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Become a Change-Maker Brand: Part 1
“The Sharing Economy is about sustainable futures and offers an opportunity for businesses to rethink their structure, relationships with...

Benita Matofska
Mar 25, 20193 min read
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Anatomy of a Change-Maker: Part 6
“I met a homeless man on the steps of my local train station next to a stack of newspapers. He told me what it felt like to be locked out...

Benita Matofska
Mar 17, 20195 min read
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Anatomy of a Change-Maker: Part 5
“Sharing for me means positivity. I work with children to help them reach their potential and have that positive self belief that I had...

Benita Matofska
Mar 11, 20194 min read
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Anatomy of a Change-Maker: Part 4
“In Greece, people share in times of recession because they want to demonstrate their generosity; that their sharing is not determined by...

Benita Matofska
Mar 4, 20194 min read
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Anatomy of a Change-Maker: Part 3
“True innovation does not exist without sharing. If you do not open up and share, it is not innovative because innovation is something...

Benita Matofska
Feb 25, 20193 min read
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Anatomy of a Change-Maker: Part Two
“Wanting to change the world was not common in Egyptian culture. I went into the poorest areas, where the women ‘waste pickers’ were...

Benita Matofska
Feb 18, 20193 min read
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Can Businesses Change the World?
I was heartened to hear last week that Nestlé are reducing its use of plastics and have finally pledged to phase out plastic Smarties...

Benita Matofska
Feb 11, 20192 min read
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Anatomy of a Change-Maker: Part 1
“Sharing means saving future generations, if we offer better education, children can grow up to be good human beings, making a positive...

Benita Matofska
Feb 11, 20193 min read
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What Makes a Change-Maker?
“Our big vision is to connect everyone, so that we are all well fed. If we could displace 5-10% of new purchases at supermarkets, the...

Benita Matofska
Feb 3, 20192 min read
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Can Positivity Change the World?
‘The day is lost on which you have not laughed.’ My dad, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year, raised me with this positive mantra,...

Benita Matofska
Jan 27, 20192 min read
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CAN PUBLIC SPEAKING CHANGE THE WORLD?
A friend of mine started a new job recently and when I saw her last Thursday for our first community choir rehearsal of the year, I asked...

Benita Matofska
Jan 14, 20192 min read
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Is Convenience the Enemy of Change?
Fast fashion, fast food, fast delivery. Our need-it-now super speed lifestyles are not only causing irreparable damage to the planet, but...

Benita Matofska
Jan 6, 20192 min read
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#CHANGE! New Year’s Resolutions that Could Change the World
New Year’s resolutions, we make them then break them. In fact, 1 in 3 of us have given them up by the end of January and less than half...

Benita Matofska
Dec 31, 20185 min read
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#CHANGE! Can we change ignorance at Christmas?
I was in central Brighton today with my husband and we bumped into a good friend and his daughter. We have an ongoing banter about using...

Benita Matofska
Dec 24, 20183 min read
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#CHANGE! Can reading this blog change your behaviour?
‘People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.’ Rob Siltanen 8 million tons of plastic enter the...

Benita Matofska
Dec 16, 20183 min read
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#CHANGE! A new blog series that looks to the future
‘If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude’. Maya Angelou Welcome to #CHANGE! This frank...

Benita Matofska
Dec 9, 20182 min read
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GLOBAL SHARING WEEK: RESEARCH SHOWS SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE SHARING ECONOMY
New research out today for Global Sharing Week demonstrates the growing social impact of the Sharing Economy and that the UK is a beacon...

Benita Matofska
Jun 3, 20184 min read
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GENERATION SHARE: A SNEAK PREVIEW
Meet Ashok Rathod, a slum based social entrepreneur who is transforming the lives of slum kids in Mumbai through football.

Benita Matofska
Apr 30, 20183 min read
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THE BEST PLACE FOR WOMEN IS IN THE SHARING ECONOMY
Much has been said about the phenomenon of this century, the Sharing Economy. Known as the biggest business trend of all time it’s making...

Benita Matofska
Mar 6, 20185 min read
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Why the Sharing Economy Will Matter (to Your Life and Business) in 2018
Sharing Economy speaker and expert explains how your business can benefit from participation in the Sharing Economy.

Benita Matofska
Dec 14, 20174 min read
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