Social Enterprise Alliance Summit Live!

Social Enterprise Alliance Summit LIVE!

June 25, 2013

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Building Blocks of Social Enterprise

• Knowledge, Information & Best Practices

• Marketplaces for Social Enterprise

• Capital Flow to the Sector• Supportive Public Policy• The Best Talent • The Care of Mind, Body,

Spirit

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Knowledge, Information, & Best Practices• Movement is reaching a higher stage of

maturity – moving from good to results• Impact is IN, Innovation is OUT– Pure innovation vs. adaptive innovation– Impact is the new bottom line– Social genius is 20% innovation and 80% impact

• Thinking about building social entrepreneurial ecosystems

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Knowledge, Information, & Best Practices• Building social entrepreneurial ecosystems

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Marketplaces for Social Enterprise

• Buying social enterprise – Linking social enterprises

together– Raising awareness among

consumers

• Encouraging social enterprise purchasing

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Supportive Public Policy

• Past Success– Office of Social Innovation– Social Innovation Fund

• Today– Federal

• SEEED (Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development)

– State & Local• Illinois Task Force• Proclamations for “Social Enterprise Week” (Week of May

19) were signed by 12 governors and mayors, including Texas

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Capital Flow to the Sector

• Background– Access to capital is an on-going challenge for

nonprofits.– Traditional funding sources (banks) set a higher

bar for nonprofits.– SBA Loans are not available

• Innovative Tools– Impact Investing– Social Impact Bonds/Pay for Success

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The Best Talent

• Candidates– Baby boomers who want to give back –Millennials who want to find meaningful

work• Skills-based volunteering is becoming

more popular with organizations such as A Billion + Change, Taproot Foundation, and Deloitte.

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Care for the Mind, Body, and Spirit

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• Social entrepreneur professionals face challenges in balancing several competing priorities.• Profit AND mission• Innovation AND impact

• The role of the transformational leader calls for moving beyond ourselves. • Servant leadership• “Am I part of the solution or part of the

problem?”• “Where is the best use of my time/energy?”

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Greater Cincinnati Regional

Seattle

Questions?

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