Here are the responses to the following question from Brendan:

"I am looking for examples of social enterprises working with the 55+ crowd, any
ideas?"

(1) From Drew Tulchin

Check out Women’s Opportunities Resource Center (WORC) http://www.worc-pa.com

Contact person is Lynne Cutler, lcutler@..., 215-564-5500.  She has been
working on entrepreneurism for the 55+ crowd for many years and they have a
training program and lots of experience on it.

(2) From David Weisberger

Check out Civic Ventures and their awardees!

[Editor's note: http://www.encore.org/learn/aboutus ]

Sorry I somehow missed this string... but food service social enterprise has
GREAT opportunities for 55+, provided they can lift 50 pounds and be on their
feet for long periods of time. We see LOTS of successful seniors completing
foodservice training and getting solid, stable employment.

Food Service is great because there's lots of part-time work available, in
addition to full time opportunities.

For inspiration, check out the Catalyst Kitchens collaborative at
http://www.catalystkitchens.org

DAVID H. CARLETON:
VP FareStart // Director Catalyst Kitchens
www.farestart.org  //  www.catalystkitchens.org
Mobile: (206) 427-9651

-----Original Message-----
From: npEnterprise@yahoogroups.com [mailto:npEnterprise@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Rolfe Larson
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:37 AM
To: npEnterprise Forum
Subject: [npEnterprise] Re: SE's working with the 55+ crowd

Here are the responses to the following question from Brendan:

"I am looking for examples of social enterprises working with the 55+ crowd, any
ideas?"

(1) From Drew Tulchin

Check out Women's Opportunities Resource Center (WORC) http://www.worc-pa.com

Contact person is Lynne Cutler, lcutler@..., 215-564-5500.  She has been
working on entrepreneurism for the 55+ crowd for many years and they have a
training program and lots of experience on it.

(2) From David Weisberger

Check out Civic Ventures and their awardees!

[Editor's note: http://www.encore.org/learn/aboutus ]


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Enterprise Shopping Guide http://bit.ly/qsDUzN

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Does anyone know of tools or dashboards to help test out Social Venture
scenarios?

I heard about Business Plan Pro -- but I've heard that it is a bit clunky and
cumbersome.

Dhyia Thompson

[Editor's note: there was similar discussion on this topic earlier this year.
See: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/npEnterprise/message/3676 ]

Here are the responses to the following question from Katie Etter:

"Is anyone aware of any programs that are effective at reducing generational
poverty?"

(1) From Michelle Rock

I have been in Community Action for 12 years assisting people with
self-sufficiency.  Generational poverty is the hardest to address as most feel
that if living ‘on the system’ worked for my parents and their parents, it
should work for me.  Most of my work is in economic & Workforce Development,
however, many of our training programs were not addressing this issue.  We
created a program called Employment Success that address one’s belief system and
how it was created.  Employment Success walks the participant through a
retrospective look at the culture in which they were raised and how it has
formed their decision making process.  This has been the most amazing program. 
We have worked with not only low-income folks but those being released early
from the prison system and we have had some great outcomes.

Generational poverty is and will continue to be a huge problem for our
communities.  Employment Success or like programs really address the root of the
problem and it is exciting to watch the ‘light bulb’ light up when a participant
understands not only why they do what they do, but how to alter their behaviors
to a successful end.

Michelle Rock
Program Manager
Economic & workforce Development
BROC – Community Action in Southwestern VT

(2) From Alex Murdock (one of our many UK subscribers)

If you mean by generational poverty… ‘cycles of deprivation’ whereby a
grandparent in poverty  leads to a parent in poverty etc… then most educational
programmes address it so long as they focus on access for those at ‘the bottom’.
The Sutton Trust in the UK has done a lot of work here.

High taxation also usually helps … there is relatively little generational
poverty in the Scandinavian countries.  Pay differences between the bottom and
top of society of the nature found in the UK and the USA are simply an obscenity
(in my view)…  The recent economic crisis has shown that CEOs are not worth the
mega bucks they are paid.

So programmes which focus on open access to  education and policies for higher
(and progressive) taxation should make a difference.

Welfare orientated programmes (such as food stamps or supportive housing for
lower income groups) may be less effective or even  counter productive in that
they can lead to higher and/or embedded dependency.

There are programmes which seek to enable ‘less advantaged’ children or young
adults  through sponsorship or mentoring… My experience is that these can make a
difference.   Educational advantage (the Ivy League effect) is typically
accompanied by family connections which serve to ensure that those who start
advantaged..stay advantaged.     Programmes which work on both education AND
access to opportunities can be very effective.

