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Showing the way to the LA ‘11 Institute!
Sean Carasso, Founder, Falling Whistles at the LA ‘11 Institute!
LA ‘11 Fellows at the 2011 LA Institute Launch Party!
Mentors at the LA ‘11 Institute!
The StartingBloc 2011 Los Angeles Institute
Vinay Nagaraju (LON ‘08) with Mohammed Yunus!
Howard Buffet educating at the 2010 New York Institute!
Presentation from the 2008 London Institute!
WHAT IS STARTINGBLOC?
Since 2005, StartingBloc has helped social innovators by giving them the skills and the tools they need to address the most
pressing global challenges of our time.
Mitchell Wade educating at the 2010 New York Institute!
Our signature leadership development program, the StartingBloc Fellowship exposes young leaders to new models for achieving social impact. Our community currently consists of 1500 Fellows representing 221 colleges and over 53 countries.
The 2011 Los Angeles class of StartingBloc Fellows!
WHAT IS STARTINGBLOC? (CONTD.)
Cynthia Koenig (LON ’08), Founder, Wello Water Wheel © Josh Dick Photography www.joshdickphoto.com!
Mike Del Ponte (NY ‘08), Founder, Sparkseed © Sharlene Yang / Catalyst - www.sharleneyang.com!
Jesse Gossett (NY ’08) & Jayson Uppal (BOS ‘09), Co-Founders, Emergent Energy Group © Bloomberg Businessweek!
Tammy Wang (LON ’07) © Robert Wu!
Shabnam Aggarwal (NY ’09), Founder, !t | e a | c h © ThinkChange India www.thinkchangeindia.org!
Maria Springer (BOS ’10), Founder, Kito International © Maria Springer / www.trueslant.com!
WHAT IS STARTINGBLOC? (CONTD.)
Fellows return to their communities with the tools they need to affect systemic change. Our Fellows start ventures, initiate
projects within their companies and establish new ways to build cross sector partnerships and create massive systems change.
THE LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION
The 2011 Los Angeles Institute for Social Innovation was help at the Annenberg Community Beach Center in Santa Monica, CA from February 17 – 21. The Institute saw eighty candidates from over twenty-five U.S. states and seven countries gather together for five days of education, connection and inspiration.
Day 1 :: Off the Bloc
Day 2 :: Intrapreneurship
Day 3 :: Entrepreneurship
Day 4 :: Cross-sector Partnerships
Day 5 :: Sustainability
The Annenberg Community Center (seen from the Marion Davies House). !
11:30 – 12:30 :: Registration
12:30 – 01:00 :: Welcome to StartingBloc and the Fellowship
Adriana Pentz, CEO, StartingBloc
01:00 – 02:15 :: Goal Setting + Mapping your StartingBloc Experience ::
Session with Houston Spencer
02:15 – 02:45 :: Break
02:45 – 06:00 :: Transfromative Action
Session with Scott Sherman
06:00 – 06:30 :: Reflection & Annoucements
07:30 – 08:45 :: Reception
Monsoon / 1212 3rd St Promenade, Santa Monica, CA
DAY 1 :: AGENDA / FEB 17, 2011 LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Transformative Action :: Scott Sherman, Founder, TAI
Adapted from Sherman’s legendary semester long Transformative Action course at UCLA School
of Public Affairs, this workshop provided Fellows with the basics of Transformative Action. A
nationally recognized speaker and Echoing Green Fellow, Scott Sherman covered the art of
building relationships, effective communication techniques and team building and probed the
question of what creates change and transforms individuals, communities and the world.
Scott’s work on nonviolent social change projects has been praised by such Nobel Peace Prize
Laureates as the Dalai Lama and the late Mother Teresa. In 2004, he was nominated for the
National Society of Collegiate Scholars' Faculty of the Year award for the entire U.S.
DAY 1 :: HIGHLIGHTS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
LA ‘11 Fellows take part in various interactive exercises during Scott Sherman’s (center) Transformative Action Session.!
