sig@mars info session - march 24, 2010
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Social Innovation Generation
National initiative of four nodes across the country
Tim Draimin, National Executive Director
Tim Brodhead, McConnell Foundation
Frances Westley, University of Waterloo
Al Etmanski, PLAN
Allyson Hewitt, MaRS
The primary aim of SiG is to encourage effective methods of addressing persistent social problems on a national scale
The activities of SiG serve to promote broad social change - SiG@MaRS brings this work to Ontario
What is SiG National?What is SiG National?
SiG@MaRS is actively developing programs to support the launch and growth of social ventures, enhancing the skills and networks of social entrepreneurs, exploring new instruments of social finance, fostering opportunities for technology platforms to help scale social ventures and building the social enterprise community
Challenging what it means to be a do-gooder
Do good better.This is SiG@MaRS
SiG National
(4) nodes: including SiG@MaRS
Causeway Social Finance
Program of SiG National supported by SiG@MaRS
Most simply, social innovation is about new ideas that work to address old social problems.
Poverty, homelessness, violence are all examples of social problems that need dedicated solution-seeking space. Social innovation addresses these challenges by applying new learning and strategies to solve these problems.
Social innovation is an initiative, product or process that profoundly changes beliefs, basic routines, resource and authority flows of any social system in the direction of greater resilience. Successful social innovations have durability & impact SiG National
Panarchy Cycle
social innovationsocial innovation
kids helplinekids helpline jump mathjump mathnon-hierachical, confidence based learningnon-hierachical, confidence based learning
bullfrog powerbullfrog powerCanada’s first 100% green electricity providerCanada’s first 100% green electricity provider
greenpeacegreenpeacefirst global environmental organizationfirst global environmental organization
carbon tradingcarbon tradingOffsetters//Zero footprintOffsetters//Zero footprint
RDSPRDSPworld’s first saving plan for world’s first saving plan for
people with disabilitiespeople with disabilities
nez rougenez rougeSafe ride homeSafe ride home
women’s institutewomen’s institutefirst global women’s advocacy networkfirst global women’s advocacy network
MedicareMedicareOHIPOHIP
Examples of Social InnovationExamples of Social Innovation
Wikipedia: A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change.
Whereas a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a social entrepreneur assesses success in terms of the impact s/he has on society.
While social entrepreneurs often work through
nonprofits and citizen groups, many work in the private and governmental
sectors
"Social entrepreneurs identify resources where people only see problems. They view the villagers as the solution, not the passive beneficiary. They begin with the assumption of competence and unleash resources in the communities they're serving.”
-- David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
Innovative enterprises which combine a strong social purpose with sound business principles
Contrast to traditional businesses which are primarily driven by the need to maximize profit or charities only driven to serve a social need
May include both for-profit and non-profit entities
Return Continuum
Grant Funded Non-Profit(Charity)
RETURNSocial (Charitable) Financial
(Commercial)
Traditional Business
Revenue Generating NFP
(Social Enterprise)
SocialPurposeBusiness
Target Zone
Social Ventures(larger # in UK/US)
$146.6B (2005) in revenues; larger than the retail and automotive sectors
2 million employees (7.2% of Canada’s labour force)
161,000 registered charities and not-for-profit organizations
Hard to scale in CanadaSupport for success includes: (i) access to training(ii) technical support (iii) mentoring
Information and referral
Market Intelligence
Access to mentors
Access to networks
Access to talent
Access to capital
Help with governance
Innovation in program design + delivery
Legal Issues
Workshops
Social Venture RegistryNext: ClustersNext: Clusters
Get on our mailing list
Meet with a staff member
Complete a Discovery Document
Priority clients:
Entrepreneurial Innovative Systems Changers Need for enabling technology to scale
MaRS Discovery DistrictMaRS Centre
South Tower, Suite 100101 College Street
Toronto, OntarioM5G 1L7
T 416.673.8100F 416.673.8181
E [email protected] www.marsdd.com/sigFollow us @sigeneration
Become a fanSocial Innovation Generation
Flagship Events:
Social Entrepreneurship Summit
Social Finance Forum
Net Change Week
Social Entrepreneur of the Year
2007Geoff Cape, Evergreen
Coming April 6, 2010 – Antony Bugg-Levine, Rockefeller Foundation
Centre for Social Innovation
Communicopia/ Web of Change
Academia
SES08 Partners – TCSA
Schwab Foundation
McConnell Foundation
Ashoka
CED Networks
CAMH
OSER
Causeway
Tides Canada
Sage Centre
Wellesley Institute
TVO/Get Involved!
Social Venture Partners
Social Capital Partners
Social Venture Institute
Community Foundations of Canada
Ontario Non Profit Network
Centre for Social Economy
Ontario Arts Council
Hospitals - Sunnybrook
Bridges
Young Foundation
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Learning Partnership
Social Enterprise Council of Canada
Creative Converge
Philanthropic Foundations of Canada
Social Innovation Curriculum Development
(Social) Entrepreneurship 101
Entrepreneurs Toolkit
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Workshops
SustainAgility Distility Heliotrope Blue Ocean
White paper series
Social Venture Finance Legislative Innovations Social Impact Metrics Procurement Innovations in Fund Development Corporate Social Responsibility
CURA Grant with OISE - social enterprise focus
Public Policy Forum – social venture focus
Social Venture Fund – business plan developed and submitted
Social Finance Social finance is an approach to managing money that delivers a social and/or environmental dividend as well as an economic return.
Projects that SiG@MaRS undertakes with sector partners and/or with other SiG nodes for maximum impact
RDSP: A financial tool that allows people with disabilities to start saving and accumulating assets
Tyze helps you...
...schedule everything from medical appointments to birthday parties
...plan tasks and report on progress ...connect with new people who can build and strengthen your
network ...tell the story of the person at the centre of the network: their
triumphs and challenges, and how they touch the lives of the people around them
LEAD PARTNERS
Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB)
TSX (a company of the TMX Group Inc.)
Social Innovation Generation (SiG) at MaRS
Causeway Social Finance
Other partners in the project include:
Imagine Canada
TD Waterhouse
socialfinance.ca
ClearlySo Canada
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
Library – hard and soft copy
Blogs
Website
Social Networking
Reports/ Subscriptions
Industry News Scanning
Case Studies
Best Practice Events
Canada Day at SoCap
Allyson HewittDirector, Social Entrepreneurship SiG@[email protected]