Unleashing the Potential of Social Enterprise: Course with CEO & Harvard Lecturer Jim Bildner
Event description
Social Impact Hub is thrilled to present a unique opportunity for social enterprises, and those who support social enterprises, to join a dynamic and insightful short course, "Unleashing the Potential of Social Enterprise: Operationalising and Scaling for Impact", facilitated by the distinguished Jim Bildner, CEO of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a leading global venture philanthropy fund.
Drawing upon his extensive expertise as a trustee of The Kresge Foundation and the Nonprofit Finance Fund amongst countless other roles, and adapted from his Harvard Kennedy School social enterprise course, this virtual course distills decades of wisdom acquired from investing in and supporting early-stage social enterprises.
Participants will gain the knowledge and skills needed to operationalise and scale a social enterprise, including creating dynamic strategies, key implementation skills, and garnering the resources needed to create meaningful impact. Critical to these skills, you will be taught to envisage different 'end games' – the pathways from your enterprise's current state to a position of enduring influence. The course includes a variety of global case studies of successful social enterprise scaling strategies.
COURSE COMPONENTS
There are three components:
- Pre-reading of global learning resources on scaling social enterprises, including expert thought leadership pieces and provocations to help you prepare for the masterclasses;
- Two 1.5 hr masterclasses over two days;
- Following the masterclasses you will receive educational resources from Social Impact Hub and, for full-paying attendees, subsidised coaching will be offered from one of our Professional Impact Network consultants to support implementation.
The course stresses the 'how to' aspect of scaling a social enterprise, and participants will gain insights that transcend theory and dive into practical, actionable steps. This series is intended for social enterprises with a serious commitment to scaling their impact, and anyone who wants to best support them to do so. The masterclasses will be run on Thursday 20th June and Thursday 27th June from 9.30AM - 11.00AM AEST.
MASTERCLASS OUTLINE
Masterclass 1: The Context Shaping the Tactics Needed to Succeed in a Modern Social Impact Environment | Thursday 20th June, 9.30AM - 11.00AM AEST
- Tools and tactics to create meaningful social change in the modern world.
- Models to scale impact.
Masterclass 2: Achieving Impact at Scale | Thursday 27th June, 9.30AM - 11.00AM AEST
- Your end game: What is it and how do you know when you've reached it?
- How to iterate, sustain and expand your impact at scale.
Who should undertake the course?
- Social entrepreneurs, social enterprise teams.
- Corporate and philanthropic foundation teams that support social enterprises.
FACILITATOR
Jim Bildner | CEO and Board Member at Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation; Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School
Jim Bildner is the CEO of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK), where he works with the team to expand and manage the portfolio & pipeline, build the donor and talent base, and develop thought leadership for the foundation. He currently sits on the board of DRK grantees CatchLight, Common Goal, JUST Capital, Mobility Capital Finance, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and The Africa Center.
He previously served on the boards of DRK grantees CAST, Collaborative for Fresh Produce, EducationSuperHighway, IDEO.org, Landed, OpenBiome, Open Up Resources, Service Year, SIRUM, StriveTogether, TurboVote/Democracy Works, The Earth Genome, The Empowerment Plan, The GroundTruth Project, and Worldreader.
Jim is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Senior Research Fellow at the Hauser Institute for Civil Society and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. At the Kennedy School, his research interests include understanding the role of private capital in solving public problems, extending the capacity of foundations to solve complex societal issues and the sustainability of public and private systems when governments disinvest in these systems. His course load includes Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprises 101: How to Go From Start Up to End Up, and Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise Deep Dive: How to Operationalise & Scale for Social Impact.
Among his other board affiliations, he is a trustee of The Kresge Foundation, The Non Profit Finance Fund, The Public Citizen Foundation, the Health Foundation for the Americas, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Newport Festivals Foundation, Trustee Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University, an Overseer Emeritus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the executive board of WBUR (Boston Public Radio) and an Overseer of WGBH Public TV and Radio. He also serves on the boards of ROCA, Inc., Baroo, Inc., Fox Islands Wind, LLC, the EBSF Loan Fund, the Island Institute and Coastal Innovation Loan Fund, Blueprint Schools and the Lizard Island Research Foundation in Australia. He is a member of Young Presidents/World Presidents Organisation and a member of the Chief Executives Organisation.
In his board service, Jim serves on the Investment Committees of boards with aggregate endowments in excess of $4B as well as a member of numerous finance, investment and/or audit committees of these boards. In 2010 he was named Chair of Kresge’s Social Innovative Capital Committee and in 2014 became Chair of Kresge’s Investment Committee.
Jim is an internationally recognised lecturer, panelist, and speaker on nonprofit organisations, social enterprise, capitalisation and the institutional role of philanthropy in solving complex societal issues. His prior experience includes 22 years in the private sector including as a consultant at Deloitte and serving as the CEO of two public companies. Jim’s government service includes serving as a legislative aide and speechwriter in the United States Senate, a run for the NJ State Assembly, election to two terms as a Selectman in Manchester by the Sea and an appointment by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Jim has written numerous articles, op-ed pieces and commentaries for newspapers, magazines and radio including NPR’s Morning Edition, The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hampshire Daily Gazette and Inc. Magazine. A lifelong sailor and pilot, he has published two recent books, A Visual Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast, published by McGraw Hill in May of 2006 and A Visual Cruising Guide to Southern New England, published in November of 2009.
Jim earned his AB from Dartmouth College, his MPA from Harvard, his J.D. from Case Western Reserve School of Law and an M.F.A. from Lesley University. He is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2008, Jim was awarded the Dartmouth Alumni Award for service to the College and to his community.
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