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 Workshop: Achieving Sustainability in the Social Sector
Date From May 30, 2008 9:00 AM
Until May 30, 2008 4:30 PM
 
Location
East Bay Community Foundation Conference Center
200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612
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Info Line 510.526.1897
Website http://missionwise.org
 
Contact Ned Schaub
PO Box 9277
Berkeley, CA 98070

510.526.1897
neds@missionwise.org
 
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Description
Workshop Facilitators
Kirsten Gagnaire, Social Enterprise Group & Sustayne founder
Ned Schaub, MissionWise Partnership Development Director & Certified Sustayne Consultant

Move from Talk to Action
If you're tired of hearing about the need for sustainability and capacity building and want to take action, this workshop will deliver.

Tools for Growth
Practical and proven tools, as well as examples of what others are already successfully doing will be in abundance in this one-day workshop. Our goal is to help you begin to leverage existing entrepreneurial and enterprising strengths in your nonprofit organization toward more sustainable future.

SESSION 1--9:00am-12:00pm
For organizations beginning to think about ways to develop entrepreneurial approaches and earned income.

    * Moving Toward Organizational Sustainability:
      Identifying Goals and Strategies

    * Choosing and Articulating Your Ideas:
      Hands-On Exercise

    * How to Move Forward:
      Gathering Information and Identifying Next Steps

SESSION 2--1:30pm-4:30pm
For organizations who participated in Session 1 or who are ready to integrate entrepreneurial and earned income methods into their work.

    * Considering an Earned-Income Approach:
      Entrepreneurship for Strengthening Your Nonprofit

    * Serving Your Stakeholders:
      Determining the Value of Your Proposition

    * Moving Toward Developing Your Business Model:
      Information Gathering and Identifying Next Steps

Cost & Registration
Single Session--$90 before May 16; $100 after
Both Sessions--$150 before May 16; $175 after
Includes light snacks and materials.

Seating is limited. Please register before May 26.

To pay by check, please contact info@socialenterprisegroup.com
206.903.8578


BACKGROUND
This workshop features the Sustayne (www.sustayne.com) methodology for nonprofit business planning and is based on the life work of Bainbridge Graduate Institute's founder Gifford Pinchot III.

MissionWise (www.missionwise.org) is a nonprofit consulting group, based in Seattle with a branch office in Oakland, which provides training and consulting on strategies to increase effectiveness to health and human service organizations. Clients include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Virginia Health Care Foundation, as well as individual agencies and organizations throughout the country

Social Enterprise Group (www.socialenterprisegroup.com) is one of the pioneers of the social enterprise movement, providing consulting and coaching on maximizing social impact and financial sustainability to clients in nonprofit, corporate, and government sectors worldwide for nearly 10 years. 

Please contact us at info@socialenterprisegroup.com to request a Sustayne Workshop in your area.


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