Resources on
Social Entrepreneurship:
Increase Your Revenue & Your Outreach
(as gathered for
May 11 , 2006 Conference Program)

Conference Presentations

May 11 , 2006 Conference Program & Presenters

Audio* - So What is Social Entrepreneurship and How Can It Benefit My Organization, My Clients ands My Revenue Stream by Robert Pinhero

Tools for Social Entrepreneurship: Developing Successful Entrepreneurial Strategies (PDF)

Excerpted Handouts: Community Types; 12 Habits of Highly Effective Organizations; Worksheet for Preparing Process Objectives; Worksheet for Preparing Outcome Objectives; Fundraising Strategies Chart; and Glossary of Useful Terms

Breakout Handouts

Audio* - Luncheon Plenary: Examples of Successful Social Entrepreneurship - participants from LifeWorks & their Ben & Jerry's Store and Ten Thousand Villages

Audio* - Transforming a Nonprofit to Social Entrepreneurship: Legal & Public Policy Issues by Richard W. Meyer - PowerPoint

Audio* - How to Successfully Establish & Launch Your Social Enterprise by Robert Pinhero (see morning session resources above)

* Sound engineering by Rachel Lanham, Production & Operations Specialist, Austin Community College

Downloadable & Online Resources

What is a Social Entrepreneur? (excerpted from http://www.ashoka.org/fellows/social_entrepreneur.cfm)

Social Entrepreneurship: Towards An Entrepreneurial Culture For Social And Economic Development by Susan Davis, Ashoka

Social entrepreneurship basics, Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, July 2002

The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship” by J. Gregory Dees (1998)

Unleashing New Resources and Entrepreneurship for the Common Good - A Scan, Synthesis, and Scenario for Action (January, 1999)

Managing the Double Bottom Line: A Business Planning Guide for Social Enterprises by Sutia Kim Alter, Save The Children Federation

Venture Forth! The Essential Guide to Starting a Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization by Rolfe Larson (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) - sample chapter

Social Enterprise Typology by Kim Alter

Social Entrepreneurship - Leadership That Facilitates Societal Transformation— An Exploratory Study by Sarah H. Alvord, L. David Brown, and Christine W. Letts

Toward a better understanding of social entrepreneurship: Some important distinctions by Jerr Boschee and Jim McClurg

The Process of Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Opportunities Worthy of Serious Pursuit  by Ayse Guclu, J. Gregory Dees, and Beth Battle Anderson (Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University), 2002

Pathways to Social Impact: Strategies for Scaling Out Successful Social Innovations by J. Gregory Dees, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University ; Beth Battle Anderson, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University; Jane Wei-Skillern, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University (Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University) August 2002

Why You Need to Be More Entrepreneurial—And How to Get Started by Peter Brinckerhoff

Social Entrepreneurship: The Double Bottom Line (Illinois Facilities Fund)

Social Entrepreneurship: Pattern-Changing Entrepreneurs And The Scaling Of Social Impact By David A. Sherman (Case Western Reserve University)

 

Web Sites

Ashoka - http://www.ashoka.org/home/index.cfm

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship - http://www.schwabfound.org/

Social Enterprise Alliance - www.se-alliance.org

REDF - www.redf.org

Fourth Sector - www.fourthsector.net

Win-Win Partners - www.winewinpartner.com

Partners for the Common Good - www.pcq21.org

 

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