MakeSense, l'innovation des jeunes au secours des grandes entreprises. > Cet article a initialement été publié dans la Lettre professionnelle "Tendances de l’innovation sociétale" N°62 du 2 octobre 2013.
C’est une communauté qui espère changer le monde par l’entrepreneuriat social. Co-fondée en 2010 par Christian Vanizette et Romain Raguin, alors étudiants à l'école de commerce Euromed, MakeSense a pour vocation de mettre en relation entrepreneurs sociaux et personnes désireuses de les aider à résoudre leurs défis. Ashoka, le plus grand réseau d'entrepreneuriat social au monde vient de sélectionner le projet pour l'accompagner et le conseiller dans son développement. En pleine croissance, MakeSense compte aujourd’hui 800 membres actifs dans le monde, pour la plupart jeunes diplômés, et vit au travers d’un groupe privé sur Facebook et une plateforme web: makesense.org, avec 5000 inscrits.
Devant l’intérêt des entreprises et pour stabiliser son modèle économique, l’association MakeSense a créé il y a un an et demi CommonsSense. Innover en communauté. The social business 'unconference' comes to London. SenseCamp is a social business ‘unconference’ hosted by MakeSense, bringing together passionate social entrepreneurs, avid social business enthusiasts and their curious friends. After many successful events across the globe, SenseCamp UK is taking place in London on Saturday June 8 2013 at the Hub Westminster . You set the agenda It will be a bar-camp style event for about 200 people, promising a full day of inspiring talks, interactive workshops, training and networking. Framed at both ends by social gatherings on 7 and 9 June to make sure bonds are reinforced over drinks and good music!
A bar camp is a community-driven event where the agenda is mainly set by the participants. The SenseCamp movement SenseCamp is organised by the global network of MakeSense ( www.makesense.org ); a rapidly growing community of activists, entrepreneurs, technologists and professionals from all walks of life, passionate about social enterprise. MakeSense. The Top 30 Social Entrepreneur Blogs to Watch in 2012. 1) Social Entrepreneurship Initiative - To empower UM students to pursue social entrepreneurial achievements that improve peoples lives and drive societal change, the Center for Entrepreneurship has launched the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative.
Paul Bloom, CASE Faculty Director 2) Duke: The Fuqua School of Business - Paul Bloom is CASE Faculty Director and Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing at the Fuqua School of Business. ”CASE Notes” is the blog of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
CASE is a research and education center that promotes the entrepreneurial pursuit of social impact through the thoughtful adaptation of business expertise. 3) Ashoka Peace - If you’re interested in the role that social entrepreneurship can play in preventing violence, building peace and strengthening tolerance and empathy around the world, AshokaPeace is for you. 4) Pam Lawhorne: Online Business mentor. Imperial Entepreneurs. As I was walking up towards the exit from SAF lecture theatre I saw two people approach me who asked that exact question.
“Are you a gangster?” Unsurprisingly, it made a few other people turn their heads around in wonder as they were also leaving the lecture hall after a presentation on social economy. Little did they know about what made these two strangers say this and how it could be connected to someone I had mentioned earlier – Christian Vanizette. Despite what some of my friends may say for the usual joke – this had nothing to do with my russian/ukrainian background and the tales of russian mafia wars. As I smiled and replied “yes” the eavesdroppers drew closer towards us to try and understand what was going on.
Of course, the answers are not always right, and in fact, quite often they are truly ‘out of the box’ – but what make-sensers are able to do is to give to the social entrepreneur an outsider’s perspective. Quite a bunch, isn’t it?