CENTER FOR SOCIAL VALUE CREATION SMITH EXPERIENCE: SOCIAL VENTURE CONSULTING PRACTICUM PAMMI BHULLAR, MANAGER FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING October 9, 2014

Social Venture Consulting Practicum Build your resume through hands-on consulting experience! Course Practicum throughout semester to enhance your learning experience. Gain real-world experience in consulting, marketing, finance, logistics, human capital, and strategic planning. Create a better world!

WIIFM?!  Marketing Analytics  Scaling Effectively  Pricing Strategy  Multi-sector Collaboration/Partnership Development  Business Model Design  Social Impact Fund Development  Branding & Messaging Strategy  Data Analytics

City of Frederick, PALS Program  Mission: Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) is a campus- wide initiative to help Maryland communities become more environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable.  Project #1: Develop recommendations for transforming COF municipal airport into #1 corporate airport in MD.  Project #2: Develop recommendations for transforming COF into a destination for annual conferences.  Project #3: Develop strategic plan for local COF for-profit social enterprise. Potential Projects

City of College Park, PALS Program  Mission: PALS is a campus-wide initiative to help Maryland communities become more environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable.  Project Highlight: Identify potential UMD and City of College Park collaborations to improve the sustainability or efficiency of operations and purchasing. Potential Projects

 Mission: Business accelerator focused on developing companies who embrace capitalism as a force for good in society. Conscious Venture Lab (CVL)  Project Highlight: Develop a strategic plan for expanding CVL throughout the US.  The plan should have specific milestones such as next openings, funding initiatives, hiring etc.

Environmental Finance Center (EFC)  Mission: To improve the capacity of communities to finance environmental restoration and protection.  Project Highlight: Develop a Fund Development Prospectus for a $1Billion Conservation Fund for the Chesapeake Bay. - Capitalization strategies - Recommended organizational and governance structure - Decision-making criteria and metrics Potential Projects

Shifting Patterns Consulting  Mission: To facilitate social change by working alongside social enterprises to mobilize resources for addressing today’s most pressing challenges.  Project Highlight: Research and test hypothesis that investing in the development of internal and external support systems significantly increases the ability of social enterprises to achieve their social change goals. Potential Projects

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition  Mission: To help members build an electronics industry supply chain that consistently operates with social, environmental, and economic responsibility.  Project #1: Develop a plan to grow membership base from members  Market analysis  Go-to-market strategy  Actionable plan for business development Potential Projects  Project #2: Recommend strategies to diversify funding sources.

Mayorga Organics  Mission: To eliminate systemic poverty in Latin America through responsible trade of organic foods.  Project: Marketing Plan  Branding Strategy  Go-to-market strategy Potential Projects

INFO SESSIONSDATES Applications OpenOctober 24 th, 2014 Applications CloseOctober 31 st, 2014 More Information?

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