Why the secret to changing the world lies in effective social enterprise | Mikhara Ramsing | TEDxUQ

Описание: What makes a good socially impactful business, and how can we - as everyday consumers - spot one? Mikhara Ramsing (LLB(Hons)/BEcon(Hons); GAICD) is a social entrepreneur from Brisbane, Australia. She is the founder of Miks Chai – a tea social enterprise which funds suicide prevention – and Ethnic LGBT+ – a national resource platform for culturally and linguistically diverse LGTBIQA+ communities. She believes stories save lives and has travelled 70,000 km around Australia in a self-built tiny home connecting with rural communities. An act of service that saw her nominated for Young Australian of the Year QLD. Mikhara is passionate about using business models to solve social problems. She completed her Economic Honours at UQ on micro-finance; was awarded a Westpac Social Change Fellowship enabling her to attend Harvard University where she studied social impact and was recognised by the AFR as one of Australia’s Top 100 Women of Influence. In her talk, Mikhara shares a simple tool to enable the quick identification of what makes a good business good. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx