A research and education center based at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) promotes the entrepreneurial pursuit of social impact through the thoughtful adaptation of business expertise.
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- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University
Social Entrepreneurship 2.0: What the Future Holds
An engaging dialogue with the Social Entrepreneurship Gurus – Paul Light & Greg Dees
RSVP appreciated. Please go to: http://tinyurl.com/RSVP-SE2-0
More Information: Social Entrepreneurship has become a critical vehicle for innovative social change. There are countless exa...mples of bold social entrepreneurs and initiatives creating lasting change in poverty, education, and other important social issues, but where is the field going? What are the newest examples of social innovation? What are the Social Entrepreneurship gurus saying about the challenges and opportunities in the field?
Join the two leading experts, Dr. Greg Dees and Dr. Paul Light, as they discuss and debate the state of the field and their insights on what the future holds. And the best part? They are taking your questions! RSVP requested at http://tinyurl.com/RSVP-SE2-0 to reserve your spot and submit your questions for consideration.
This event is sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke. It is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Science Drive Visitor’s Lot.
About the Gurus:
Paul Light has authored 18 books and is the Goddard Professor of Public Service and founding principal investigator of the Organizational Performance Initiative. Prior to joining NYU, Paul served in positions at the Brookings Institution, Pew Charitable Trusts, and the University of Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Greg Dees is the founder of CASE and has been dubbed “the Father of Social Entrepreneurship” for his work in developing the academic field of social entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, Greg worked at McKinsey & Company, taught at the Yale School of Management, at Harvard Business School, where he helped launch the Initiative on Social Enterprise, and also at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where he co-founded the Center for Social Innovation.
More information at http://www.caseatduke.org/events
An engaging dialogue with the Social Entrepreneurship Gurus - Paul Light & Greg Dees
Time:6:30PM Monday, November 30th
Location:Fuqua School of Business - McClendon Auditorium
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University Front page news! CASE's new Social Impact Exchange profiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy
philanthropy.com
Many nonprofit groups with demonstrated results still struggle to raise money to spread their programs, despite plenty of talk in the philanthropic world over the past decade about focusing dollars on what works.
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University CASE just held a conference on “Scaling Social Impact” -- social sector leaders came to Fuqua to discuss how mission-driven enterprises can better scale their impact
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Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University
CASE needs judges for national social venture business plan
competition! Apply to be a judge by November 16th
at: http://tinyurl.com/socialimpactexchange/. More information also available through the link below.
www.fuqua.duke.edu
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University CASE announces new Social Impact Exchange. Read more about it!
www.socialimpactexchange.org
Case At Duke Check out this video that we just posted!
Nearly 200 first-year MBA students at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business took part in Community Projects Day on August 19, organized by Fuqua's Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE). The volunteer effort included construction work on several Habitat for Humanity homes in Durham neighborhoods undergoing revitalization.
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University updated its Extended Info.
CASE Overview has been created and includes The Opportunity, The social sector has long had powerful entrepreneurial leaders, but the opportunity to promote cross-sector learning is relatively new. Recent trends in the social sector have led to a blurring of the distinctions between business, nonprofit and government o...rganizations. In particular, frustration with traditional governmental and charitable approaches to social problems has prompted social sector leaders to tap into the strengths of the business and entrepreneurial world in their search for more sustainable and systemic solutions. Thus, homeless shelters are starting businesses to train and employ their residents, environmental organizations are partnering with corporations to find economically sound ways to protect natural habitats, and arts groups are exploring new ventures that promise stabilizing revenue and enhance community development. Many philanthropists are increasing their focus on outcomes and strategies for sustainability. Numerous nonprofits are adopting the language and tools of business and some are actually converting to for-profit status. At the same time, for-profit firms are competing directly with nonprofits by moving into social sector arenas, ranging from education to economic development to environmental conservation. This rash of sector-blurring activity has created an opportunity for leading business schools to have significant social impact by constructively exploring the adaptation of business concepts for the social sector., CASE was founded to capitalize on this opportunity while building upon a deep respect for the talent, passion, and dedication of the countless individuals who have devoted their lives to working for the common good. This work is difficult and involves unparalleled challenges. We do not presume to offer easy answers, nor do we think that the social sector should be recreated in the image of business. However, we do believe that we can all benefit by joining in a systematic search for better ways to develop, sustain, and scale innovative and effective responses to social needs., The First Five Years, In our first five years, CASE has focused on providing thought leadership for the growing field of social entrepreneurship, building a robust MBA Program for students and alumni interested in applying their business skills for social impact, and establishing a strong institutional presence and base of support at Duke University. In brief, through our knowledge development and dissemination efforts, we have produced over 20 publications, presented more than 50 times at universities and conferences, and hosted several convenings of business school colleagues, thought leaders, or practitioners. Our MBA Program has served over 300 students in the classroom, provided over $330, 000 in financial aid to MBAs working in the social sector, and engaged our students in projects and volunteer service with over 50 social-purpose organizations. We have also built strong relationships across Duke University and increased CASE’s visibility, and that of the field and of Duke and the Fuqua School of Business, through extensive media coverage. See CASE Impact: 2002-2008 for a more detailed overview of our impact., All of these efforts have helped us to establish CASE as a recognized thought leader in the field of social entrepreneurship as we seek to provide individuals and organizations with the knowledge and skills they need to pursue social impact entrepreneurially., Looking to the Future, Building upon our experience and reputation, CASE is poised to be a major player in ongoing efforts to build the field of social entrepreneurship. To help us attract more resources to the field and target them strategically, we have established an outstanding Advisory Board of leaders in business, philanthropy, and social entrepreneurship. Additionally, in partnership with the Skoll Foundation, CASE is currently engaged in a study to identify the educational needs and key players in the field of social entrepreneurship and develop a business plan for establishing CASE as the leading disseminator of practical social entrepreneurship knowledge and training., As we move forward with our field-building work, we will continue to strengthen our MBA Program by selectively broadening our academic offerings, increasing the sustainability of financial aid programs, refining extracurricular activities, targeting career support services, and increasing marketing to prospective students and alumni interested in social entrepreneurship. In enhancing our MBA Program offerings, we will also strive to link them more closely to our knowledge development and dissemination activities and to continue to build bridges to the rest of Duke University., Finally, in all of our knowledge creation efforts, CASE will maintain our focus on bridging the gap between business and the social sector, and between theory and practice, so that knowledge will be translated effectively for use by front-line social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropists. We also remain committed to building credibility for this field in academia. Specifically, we will focus most of our research and writing efforts around topics related to the principles and process of social entrepreneurship, scaling social impact, and economic strategies and structures for social impact., Ultimately, CASE strives to help create an entrepreneurial, effective social sector that is led by individuals and organizations that embody the following core values:, • Focus on Impact, • Primacy of Mission, • Private Initiative, • Blurring of Sector Boundaries, • Opportunity Orientation, • Innovation, • Resourcefulness, Within that sector, CASE seeks to be the leading center for social entrepreneurship education, applied research, and and field-building..
See MoreCase At Duke Check out this video that we just posted!
Students from The Fuqua School of Business spend two weeks in India, working with nonprofit organizations focused on social entrepreneurship. Students learned about group lending structures in India, and met a group of women who depend on group lending for their livelihood.
Case At Duke Check out this video that we just posted!
Jacqueline Novogratz - Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University CASE and Fuqua featured in New York Times as top program for MBAs seeking social entrepreneurship.
Special Report - International Education - M.B.A.’s Guide Socially Concerned Entrepreneurs - NYTimes
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Business school students have turned toward courses in social entrepreneurship.
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University CASE founder, Greg Dees and CASE programs featured in FT article about social enterprise MBA programs.
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Increasing numbers of business schools are incorporating social entrepreneurship into their programmes
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University Check out his fantastic new career guidebook for MBAs in seeking mission-driven jobs in the social sector or sustainable business. It includes a resource section on careers in Social Entreprenurship - with a profile on Fuqua alumnus, Tim Scheu (MBA 2007, and CASE Scholar alumnus).
www.greenleaf-publishing.com
UK: 2-3 working daysWestern Europe (and Switzerland, Iceland and Norway): 4-7 working daysRest of world: 10-12 working daysPlease note these are approximate times and do not allow for public holidays.
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University The Banker to the Poor -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker/economist and champion of the poor, will deliver the commencement address at Duke University on May 16, 2010, the school announced Friday.
news.duke.edu
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University
Come hear executives from Better World Books tell the story of this impressive social enterprise and the challenges and opportunities of operating a sustainable venture. Learn from the CEO, David Murphy, CFO, Paul Sansone (Fuqua ’92), and co-founder, Xavier Helgesen about how Better World Books has grown from a small ...on-campus startup venture to an organization that has raised over $6.5 million to promote literacy since 2002.
Better World Books, “the online bookstore with a soul,” collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. It was founded in 2002 by three friends from the University of Notre Dame who started selling textbooks online to earn some money, and ended up forming a pioneering social enterprise — a business with a mission to promote literacy. Better World Books operates with a triple-bottom line strategy pursing social, environmental as well as financial returns by promoting literacy and keeping books out of landfills through their online marketplace. They are also a B Corporation.
RSVP is requested but not required to attend. Go to www.caseatduke.org/events to RSVP, or RSVP here on FaceBook.
Time:5:00PM Wednesday, September 23rd
Location:Fuqua School of Business - McClendon Auditorium
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University See TIME Magazine's Special Report on "Responsibility Pioneers: 25 World-Changing Companies and Consumers"...including many CASE favorites like Better World Books (who will be speaking at Fuqua on Sept. 23)
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How companies big and small, old and new and consumers too are changing the world...
