Workshop: Measuring the Outcome of your CSR Programme

We successfully conducted a workshop on Measuring the Outcome of your CSR Programme to Communicate your Impact Story on 23rd March 2018 with over 20 participants. This workshop was organised by NVPC with Soristic as the training partner. We shared with the CSR professionals the framework for coming out with an outcome/impact measurement system for their […]
What Matters Most is People – Shape Technology for the People

Authored By Zoe Yan. Lien Centre for Social Innovation and social enterprises, billionBricks and Jaga-Me discussed about the Smart Nation initiative that drives innovative solutions for social causes. They urged us to shape technology for the people using them, not the other way around. Here are some of the main points. 1. Provide what the user […]
Tips for Social Enterprises to Sustain Social Impact

Authored By Zoe Yan. Bettr Barista, Samsui Supplies & Services and Edible Garden City have thrived for more than 5 years each. Speaking at the Festival for Good Conversations programme, they explained to moderator Richardo Chua of Adrenaline Group, how they surmounted challenges to deliver products and services, and build a track record good enough to contend with […]
Inclusive Attitudes

Earlier this month, Lien Foundation, together with Blackbox Research, published a paper on parenting kids with special needs, to examine the inclusiveness of the Singapore society. They sought the views of both the parents of the kids with special needs as well as the society at large. This research provided insights on the issues that some […]
Youth for Causes

Just attended a judging round session for Citi-YMCA Youth for Causes. There were at least 12 teams of judges, with each team of judge assessing about five students projects. Very impressed with the student teams that I met. In the three to four months that they had to do their projects, some teams of four […]
What is a Social Enterprise

Many people may ask – what is a social enterprise? What does a social enterprise like Soristic do? By Definition – extracted from Landscape of Social Enterprises in Singapore (co-authored by our founder) A social enterprise is simply a business which seeks to create social impact through the trading of goods and services. It uses the business platform […]