Slides from an Executive Masterclass I taught (with support from incredible guest lecturers) at Ta'atheer 2017, the Middle East, North Africa CSR and Social Impact Summit. The one-day program gave participants a quick dive into theory, practice and application of strategic CSR Impact Measurement and Management
.
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LinkedIn Profile http://bit.ly/Wayne-Profile
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Strategic CSR Video Playlist: http://bit.ly/Strategic-CSR
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Slides used by participants in a session about collaboration across the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) coalition.
MEAM focuses on improving policy and practice for adults experiencing multiple and complex needs who have ineffective contact with services.
Fix it or flee it: Proven approaches for dealing with failing, flagging and f...Greg Melia, CAE
Chances are that your association has at least one thing that you do that is facing dwindling involvement, underperforming finances, or sucking up staff resources. These programs often plod along year after year, maintained by the momentum of “but we have always done it that way.” Greg will share what he has learned from his involvement in the review of and intervention in nearly a dozen such situations over the past ten years. Learn the key steps in evaluating such programs, and leave with an understanding of the steps you can take (and pitfalls to avoid) to revamp, revitalize, or even stop doing such programs.
Defining the mindset of social entrepreneurshipYutakaTanabe
1. Introduction
2-1. A framework to define the mindset of social
entrepreneurship
2-2. Defining the mindset of social entrepreneurship
2-3. Difference between the definition of the mindset of
entrepreneurship and that of social entrepreneurship
3. Conclusion
Slides from an Executive Masterclass I taught (with support from incredible guest lecturers) at Ta'atheer 2017, the Middle East, North Africa CSR and Social Impact Summit. The one-day program gave participants a quick dive into theory, practice and application of strategic CSR Impact Measurement and Management
.
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LinkedIn Profile http://bit.ly/Wayne-Profile
LinkedIn Author Page http://bit.ly/Wayne-LinkedIn
YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/CSR-YouTube
Strategic CSR Video Playlist: http://bit.ly/Strategic-CSR
SlideShare http://bit.ly/Wayne-SlideShare
CSR Training Institute on LinkedIn http://bit.ly/CSR-LinkedIn
Twitter @Zingmore / https://twitter.com/ZINGmore
Website http://www.csrtraininginstitute.com/
Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/XWCy5
Slides used by participants in a session about collaboration across the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) coalition.
MEAM focuses on improving policy and practice for adults experiencing multiple and complex needs who have ineffective contact with services.
Fix it or flee it: Proven approaches for dealing with failing, flagging and f...Greg Melia, CAE
Chances are that your association has at least one thing that you do that is facing dwindling involvement, underperforming finances, or sucking up staff resources. These programs often plod along year after year, maintained by the momentum of “but we have always done it that way.” Greg will share what he has learned from his involvement in the review of and intervention in nearly a dozen such situations over the past ten years. Learn the key steps in evaluating such programs, and leave with an understanding of the steps you can take (and pitfalls to avoid) to revamp, revitalize, or even stop doing such programs.
Defining the mindset of social entrepreneurshipYutakaTanabe
1. Introduction
2-1. A framework to define the mindset of social
entrepreneurship
2-2. Defining the mindset of social entrepreneurship
2-3. Difference between the definition of the mindset of
entrepreneurship and that of social entrepreneurship
3. Conclusion
Slides from an Executive Masterclass I taught at Ta'atheer 2017, the Middle East, North Africa CSR and Social Impact Summit. The one-day program gave participants a quick dive into theory, practice and application of strategic communications and reporting.
