The NY '10 StartingBloc Experience

StartingBloc 2010 New York Institute for Social InnovationMarch 2010

Agenda :: Day 1 StartingBloc Institute for Social Innovation

Friday, March 5, 2010

12:15 – 01:00 :: Welcome to StartingBloc and the Fellowship

Adriana Pentz, CEO, StartingBloc

01:00 – 02:15 :: Goal Setting + Mapping your StartingBloc Experience :: Session with Houston Spencer

02:30 – 03:30 :: Social Innovation Competition :: Echoing Green

Partner Introduction and Q&A03:30 – 07:00 :: Transfromative Action :: Session with Scott Sherman

07:30 – 08:45 :: Reception hosted by NYU Stern Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship

Highlights :: Day 1Transformative Action :: Scott Sherman, Founder, TAI

Adapted from Sherman’s legendary semester long Transformative Action course at UCLA School of Public Affairs, this workshop provided Fellows with the basics of Transformative Action. A nationally recognized speaker and Echoing Green Fellow, Scott Sherman covered the art of building relationships, effective communication techniques and team building and probed the question of what creates change and transforms individuals, communities and the world.

Scott’s work on nonviolent social change projects has been praised by such Nobel Peace Prize Laureates as the Dalai Lama and the late Mother Teresa. In 2004, he was nominated for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars' Faculty of the Year award for the entire U.S.

Speakers :: Day 1

Adriana Pentz

CEO, StartingBloc

StartingBloc Fellow, Boston 2007

Houston Spencer

expert, change + transformation in the

communications industry

vp strategy, Alcatel Lucent

author + speaker

Scott Sherman

community organizer, lecturer, author

founder, Transformative Action Institute

adjunct faculty member, UCLA School of Public Affairs


Saturday, March 6, 2010

09:15 – 10:30 :: Introduction to Social Innovation Competition + Strategic Consulting :: Session with Tammy Wang + Tiffany Franke10:30 – 11:30 :: CSR: Past, Present & Future :: Session with Robert Tomasko

11:45 – 01:00 :: Ideas Marketplace 02:00 – 03:00 :: Social Media for Social Good :: Session with Ines Peschiera03:00 – 04:30 :: Total CSR & Global Systems Change :: Session with Frank Dixon

04:45 – 05:45 :: Social Innovation Competition Teamwork05:45 – 06:45 :: The Eco-Capitalist :: Session with Tom Szaky06:40 – 08:00 :: Reception hosted by The Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon

Highlights :: Day 2Social Innovation Competition

During each Institute, candidates have the opportunity to consult for a business or organization on a real world case challenge. In NY ‘10, our 130 candidates were divided in 18 teams lead by StartingBloc Fellows as mentors to work on a social innovation challenge for Echoing Green.

Ideas Marketplace

The Ideas Marketplace provided candidates with the opportunity to give a one minute pitch on a passion, project, or business they are working on. Four candidates were then selected by their Institute class to present their ideas in detail in later sessions.

Speakers :: Day 2

Robert Tomasko

pioneer, CSR + social entrepreneurship

director, American University

author + StartingBloc

Board Member

Ines Peschiera

expert, Interactive Strategy + Marketing

producer, Core Industries

clients include Splenda, EDF & The Nature Conservancy

Frank Dixon

expert, sustainability + systems change

prorponent, Total Corporate

Sustainability

clients include Wal-Mart

Tom Szaky

founder +ceo, TerraCycle

awards + accolades for eco-friendly

products

coolest start-up, Inc. Magazine


Sunday, March 7, 2010

09:15 – 10:30 :: Social Innovation Competition Teamwork10:30 – 11:30 :: The Spectrum of Social Enterprise :: Session with Nathaniel Whittemore

11:45 – 12:45 :: Meet-ups12:45 – 01:45 :: Social Entrepreneurs in Action02:45 – 03:45 :: Goal Circle

10:30 – 11:30 :: Design & Social Innovation :: Session with Cheryl Heller10:30 – 11:30 :: Living Life With Purpose :: Session with Yao Huang06:40 – 08:00 :: Reception hosted by The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania

Highlights :: Day 3Meet-ups StartingBloc values collaboration across sectors, academic disciplines, and subject areas. During meet-ups, candidates gathered in groups designated by topic, such as health, education, or climate change. They sparked a discussion or participated in a debate with their peers. Some teams took action to solve the problem under discussion, and continue to volunteer with their groups today.

Goal Circle

Candidates met in small groups to 'make their own luck'. Each group member identified a specific goal, from being admitted to an MBA program to moving to a new city. Their team members offered the advice and connections needed to make the goal a reality.

