May/2012  New Year, New Focus on Resources!
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In This Issue
Social Enterprise Stories
Sector News
Jerr's Journal
SEA Road Map
SEA Organizational News
Featured Content: This is THE Moment for Social Enterprise
Featured Resource: Surfing the Crowd Funding Wave. . .
Social Enterprise Stories
Juma Ventures in San Francisco Chronicle 

SEA member
 Juma Ventures was written up in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 1, in an article titled " Experience? For a young job seeker, that'll work." To read more, click here.     
Last month's member story
 


Did you read last month's member story on Evergreen Lodge? To read the full story and learn about an awesome social enterprise, 

click here!

 

Want to get your organization into SEA's web content? Are you an SEA Organizational Member? Do you have a story to tell about your social enterprise? Email [email protected] with your story, and we'll work with you to get it into our web content!

  

Sector News
A Response to David Brooks
Did you read David Brooks' April 12 editorial in the New York Times, titled Sam Spade at Starbucks? If you haven't, read it here, and then follow up by reading J. Gregory Dees' eloquent response
 
"In a recent New York Times column, David Brooks takes note of the increasing popularity of social entrepreneurship - but unfortunately frames it as a kind of na�ve idealism, a path by which young people will avoid political participation and fail to confront the "corruption, veniality, and disorder head-on."  I could not disagree more."
 
The original response was posted on Dowser.org, and we repost it on our website with permission. 


Social Enterprise World Forum!

Social Enterprise World Forum steering committee member and SEA member NESsT has been selected as host to the 2012 Social Enterprise World Forum, to be held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil in October. SEA serves alongside NESsT as another steering committee member, and we're very excited for this year's SEWF! If you are an SEA member, look for an email in your inbox in early June with a special offer for SEA members. 
For more information on SEWF2012, click here 

Scaling Social Impact Now Available in Paperback
Scaling Social Impact offers a range of insights into the variety of ways that people are building strong organizations and finding ways to dramatically gain more power. This book makes a valuable contribution to building not only our understanding of how we scale social impact but also help to create a better world.

 

For more information, click here.
Jerr's Journal

The Fundamental Difference

 

More than one nonprofit or social enterprise Board member has approached me after a briefing session or retreat, perplexed by the same topic.

 

Their questions frequently come down to this: What is the difference between vision and mission -- and why is the difference so important?

 

Some organizations have both a vision statement and a mission statement. Some have only one statement and try to cover the waterfront. But most make a fundamental mistake: They think their vision statement should be about themselves.

 

For full entry, click here

 

  

SEA Road Map
 
A big thank you to all our members and friends who responded to our Webinar Survey! We've compiled all your answers, and are working to create a webinar series that meets your needs. We are pleased to announce that we will be working with Drew Tulchin of Social Enterprise Associates for our first webinar, scheduled for June 6 at 1pm CDT, on business planning. Stay tuned for more information!

 

SEA Organizational News
SEA Road Shows!    
Road Show planning is underway! We have four chapters committed to three locations and dates this fall. 


California (Los Angeles and San Francisco Chapters): Sept. 13 - 14

Baltimore: Sept. 24

Tampa Bay: Oct. 29 - 30

 

Check out the SEA Newsfeed for more information. 

 
Regional/Chapter Events 
Looking for an event to attend in your region? Check the events listing on the SEA National website!
Planning an event for your chapter? Email [email protected] with the date, time, location, a brief overview, and the organizers, and we'll post it on the website. 
Featured Content

Free Audio Download: "Scaling Social Impact: Exploring Strategies Beyond Replication and Growth" 2011 Summit Breakthrough Session
 

"Understanding how to scale is arguably the most important topic in the field of social enterprise. However, we often fail to consider all of our scaling options systematically, focusing soley on the scale of the organization rather than the scale of impact. As a result, we may miss potentially powerful avenues for extending our impact - or we may move prematurely down less promising paths, squandering scarce resources in the process."

 

This breathrough session from the final day of the Summit 2011 was moderated by Matt Nash of the Duke University Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The speakers were Shawn Bohen of Year Up, Margaret Hall of the Green Light Fund, David Haskell of Dreams InDeed International, and Beth Trask of the Environmental Defense Fund.  

 
 
  

 

The full Summit '11 audio recordings are available online from our partner, Hungry Mind Recordings.

 

 


Featured Resource:
Business Plan for Social Enterprises
  

      Create a meaningful business plan to identify your goals, document your direction, and engage your stakeholders.

 

This outline was adapted from the Non Profit Assistance Fund, a U.S. technical assistance provider. It is particularly helpful for mission oriented businesses and non-profits.

 

 

This month's resource comes to us by way of our friends at Social Enterprise Associates! Thanks for this resource!

Click here to get the article
 

 


SEWF 2012
 

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