prioritize “conscious shopping.” A good cause is great, but it is still important to provide a viable, competitive Read more…
by Shannon Gillie In March of this year, I had dinner with a group of ten other NU students who were also on their co-ops in Cape Town, South Africa. If there’s anything NU students love to talk about, it’s our co-ops, and they were our topic of conversation for much Read more…
by Anea Schaffel At the age of 18, I found myself on an airplane to beautiful South Africa where I spent my gap year after high school volunteering. For a year, I lived and worked in a children’s home in the province Kwa-Zulu Natal, and it was absolutely amazing! My co-volunteer Read more…
by Professor Sophie Bacq For the fourth consecutive year, I co-directed with Dr. Jill Kickul, the Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, the largest academic gathering of its kind. This year, the 12th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference took place at NYU Stern School of Business on November 4, 5 and 6. Eighty researchers Read more…
by Professor Dennis R. Shaughnessy For the past several semesters, I’ve opened my introduction to social enterprise class with a short video called “Embrace: Spread the Warmth” that features a low-cost infant warmer designed, produced and distributed by a non-profit social enterprise called “Embrace”. Embrace represents a wonderful case study Read more…
Interview by Camille Carlton In what way do you still see SEI, or the principles learned through SEI, playing a role in your current life? You can definitely apply the core principles of SEI in public education! Through the field studies, we learn that every life has equal value and Read more…