Speakers :: Day 3

Nathaniel Whittemore

expert, Collaborative Social Change

founder, Asset Map

blogger, Change.org

Cheryl Heller

expert, design for social innovation

ceo, Heller Communication Design

founder, Good Brand Camp

Yao Huang

serial entrepreneur + vc

co-founder + managing director, The Hatchery

founder, Gigapixel Creative


Saturday, March 27, 2010

09:00 – 09:30 :: Welcome from NYU Wagner School of Public Service09:30 – 10:20 :: Keynote :: Session with Jonathan Greenblatt 10:40 – 11:30 :: Leading Social Innovation :: Session with Bethany Godsoe11:50 – 12:40 :: Government’s Role in Building Cross-sector Partnerships +

Accelerating Innovation :: Session with Howard Buffet 02:00 – 03:30 :: One on One Conversations // SIC Finalist Group Work

03:50 – 05:10 :: Peer Learning :: The Wealth of Knowledge is in the Room 05:10 – 06:00 :: Keynote :: Session with Elmira Bayrasli06:30 – 08:00 :: Reception + Launch Party 2010 Hosted By :: The Fletcher School at Tufts University + iContact

Highlights :: Day 4Peer Learning :: The Wealth of Knowledge is in the Room

Does it bother you to sit a room with hundreds of great minds and not have the opportunity to actively learn from them? StartingBloc believes that the wealth of knowledge is in the room and the time has come to unleash it.

StartingBloc Candidates enriched their experience by learning something new from their peers, and teaching something return. With the belief that everyone is an expert in something, Candidates divided into groups to teach topics ranging from salsa dancing to tax law.

Candidates will left the session with newfound knowledge and and a tight bond with their peers, having gone through an experience that is humbling by nature. What can you teach the world?

Speakers :: Day 4

Jonathan Greenblatt

thought leader + social entrepreneur

founder, Our Good Works

co-founder, Ethos

Water

Bethany Godsoe

expert, leadership development

executive director, NYU Wagner’s

Research Center for Leadership in Action

Howard Buffet

expert, innovation in the government

policy advisor, White House Domestic Policy Council

member, Presidential Transition Team

Elmira Bayrasli

expert, policy + outreach

vp, Endeavor

former Presidential Appointee at the

Dept. of State


Sunday, March 28, 2010

09:10 – 10:00 :: StartingBloc :: Our Future10:20 – 11:10 :: Global Sustainability :: Session with Andrew Zolli 11:30 – 12:45 :: Social Innovation Competition :: Final Presentations02:05 – 02:10 :: Presentation of SIC Winner 02:10 – 03:00 :: Investing in People :: Session with Rafe Furst

03:20 – 04:20 :: Ideas Marketplace :: Top Four Fellow’s Presentations04:20 – 05:00 :: 15 Year Reunion “Cocktail Party”05:20 – 06:10 :: Lasting Change :: Session with Mitchell Wade06:40 – 08:00 :: Reception Hosted By NYU Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship

Highlights :: Day 5Social Innovation Competition :: Final Presentations

During each Institute, candidates have the opportunity to consult a business or organization on a real world case challenge. This year our 130 candidates were divided in 18 teams to work on the following challenge for Echoing Green:

How should Echoing Green design a differentiated online engagement strategy in line with its Be Bold effort, that will support a wide audience of young people as they build careers with impact?

Following submission of a written proposal, the final five selected teams had eight minutes to present their ideas. Three minute Q & A with the judges and the audience followed. The winning team presented their findings to the Echoing Green executive team in New York City.

Ideas Marketplace :: Presentations

Earlier in the Institute, the Ideas Marketplace provided candidates with the opportunity to give a one minute pitch on a passion, project, or business they are working on. The ideas were then voted upon by their peers.

The following four were selected by the Institute class to present their ideas in detail. Ideas Marketplace Final Presentations are seven minutes with a three minute Q & A. Adityo Sagir & Andrew Wu ::SparkSeedMatthew Kochman ::M.E.S.S. ExpressSimran Dua ::Expanding the role of nutritionists

in grocery storesChristopher Washington :: ECO INC Urban Farm Franchise

Highlights :: Day 5

15 Year Reunion "Cocktail Party"

What if you had the opportunity to come back after 15 years and share your story with everyone in room?

What dreams were made? What crazy adventures did you go on? How has the world changed because of your work? The 15 Year Reunion "Cocktail Party" is an interactive experience where everyone in the room has the chance to open their mind, travel in time and live out the future in the present.

The candidates reunited in 2025, and shared their biggest dreams. With the first lady governor of Missouri, a man who lives on the moon, and several Grammy winners, this high energy session pushed the boundaries of how we envision success.

Highlights :: Day 5

Speakers :: Day 5

Andrew Zolli

expert in global foresight + innovation

curator, Pop!Tech

founder, Z+ Partners

Rafe Furst

thought leader in accelerating possibilities

founder, Insight

professional poker player

Mitchell Wade

helps innovators turn insights into change

clients include RAND, Schwab, Accenture

founder, Institute3

StartingBloc 2010 New York Institute for Social Innovation

NYU Stern Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship44 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604

StartingBloc NFP38 East 32nd Street, Floor 11New York, NY 10016212.457.6184

www.startingbloc.orgtw :: @startingbloc

The NY '10 StartingBloc Experience

Education

Transcript of The NY '10 StartingBloc Experience