1. CONCEPT CLOUDS
instructions:
using the post-it notes provided, write down
any thoughts, opinions, or words associated
with the concepts written around the room
3. VISION × MISSION × GOALS
vision: We imagine the Filipino diasporic youth as a
sustainable and efficient way of supporting local
changemaking in the Philippines.
mission: To create a mutually beneficial relationship
between the Filipino diaspora and the social
entrepreneurs of the Philippines.
goals: To leverage our individual knowledge, skills,
respective internships, and experiences within the
Kaya curriculum as a resource in conducting
Human-Centered Design research on changemaking
in the Philippines
4. WHAT IS SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
“Social entrepreneurs…can generally be
described as persons aiming to address
social needs by using entrepreneurial,
innovative approaches and means”
(Zeyen and Beckmann, 2011, p. 4)
8. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS & THEIR
CHALLENGES
BUSINESS MODEL:
- Sustainability
- Changed model and structure several times
- Scaling up
- Finding focus
- Balancing responsible profit and community
development
- Monitoring and evaluating impact
- Resources constraints
9. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS & THEIR
CHALLENGES
FUNDING:
- Capital/seed funding
- Budgeting limited capital
- Financial security and how to sustain
operational costs
10. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS & THEIR
CHALLENGES
OPERATIONS/MARKETING
- Bureaucracy issues in registering the
organization
- Getting regular clients
- Time management of
founders/stakeholders
- Giving up where ideas do not fit
- “Stamina”
- Quality control
11. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS & THEIR
CHALLENGES
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/RESOURCE GAP:
- No background in business context
- Training
- Defining what one is working with
- Adopting technology
- Acquiring new skills on the go
- Finding materials to substitute for those
not found in the Philippines
12. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS & THEIR
CHALLENGES
NETWORK:
- Building credibility, gaining trust
- Can a young person teach adults?
- Educating communities and customers on
social entrepreneurship
- Creating a culture where community
enterprises have a sense of ownership of
the business
- Finding partners
13. KAYA CO. 2015 FIELD WORK
14 Interviews
Various Sectors
Education
Health
Civil Service
Tech
Private/Corporate
14. “In a start-up…the desire to learn is really
part of the culture because there are steep
learning curves. That’s where the mentor
comes in.”
– Rimina Patolot, DealGrocer
“Being a mentor is an opportunity to pay it
forward. When others are trying to do good,
I want to be able to support that. “
– Happy Feraren, CEO, Bantay.ph
15. “When you work with young people, they
have all the necessary means and brains,
creative approaches, to achieve this goal.
That’s one strength that we have.”
– JP Maunes, Founder, GVSP
16. “My network was vital. This is something that I
grew over time with all the people I had worked
with in the past. I guess also having more
confidence/courage to also do cold-emails was
very important in getting some of the
partnerships I’ve made today.”
– Jen Horn, MUNI
“Incubators like xchange, communities like
Ashoka, GK”
– Terri Jayme-Mora, Ashoka PH Country
Manager,
when asked about resources that have helped social enterprises with
17. “… a challenge for someone who’s younger
is their social network – you haven’t had the
same number of years under your belt to
establish professional social networks the
same way as someone who is 50, 60…
It’s really difficult to find people who are all
around mentors. I think you’ll find people
who have the expertise in something very
specific, and it makes it easy for you to
engage that person.”
– Laurindo Garcia, Be Change
18.
19. PARTNERSHIP × CASE
STUDY 1
1. Reputation and Location
2. Connected through a third
party
3. Involvement (defying
model)
20. PARTNERSHIP × CASE
STUDY 2
1. Developing objectives in line with overall
strategy
2. Initiate a partnership that would go
beyond a philanthropic partnership.
21. “Because one now needs to see and seize
ever-changing opportunities, the new
organizational model must be a fluid, open
team of teams.”
– Bill Drayton, Ashoka Founder
23. Kaya Connect, n.
A platform that merges the physical and
digital networking experience to
reimagine networking as an environment that
is intentional, sustainable, and
inclusive.
29. Who was there? Who wasn’t
there?
Who did you talk to? Who didn’t
you talk to?
What was the event
about? What were you hoping to
get out of the event?
What types of connections were made during the
event?
Before the event? After?
Would you define the event as
successful?
t about it made it successful?
30. What are the pros and cons of the current
model of networking?
How can we reimagine networking to be
more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable?
