SSE approach to learning

What does SSE do?

And how?

An entrepreneurial individual

[recruited on the basis of who they are (characteristics / traits etc)+ they need no formal qualifications]

…and wants to make it happen

Has an innovative idea for social change…

Expert Witnesses

Project Visits

Peer learning

So joins the SSE learning programme

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ACT

RECALL and REFLECT

INSIGHTS

UNDERTAKE NEXT ACTION

NEXTSTEPS

…which has an associated impact on the effectiveness of their organisation

MentoringOne to one tutoringand business advice

Tailored support, knowledge, and skills development for the individual…

Peer group

Practitionercontacts/info

Action learning

• Learning programmes running for 10+ years

• Nearly 400 SSE Fellows around the UK have completed programmes

• Active schools in 7 locations (London, Belfast, East Mids, Fife, West Mids, Liverpool, Cornwall)

• Operates as social franchise (best practice + quality system)

• International developments in progress (Australia / Canada / China)

SSE information

Private Business

Public Sector

Social Entrepreneurs

Voluntary & Community

Sector

Social Enterprise

Third Sector

Social entrepreneurs’ habitat

Social entrepreneurs: then and now

Where does it all begin?

• Sumeria?

• Medieval Europe?

• Rochdale?

• Oxford?

• Bethnal Green?

(Why) is it growing?

Politicaldisillusionment

Ethical consumerism

Wellbeing agenda

Mobile, networked society

Structural, finance, support optionsMeaning +

purpose at work

Politicalsupport?Autonomy /

self-employment

Who are they?

• ‘Beneficiaries’, ‘users’, ‘clients’• Career changers

- corporate- public sector

• Young people / graduates• Silver radicals• Third sector professionals and

volunteers• Everyone?

Sheenagh Day Maison Bengal

Ros Spearing Ebony Horse Club

Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa Catch22 Magazine

What do we look for?

• (personal) Responsibility• Prone to action / not risk-averse• Innovative / creative• Visionary: have clear mission• Pragmatic• Persistent / committed• Resourceful / adaptable / opportunistic+ Engagement with community they are

aiming to serve

What motivates them?

• Personal injustice / experience• Restlessness with status quo• Identified problem / ‘wrong’• Identified opportunity / market niche• Seeking purpose / meaning• Faith• (Inspirational) role model(s)

Workshop exercise

1) Groups of 4/5; pick one of the “potential social entrepreneur” groups

2) Think about their skills, needs, motivations and background

3) Put forward a practical project or programme idea to focus on either a) promoting / attracting / recruitingb) supporting / developing

Social entrepreneurs:the future?

1) Resilience

2) Partnership, collaboration and merger

3) Bang for buck

4) The Obama effect

5) Internationalisation

6) Jobs and skills

7) Mobiles

8) Niches

9) Realism

10) Investment + funding

Forthcoming trends

1) Resilience

2) Partnership, collaboration and merger

3) Bang for buck

4) The Obama effect

5) Internationalisation

6) Jobs and skills

7) Mobiles

8) Niches

9) Realism

10) Investment / funding

Forthcoming trends

Investment + Funding

Perfect storm in 12-18 months

Mission-Money Matrix

majority activity

stay out! proceed with caution

prime target

on mission

off mission

more moneyless money

Recession Matrix?

minority activity?

stay out (where possible)

proceed with (less) caution

dreamland

on mission

off mission

more moneyless money

Partnership: key questions

• What is the purpose?

• What form should it take?

• Are the shared aims realistic?

• Who should be involved?

• How formal should it be?

Partnership continuum

cooperation

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more less complexity and intensity

Sharing info for mutual benefit

Referrals

Informal support

Separate goals, resources, structures

Partnership continuum

cooperation coordination

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more less complexity and intensity

Sharing info for mutual benefit

Referrals

Informal support

Separate goals, resources, structures

Event / short-term project

Some planning/division of roles

Some shared resources, risks & reward

Individual identities maintained

Partnership continuum

cooperation coordination collaboration

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more less complexity and intensity

Sharing info for mutual benefit

Referrals

Informal support

Separate goals, resources, structures

Event / short-term project

Some planning/division of roles

Some shared resources, risks & reward

Individual identities maintained

New structure with common goals

All partners contribute resources + gain rewards

Longer commitment + durable partnerships

Partnership continuum

cooperation coordination mergercollaboration

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f a

ctiv

ity

more less complexity and intensity

Sharing info for mutual benefit

Referrals

Informal support

Separate goals, resources, structures

Event / short-term project

Some planning/division of roles

Some shared resources, risks & reward

Individual identities maintained

New structure with common goals

All partners contribute resources + gain rewards

Longer commitment + durable partnerships

Most complex

Complete integration

Most difficult to achieve

Least common

Multiple variables

Internationalisation

• Local: global (disconnect?)

• Sharing best practice / knowledge[how best to export…+ who decides?]

• Learning by doing

• Political support?

• Structural / finance / support spectrum

Suggested reading• Everyday Legends: the stories of 20 great UK Social Entrepreneurs by James Baderman and Justine Law (WW Publishing, 2006)• Forces for Good by Leslie Crutchfield & Heather McLeod Grant (2007)•Your Chance to Change the World: the No-Fibbing Guide to Social Entrepreneurship by Craig Dearden-Phillips (DSC, 2008)• The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship by Greg Dees (Duke Uni, 1998) • The Power of Unreasonable People by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan (HBS, 2008)• The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur by Charles Leadbeater (Demos, 1997) • The Social Entrepreneur by Andrew Mawson (Atlantic Books, 2008) • Social Entrepreneurship: new models of sustainable change by Alex Nicholls et al (OUP, 2008) • Leadership in the Social Economy by Charlotte Young and Fiona Edwards-Stuart (SSE, 2007)• OTS think pieces + Social Enterprise in Public Services (Smith Institute)

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