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  1. It’s about social change, stupid
    • Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
  2. What we’ll do today
    • Outline why I’m enthusiastic about social business
    • Let you know what winds me up
    • Open it up to discussion
  3. What do I do?
    • Training - market research, marketing, social business planning
    • Consultancy - social enterprise
    • One to one support
    • Writing and blogging
    Photo from Ant Smallwood via flickr.com
  4. What have I done?
    • University of Leeds - Spanish & French
    • Senda Juvenil
    • Trade for Change
    • Social Enterprise Leeds
    • WYSE School
    • Social Business Consulting
    • A journey from activist to entrepreneur
  5. Trade for Change 1995-2004
  6. Blogito ergo sum
    • I blog
    • I write
    • I think
    • I challenge
  7. Social entrepreneurs are not superheroes
    • Guardian article
    • Irrational exuberance
    • Credibility crunch
    Credit - dougward via flickr
  8. Ten reasons why I’m enthusiastic
    • Customers come first
    • Marketing - building relationships
    • Learn from the best in the business
    • The double-bottom line
    • Problems need entrepreneurial responses
  9. Ten reasons why I’m enthusiastic
    • It’s attracting talented young people
    • A challenge to the voluntary sector
    • A challenge to the private sector
    • A challenge to the public sector
    • Some openness to learning from failure
  10. Ten reasons why I’m not so enthusiastic
    • Celebrity social businesses and entrepreneurs
    • It’s a bit too popular with politicians
    • Unrealistic expectations
    • Financial buck-passing
    • Social enterprise shock-therapy
  11. Ten reasons why I’m not so enthusiastic
    • Big is beautiful/corporate lite
    • Football clubs were not-for-profit too once
    • “ Oh yes, we now do social enterprise.”
    • Still not enough maturity about risk/failure
    • An assumption that business = smart
  12. Popular issues on the blog
    • What’s the point? (social change, stupid)
    • Does ownership matter?
    • Are we being irrationally exuberant?
    • Social enterprise - social business - or both?
    • Is it OK to make a profit?
  13. Good to Great and The Social Sectors
    • We must reject the idea - well intentioned, but dead wrong - that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become “more like a business”. Most businesses - like most of anything else in life - fall somewhere between mediocre and good. Few are great. The critical distinction is not between business and social, but between great and good. (Jim Collins)
  14. On balance
    • Social business and social entrepreneurs give me hope
    • There’s a lot of nonesense spoken - but a lot of good done.
    • For me, you can’t argue with the idea of doing good and doing well
    • But we need a more mature attitude towards it all
  15. Opportunities for you
    • Social enterprises need talented graduates as much as any other business
    • Social enterprise offers a different route into business - often for people who wouldn’t otherwise go into business
  16. Liam Black, The Same Wavelength
    • “ Getting and holding on to people who are happy to live with the pressures of balancing the commercial and social missions is really difficult.
    • I would say this is the biggest barrier to scaling up the social enterprise part of the economy in this country.”
  17. Over to you….
    • Comments?
    • Questions?
    Photo from aymlis via flickr.com
  18. www.thesocialbusiness.co.uk
    • Blog about social enterprise
    • e-newsletter
    • [email_address]
    • 0113 257 3942
    • 07905 800 710
  19. www.socialbusinessconsulting.co.uk
    • Lots more resources on all aspects of social business planning
    • Links to other sites

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