S3 for Social Enterprises Info Session 4-10-2013

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Social Enterprises



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Instructors

Nora Silver Director and Adjunct ProfessorCenter for Nonprofit and Public Leadership

Joe Dougherty Associate PartnerDalberg Global Development Advisors

Lalitha VaidyanathanManaging DirectorFSG Social Impact Consultants



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Course Structure

Social Enterprise

Impact



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Course Objectives

To increase student skills inpreparing social enterprises for entrepreneurial success real problem solvingpersuading decision makers

Why students sign up for S3 to explore consulting - process and mindsets to experience working with social enterprises on critical

issues to have the opportunity to work with professional

consultant coaches



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Course Components

EW / MBA 292S-1

(for undergraduates, UGBA 199)

3 credits, Tuesdays 6-9:30 pmRequired kick-off (August 30th) and finale (December 6th)

@ FSG San Francisco offices, 3-5pm

Topics: Consulting Skills• Scope negotiation and work planning• Client management• Storyline development• Communication skills & planning• Charting

Topics: Social Enterprise Organizations• Social impact strategy• SE business strategy• Impact Assessment• Aligning business and social strategies



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Jessica Felts, MBA 2013

“The class provided the frameworks we needed

to solve our client’s issue and gave us the freedom

to try different approaches over the

course of the semester.”

Team Member

Jewish Family and Children’s Services



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Potential Fall 2013 Clients

• Kiva.org• Living Goods• Inveneo• Minds Matter• Foundation for Sustainable

Development• Microplace (a social enterprise

subsidiary of PayPal) • Wildlife Conservation Network • WildAid Village Capital/ Frontier

Markets Scouts

• Khan Academy• Fair Trade USA Global Footprint

Network• Medicines360• BioVentures for Global Health• Global Fund for Women• Sustainable Apparel Coalition• Mercy Corps• Lumana Foundation• Lundin Foundation• LIGTT program at Berkeley Labs

Clients selected in concert with &



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Steve Janowsky, Wetherby Asset Management

“I was an Ernst & Young consultant for four years. I would put [the students’]

work up against the deliverables of the

professional consultants any day. This is really

good.”Client Team Lead

Wetherby Asset Management



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How to Enroll

More details are available at

http://bit.ly/S3SocialEnterprise

A. For MBAs:• Bid for S3 for Social Enterprises during your April class

bidding period 4/15 – 4/26• MBAs who bid into the class will complete a short survey to

indicate background and experience.

B. For non-MBAs (incl. undergrads):• Complete the online application by EOD Friday April 26th• Available at http://bit.ly/S3SocialEnterprise






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Making a Commitment

Please apply only if serious about making a commitment to the Social Enterprise client, your teammates and the instructors.

There are no drop/adds for Social Sector Solutions for Social Enterprises.

We will endeavor to match your skills/experience to your project team.



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Team Lead Responsibilities

• Overall project delivery• Markets project among students and recruits team members • Commits at least 2 additional hours/week, on average, to project management (10‐14

hrs/week)• Works with individual team members to ensure that project tasks and assignments

are completed in a timely manner in accordance with project plan.• Communications status regularly with all project stakeholders• Gains credibility within the client organization and ensures timely access resources• Responds promptly team’s questions and requests for information• Helps create and maintain enthusiastic, “can do” spirit within the student consulting

team• Works with instructors and other team leads to develop and deliver instruction for• student consultants and to organize cross‐team learning• Works with faculty instructors and other team leads to capture lessons learned• Provides input to faculty instructors on team member contributions as requested



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Team Lead Q&A

• Kota Fukasawa, MBA 2013– Team Lead, Impact at Scale (now Uprising)– [email protected]

• Christine Tringale, MBA 2014– Team Lead, Packard Foundation/Preschool

California– [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]




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Contact Information

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Team Leads: Nora Silver, [email protected]

Course Website: http://bit.ly/S3SocialEnterprise

Other questions: [email protected]




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