1. ODU Social Entrepreneurship
Shaping a Better World Today
Alicia Phillips, Associate Director for Intercultural Initiatives
Office of Intercultural Relations
Fall 2013 Leadership Lecture Series Presentation
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

2. Program Description
This session explores concepts of social entrepreneurship as a means to empowering individuals to realize their potential to make meaningful contributions to society.
We will discuss how personal experiences, passions and strengths can be used as guides to success, well-being and lasting fulfillment.

3. Self-Taught African Teen Wows MIT

4. Pay it forward: Pioneering Social Change (activity)
Instructions
On a sheet of paper –
List one for each of the following: 1) strength or talent, 2) passion, 3) skill, 4) privilege and 5) material resource.
Write down one issue, concern or problem that affects you directly or indirectly.
In the group –
Discuss your list with those in your group. Select one problem from those listed by your group members. Utilize all your tools to develop a plan, product or organization (and roles) to address the problem.

5. What is social entrepreneurship?
Entrepreneur – agent, innovator, initiator, artist
Intrepreneur – entrepreneur who works within the context of an established organization
Social Entrepreneurship – movement beyond the status quo; movement to create solutions to social problems, issues and concerns; developing sustainable improvements to the human condition.

6. Key industry concepts Human Capital Social Capital Social Innovation
Social Responsibility
Social Enterprise
Social Value
Active Citizenship
Compassionate Capitalism
Large-scale
Long-term

7. Elements of social entrepreneurship
Addresses root cause of problems
Develops practical, organic solutions
Creates efficiency
Values sustainability & accountability
Values well-being, peace, justice & equity
Values interdependence vs. independence
Requires communication, self-expression, team-building, collaboration, vision, creativity & leadership
Values cultural competency

8. Social Entrepreneurs: Pioneering Change
Muhammad Yunus – 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

9. Who are social entrepreneurs?
Good people doing good things
Changemakers
Artists of all types
Conscious co-creators
Visionaries
Policymakers

10. Social entrepreneurs are everywhere…

11. Where do social entrepreneurs work?
Public Service
Health Care
Corporations
Small Businesses
Community
Non-profit
Government
Education
Research
Visual and Performing Arts
Among other areas…

12. Resources How to Become a Social Entrepreneur
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)
Social Entrepreneurship: Definitions and Boundaries
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for a Definition
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Institute for Social Entrepreneurs
Echoing Green

13. Wangari Maathai - 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Be like a hummingbird...
Wangari Maathai Nobel Peace Prize Winner

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