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LinkedIn Profile http://bit.ly/Wayne-Profile
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YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/CSR-YouTube
Strategic CSR Video Playlist: http://bit.ly/Strategic-CSR
SlideShare http://bit.ly/Wayne-SlideShare
CSR Training Institute on LinkedIn http://bit.ly/CSR-LinkedIn
Twitter @Zingmore / https://twitter.com/ZINGmore
Website http://www.csrtraininginstitute.com/
Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/XWCy5
Skills-Based Volunteerism as a Corporate Strategy - October 2013 VolunteerVolunteerMatch
Skills-Based Volunteerism (SBV) is becoming a key strategy that companies across the nation are using to deepen their engagement with communities while building the skills and talents of their employees. Join Common Impact and Fidelity Investments to learn how companies create, grow and evaluate skills-based volunteer programs that fit their culture, core business, and community strategies. Common Impact will share the different models companies can use to approach SBV, the barriers they face, and the tools and resources available to help overcome them. Common Impact’s long-time partner, Fidelity Investments, will share how SBV helps the company to achieve its community engagement goals. This webinar will help both companies and individuals unlock the power of strategic cross-sector partnerships and skills-based service in the areas where you live and work.
Danielle Holly
Executive Director, Common Impact
Danielle Holly serves as the Executive Director at Common Impact, an organization building stronger communities by facilitating collaborations between global companies and locally focused nonprofits. She works closely with Common Impact's corporate partners to develop strategic community partnerships, develop employees' talents, and help them to achieve both their business and community impact goals. Danielle is considered one of the leading experts on skills-based volunteerism and has helped numerous corporations and nonprofits navigate the new era in skills-based volunteering.
Laura (Hudson) Hamre
Senior Director, Community Relations, Fidelity Investments
A 7-year veteran of Fidelity Investments, Laura Hudson Hamre serves as Senior Director, Community Relations supporting 11 regions across the United States. Ms. Hamre crafts strategy in support of national community outreach efforts engaging employee volunteers. Her role also includes managing the firm’s relationship with HandsOn Network and overseeing the signature School Transformation Days.
Sustainability Through Partnerships Report - A Guide for Executives | Network...Sustainable Brands
Partnerships are a natural way to address sustainability issues. They can enable your business to innovate, improve society and the environment, increase legitimacy and acquire new skills and resources.
But partnerships are also a new way of operating – and not all are successful. This report identifies steps for success. It provides the best research-based advice on planning and executing effective partnerships.
7 Measures of Success: What Remarkable Associations Do That Others Don'tGreg Melia, CAE
What distinguishes a truly remarkable association from the rest? The session will reveal the findings from ASAE’s best-selling book based upon extensive research conducted under the guidance of Jim Collins, author of Good to Great.
For many who still only see Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a "nice to have", CSR is merely a box to check with no clear strategic purpose; normally just set the budgets for annual donations and volunteering events. However, there are also some companies who are beginning to break out from the standard reasons for “investing” in CSR and realise that having a structured strategy, framework, and mindset of CSR can actually result in a positive ROI for their business.
Due to rising stakeholder expectations, increased resource constraints, and more complex regulatory environments, there is a growing trend of companies moving away from the intangible application of CSR to strategically looking at where social, environmental, and economic exposures and opportunities exist for the business itself.
This is a presentation that I gave to the Maine Bankers Association regarding what we are seeing in the Maine ecosystem and what we're building to support it.
Conducted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship this CSR research study, explores how companies are investing in corporate citizenship, corporate giving and employee volunteering and how these community involvement efforts connect to overall business.
Developments in Personalised Support and ISFsCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this overview of where ISFs came from, some of the different approaches going on internationally and how commissioners could encourage them locally.
Originally delivered on 17 April 2012, this slide set is still relevant today. It describes how Benefits Management fits in with the Project Management lifecycle, where Projects should only be initiated once the benefits have been determined, and the decisions a project manager makes should optimise Benefits Realization Management (BRM) rather than simply try to reach the next milestone (see especially slide 7)
Slides from an Executive Masterclass I taught at Ta'atheer 2017, the Middle East, North Africa CSR and Social Impact Summit. The one-day program gave participants a quick dive into theory, practice and application of strategic communications and reporting.
