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Topic: Social enterprise

	Welcome to the Social Enterprise Conference 2007
		Social Enterprise brings together the nonprofit, private, and public sectors - and puts best practices from across industries and around the globe to work toward the common good.
		We are in an exciting time for social enterprise - each week brings news of multi-billion dollar philanthropic initiatives to solve global problems and new corporate strategies fostering sustainability and social responsibility.
		Social enterprise offers not only economic resources, but also the strategic and management expertise to ensure that change is long-lasting and large-scale.
	www.socialenterpriseclub.com /conference (155 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Social enterprise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social Enterprise is a relatively new term for a type of business that has been in existence for at least a century.
		Social enterprises are distinct from charities (additional info and facts about charities) (although charities are also increasingly looking at ways of maximising income from trading), and from private sector companies with policies on corporate social responsibility.
		Social Enterprise, also known as the ‘Third Sector’ derives from Social entrepreneur (additional info and facts about Social entrepreneur), the term originally given to 19th century philanthropic businessmen and industrialists, who had genuine concern for the welfare of their employees.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/social_enterprise.htm (425 words)

	Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		The Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN), a collaboration formed last year to address this need for generating intellectual capital developed in the region itself, came about through the participation of a group of leading Latin American business schools and the Harvard Business School in partnership with the AVINA Foundation.
		Social Enterprise is defined as organizations or undertakings with an embedded social purpose.
		Each of the members of SEKN considers social enterprise as central to its mission and has made a major institutional commitment to developing social enterprise research and courses as an integral part of their educational programs.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~drclas/publications/revista/Volunteering/socialenterprise.html (1751 words)

	Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Social Enterprise Institute
		Social Enterprises are sustainable businesses that exist to achieve some form of social mission or objective.
		Social Enterprises can be identified through three common characteristics: enterprise orientation, explicit social aims and some form of social ownership.
		Social enterprises re-invest their profits/surpluses in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners.
	www.sml.hw.ac.uk /socialenterprise (156 words)

	Enterprise - Social Economy Enterprises : Introduction
		The importance to the European economy and society of co-operatives, mutual societies, associations, foundations and social enterprises (which together are sometimes referred to as the Social Economy) is now receiving greater recognition at Member State and European levels.
		Social Economy enterprises are helping to meet the demands of a changing Europe.
		Social Economy entities spring from the economic and social needs of their members.
	europa.eu.int /comm/enterprise/entrepreneurship/coop (596 words)

	Social Enterprise
		Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value — this new book brings together a variety of perspectives on how serving the poor can be both a profitable business proposition and help improve the lives of the world's impoverished.
		The Social Sector (R)evolution Conference, sponsored by the Social Enterprise Alumni Association (for HBS alumni only), Saturday, March 3.
		The Social Enterprise Initiative offers a variety of ways you can interact with HBS students.
	www.hbs.edu /socialenterprise (729 words)

	Center for Nonprofit Management
		The second key trend is the relationships that social enterprises are forging with their funders.
		Groundbreaking organizations like the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund in San Francisco, Social Venture Partners in Puget Sound, and the Robin Hood Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation in New York City, are pursuing new approaches to supporting nonprofit enterprise through investment and stewardship of resources rather than through traditional philanthropy.
		The enterprise's first significant contract is with the local Meals On Wheels Program and involves daily production of ready-to-eat meals that are distributed to the elderly and AIDS patient shut-ins throughout the County.
	www.cnmsocal.org /AboutNonprofits/Article2.html (3466 words)

	What is a social enterprise? \| Business Link (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social enterprises are businesses that trade in order to pursue a social aim.
		Social enterprises are diverse and operate at many levels.
		Social enterprises may qualify for grants in the same way as other types of business.
	www.businesslink.gov.uk /bdotg/action/detail?r.s=sl&type=RESOURCES&itemId=1073792678 (320 words)

	Social Enterprise Reporter - Social Enterprise Group, LLC
		It has been exciting to see how the Board has rallied around this and hasn’t seen the vendor pull-out as a real setback, but rather they reconfirmed their commitment to the concept of using social enterprise to meet their community’s needs and are further determined to find a solution for making it work.
		Now, we have a range of organizations seeking our services—from those just entering into social enterprise to those that have been engaged in it for a long time and are wanting to expand to the next level.
		We are providing the social enterprise training and technical assistance to entrepreneurs in these communities, but also hope that we will be able to train the local small business assistance and development agencies to provide social enterprise training to their communities over the longterm.
	www.sereporter.com /article.php?a=168 (1241 words)

