Social Entrepreneurship

1. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
purposefully passionate
socially conscious

2. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away."
--Anonymous
You have a personal vision
for the community
that you live in or belong to

3. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best and most beautiful things
in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ...
but are felt in the heart."
- Helen Keller
You have a socially conscious why

4. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Ideas are the beginning points
of all fortunes”.
– Napoleon Hill
Something crossed your path
it touched you deeply
you want to make a change
and you have an idea

5. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ The best reason to start an organization is to make
meaning; to create a product or service
to make the world a better place."
--Guy Kawasaki
vision
+
social consciousness
+
idea
= birth of a new social enterprise or a
not-for-profit

6. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best and most beautiful things
in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ...
but are felt in the heart."
- Helen Keller
So, who are you?
and
where does your passion takes you?

7. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are a Trailblazer
you are chasing an idea
and
demonstrates its need

8. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Change Agent - Awareness is the
greatest agent for change
– Eckhart Tolle
You are an Agent of Change
you help to removes barriers by
supporting and promoting innovations

9. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Community is composed of that which we don't attempt to measure, for which
we keep no record and ask no recompense. Most are things we cannot
measure no matter how hard we try.”
Dee Hock
You are Socially Conscious
you advocate
for your community

10. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters
to create many ripples.”
― Mother Teresa
You are the Community builder
you enhance and influences community
connections

11. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
- Margaret Mead
Your strength gets amplified working in
groups
So, grab your passions and go for it

12. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long
as I live, it is my privilege to do it whatever I can. I want to be
thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. –
George Bernard Shaw
Is that enterprising idea due to a lack of
services, or a social need
resulting from changes such as demographics
or is it adapting to a new norm ?

13. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Coming together is the beginning
Keeping together is progress
Working together is success
- Henry Ford
How would the world know of the
benefits and the good things that is being
done

14. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Action expresses priorities. ”
Gandhi
• When and how are you going to convert your
ideas into a viable social enterprise?
• Is there a time limit on this social intent?
• To whom do you become accountable once
this idea has been launched and the
‘developers’ have left.

15. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you
want to do with your life, be passionate."
-Jon Bon Jovi
• What is the strategy going in?
• How is the enterprise going to be valued$?
• Who is the mentor to this enterprise & who
are the apprentices?

16. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas
won't get you anywhere”.
— Lee Iacocca
Communicate its benefits
Demonstrate its worth
Transform

17. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present
are certain to miss the future."
—John F. Kennedy
Promote that change
Create and develop awareness
Innovate

18. Trailblazer - Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no
path and leave a trail –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I am in favor of [actions] that have authenticity, roots, originality,
verve, balance, taste, communicativeness, challenge, relevance to their
time--in short, things that make sense”.
Vaclav Havel
Embrace the journey
and
Experience the social returns!!