Follow, engage, learn, perform
LinkedIn Profile http://bit.ly/Wayne-Profile
LinkedIn Author Page http://bit.ly/Wayne-LinkedIn
YouTube Channel http://bit.ly/CSR-YouTube
Strategic CSR Video Playlist: http://bit.ly/Strategic-CSR
SlideShare http://bit.ly/Wayne-SlideShare
CSR Training Institute on LinkedIn http://bit.ly/CSR-LinkedIn
Twitter @Zingmore / https://twitter.com/ZINGmore
Website http://www.csrtraininginstitute.com/
Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/XWCy5
Skills-Based Volunteerism as a Corporate Strategy - October 2013 VolunteerVolunteerMatch
Skills-Based Volunteerism (SBV) is becoming a key strategy that companies across the nation are using to deepen their engagement with communities while building the skills and talents of their employees. Join Common Impact and Fidelity Investments to learn how companies create, grow and evaluate skills-based volunteer programs that fit their culture, core business, and community strategies. Common Impact will share the different models companies can use to approach SBV, the barriers they face, and the tools and resources available to help overcome them. Common Impact’s long-time partner, Fidelity Investments, will share how SBV helps the company to achieve its community engagement goals. This webinar will help both companies and individuals unlock the power of strategic cross-sector partnerships and skills-based service in the areas where you live and work.
Danielle Holly
Executive Director, Common Impact
Danielle Holly serves as the Executive Director at Common Impact, an organization building stronger communities by facilitating collaborations between global companies and locally focused nonprofits. She works closely with Common Impact's corporate partners to develop strategic community partnerships, develop employees' talents, and help them to achieve both their business and community impact goals. Danielle is considered one of the leading experts on skills-based volunteerism and has helped numerous corporations and nonprofits navigate the new era in skills-based volunteering.
Laura (Hudson) Hamre
Senior Director, Community Relations, Fidelity Investments
A 7-year veteran of Fidelity Investments, Laura Hudson Hamre serves as Senior Director, Community Relations supporting 11 regions across the United States. Ms. Hamre crafts strategy in support of national community outreach efforts engaging employee volunteers. Her role also includes managing the firm’s relationship with HandsOn Network and overseeing the signature School Transformation Days.
Sustainability Through Partnerships Report - A Guide for Executives | Network...Sustainable Brands
Partnerships are a natural way to address sustainability issues. They can enable your business to innovate, improve society and the environment, increase legitimacy and acquire new skills and resources.
But partnerships are also a new way of operating – and not all are successful. This report identifies steps for success. It provides the best research-based advice on planning and executing effective partnerships.
7 Measures of Success: What Remarkable Associations Do That Others Don'tGreg Melia, CAE
What distinguishes a truly remarkable association from the rest? The session will reveal the findings from ASAE’s best-selling book based upon extensive research conducted under the guidance of Jim Collins, author of Good to Great.
For many who still only see Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a "nice to have", CSR is merely a box to check with no clear strategic purpose; normally just set the budgets for annual donations and volunteering events. However, there are also some companies who are beginning to break out from the standard reasons for “investing” in CSR and realise that having a structured strategy, framework, and mindset of CSR can actually result in a positive ROI for their business.
Due to rising stakeholder expectations, increased resource constraints, and more complex regulatory environments, there is a growing trend of companies moving away from the intangible application of CSR to strategically looking at where social, environmental, and economic exposures and opportunities exist for the business itself.
This is a presentation that I gave to the Maine Bankers Association regarding what we are seeing in the Maine ecosystem and what we're building to support it.
Conducted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship this CSR research study, explores how companies are investing in corporate citizenship, corporate giving and employee volunteering and how these community involvement efforts connect to overall business.
Developments in Personalised Support and ISFsCitizen Network
Simon Duffy gave this overview of where ISFs came from, some of the different approaches going on internationally and how commissioners could encourage them locally.
Originally delivered on 17 April 2012, this slide set is still relevant today. It describes how Benefits Management fits in with the Project Management lifecycle, where Projects should only be initiated once the benefits have been determined, and the decisions a project manager makes should optimise Benefits Realization Management (BRM) rather than simply try to reach the next milestone (see especially slide 7)
Presentation looking how the issues of reputation, reporting and communications in corporate sustainability. It focuses on drivers, practices, outcomes and emerging issues for large companies around the world.
