1. …we create work that supports life and
empowers communities through cross-
boundary collaborations
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2. Vision
To support the design, creation and cultivation of scalable
and sustaining social innovations that empower
communities and provide financial, social and ecological
benefits
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3. Terms and Definitions
• Social innovation
– Strategies and ideas that meet social need and strengthen
civil society
– Can take place within or between government, for-profits,
nonprofits and communities
• Social Enterprise
– An organization that generates social value while operating
with the financial discipline, innovation and determination
of a private sector business
• For-profit/nonprofit partnership, nonprofit, B Corporation
• Social entrepreneur
– One who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial
principles to organize, create, and manage a venture using triple
bottom principles
• Produces financial, social and ecological benefits
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4. Our Values Define How We Work
• A systems perspective - social, ecological, economic
approaches that provide tangible long-term benefits
• Transparency - sharing our current situations, motivations
and future vision
• Inclusiveness - opportunities for contribution of available
assets
• Perspectives and wisdom – honoring what resides in the
diversity of our communities
• Flexibility - a willingness to observe, learn and adapt in order
to achieve our mission and advance our vision
• Accountability - accepting that being accountable to ourselves
means that we are also accountable to the group
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5. Principles for Intentional
Social Innovation
1. Cross-industry sector and domain integration to create
positive, sustainable solutions for civil society
2. Grass roots engagement
3. Adaptive leadership at all levels
4. Positive practices are shared and adapted
5. Listening to and learning from diverse perspectives
6. Shaping, supporting and aligning existing resources and
assets in the community
7. Creating new kinds of work that provide social, economic
and ecological benefits that have positive impact on present
and future generations
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6. The Landscape
• Positive examples are creating wide spread curiosity
and excitement about social innovation
– Lack of formal mechanisms to support social entrepreneurs and
enterprises
• Proliferation of social change agents competing for
same resources
– Nonprofits increasingly require models and support for financial
sustainability
– Lots of valuable assets struggling without the ability to connect,
coordinate and collaborate
• Collaborative methods are needed to create and
scale social innovations
– Lack of knowledge, skill and formal mechanisms to support grass
roots involvement
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7. Community Revitalization
Arts & Health & Educa6on & Environment Economy
Culture Wellness Development Examples Examples
Examples: Examples Examples • Green Building • Housing for
• Community • Childhood • X‐Genera6onal • Green Jobs homeless
Crea6ve Fitness Character • Suppor6ng
Commons • Community Development Local
• Community Nutri6on economies
Arts Projects • Whole Body
• Edu‐tainment Wellness
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8. Who we serve? Key Needs SoundConneXions Support
Early stage social entrepreneurs • Desire to be ac6ve involved making posi6ve social Sound ConneXions Forum
Socially‐ conscious individuals impacts and doing meaningful work Life Transi6ons Workshop/Coaching
Volunteers • Trying to formulate a social innova6on concepts Asset Matching
Nonprofit Start‐ups & Consor6a • Seeking career/life transi6ons relevant to social
good
• Seeking feedback on an preliminary social
innova6on concept
• Social Innovators looking for network
opportuni6es
Social Entrepreneurs • Have a vision for a specific social innova6on niche Asset Mapping
• Needs to define community assets and align with Change Makers
community spheres of influence Leadership/Management Coaching
Cross‐Sector Leadership • Looking to iden6fy and create working cross‐sector Asset Mapping
Nonprofit, Business, Government, partnerships Change Makers
Philanthropy • Need to formalize strategies and opera6onal plans Launch Pad
for implemen6ng social responsibility or social
innova6on projects
Sound ConneXions Regional Chapters • Desire to learn how to implement the Sound Website
ConneXions models Personal Connec6on
• Ongoing Support Train‐the‐trainer
Process Materials
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9. Sound ConneXions DNA
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10. Putting The Puzzle Pieces Together
Early Stage Social innovators, Socially‐conscious
Individuals, Volunteers, Nonprofit Start‐ups And
Consor6a
Sound ConneXions Life Transi6on
Forums Workshops/ Coaching
• Network for Social • Helps individuals in work/life
Innova6on Stakeholders transi6on iden6fy their passions
• Community of Prac6ce for for social good
Beginners • iden6fy career paths related to
• Showcases social innova6on social responsibility.
projects
• Idea incuba6on
• Provides support and
learning for early stage social
innova6on concept
development
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11. Building And Sustaining The Dream
Social Entrepreneurs, Cross-Sector
Leaders, Philanthropists, Investors
Asset Change
Network Launch Pad
Mapping Makers
Matching
Workshops Symposium
Leadership/Management Coaching for Social Innovators
• Connec6ng • Iden6fies • Generates and • Formalizes
skills & and matches aligns crea6ve strategy and
passions with community capacity about a plans for
projects assets with social impact opera6onal‐
• Connec6ng opportuni6es: passion izing a social
organiza6ons i.e., • Facilitates enterprise
with comple‐ People, commitment of
mentary goals venues, support and
organiza6ons, resources to an
community ini6a6ve
groups
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12. Cultivating Social Innovation
• Chapters
– Developing a global
Communities of Practice to
foster promising practices for
social innovation
– Chicago - May
– Nashville - June
– Others:
• N.Carolina, St. Louis
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13. Contact Information
Iris Lemmer, iris@soundconnexions.com
425-241-5611
James Lemmer
james@soundconnexions.com
425-241-5911
Lucy Garrick
lucy@soundconnexions.com
206-335-5635
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