Resource Friday: ClearlySo's Glossary of Social Innovation Terms

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-06-26 10:54:00 UTC
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There is a lot of jargon surrounding social entrepreneurship. Sometimes, I don't even know how to describe the field itself. Social enterprise? Social Entrepreneurship? Blended Value? Social Capital Market? I end up using the word "space" a lot to describe the field because it is so amorphous and shifting.

Just discovered via @Montero this glossary of terms by ClearlySo, an "online marketplace for social business, enterprise, and investment," based in the UK. It's already an increasingly comprehensive directory, and has inputs so that people can add new terms. A sample:

This is important because often the first step to collaboration is speaking a common language, or at least understanding how to translate related terms. For this "space" to keep growing, resources like this will provide the bedrock.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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