(3) From Tracy Mead

The Circles Campaign is a national initiative to end poverty. Visit
http://www.circlescampaign.org and http://www.movethemountain.org for info. We
are the lead agency for our local initiative.

Tracy Mead
Executive Director
ELTC
Fort Collins CO
http://www.eltcenter.org

(4) From Jay Roberts

NORTHEAST FLORIDA COMMUNITY ACTION. http://www.nfcaa.net check it out.

Does anyone know of a clearing house of social enterprise opportunites
    for volunteers to get involved with new projects? Thanks.

Charlie P.

Steven Clift runs neighborly programs and campaigns in USA on e-democracy forum.
there may be parallels with matching people, and software that helps

http://stevenclift.com/

Where I live in UK, there have been attempts to match volunteers like this one
in Edinburgh

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQ\
FjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volunteeredinburgh.org.uk%2F&ei=6GGYT42YIcqP4gTmhJHFBg\
&usg=AFQjCNE5Vs1hYIfT7Q2Bpd2IspngBhO_Bg 

________________________________
  From: Daniel Bassill <tutormentor1@...>
To: npEnterprise@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2012, 21:57
Subject: [npEnterprise] Re: SE volunteer clearinghouse?



 

I maintain a database of non profit tutor/mentor programs in Chicago and use my
blogs and social media to try to attract volunteers to these organizations. 
I've created a searchable database to enable people to view a map and zoom into
a section of the city, or to enter zip code into a form to get info on programs
in that zip code. You can see this at http://www.tutormentorprogramlocator.net

It seems a tool like this could be used to identify social enterprises that
involve volunteers, but I'm not sure anyone is doing that.

I've depended on volunteers to help me in my efforts and have many ideas that
are under-developed because of lack of talent, time and resources. If you'd like
to talk to me about involvement just email or join a group I host at
http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com

Dan Bassill
Tutor/Mentor Connection
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC
Chicago


On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:30 PM, C. Poticher <povertyerasers@...> wrote:


> 
>Does anyone know of a clearing house of social enterprise opportunites
>for volunteers to get involved with new projects? Thanks.
>
>Charlie P.
>

Dear social entrepreneurs [based in London]

Are you looking for free long-term business mentoring for your social
enterprise? We have the right thing for you!

Business in the Community (BITC) is running a programme to provide  business
mentoring to social entrepreneurs at all stages of growth. The mentors are
recruited from BITC's 850 member companies and are senior business leaders from
a variety of backgrounds with a wide range of expertise.

Social entrepreneurs will be matched to mentors according to the skills and
interests of the mentor and the objectives of the social entrepreneur. Every
relationship will differ, but an overview of the kind of support a mentor will
offer is:

*         Business planning skills and financial projections.

*         Leadership skills: Support in how to best communicate organisational
vision.

*         Advice on how best to recruit and manage employees.

*         Time management and opportunity management.

*         PR and marketing advice.

*         Providing constructive feedback and help setting goals

If you are a social entrepreneur and would like a business mentor, or would like
more information on the programme, please contact Agathe Suzanne at BITC -
agathe.suzanne(at)bitc.org.uk<mailto:agathe.suzanne@...>, 0207 566 6612.

This programme is currently only available to social entrepreneurs based in
London.

London Team
Business in the Community  |  137 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7RQ
T: +44 (0)20 7566 8650  F:+44 (0)20 7253 1877  | 
www.bitc.org.uk<http://www.bitc.org.uk/>   
twitter.com/BITC1<http://twitter.com/#!/BITC1>

I'm doing some work with a charity in the UK who is looking for social
enterprise ideas that involve the delivery of training, group facilitation
or other events using youth facilitators.   Any specific examples would be
greatly appreciated.

While less than a year old, the Social Enterprise Dining Map http://goo.gl/MxrcF
has now grown to more than 250 restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, ice cream
stores and catering services on three continents -- North America, Europe and
Australia.  The latest batch of additions came from the Kibble Education and
Care Centre http://www.kibble.org (specifically Ruth Alcorn and Andrea Aitken)
of Scotland; they posted more than 100 new eateries located in the UK, Ireland,
and Australia.  (More information about Kibble appears at the end of this
message.)

Every month, thousands of people visit the npEnterprise directories such as the
SE Dining Map, and our numbers keep growing.  Even more importantly, we're now
hearing stories of people actually using one of our maps to find an SE
restaurant while they're traveling (or even in their home city).  That's our
goal in creating these directories; to make it easier for those of us who want
to support SE, to know where to find them and buy things.

