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About ECSB. European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB)ICSB's European Affiliate since 1989400 members in over 30 countriesMission: to advance the understanding of entrepreneurship and to improve the competitiveness of SMEs in EuropeWebsite
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2. About ECSB European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB)
ICSB’s European Affiliate since 1989
400 members in over 30 countries
Mission: to advance the understanding of entrepreneurship and to improve the competitiveness of SMEs in Europe
Website – www.ecsb.org
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Moving Windmills
“The William Kamkwamba story”
4. Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium
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SEEC LinkedIn Group
6. Connecting University SocialEntrepreneurship Activities Purpose, Place and Pursuit…
“Social Entrepreneurship on University Campuses”
7. Social entrepreneurship has no clear academic home within most universities!
Define and Identify Social Entrepreneurship.
Who are social entrepreneurs?
8. Must have a commitment to Social engagement from the Campus leadership
Engagement of Faculty and Students
Emphasize the connection between people and organizations
Infuse entrepreneurship across the curriculum
Demonstrate how scholarly knowledge across the disciplines can present innovative ways to the world’s most pressing problems
Create meaningful and productive campus community connections
11. Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME or “PRiME”) 6 Principles Developed by High Profile Steering Committee, including:
UN Global Compact
AACSB International
Net Impact
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
European Academy for Business in Society (EABIS)
Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)
Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
Link to the 6 Principles: http://www.unprme.org/the-6-principles/index.php
12. Includes network of institutions who have made a commitment to share “best practices” relating to the 6 PRME Principles
See summary of PRME resources at: http://www.unprme.org/resources/index.php
Elon signed onto PRME commitment a year ago, and has formed a strategic planning committee that is in charge of implementing PRME into our programs and curricula:
Includes plans to expand social entrepreneurship programming in conjunction with the Dougherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Initial Elon PRME Profile at: http://www.unprme.org/participants/view-participants.php?partid=710
13. Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) AACSB as a premier accreditation bodyfor US & International business schools
AACSB also served as co-developer of the PRME principles mentioned above
AACSB strongly supports programming in social entrepreneurship
Joint meetings of the PRME and the Entrepreneurship “affinity groups” to foster dialogue, joint efforts, and sharing of best practices in social entrepreneurship
Promotes SE to the Deans and university leadership level
AACSB’s annual Sustainability Conference typically features panels and activities specifically dedicated to curricula and research in social entrepreneurship
Also offers workshops and other resources relating to ethics education and social entrepreneurship
14. “Net Impact” – International Student Organization Promoting Social Responsibility in Business Founded in 1993 and quickly grew to more than 15,000 members in over 200 chapters
Net Impact organization another co-author of the PRME principles mentioned above
Initially focused on graduate level MBA programming, but recently expanded to admit undergraduate business school chapters as well.
Establishing a chapter gives schools fantastic international networking resources. Mission is to:“bring MBAs, graduate students, undergraduate students, and young professionals together to network, learn and take action on socially-responsible business issues.”
15. Net Impact – Connecting Across Universities Coordinates wide variety of high level, interactive experiences for students
Online webinars, podcasts, and conference calls with top executives, entrepreneurs and non-profits addressing social innovation topics
Online database of speakers & publications on the topic of Social Entrepreneurship
Sponsors premier international conferences and events in the US and Europe
Encourages student action and curriculum change for maximum social impact
Net Impact’s SE Resource Page:
http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=949
16. Using Net Impact to Build Social Entrepreneurship Networks Net Impact Social Enterprise Challenge:
http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=2282
Students “put business skills to use in local communities by helping develop new ideas for nationally-scalable social ventures that will help to create positive social change throughout the United States.”
Conferences with high level speakers to inspire students with stories of real world successes in social entrepreneurship:
http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=3000
Promotes social entrepreneurship activities of member chapters at each university:
http://foxnetimpact.org/
Enables individual social entrepreneur members to share their stories: http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=236
17. Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Describes itself as “an association of colleges and universities that are working to create a sustainable future. Our mission is to empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation.”
Promotes sharing of best practices and highlights programming and curricula development relating to social entrepreneurship.
Sponsors an annual conference that generally includes programming and speakers on social innovation and entrepreneurship.
See: http://www.aashe.org/about/about.php
18. Sending Student Teams to Social Entrepreneurship Competitions Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) (University of Washington – Foster School of Business)
Global Social Venture Competition (Gary as recent judge)(Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley)
Tufts Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Business Plan Competition for Social Entrepreneurship
Dell Social Innovation Competition - University of TX Austin
Federal Grant Opportunities: New Social Innovation Fund
Links:
http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipcompetition/Pages/GSEC.aspx
http://gordon.tufts.edu/entLeader/beyond/competition.asp
http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com/
http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=79