The Relevance of Alternatives to Social Entrepreneurship | Posted on 24 January 2011 By Sujeet Kumar In the last several years, there have been discussions and attempts to distinguish between social entrepreneurship and ‘plain vanilla’ charitable/NGO work. Semantics notwithstanding, I am myself, oftentimes, confused as to the real differences between the two. Oftentimes, charitable organizations survive at the mercy of their donors contributions, which can vary. A nonprofit that practices social entrepreneurship, on the other hand, relies less heavily on donor funds because it creates social programs that are meant to be self-sustaining. Thus, in theory at least, social entrepreneurship is the model to embrace and practice, it seems. Unfortunately, there has been a feeling somehow that social entrepreneurship should be the mantra and since it is a financially sustainable, “more business-like” approach, it ought to be the superior way and that all charitable organizations should aspire to be social enterprises.
Social Business Maturity Changes How You ______ Skoll Awards: Overview and Application. Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship The Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select group of social entrepreneurs whose proven innovations are disrupting an unjust and unsustainable status quo and have demonstrated impact on solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. The Skoll Award recognizes organizations that have the potential to scale their success and also to drive large-scale, systems change.
We select Awardees that focus on one or more of the following issues: In addition to investing in its Awardees, the Skoll Foundation connects them to a robust global network of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and corporate and government leaders who attend the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford and are networked year-round through the Skoll World Forum Online. Skoll Awards Process The Skoll Foundation is streamlining our multi-year sourcing process for the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.
A Greener Future? | Video channel on TED.com. Social support. What is a social Entrepreneur ? Social Business. Business Models Beyond Profit – Social Entrepreneurship Lecture. Last Monday I gave a three hour lecture on Business Models Beyond Profit at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. It was in the context of impACT, a pan-European student competition in social entrepreneurship. Find the slides of my presentation below. It's a really exciting topic and I am a firm believer in the combination of "doing good" and "doing well". In my opinion the traditional frontiers between nonprofits focusing on social and environmental impact, and corporations solely focusing on profits will disappear - because of new and innovative business models.
So many young professionals want to make a difference, but are not willing to forgo decent salaries. Personally, I think that's not a contradiction. The challenge is to come up with the business models that combine both impact & profit. In my presentation I mainly focused on showing how the Business Model Canvas can be used to describe and design "new" models like Grameenphone, MyC4, Grameen Bank, Kiva and more. Top MBA and Business Schools for Social Entrepreneurship.