Support social enterprise by eating at one!

Based on numerous requests for an SE directory available on cell phones, we
created and will soon release the first version of a GPS-enabled, mobile listing
of retail and online social enterprises.  This app, named Social Impact, will
include SE restaurants, coffee shops, caterers, book stores, clothing,
arts/crafts, and sporting goods.  It's just a first version, so it won't have
every retail and online SE in the world, but we're hoping that with help from
npEnterprise subscribers, we can move it in that direction over time.  Just as
the SE Dining Map has grown from 43 to more than 250 listings since its initial
release last summer.

Shopping for gifts? Visit the Social Enterprise Shopping Guide at
http://bit.ly/qsDUzN.

Our list of other SE directories (Directory of Social Enterprise Directories)
can be viewed at http://bit.ly/uWyXjC.

Here is some more information about the Kibble Center:

"Kibble is Scotland’s national specialist provider of services for young people.
One of Scotland’s oldest charities, and today a leading social enterprise,
Kibble works with young people from 12 to 24 and offers a uniquely integrated
array of services encompassing Intensive Residential Services, Day and Community
Services, Secure Services, Full Educational Curriculum, Intensive Fostering,
Integrated Transitions, Training and Employment. Kibble provides a place of
safety, structure and stability, opening up new possibilities for young people
to play a useful part in society and prepare them for a happy and fulfilled
adult life."

- Rolfe Larson

Does anyone know of a social enterprise that uses animals as part of the
enterprise?

Many thanks

John Pepin, Director
Aperio Group (Europe) Limited

Here are the responses to the following question from John Pepin in London:

"Does anyone know of a social enterprise that uses animals as part of the
enterprise?"

(1) From Brigitte Hoogendoorn

Check out Apopo: http://www.apopo.org/home.php

[Editor's note:  Apopo's motto is "We train rats to save lives."]

Dr Brigitte Hoogendoorn
Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Netherlands

(2) From Lynn Daly

There is one in Scotland that has owls as a part of their gig.

Google away I forget their name.

[Editor's note: The Owl and Pussycat Centre
http://www.owlandpussycatcentre.co.uk/Care-Home-visits.html indicates the
following on their web site:

"The Owl and Pussycat Centre is one of Scotland’s most innovative Social
Enterprises.  As such we offer visits to residential homes at a discounted rate.
Experienced staff will visit your premises with a selection of Owls and Hawks. 
Our two Harry Potter film star owls “Hedwig” and “Eral” are very popular and
always accompany us on visits.

Usually in the residents’ lounge, we take the birds individually and introduce
them to each resident.  Everyone has the opportunity to meet the birds at close
quarters.  Contact with animals and birds has been shown to have a wide range of
therapeutic benefits, for example improving a person’s general sense of well
being.  We find that meeting our birds quite often invokes memories of the past.
Elderly people will chat to us about their younger days, perhaps growing up or
working in the countryside.

Our visits are unique and memorable.  Residential home staff have been delighted
that the birds are talked about weeks after a visit!"

(3) From Alex Stobart

Many farms are owned by well known names in the co-operative world   e.g.  
Co-Op; John Lewis; Mondragon

A google search of UK social enterprise farms gives this list:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=social+enterprise+farms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t\
&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

Here is one in mental health and use of animals

http://www.mentalhealthy.co.uk/news/659-working-with-animals-to-help-people.html

(4) From Thomas DeLaughter

There is the service dog industry that provides social services (eg hospital and
nursing home visits) as well as training as "guide dogs."

Dr. Thomas G. DeLaughter
Flagler College

(5) From George Leahy

There may be more specific examples, but this may be more about identification
with the idea of being a social enterprise more than anything else.

After all, are Battersea Dogs Home and Donkey Sanctuaries social enterprises??

(6) From Cindy Cooper

Virginia Woof here in Portland:
http://www.virginiawoof.com/

Co-founder & Director, Impact Entrepreneurs
Portland State University School of Business Administration

(7) From David LePage

John – does Starfish count? ;)

http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca/resources/haida-gwaii-higher-education-soci\
ety-social-enterprise-profile

Highlights is the monthly newsletter of the npEnterprise Forum, the
7600-subscriber online community and official listserv partner of the Social
Enterprise Alliance. This edition highlights a recent discussion about resources
for social enterprises.

