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Resource Guide for Participants in SPR Social Enterprise Webinar for REXO sites.TRANSCRIPT
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE REFERENCE GUIDE: Tools, Websites, Reports & Resources
RExO Generation Three 2012 January 18, 2012 Social Policy Research Associates Page 1 of 6
WHAT IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE? A social enterprise is an organization or venture that achieves its primary social or environmental mission using business methods.
Source: Social Enterprise Alliance: https://www.se-‐alliance.org/what-‐is-‐social-‐enterprise
Examples of Social Enterprises and Social Enterprise Networks (cited) Portland Re-‐Building Center – Medium-‐scale, community based, de-‐construction services and re-‐use retail store. http://rebuildingcenter.org/about/history/ Goodwill Industries– Large-‐scale international non-‐profit organization offering retail and contract employment services and providing jobs and job training and placement assistance to individuals. www.goodwill.org/about-‐us/ Ben & Jerry’s “Partnershops” – Small-‐scale ice-‐cream shops and kiosks offering job-‐training opportunities to disadvantaged young people: http://www.benjerry.com/scoop-‐shops/partnershops/. Good example of another trend – moving away from “special shops” and looking to create more opportunities for disadvantaged young people in regular shops. Tom’s Shoes (company) and Friends of Tom’s (foundation). First Annual Report (also featured in Good Magazine 2010) http://www.toms.com/giving-‐report Social Enterprise Alliance1 (network of social enterprises and champions) https://www.se-‐alliance.org/
Catalyst Kitchens (network of social enterprises in the culinary space, McMurphy’s/St. Patrick’s is a member)
1 Hear ye, hear ye! SEA and GreatNonpofits are partnering on a project to lend visibility to organizations in the job-‐training space. Announced January 6, 2012. https://www.se-‐alliance.org/sea-‐news/sea-‐and-‐greatnonprofits-‐partner-‐to-‐provide-‐exposure-‐for-‐nonprofit-‐social-‐enterprises
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http://www.catalystkitchens.org/who-‐we-‐are
Social Earth hosts a directory of social enterprises (and kindred spirits) http://www.socialearth.org/company-‐list
HISTORY OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES: EMERGENCE OF “FIELD” Brief history/typology of social enterprises. http://www.4lenses.org/setypology Evolution of the Social Enterprise Industry: Chronology of Key Events (publication says 2008, but it’s been updated through at least 2010). Available here along with a myriad of other related publications. http://www.socialent.org/Free_Downloads.htm ILO Introduction to Social Enterprise Learners’ Guide (developed for South Africa, but offers basics for beginners and a self-‐assessment). www.ilo.org/public/english/region/afpro/pretoria/pdf/pubs/ise.pdf Social Enterprise: A Portrait of the Field (2010) www.communitywealth.com/pdf-‐doc/Field%20Study%20FINAL.pdf
8 profiles of social enterprises from Innovation@CFED (formerly Center for Enterprise Development) http://cfed.org/programs/innovation/social_enterprise/index.html REDF (Roberts Enterprise Development Fund) offers a vast collection of resources on Social Enterprises (and runs/invests in them too). http://www.redf.org/learn-‐from-‐redf
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GRANTS, MONEY, PRIZES, COMPETTIONS & INCUBATORS FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES 130 Way to Fund Your Social Venture (SocialEarth) http://www.socialearth.org/130-‐ways-‐to-‐fund-‐your-‐social-‐venture NED’s list of 210 funding sources for social entrepreneurs, social enterprises, social ventures, and social innovation. http://www.ned.com/group/seeb/ws/social_entrepreneur_funding/ Emergent By Design‘s (Vanessa Miemis) list of 93 incubators, hubs and collaboratories for social innovation and social enterprise. http://emergentbydesign.com/2012/01/08/93-‐superhero-‐schools-‐collaboratories-‐incubators-‐accelerators-‐hubs-‐for-‐social-‐tech-‐innovation/ William James Foundation’s list of Prizes and Competitions for Socially Responsible (SR) and Sustainable Businesses. www.williamjamesfoundation.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=905 Mashable’s list of Crowdfunding platforms for social good (note: there are hundreds of platforms, but this is a good list to begin with). http://mashable.com/2011/10/20/crowdfunding-‐platforms-‐social-‐good/
Yale Center for Business and the Environment’s list of Social and Environmental Business Plan Competitions (from 2010, but many are annual). http://cbey.research.yale.edu/people/programs/sabin-‐venture-‐prize/business-‐plan-‐competitions
MEDIA Stanford Social Innovation Review – magazine and all things media in the social innovation space http://www.ssireview.org/
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GOOD – A (news) media site with a focus on social good. Fantastic daily updates and data visualizations in print and online http://www.good.is/ Harvard University’s Project on Social Innovation: http://socialinnovation.ash.harvard.edu/ The Guardian’s Social Enterprise Network/Blog: http://www.guardian.co.uk/social-‐enterprise-‐network
EVENTS Thank you @socialbrite for this SuperGuide to Nonprofit and Social Change Events! http://www.socialbrite.org/2012/01/02/calendar-‐of-‐2012-‐nonprofit-‐social-‐change-‐ conferences/
TWITTER Common Twitter hashtags for content about social enterprises: #socent #socinn #socap #npo #nfp #impinv Brand new December 2011 top 45 list: http://www.socialbrite.org/2011/12/27/45-‐hashtags-‐for-‐social-‐change/
OUR FAVORITE 5 RECENT BOOKS Mission Inc.: The Practitioners Guide to Social Enterprise (Social Venture Network, 2009) The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite community Networks for
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Good (Stephen Goldsmith, Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn Burke, 2010) The Social Entrepreneur’s Handbook: How to Start, Build and Run a Business that Improves the World (Rupert Scofield, 2011) Succeeding at Social Enterprise: Hard Won Lessons for Nonprofits and Social Entrepreneurs (Social Enterprise Alliance, 2010) The World that Changes the World: How Philanthropy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship are Transforming the Social Ecosystem (Willie Cheng, Sharifah Mohamed, 2010)
FUN AND CURRENT Marketplace Story about the value of helping formerly incarcerated individuals find employment (January 2012) http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/commentary/what-‐now-‐crime-‐economy SEToolbelt Resource Competition launches February 2, 2012 http://www.setoolbelt.org/ Kristin Wolff’s video pick of the week re: social good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzQfFcy3KJg NPR Morning Edition story about a social enterprise that employs ex-‐offenders in deconstructing and recycling mattresses (January 2012) http://www.npr.org/2012/01/18/144633725/new-‐recycling-‐company-‐springs-‐from-‐old-‐mattresses
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LINKS TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WEBINAR SPEAKERS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS St. Patrick’s Center http://www.stpatrickcenter.org/
McMurphy’s Grill/Express http://www.stpatrickcenter.org/programs/employment-‐training/mcmurphys-‐grill/
BEGIN (Incubator) http://www.stpatrickcenter.org/programs/employment-‐training/bnvc/
Nancy Box: http://www.stpatrickcenter.org/?s=nancy+box
Jan DeYoung: http://www.stpatrickcenter.org/?s=jan+de+young
Social Policy Research Associates: http://spra.com/
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