Using Corporate Social Responsibility as a Retention and Recruitment Tool | S...Adecco Staffing, USA
[Webinar Slides Only]
Learn how to make corporate social responsibility an important part of your company’s culture, which will naturally lead to better retention and more successful recruitment.
Watch this webinar - http://www.slideshare.net/AdeccoUSA/using-corporate-social-responsibility-as-a-retention-recruitment-tool-webinar - to hear best practices and HR policies to help your company establish and remain committed to a socially responsible environment.
Our expert panel covers how to:
•Make clear how paramount corporate ethics are to potential and current employees and clients
•Attract the next generation of workers (Millennials) through your philanthropic footprint
•Empower employees through HR policies and company involvement
•Create and share a digestible plan and/or policy for 2015
Thinking About CSR in Practice: learnings from decades in the trenchesWayne Dunn
Lecture delivered to the McGill Institute for the Study of International Development’s Executive Program on Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy and Management, Accra, Ghana, Nov 6, 2013
Companies looking to gain greater insight into the success of their corporate citizenship initiatives are turning to the logic model, a tool that accounts for both business and social impact. By bringing this evaluative framework to bear on future initiatives, corporate citizenship managers can link activities and inputs with short- and long-term outcomes to create meaningful change for both participants and the company. In this hands-on workshop, you will be introduced to the logic model and how to apply it to your corporate citizenship programs to show impact.
Challenges Of Corporate Social ResponsibilityElijah Ezendu
Issues in development of workable corporate social responsibility strategy and resolution of awe-inspiring stance for championing effective governance.
Thinking About CSR in Practice: thoughts, tools and examplesWayne Dunn
Lecture delivered to the McGill Fasken Executive Program on Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy and Management, May 6-10, Cape Town South Africa. Professor Wayne Dunn, McGill University: Institute for the Study of International Development
Many entrepreneurs – social, triple bottom line or otherwise – do not avail themselves of all potential capital sources when seeking funding to grow or scale, limiting prospects to cash flow their initiatives. This seminar explores a range of options for funding: external in the marketplace, internal within an organization, new ideas and classics not to overlook.
Services for Later Life conference: A change in thinking: Redefining servicesAge UK
Age UK's Services for Later Life conference took place on 12 July 2012. This presentation was given by Dan Corry, Chief Executive, New Philanthropy Capital.
What it Takes to Make the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® ListGreat Place to Work® US
In today’s competition for top talent, understanding and leveraging your company’s great workplace culture is more important than ever. In this presentation, Great Place to Work®—the company that conducts the research for the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list and selects the top 100 Companies each year—shares how you can assess, benchmark, and recognize your company as a great workplace, including:
• How to Apply for the Fortune Best Companies to Work For Lists
• Eligibility and Deadlines
• Selection Methodology, Models & Scoring
• Benefits of Applying to the List
• Tips for a Strong Submission
For over 15 years, the annual Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® List has been the gold standard of lists that recognize great workplace cultures. As Fortune’s most popular list franchise, the 100 Best Companies to Work For® List surpasses even the Fortune 500 in readership. Learn how your company can join this elite group of organizations today!
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FACTORIA 4.7 - Ibero-American Platform On Education For Sustainable Development ESD UNU-IAS
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Samuel Fernández Diekert (RCE Basque Country - Navarre)
Europe Regional Meeting 2023
12-14 September 2023
Proyecto Boost - Promoting Environmental Education For Sustainability in the ...ESD UNU-IAS
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Europe Regional Meeting 2023
12-14 September 2023
The Role of the Human Dimension in Promoting Education for Sustainable Develo...ESD UNU-IAS
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How Can We Support Education Professionals in (Re)Designing Education for Sus...ESD UNU-IAS
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Rehema White & Betsy King (RCE Scotland)
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RCE Youth Webinar: Igniting Changes for a Sustainable World - Embracing Intersectionality in Sustainability and Local Community Actions
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Stakeholder Identification in Net Zero InitiativesESD UNU-IAS
"Stakeholder Identification in Net Zero Initiatives", presented by Dr. Shengru Li and Mr. Jerome Silla (UNU-IAS) at the 2022 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme, 5 December, 2022.