SE DINING MAP GOES GLOBAL, LISTS 300 EATERIES

Support social enterprise by eating at one!

The Social Enterprise Dining Map http://goo.gl/MxrcF has now grown to 300
restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, ice cream stores and catering services in
eight countries on three continents. The latest batch of additions came from the
Kibble Education and Care Centre http://www.kibble.org (specifically Ruth Alcorn
and Andrea Aitken) of Scotland; they posted more than 100 new eateries located
in England, Scotland, Holland, Ireland, Australia and Hong Kong.

Every month, thousands of people visit the npEnterprise directories such as the
SE Dining Map, and our numbers keep growing. Almost 15,000 have visited the
Dining Map alone.  More importantly, we're now hearing stories of people using
our directories to find an SE while they're traveling (or even in their home
city).

That's our goal: to make it easier for you to find SEs and buy things from them.
We can help them flourish and expand their impact.

FREE MOBILE DIRECTORY of SEs WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON

Based on numerous requests for an SE directory available on cell phones, the
npEnterprise Forum has created and will soon release a GPS-enabled, mobile
listing of retail and online social enterprises around the world.  It's just a
first version, so it won't have every retail and online SE in the world, but
we're hoping that with help from npEnterprise subscribers, we can move it in
that direction over time. Just as the SE Dining Map grew from 43 to 300 listings
since its initial release last summer.

Shopping for gifts? Visit the Social Enterprise Shopping Guide at
http://bit.ly/qsDUzN.

Our list of other SE directories (Directory of Social Enterprise Directories)
can be viewed at http://bit.ly/uWyXjC.

THE npENTERPRISE FORUM IS HIRING!

We need help populating the database for the new mobile directory.  Most of the
data already exists in the SE Dining Map, which needs to be migrated to another,
mobile-friendly database, with more information to be obtained from the web site
for each SE (such as menu and hours of operation).  We're looking for someone
with general SE familiarity and interest, and experience working with
spreadsheets and/or databases.  Mac user preferred but not essential. Ideally a
volunteer, but we can offer a small stipend.  Can be located anywhere in the
world (English fluency required).  Work to be done during next 2-3 weeks.  Reply
to Rolfe@... if you are interested.

UNIQUE SE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Do your local nonprofits need fresh income streams to increase their impact and
sustainability? Help them diversify beyond the "Let's Get a Grant" box!

Bring The Grantsmanship Center's dynamic, interactive two-day Social Enterprise
for Nonprofits training to your community  http://bit.ly/AwYrKP.  The lead
trainer is Rolfe Larson.  Participants will learn how to:

* Approach social enterprise in a way that supports their organization's mission
* Evaluate a social enterprise opportunity
* Develop, grow, and diversify an earned income revenue stream

Partner with the Grantsmanship Center by hosting this workshop at your facility.
Then send your staff to this dynamic, interactive training at no cost!

Contact: Barbara Floersch, Barbara@..., 213-482-9860.

SE RESOURCE LIST

Here's a list from Tom Long:

	  • Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start (easy reading, insightful and to the
point)
	  • Ask to be the subject of a Green MBA student project, e.g. Bainbridge
Graduate Institute, Presidio School of Management, etc.
	  • Social Enterprise Alliance resources
	  • International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) resources
	  • Net Impact resources
	  • Jim Collins, Good to Great (book) as well as Good to Great and the Social
Sectors (monograph incl. 21 pg Diagnostic Tool)
	  • Alexander Osterwalder, Business Model Generation
	  • Tom Kelley, The Ten Faces of Innovation
	  • Andrew Savitz, The Triple Bottom Line, (esp. Appendix A)
	  • Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!

Discussions in the npEnterprise Forum are made possible with your questions and
comments. Why not take a few moments to send in a note? We'll be looking for
you! Send your question to:

npEnterprise@yahoogroups.com

Be sure to send your email "from" the email address that currently subscribes to
the npEnterprise Forum. Please note that there is sometimes a backlog of
messages, so be sure to allow at least a week for your message to go out to the
list, and another week or so for responses to be compiled.

- Rolfe Larson, owner/editor, npEnterprise Forum

Check out Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary in Tasmania. They are a business that has
partnered with not for profit orgs to deliver the first emergency response
program for native Tasmanian animals.

They have invested a huge amount in training hundreds of volunteers and have big
plans for more.  They have also worked with the Tasmanian Polytechnic College to
develop the first animal management certificate in the state.

