Social entrepreneurship involves using innovative and sustainable approaches to solve social problems in a way that promotes individual freedom. Social entrepreneurs are driven to spread their ideas as far as possible to address major issues. The difference between social entrepreneurship and charity is that social entrepreneurs are action-oriented, risk-taking, and focused on achieving measurable results and long-term solutions to problems. Communicating a complex vision for social change requires helping others understand the problem, why it matters, and an inspiring solution.

1. Social Entrepreneurship

3. What is Social Entrepreneurship? Social entrepreneurs are people who strive to solve social problems. They use innovative, sustainable, scalable, measurable approaches to solving social problems that promote individual freedom and independence. Social entrepreneurs are transformative forces: people with new ideas to address major problems who are relentless in the pursuit of their visions, people who simply will not take no for an answer, who will not give up until they have spread their ideas as far as they possibly can.

4. Social Entrepreneurs ARE Action Oriented Risk-takers Deal Well with Ambiguity Creative Perseverant and Persistent Results-Oriented Growth-Oriented Mission-Driven Obsessive Impatient Ruthless Competitive Demanding ARE NOT Do-Gooders Saints Superheroes Selfless Ascetics

5. Background: Upwardly Global

6. SocE or Charity? What’s the Difference

7. Why Does it Matter? Maintain US Competitiveness in Global Talent Market Increase Global Savvy of US employers and professionals = Global economy Provide a Global Model for Immigrant Integration – and a world where talent flows freely Move a whole group out of poverty, forever. Family incomes increase by $20K. Unleash the talents and leadership of diverse professionals to help communities

8. How do You Communicate a (Complex) Vision Understanding of the Problem Bought into Why it Matters - WIIFM Understanding the Solution Inspired to Act

9. Media/Communications Problems The People Magazine Problem The Corporate Partner Opportunity/Problem The Fine Print Flooded Phones Problem The General Public Cocktail Chitchat Situ

10. BIG Complex Problems Lack of Education Poverty Crime Racism Intolerance Extremism Environmental Degradation Climate Change Income Inequality Discrimination

11. Innovation in the Midwest? 53 31 18 1