Adriana Pentz CEO, StartingBloc StartingBloc Fellow, Boston 2007
Houston Spencer expert, change + transformation in communications industry vp strategy, Alcatel Lucent author + speaker
Scott Sherman community organizer, lecturer, author founder, TAI adjunct faculty member, UCLA School of Public Affairs
DAY 1 :: SPEAKERS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
08:00 – 09:00 :: Registration (Breakfast Served)
09:00 – 09:15 :: Announcements
09:15 – 10:30 :: The Scope of CSR :: Session with Martin Smith
10:30 – 11:00 :: Break
11:00 – 12:30 :: Ideas Marketplace
12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch
02:00 – 03:00 :: Introduction to the Social Innovation Competition
03:00 – 03:30 :: Video Break :: Falling Whistles
03:30 – 04:30 :: The Long Game @ StartingBloc
04:30 – 05:00 :: Video Break :: Falling Whistles
05:00 – 06:00 :: The Story of CSR:: Session with Catherine Geanuracos
06:00 – 06:30 :: Reflection & Announcements
07:00 – 08:30 :: Reception
Wokcano / 1413 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA
DAY 2 :: AGENDA / FEB 18, 2011 LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Social Innovation Competition
During the Institute, candidates had the
opportunity to participate in the Long Game – a
collaboration between StartingBloc and the Long
Now Foundation. The candidates worked in teams
to design the most intelligent investment portfolio
and large-scale strategy for effectively combating
the climate crisis.
DAY 2 :: HIGHLIGHTS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Ideas Marketplace
The Ideas Marketplace provided candidates with
the opportunity to give a one minute pitch on a
passion, project, or business they are working on.
Four candidates were then selected by their
Institute class to present their ideas in detail in later
sessions. LA ‘11 Fellows presenting during the Social Innovation Competition and the Ideas
Marketplace.!
Martin Smith
founder + ceo, JustMeans founder, StartingBloc expert, social media + corporate social responsibility
Tyler Emerson
co-founder, Long Game co-founder + curator, Singularity Summit founding exec. director, Singularity Institute
DAY 2 :: SPEAKERS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Lion Isis
co-founder, Long Game design strategist + venture advisor co-founder, Ursa Minor
Catherine Geanuracos
principal, calder strategies general manager, Live Earth consultant, MoveOn.org
DAY 3 :: AGENDA / FEB 19, 2011 LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
08:00 – 09:00 :: Registration (Breakfast Served)
09:00 – 09:15 :: Announcements
09:15 – 10:30 :: Accelerating Possibilities :: Session with Rafe Furst
10:30 – 11:00 :: Break
11:00 – 12:30 :: Learning Resilience
12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch
02:00 – 03:00 :: Social Enterprise :: From Passion to Sustainability
Houston Spencer & Mitchell Wade
03:00 – 03:30 :: Break
03:30 – 04:30 :: The Long Game @ StartingBloc
04:30 – 05:00 :: Break
05:00 – 06:00 :: Tales from the Trenches :: Session with Sean Carasso
06:00 – 06:30 :: Reflection & Announcements
07:70 – 08:30 :: Reception
Border Grill / 1445 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, CA
Learning Resilience
Candidates learn resilience by going through multiple, quick-fire “pitch” sessions. Pitching a
venture or an idea is integral in the journey of a social innovator and this session is designed help
candidates try their pitches but also receive instant feedback and the ability to make changes to
their pitches in real time.
This session is done by candidates in groups of ten. At any give time, five candidates are pitching
to five of their peers for no more than sixty seconds followed by sixty seconds of feedback. The
tables then turn allowing the candidate who just pitched, the opportunity to give feedback.
DAY 3 :: HIGHLIGHTS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
LA ‘11 Fellows participating in the “Learning Resilience” session. !