Greg Irons is the director and he is an incredibly passionate and committed
individual.
http://www.bonorong.com.au

Kylie Eastley
Southern Regional Arts Development Officer
Tasmanian Regional Arts
Ph: 6224 6318
M: 0439 262 344
http://www.trabranchingout.blogspot.com


-----Original Message-----
From: npEnterprise@yahoogroups.com [mailto:npEnterprise@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Rolfe Larson
Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:10 PM
To: npEnterprise Forum
Subject: [npEnterprise] SEs with animals?

Here are the responses to the following question from John Pepin in London:

"Does anyone know of a social enterprise that uses animals as part of the
enterprise?"

(1) From Brigitte Hoogendoorn

Check out Apopo: http://www.apopo.org/home.php

[Editor's note:  Apopo's motto is "We train rats to save lives."]

Dr Brigitte Hoogendoorn
Erasmus School of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam
The Netherlands

(2) From Lynn Daly

There is one in Scotland that has owls as a part of their gig.

Google away I forget their name.

[Editor's note: The Owl and Pussycat Centre
http://www.owlandpussycatcentre.co.uk/Care-Home-visits.html indicates the
following on their web site:

"The Owl and Pussycat Centre is one of Scotland's most innovative Social
Enterprises.  As such we offer visits to residential homes at a discounted rate.
Experienced staff will visit your premises with a selection of Owls and Hawks. 
Our two Harry Potter film star owls "Hedwig" and "Eral" are very popular and
always accompany us on visits.

Usually in the residents' lounge, we take the birds individually and introduce
them to each resident.  Everyone has the opportunity to meet the birds at close
quarters.  Contact with animals and birds has been shown to have a wide range of
therapeutic benefits, for example improving a person's general sense of well
being.  We find that meeting our birds quite often invokes memories of the past.
Elderly people will chat to us about their younger days, perhaps growing up or
working in the countryside.

Our visits are unique and memorable.  Residential home staff have been delighted
that the birds are talked about weeks after a visit!"

(3) From Alex Stobart

Many farms are owned by well known names in the co-operative world   e.g.  
Co-Op; John Lewis; Mondragon

A google search of UK social enterprise farms gives this list:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=social+enterprise+farms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t\
&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

Here is one in mental health and use of animals

http://www.mentalhealthy.co.uk/news/659-working-with-animals-to-help-people.html

(4) From Thomas DeLaughter

There is the service dog industry that provides social services (eg hospital and
nursing home visits) as well as training as "guide dogs."

Dr. Thomas G. DeLaughter
Flagler College

(5) From George Leahy

There may be more specific examples, but this may be more about identification
with the idea of being a social enterprise more than anything else.

After all, are Battersea Dogs Home and Donkey Sanctuaries social enterprises??

(6) From Cindy Cooper

Virginia Woof here in Portland:
http://www.virginiawoof.com/

Co-founder & Director, Impact Entrepreneurs Portland State University School of
Business Administration

(7) From David LePage

John - does Starfish count? ;)

http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca/resources/haida-gwaii-higher-education-soci\
ety-social-enterprise-profile









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Do you have a question about:
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If so, please click "Reply" and ask your question. Change the subject line to
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Thanks, and see you online!

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Rolfe@..., and I'll post it for you without listing your name.

Thanks!

Do you work with young people at risk?

Does your organisation provide training and/or job opportunities to young people
at risk?

What’s Working, a new project undertaken by CYC Net and Kibble Education and
Care Centre, aims to form an online directory which will provide users with
training and job opportunities available internationally to  youths with
multiple barriers to employment.  This resource will be beneficial  to you in
helping you to develop your services in youth employability.

We have created a video which describes our project in  90 seconds.  To view
this, visit YouTube “What’s Working  Introduction”.  http://bit.ly/JZ4Urx

Andrea Aitken and Ruth Alcorn, Kibble Education and Care Centre

I am looking for some theoretical sources, books, articles, etc. on how we
classify Social Enterprises. For instance, If starbucks sold coffee and all
proceeds went to social initiatives are they a social enterprise?  Or Salvation
Army has a business selling clothes but proceeds fund social initiatives and
puts people to work who need jobs. Or, some social initiatives are the funding
source such as selling low cost eyeglasses to impoverished villagers. Any leads
on sources?


thanks


Jim

I'm launching a social venture that's a non-profit hybrid.  I'm having a kickoff
event in August (2 months away) that I need sponsors for.

I have some small businesses who want to participate in the cause with small
donations, but also need to sink some bigger-figure sponsorships (ie. $2500). 
I'm contacting banks, etc, but am afraid I'm caught between a rock and a hard
place with banks not caring and small businesses who DO care not being able to
give enough, with my sponsorship tiers already set.

