NatWest and Pioneers Post are hosting a series of informal gatherings for our network of Women in Social Enterprise (WISE100) across the UK, and the first took place in Belfast last month. Over lunch, we learned more about some of the city’s inspirational women in social business and talked about breaking down barriers: from finding the courage to speak up when you feel outnumbered, to being bold enough to talk money.Before tucking into lunch, the group is addressed by Celia Hodson, founder of Hey Girls EO at NOW Group, the social enterprise tackling period poverty.

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Soundbites from leading social entrepreneurs, an Ambassador and a Baroness - plus a reality check from a Lord - as the Social Enterprise World Forum 2019 gets underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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NatWest and Pioneers Post are hosting a series of informal gatherings for our network of Women in Social Enterprise (WISE100) across the UK, and the first took place in Belfast last month. Over lunch, we learned more about some of the city’s inspirational women in social business and talked about breaking down barriers: from finding the courage to speak up when you feel outnumbered, to being bold enough to talk money.Before tucking into either the roast chicken or sweet potato curry, the group is addressed by Maeve Monaghan, CEO at NOW Group, a social enterprise which provides sustainable employment opportunities to people with autism and learning difficulties, including through its catering business and four cafés.

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What really goes on in a boardroom? By drawing on the real-life experiences of social purpose leaders, our Agenda Item One series aims to challenge the conventional thinking and outdated governance practices seen all too often in today’s boardrooms.In the latest episode of Agenda Item One, Practical Governance co-founder Bob Thust is joined by two social enterprise experts who have spent countless hours in board meetings – Liam Black, Executive Chairman at Big White Wall, and Lesley Dixon, Chief Executive at PSS UK – to discuss and challenge the role of the chair...

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Recently, Cafédirect and Greenwich Leisure Limited have had to switch up their marketing to keep up in competitive markets. We heard from two of the minds behind these strategies at our Good Stories conference earlier this year.Thanks for listening to our stories. As an entrepreneur yourself, you'll know that producing quality work doesn’t come free. We rely on our subscribers to sustain our journalism – so if you think it's worth having an independent, specialist media platform that covers social enterprise stories, please consider subscribing. You'll also be buying social: Pioneers Post is a social enterprise itself, reinvesting all our profits into helping you do good business, better.

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Our new podcast series, led by Bob Thust of Practical Governance, reads between the lines of the traditional board meeting minutes to explore what’s really going on. In this episode: excuses we make not to invite the people we’re meant to be supporting to join our board.P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven businesses. Good journalism like this costs money, and we rely on subscriptions in order to keep delivering the social enterprise news. We’d love you to support us – have a look on our website: www.pioneerspost.com/subscribe.

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Academic and social entrepreneur Dr. Pragya Agarwal is passionate about bringing more women from BAME or marginalised communities into social enterprise. Speaking to attendees of NatWest’s WISE100 launch in 2018, she offered some suggestions for how to make this possible.P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven businesses. Good journalism like this costs money, and we rely on subscriptions in order to keep delivering the social enterprise news. We’d love you to support us – have a look on our website: www.pioneerspost.com/subscribe.

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At our latest WISE dinner – this time in London – dinner guests discussed the importance of making more women visible.P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven businesses. Good journalism like this costs money, and we rely on subscriptions in order to keep delivering the social enterprise news. We’d love you to support us – have a look on our website: www.pioneerspost.com/subscribe.

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Should social enterprise be added to school curriculums? A group of experts from across the globe weigh in.P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven businesses. Good journalism like this costs money, and we rely on subscriptions in order to keep delivering the social enterprise news. We’d love you to support us – have a look on our website: www.pioneerspost.com/subscribe.

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Design Council CEO Sarah Weir took to the stage accompanied by three other women for her speech at the launch of this year's WISE100 list. We spoke to her afterwards to find out why.P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven businesses. Good journalism like this costs money, and we rely on subscriptions in order to keep delivering the social enterprise news. We’d love you to support us – have a look on our website: www.pioneerspost.com/subscribe.

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