DAY 3 :: SPEAKERS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Rafe Furst
thought leader in accelerating possibilities founder, Insight professional poker player
Mitchell Wade
helps innovators turn insights into change clients include RAND, Schwab, Accenture founder, Institute3
Sean Carasso
co-founder, Falling Whistles serial entrepreneur + grassroots activist speaker + author
Houston Spencer expert, change + transformation in communications industry vp strategy, Alcatel Lucent author + speaker
DAY 4 :: AGENDA / FEB 20, 2011 LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
08:00 – 09:00 :: Registration (Breakfast Served)
09:00 – 09:15 :: Announcements
09:15 – 10:30 :: Collaboration across Sectors :: Session with Rene Jones
10:30 – 11:00 :: Break
11:00 – 12:30 :: The Long Game Presentations 12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch :: The Wealth of Knowledge in the Room (Guests)
LA Founding Circle Members 02:00 – 03:00 :: The Wealth of Knowledge in the Room (Fellows)
03:00 – 03:30 :: Video Break :: Dan Barber, TED Talk
03:30 – 04:30 :: Ideas Marketplace Finals
04:30 – 05:00 :: Break
05:00 – 06:00 :: Sustainability in the Media :: Session with Darren Moore
06:00 – 06:30 :: Reflection & Announcements
07:00 – 09:30 :: StartingBloc LA Launch Party
Annenberg Community Beach House
Peer Learning :: The Wealth of Knowledge is in the Room Does it bother you to sit a room with hundreds of great minds and not have the opportunity to actively learn from them? StartingBloc believes that the wealth of knowledge is in the room and the time has come to unleash it. StartingBloc candidates enriched their experience by learning something new from their peers,
and teaching something return. With the belief that everyone is an expert in something, candidates will be split into groups to teach topics ranging from salsa dancing to tax law. Candidates will left the session with newfound knowledge and and a tight bond with their peers, having gone through an experience that is humbling by nature. What can you teach the world?
DAY 4 :: HIGHLIGHTS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
LA ‘11 Fellows participating in the “Wealth of Knowledge” lunch session. !
DAY 3 :: SPEAKERS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Darren Moore
co-host, Planet Green channel creator + adviser, ecovations Sustainability advocate
Rene Jones director, UTA Foundation expert, hollywood+ philanthropy consultant, U.S. Senator & Governor campaigns
DAY 5 :: AGENDA / FEB 21, 2011 LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
08:00 – 09:00 :: Registration (Breakfast Served)
09:00 – 09:15 :: Announcements
09:15 – 10:30 :: Investing in Sustainability :: Session with Gregory Wendt
10:30 – 11:00 :: Break
11:00 – 11:30 :: The 15 Year Reunion
11:30 – 12:30 :: Lasting Change :: Session with Mitchell Wade
12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch
02:00 – 03:00 :: The Long Game Reflections
03:00 – 03:30 :: Break
03:30 – 04:30 :: Ideas to Action :: Session with Alexia Vernon
04:30 – 05:30 :: Reflection & Announcements
05:00 – 06:30 :: Reception
Yankee Doodles / 1410 Third Street Promenade,
Santa Monica, CA
15 Year Reunion Cocktail Party What if you had the opportunity to come back after 15 years and share your story with everyone in room? What dreams were made? What crazy adventures did you go on? How has the world changed because of your work? The 15 Year Reunion "Cocktail Party" is an interactive experience where
everyone in the room has the chance to open their mind, travel in time and live out the future in the present. The candidates reunited in 2026, and shared their biggest dreams. With the first female President of the United States, a cure for AIDs and cancer, and several Nobel prize winners, this high energy session pushed the boundaries of how we picture success.
DAY 5 :: HIGHLIGHTS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
LA ’11 Fellows living their future during the “15 Year Reunion Cocktail Party” session.!
DAY 5 :: SPEAKERS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation
Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA
Mitchell Wade
helps innovators turn insights into change clients include RAND, Schwab, Accenture founder, Institute3
Alexia Vernon
sustainable career coach founder, Catalyst for Action expert, values aligned career development
Greg Wendt expert, sustainable and responsible investing vp, EP Wealth Advisors author + speaker
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The 2011 Los Angeles Institute for Social Innovation
LA ‘11 Fellows take part in an exercise during Scott Sherman’s Transformative Action Session.!