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16 December, 2022
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Truong Thao Sam
Rhadit Kurnia Asyuri
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Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
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Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
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#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
Using the benefit corporation model to develop a more sustainable region, Joe Sprangel
1. Using the Benefit Corporation
Model to Develop a More
Sustainable Region
RCE Conference of the Americas Presentation
Grand Rapids, MI
August 9, 2015
2. • Haque (2011) argues that business as usual is a flawed approach since in the last
decade they have been unable to create sufficient:
• Value
• Returns
• Jobs
• Fulfillment
• Income
• Net worth
• Trust
Business as Usual
3. • Widening financial disparity gap
• 147 Super Entities accounted for 40% total network wealth
• 80 people hold the same wealth as the bottom half of the world population of 3.5 billion people ($941 billion)
• US government debt
• 18+ trillion and growing every day
• Environmental Issues
• Great Pacific Garbage Patch – 7 million square miles
• 80% of world fish population fully or over exploited
• Climate change
• Extinction of animals
Business as Usual Results
4. Business as Usual by Brute Force
http://earthjustice.org/slideshow/images-of-mountaintop-removal-
mining
http://www.soci.org/News/BioResources/Biores
ources-agrisciences3
5. Business Solutions to These Issues?
• Given the performance of the US government versus corporations, in
particular these 147 super entities, who do you want to help solve the world
problems?
• Corporations?
• Governments?
• Nonprofits?
6. Viable Solution
• “Social enterprise is likely to continue its evolution away from forms that
focus on broad frame-breaking and innovation to [a narrower focus] on
market-based solutions and businesslike models” (Dart, 2004, p. 412)
• Benefit Corporations
• Business profits can help solve social and environmental challenges
• Enforces corporate accountability
• Gives nonprofits a greater chance to carry out their mission
7. B-Corps vs. Benefit Corporations
• B-Corps
• Certification conferred by the nonprofit B Lab
• Have access to a portfolio of services given by B Lab
• Certification available to businesses in all 50 states and around the globe
• Benefit Corporations
• Legal status administered by the state
• Legally recognized by 26 states
• No report is required to be verified, certified or audited
8. Material Positive Impact
• Have one or more “specific public benefit” purposes
• Economic opportunity for individuals or communities beyond the creation of jobs in
the ordinary course of business;
• Preserving the environment;
• Increasing the flow of capital to entities with a public benefit purpose; or
• The accomplishment of any other particular benefit for society or the environment”
9. B Impact Assessment Elements
• The governance element looks at the overall transparency and accountability of the
company as it relates to their practices and policies in carrying out the mission and
stakeholder engagement (B Lab)
• The worker element assesses the overall work environment to include worker compensation,
benefits, training, ownership opportunities, communication, job flexibility, corporate culture,
and health and safety practices
• The community element investigates supplier relationships, diversity, local community
engagement, charitable giving, and access to basic human services
• The environment element evaluates the overall performance of the company facility,
materials and resource use, energy use, and emissions, as well as the company ability to solve
environmental issues
10. To Money as
the Root of
Doing Good
http://www.2people1vision.com/money-is-the-root-of-all-evil/
“You must be the
“change” you wish
to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
11. Impact Makers
• Who - Impact Makers
• What – Certified B Corp & benefit corporation providing healthcare IT and
management consulting
• When - Founded in October 2006
• Where - Headquartered in Richmond, VA
• Why - Profits & some significant consulting services go to charitable community
partners
• How - Provides professional services at market prices while paying market salaries
to their employees
12. Community Partners
• Rx Partnerships
• Increasing access to medication for Virginia’s vulnerable populations
• Family Lifeline
• Delivers family and individual home-based services
• Peter Paul Development Center
• Children educators
• FlipM
• Provides project management training to the youth
13. Research Questions
• How can business be used as a force for good?
• How can business maximize value through a stakeholder corporation model?
• How will stakeholders benefit from this good?