	Origo News - Social Enterprise Partners
		This news update is developed and distributed by Origo Social Enterprise Partners, supported by the Fourth Sector Network and sponsored by the W.
		Social Enterprise London is inviting papers from researchers...who are interested in having their research published.
		Social Enterprises generate some £18 billion in annual turnover and employ over 775,000 people groundbreaking new findings published by the SBS show.
	www.origonews.com /index.php?topic=origoissues (2244 words)

	Social enterprise
		The enterprise is social, as we have heard from a number of writers, such as Etienne Wenger on communities or John Seely Brown on The Social Life of Information.
		Jon Udell of InfoWorld follows this with an article on The social enterprise that discusses how some of the newer "social" technologies are playing into this world.
		The enterprise is social, as we have heard from a number of writers, such as Etienne Wenger on communities or John Seely Brown on The Social Life of Info...
	blog.jackvinson.com /archives/2004/04/01/social_enterprise.html (659 words)

	Social Enterprise - The William Davidson Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Models and examples of innovative social enterprise strategies are widespread in developed countries but less so in emerging markets/democracies.
		WDI is proud to announce the launch of the FORO SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, a discussion forum for members of the Alianza ONG, WDI's NGO Alliance in Latin America and the Caribbean.
		NGO Success Quarterly is an electronic newsletter which highlights WDI activities in the Social Enterprise field and promotes the work, resources, opportunities and best practices of innovative NGOs operating in transition and emerging market countries.
	www.wdi.umich.edu /ResearchInitiatives/SocialEnterprise (243 words)

	Roberdan : Social Enterprise Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social Enterprise Architecture is a vision to seamless integrate organizational business models with technology architecture.
		Relations with Knowledge Management (KM): Social Enterprise Architecture use solid KM background to move typical KM approach (mostly based on documents and search) nearest people and their social relations.
		Valutare se una strategia di Social Enterprise Architecture può essere applicabile ed eventualmente indicare l’arco di tempo necessario affinchè la cultura oggi presente sia in grado di traghettare l’organizzazione verso la SEA (Social Enterprise Architecture).
	blogs.msdn.com /roberdan/archive/2005/09/11/463492.aspx (315 words)

	CASE Co-Sponors Conference on Social Enterprise
		A series of break-out sessions focused on such issues as preparing to launch a social enterprise, marketing strategies, leading cultural change, aligning financial and mission performance, and the legal implications of a nonprofit’s involvement in a business venture.
		Reflecting upon the success of the conference, CASE Managing Director Beth Anderson observed, “Social enterprise is a hot topic in the nonprofit sector, and we are fortunate to have growing initiatives related to this area at both the business and law schools at Duke.
		Established in the fall of 2002, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship is a research and education center dedicated to promoting entrepreneurial leadership in the social sector through the thoughtful application of business expertise.
	www.fuqua.duke.edu /news/case-se-conference-0605.html (758 words)

	making learning work: social enterprise and organizational learning
		Similar philosophies of creativity, collaboration, and communication mark those who aim for success in private profit-making enterprises as well as those who promote the benefits of young people working and learning in community organizations during their nonschool hours.
		Humorists, mediators, and caregiving types are also valued for their effect on the social climate of the group-especially in times of high tension.
		Drawing heavily on theatrical metaphor for his social theory, Goffman ties human person to appearances of the self to others and of the self via others' responses (1959).
	www.infed.org /enterprise/briceheath_making_learning_work.htm (7406 words)

	ISEE
		Launched by NESsT in 2003, the International Social Enterprise Exchange (ISEE) is a bi-annual, intensive, weeklong training series focusing on the development of social enterprise in emerging market countries.
		ISEE participants see first-hand how local nonprofit organizations are managing social enterprises; gain practical skills in social enterprise development and management; and engage in exchange with peers -- all while enjoying the natural beauty and cultural diversity of an emerging market setting.
		It gave me the opportunity to see social enterprise first hand and helped me to understand the issues faced by organizations trying to have a social impact in developing nations.
	www.nesst.org /ISEE.asp (463 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Social Enterprise in Anytown: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social enterprises are businesses run for a social or environmental purpose, to deliver benefits to the community and not to generate profits for individuals or shareholders.
		Social enterprises have a growing role to play in the British economy, not as a "cranky" subset of the private sector, but as part of a truly alternative economic system - a third way, distinct from both the private and public systems of ownership and management.
		He examines the key values which distinguish this from other systems and argues both for a recognised legal status for social enterprises and an independent development infrastructure managed by the sector itself.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0903319977 (460 words)

	social enterprise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social enterprises are organisations that achieve social or environmental aims primarily by trading.
		nef aims to support the development of the sector by supporting the development of new and innovative social enterprise models, increasing understanding of their needs and impacts, and developing public policy solutions to support their growth and development.
		Through the EQUAL project and Ethical Explorer, we have been developing a range of performance indicators and measurement tools for social enterprises to use to demonstrate their impact.
	www.neweconomics.org /gen/entinnov_soc.aspx (232 words)

