Opinion
Opinion: Social Enterprise Minister is Ireland’s Missed Opportunity
Lack of a Minister leaves Social Enterprise and Social Economy without accountability With a new government comes opportunities to make a difference. With the largest capital project in Ireland including social benefit clauses, social economy programmes across Europe...
3 Things I Learned at SXSW
SXSW is one of those events can change you. The festival, which started as a music festival which later became a film festival and later still became the interactive festival, is one of the most eclectic festivals in the world. It's art, meets tech, meets music, meets...
We are Updating!
Socent.ie is Changing We set up the Irish Social Enterprise Network to help people get their new ideas off the ground or take their existing organisations to the next level. As part of that we developed a website, but we are drastically updating this as part of our...
What do new social enterprises need?
"There's something refreshing about young social enterprises in Ireland". Guest blogger Danielle Byrne reflects on our recent ISEN event..... I have greatly enjoyed attending the “Story Exchange” open mic events this year at the Irish Social Enterprise Network / Ryan...
Learning from Boston social enterprise
Guest blogger Danielle Byrne writes.... Everything I ever wanted in social enterprise was in Anne Wunderli’s talk at the Irish Social Enterprise Network last Tuesday. Anne works for Pine Street Inn, a large homelessness charity in Boston. They provide all sorts of...
#ISEC14 Success – First Thoughts
Social Enterprise is alive in Ireland There can be no doubt that social enterprise is alive and well in Ireland. Thanks to the hundreds of people who came out and those that took part in our online discussions on #ISEC14. It has been ab overwhelmingly positive...
Get your voice heard!
One of the most positive things we have learned, is to listen to the voice of the membership and those with things to say. We, in Ireland, have some of the greatest thought leaders in this space. We have questioned the status quo (social entrepreneurs are a little...