14. Case Study
• Defining a good case study involves (Yin, 2009):
• Something unusual and of general public interest
• Of national importance in practical terms
• A purposeful sampling of Impact Makers as an “information rich” organization
• B Impact Assessment score of 164 out of 200 (B Lab, 2015)
• Twenty-three in-depth open interviews
• Six board of director members
• Eight executive committee members
• One staff level member
• Four nonprofit community partners
• Four government clients
• Audio-recorded and transcribed interviews
15. Interview Questions – Mission & Pro Bono
Work
• What comes to mind for you when you hear the content in this (Impact Makers)
vision?
• What benefits do you feel are realized for your stakeholder group because Impact
Makers allows their employees to do this (pro bono) work? What benefits do you
feel are realized by other stakeholder groups? In particular how do(es):
• Clients win?
• Employees win?
• Community partners win?
• Society win?
16. Interview Questions – Virginia Benefit
Corporation Legislation
• Since Impact Makers has no shareholders what benefits and/or challenges
do you feel this situation creates for the organization?
• Can you share examples of how you believe the board of directors considers
the effects Impact Makers has on their various stakeholder groups?
• Since Impact Makers’ “profits, by corporate charter” go directly to its
nonprofit community partners how does this approach impact or benefit the
customer when they consider which consulting firm to whom they will award
a contract?
17. Interview Questions – Virginia Benefit
Corporation Legislation
• What does Impact Makers consider regarding the community and/or social sectors
in the Richmond, VA area?
• What does the organization consider regarding the effects they make on the local
and global environment? Is there more that could be done to lessen the
organization’s effect on the environment?
• What do you see as the board of directors considerations regarding the short-term
interests of Impact Makers? The long-term interests?
• What is your evaluation of the ability of Impact Makers to accomplish the specific
benefit purpose?
18. Thematic Analysis
• Theory-Driven Code (Boyatzis, 1998)
• One of the forms of this code is to use the framework of another
• B Impact Assessment is a framework developed to measure a company’s impact
• The sections of the assessment include:
• Community – Community Practices
• Customers – Customer Products & Services
• Environment – Environmental Products & Services and Environmental Practices
• Governance – Accountability and Transparency
• Worker – Compensation, Benefits & Training; Worker Environment; and Worker Ownership
19. Governance Results
• “We are doing thing that is the way you build long-term relationships”
• “Mission aligned teams outperform ones that aren’t”
• “We’ve got cultural alignment, we’ve got mission alignment”
• “I think our mission calls us to a higher standard of delivery and excellence”
• “We answer to our board, but really we answer to the community”
• “Try to think long-term and what is going to let Impact Makers preserve mission,
maximize return to the community, retain employees, all these balancing things”
• “I think of them as very mission driven”
20. Worker Results
• “I’m here for more than just a paycheck”
• “Some employees get a chance to hone their skills (pro bono work)”
• “The rule is that they (employees) have found us as opposed to we found
them”
• “I have the coolest job ever…to be able to work with the kind of people I
work with and actually really solve problems, I mean I love”
• I like the fact that we compete like a for-profit company, and then act like a
not-for-profit when it’s time to give away the money”
21. Community Results
• “It is not just the vision of making a community impact, but it is having a
ripple effect that is exciting me”
• “Well it kind of goes back to our roots”
• “At the end of the day, 100% of the business goes to the community”
• “We give a monthly guarantee of unrestricted funds”
• Created a “valid software…other entities needed the same type of
tracking…the outcome is a nonprofit, that created a for-profit benefit
corporation to help create a sustaining funding line”
22. Environment Results
• “We are in a building with solar…we try to be paperless…we try to use recycled
paper”
• “From an environment standpoint, I think it’s (cloud based web services) a great
idea because it’s a consolidated service”
• “If a customer comes to me and says, look I’m looking to reduce my datacenter
costs by X%, I put computers in there that are going to consume less energy”
• “They tend to allow people to work from home”
• “Our biggest environmental impact is our travel”
23. Win-Win-Win-Win
• Community partners win?