Tips?

Thanks!

Jhankar is an initiative to run a costume jewellery business where these
jewelleries would be designed & produced by people suffering from chronic mental
illness. The biggest challenge in today's society is growing mental illness &
marginalization of the affected individual. In this scenario a change is needed
for the betterment of these people in the minimum available resources. Research
shows that the most important need of a person suffering from major
psychological problem is earning a livelihood.Even after treatment &
rehabilitation often these people fail to get a decent job if they lack the
educational background.

Providing them vocational trainings in a criticism free environment creates
transformation of these individuals from lethargic depressed member of the
society to an energetic functional member again which also makes social
inclusion possible.Access to meaningful, paid work is a basic human right for
every citizen, and those who experience serious mental illness should have equal
access to the fundamental elements of citizenship.We are developing a special
website where people from all over the world would get a glimpse of the products
made by members/ beneficiaries & able to buy it & know the challenges that each
of these individuals has faced in their lives & how this creativity has helped
them to overcome the challenges successfully.

An opportunity to interact with the person & send him comments about his product
would be an added attraction. The change in the life of these people after their
product is sold could provide satisfaction to the buyer apart from the
satisfaction that they get from the products only. Any people suffering from MI
from anywhere in the world can exhibit & sale his product through this website.
This becomes a window to the outside world for them as well as a means to
exhibit their creativities, get appreciation & a path to earn their own
livelihood. Apart from employment this creates another platform to become
economically independent.

Does anyone have advice for running this organization successfully?

For details contact-http://www.jhankarindia.inhttp://youtu.be/F1JaJ4oiXjEIshita
SanyalDirector, Turning PointKolkata - 700032,
India+919830069106http://www.turningpoint.org.in
Ishita SanyalDirector, Turning PointKolkata - 700032,
India+919830069106http://www.turningpoint.org.in

What’s Working is a project in partnership with CYC-Net and Kibble to research
and establish an online resource supporting the growing community practice in
youth employability. The website will provide a knowledge bank of organisations
and showcase examples of international best practice and evidence-based
approaches having a positive impact on the lives of young people.

If you know of any third sector or nonprofit organisations who are delivering
employment/vocational training/work experience programmes or creating jobs for
disadvantaged young people (16 – 24) please let us know.

We have created a video which describes our project in 1 minute 40 seconds.  To
view  this, visit YouTube "What's Working  Introduction".   http://bit.ly/JZ4Urx

Ruth Alcorn and Andrea Aitken
The What's Working Project
Kibble Education and Care Centre
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E whats.working@...
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A high school student with a big heart and no job upon graduation is a problem.
See recent  New York Times article entitled, More Young Americans Out of High
School Are Also Out of Work
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/business/more-young-americans-out-of-high-sch\
ool-are-also-out-of-work.html?ref=todayspaper> (by Catherine Rampell,
Businesssection B - page 1 ).

Also, if  you get a chance, please read the article by Steve Mariotti in Time
Magazine on June 1. The title of the article is,"Why Every School in America
Should Teach Entreprneurship." The article can be found here:
http://business.time.com/contributor/steve-mariotti/.

Mariotti, founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), was the
keynote speaker at the SAGE World Cup in Buffalo last summer (see
http://sageglobal.org); I am the SAGE Founder). Mariotti is a leader in the area
of youth enterprise, and on this topic (like most others), he and I are in
complete agreement.  When youth have a proper context to apply math, technology,
communication, and yes, even science, skills, they are unbelievably motivated
and enthused. Entrepreneurship brings out the creativity and energy of youth.
But, as most of us would agree, most high school teachers and professors are
quite risk-averse (an understatement, methinks!).

A university student with a big heart and no job and big debt after graduation
is another problem.  Though a long-term advocate of service-learning, I am
beginning to morph into an even bigger advocate of social entrepreneurship.
Maybe Colleges of Education need to collaborate with Colleges of Business to
train a new breed to high school teachers?

Last week, I saw an article that the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria is
making entrepreneurship education mandatory in all of its secondary schools.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201205180575.html . Nigeria, you say? Yes. For
three out of the last four years, Nigeria has WON the SAGE World Cup.

Should the U.S. do the same?  After all, the #1 degree at U.S. universities is
BUSINESS. What are your thoughts?

Sincerely,

Curt DeBerg
SAGE Founder
Professor, California State University, Chico