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		Still young, but growing dynamically, the field of social entrepreneurship is defined as the process of creating new independent or corporate ventures that pursue the dual primary missions of social benefit and financial return on investment.
		These nonprofit and for profit ventures have a social mission and aim to be financially self-sufficient or are profit driven.
		Contributions that illustrate the connections between presentations, and that place learnings in the context of the philosophy that underlies social enterprise will be highly valued, as will challenges to conventional wisdom.
	w4.stern.nyu.edu /emplibrary/Social_Entrepreneurship_outline_2003.doc (1190 words)

	Business School Honored for Social Enterprise Activities
		Harvard Business School (HBS) is a leader among U.S. business schools in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence classroom materials and corporate decision-making.
		Steve Nelson, MBA ’88, executive director of the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise, recently accepted an award honoring the School’s efforts at a ceremony hosted by Citigroup in New York.
		Since its creation in 1993, the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise, supported by the John C. Whitehead (MBA ’47) Fund for Not-for-Profit Management as well as other resources, has engaged in extensive research and course development focusing on four intellectual and practice domains.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1999/12.09/hbs_award.html (572 words)

	Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social entrepreneurs are innovative, resourceful, and results oriented individuals who utilise the best of both the business and nonprofit worlds to develop innovative solutions that maximise their social impact.
		The mission of YSEI is to empower young social entrepreneurs in developing countries with the necessary knowledge, resources and networks to realize their dreams.
		If you have an innovative solution for a social issue, fill out the fellowship application form and social enterprise concept.
	www.globalknowledge.org /ysei (326 words)

	social enterprise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social enterprise is moving out of the shadows of regeneration programmes and starting to take centre stage.
		Defining social enterprise can be a bit like nailing jelly, but however you describe it, it thrives on making unusual and inspired connections.
		One of his key ones is that social enterprise is not just about doing things differently, but about doing them well.
	www.newstartmag.co.uk /asylum.html (1423 words)

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		All of us at ESIC, along with our colleagues at The Enterprise Foundation (news release), join all Americans in wanting to develop and implement effective means to help all those whose lives have been so terribly impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
		The Enterprise Foundation and The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation (ESIC) along with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announce their newest initiative, Green Communities.
		The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation is one of the nation’s leading providers of community development capital, tax credit investments, and development services for affordable housing, mixed-use and commercial development.
	www.enterprisefoundation.org /esic (474 words)

	The social enterprise \| InfoWorld \| Analysis \| 2004-03-26 \| By Jon Udell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Social software can be defined as whatever supports our actual human interaction as we colonize the virtual realm.
		Whether the goal is to help individuals create and share knowledge or to enrich the relationship networks that support sales, collaboration, and recruiting, the various kinds of enterprise social software aim to restore some of the context that’s lost when we move our interaction into the virtual realm.
		Absent the natural cues that establish social context — it’s hard to see groups form at the water cooler or hear voices in the hallway through e-mail or IM — social software systems ask us to strike a bargain.
	www.infoworld.com /article/04/03/26/13FEsocial_1.html (1682 words)

	Social Enterprise London
		SEL has undertaken a research project to explore the potential role for social enterprises before, during and after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
		Social Enterprise London is an agent for change.
		Supported by a management Board that brings together some of the country’s leading social entrepreneurs and a staff team that combines expertise in the voluntary, public and private sectors, SEL is a dynamic, customer focused development agency.
	www.sel.org.uk (176 words)

	Audeamus - How dare we... - Main page - Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, microloans, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		This is the news that matters to social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and concerned citizens.
		Not to mention what is going on around social enterprise, such as the politics that may or may not limit their ability to conduct business.
		My official job is to report on social enterprise, but I'm taking that a step further, and seeking to actually help social enterpreneurs conduct business, in addition to assisting the social bottom line by reporting on what will affect consumers.
	www.audeamus.com (3266 words)

	Social Enterprise Alliance
		Social Enterprise Alliance is the association of individuals and organizations building effective, more sustainable nonprofits through earned income strategies.
		This year's conference -- April 17-19 in Long Beach, CA -- was the largest Gathering to date, and the positive feedback we've received confirms the significance of social enterprise as a strategy for making mission-based organizations more self-sustaining.
		The Enterprising VOICE, our free bi-weekly bulletin, is a quick and easy way to stay in touch with the people, products, news and trends from the field.
	www.se-alliance.org (377 words)

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