Social enterprise webinar resource guide final2

SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE
REFERENCE
GUIDE:

Tools,
Websites,
Reports
&
Resources

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

RExO
Generation
Three
2012

January
18,
2012

Social
Policy
Research
Associates

Page
1
of
6

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&pag
eId=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/

3

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

4

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

__________________________________________________________

5

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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Questions?
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(kwolff@thinkers-‐and-‐doers,
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