As a team dedicated to rural development, we understand its crucial role in improving the lives of people in rural areas. Rural development is not just about agriculture and forestry; it encompasses a range of activities that seek to enhance the economic, social, health care, and environmental well-being of rural people and communities. At its core, rural development is improving the quality of life in rural areas by creating jobs,...

We are committed to promoting economic justice for all. This article will provide a comprehensive guide to achieving economic justice, covering topics such as income inequality, fair taxation, and equal access to education. Income Inequality: Addressing the Gap Income inequality is a significant issue affecting many worldwide. Unfortunately, the wealth gap has widened in recent years, with the wealthiest 1% owning more than half of the world's wealth. To address...

Social innovation refers to developing and implementing new ideas and solutions that address social problems and challenges. It involves creating innovative approaches and practical solutions to social issues such as poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation. In recent years, social innovation has gained widespread attention as a way to achieve positive change in society. What is Social Innovation? Social innovation is about finding new and innovative ways to solve social problems....

Give-to-Get and the Business Power of Cooperatives In my article, Working with Charities, I expand on the fact that although most people do a good deed for the simple act of having helped, if examined further these types of feel-good actions can actually benefit a business in lot of ways.  Some returns are obvious, like tax deductions, but other rewards are not so obvious; like cross-promotions and marketing value. An...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rId95N2teUc Well here we are my friends, the penultimate day of 2020. It's been quite the year for my team and I. I launched this blog way back in March, 2019 (which I hope you've all enjoyed reading, and will continue to enjoy for years to come), traveled overseas several times, had the opportunity to attend the Toronto International Film Festival (which was a blast), and have hopefully accomplished much in my goal to...

There were several points over the past couple of weeks where I could have posted this up, but for one reason or another it happened to fall on today, which for many of you out there is the night before Christmas (and all through the house....). I've said before that holidays are of the utmost importance, and that there is quite literally no good reason that you should not enjoy...

I've been reading a lot about the apocalypse that was supposed to happen today, and pondering whether there were people out there who were actually silly enough to go out and stockpile things to prepare for it. Since you're reading this instead of huddling in your basement trying to escape impending doom, it's pretty obvious that the world didn't meet its untimely demise, and the end of the Mayan calendar...

There's yet another old saying, that goes "never mix business and personal." While I don't one hundred percent agree with the statement, there are times when it's not necessarily in the best interests of your business to mix the two, and that's what we'll be discussing today. Under some circumstances, it can actually be a boon to your business. In others, perhaps not so much. The trick lies in telling...

The concept of the carrot and the stick is something that most people should be familiar with. The earliest recorded use of the phrase was in December 1948 in The Economist magazine. The concept is drawn from the idea of a cart driver using a carrot suspended in front of his or her horse, mule, etc. just out of reach to motivate it to constantly move towards it, while holding...

I've spoken at length in a pair of previous articles about what debt can do to a business (in a two part article, found here and here). But what about the other side of the equation? It's one thing to be in debt yourself, but what if one of your clients becomes indebted to you? Obviously this is a situation none of us wants to face, but it can, does,...