Monthly Archives: April 2014

Fantastic news; the social enterprise I lead SEED has been short listed for a national social enterprise award! The Social Enterprise Awards received 87 applications across the six categories. Each category was assessed by a unique panel of sector experts … Continue reading →

Posted on April 30, 2014 by stevewilliams1901 | Leave a comment

Youth unemployment on the rise – social procurement can help

Posted on April 30, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

A report by the Brotherhood of St Laurence has found a double whammy in youth unemployment. The rate has risen to 12.5 per cent, more than double the overall unemployment figure and it’s rising rapidly. In Cairns it’s up 88 … Continue reading →

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Social enterprise marketing

Posted on April 27, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

Marketing is about finding people who already love you and making it easy for them to evangelise for you Prashan Paramanathan – CEO Chuffed  Wise words on marketing and engaging support from Prashan    

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SEED’s Social Impact Assessment

Posted on April 26, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

Here’s the qualitative research from our Social Impact Assessment. Its such an honour to be in a position to offer sustainable employment to people who have done it tough for too many years. These results speak for themselves 🙂

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SEED’s social impact

Posted on April 25, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

So we measured our social impact in terms of hard data and this is what we found: Between 2010 to date SEED has earned $1.375 Million in income (Excluding funding, this is from providing commercially competitive services). Employed 56 people … Continue reading →

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A social entrepreneurs dinner

Posted on April 25, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

My friend and one time intern turned employee Anya came for dinner last night as she’s back in Australia on holiday from the Philippines. Anya brought beautiful gifts made of hand loomed cotton in indigenous patterns woven by artisans which … Continue reading →

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Future thinking

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

Courtesy of Uncompromise via Lyndon Johnson

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Shout out WHY!

Posted on April 6, 2014 by stevewilliams1901

I’ve long had a battle with myself over whether and when to sell the fact that we are a social enterprise. In the past we have had negative reactions to our employment practice of employing people with a mental illness … Continue reading →

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