• Monetary support without strings attached
• Access to the high level of IT management and consulting
• Working in partnership with an organization
• Support allowed for a sounding board by Executive Director to the Impact Makers
consultant
• Able to set up a for profit firm based on the software developed to solve a need that is
common to other similar nonprofits
• Impact Makers taking on FlipM where most would not have done so
24. Win-Win-Win-Win
• Clients win?
• Impact Makers employees in some cases are able to develop skills at the nonprofit that
then lead to better skilled employees working on their projects
• The clients get highly skilled Impact Makers employees working on their projects that
are mission aligned
• In at least one case an additional service offering was mentioned as having been
developed while doing work for the nonprofit partner
25. Win-Win-Win-Win
• Employees win?
• The primary benefit is that their job is supporting the needs of those needing help in
the community
• They do not need to do this work evenings and weekends
• They develop additional skills in a protected setting
• One drawback to growth has been that some consultants are unable to do this work
because of their client workload
27. Challenge 1
• Intent to distribute 100% of the net profits to charitable partners
• Internal Revenue Service limits tax-free charitable contributions to 10% of net profits (IRS, 2012)
• Income tax on the other 90%
• Developed licensing agreements with their non-profit partners
• Charitable partners agree to:
• Allow Impact Makers to use their logo and name in their marketing materials
• To make introductions and provide leads to Impact Makers
• Charitable partners receive up to 20% of their budget each month
• Additional undistributed net income at year end is further distributed
28. Challenge 2
• Federal Acquisition Regulation Subchapter D – Socioeconomic Programs
allows set-asides for (Acquisition Central, n.d.):
• Small businesses
• Historically underutilized business zones
• Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses
• Women-owned small businesses
• Given social and/or environmental public good recommend set-aside for
benefit corporations
29. Awards & Recognition
• April 2015 reached $1 million milestone in its cumulative community impact of
financial contributions and pro bono support
• Gifted company to Community Foundation now owns 70% of Impact Makers and
Virginia Community Capital has a 30% interest
• Inc. 500 for the 3rd Year (2012 #360, 2013 #514, 2014 #463)
• 3 year sales growth of 1,024%
• In 2013 was named ‘Best for the World’ and ‘Best for the Community’ by scoring in
top 10% of B corporations
• In 2013 & 2014 Richmond’s Top Workplaces List for Small Employers
30. • 2007
• Revenue $570k
• $41k in partner contributions
• 2013
• Revenue exceeded $10 million (171% increase over 2012)
• $247K in partner contributions
• $34k in pro bono services
• Recently gifted ownership of company to The Community Foundation Serving
Richmond (70%) and Central Virginia and Virginia Community Capital (30%)
Impact Makers Results
31. Ten Benefits of Becoming a B Corp
1. Being part of a community of leaders with shared values
2. Attracting talent and engaging employees
3. Increasing credibility and building trust
4. Generating press
5. Benchmarking and improving performance
6. Attracting investors
7. Protecting the company’s mission for the long-term
8. Building collective voice
9. Saving money
10.Leading a global movement (Honeyman, 2014, pp. 21-40)
32. • Impact Makers is making money the root
of the change they want to see in the world
• Michael Pirron is indeed living his charge
from Gandhi
• I encourage each of you to find
organizations that can adopt this business
model to help your own local communities
Closing Remarks
http://blog.ennovent.com/2012/11/5-social-
entrepreneurship-startups-with-a-global-
focus/#sthash.aIhuJtd9.dpbs
Editor's Notes
We asked the question (refer to slide):
“Given the performance of the US government versus these 147 super entities who do you want to help solve the world problems? Corporations or governments?”
The easy answer would be to say that the wealthy should pay more tax to help the governments of the world to pay down debt and to deal with the social and environmental issues facing their individual nations.
If other nations are having the same negative debt performance issues as the US government then it is understandable that the world wealthy will likely object to paying more money in taxes."
Key Transition Phase
We make an argument that corporations are best able to address these issues because as we have seen the corporations are financially adequate to do so.
There has been a significant push for corporate social responsibility. Businesses are thinking and implementing business objectives that go beyond profit maximization such as social and environmental mission.
Traditional forms businesses are moving and changing its business culture in which corporate social responsibility is incorporated.