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Ideas and Opportunities in Starting and Running Programs

Explore the concept of ideas and opportunities in starting and running programs, including the role of government, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs in the process. Learn how to identify and evaluate good ideas.

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Ideas and Opportunities in Starting and Running Programs

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  1. Lecture 2 Chapter 2: Ideas and Opportunities http://www.dollyparton.com/

  2. Agenda • Who starts & runs programs? • Where do ideas come from (invent or adapt)? • How do we know a good idea when we see one?

  3. Agenda • Who starts & runs programs? • Where do ideas come from (invent or adapt)? • How do we know a good idea when we see one?

  4. First some Context: Who Runs Programs? How many examples of each of the following entities can you name? • Government • Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurs

  5. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Types of Government Includes: • school districts • Police departments http://www.metronetiq.com/archives/2007/11/

  6. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs What is a nonprofit?

  7. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs What is the Nonprofit Sector? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0myNj8BHt_4

  8. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs What is a non-profit? • The U.S. Tax Code distinguishes between 28 categories of tax-exempt organizations under Section 501(c) of the 1986 tax code. • under Sections 501(c)(3), organizations that are dedicated specifically to “public charitable” purposes • according to Section 501(c) of Title 26 of the U.S. Tax Code, they are exempt from federal income tax • there are approximately 1.4 million nonprofit organizations (recognized by the Internal Revenue Service), Carman, Fredericks, & Introcaso (2008:7)

  9. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs What is Charitable? • According to the IRS, the term charitable refers to efforts relating to the “relief of the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged; advancement of religion; advancement of education or science; erecting or maintaining public buildings, monuments, or works; lessening the burdens of government; lessening neighborhood tensions; eliminating prejudice and discrimination; defending human and civil rights secured by law; and combating community deterioration and juvenile delinquency” (Internal Revenue Service, 2007, p. 4). Carman, Fredericks, & Introcaso (2008:7)

  10. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Source: PerformWell Webinar “Reframing the Human Services to Gain Public Support for Effective Programs” The National Human Services Assembly, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), The Frameworks Institute. 1/15/2015 https://cc.readytalk.com/r/l4v62hsm12k1&eom

  11. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs What makes a non-profit distinct? According to Salamon (1999), nonprofit organizations in the United States have six distinguishing characteristics, in being: 1. Institutional in form (as opposed to being ad hoc, informal, or temporary), legally recognized, and incorporated 2. Private organizations, and separate from government 3. Not profit-distributing, meaning that all profits must be reinvested into the mission of the organization (as opposed to being distributed to the owners of the organization) 4. Self-governing, and not controlled by outside entities 5. Voluntary in nature, relying on volunteers in the staffing, activities, or governance of the organization 6. In existence to deliver a public service or benefit (pp. 10–11) Carman, Fredericks, & Introcaso (2008:6)

  12. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs The State of Human Services field Source: PerformWell Webinar “Reframing the Human Services to Gain Public Support for Effective Programs” The National Human Services Assembly, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), The Frameworks Institute. 1/15/2015 https://cc.readytalk.com/r/l4v62hsm12k1&eom

  13. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Source: PerformWell Webinar “Reframing the Human Services to Gain Public Support for Effective Programs” The National Human Services Assembly, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), The Frameworks Institute. 1/15/2015 https://cc.readytalk.com/r/l4v62hsm12k1&eom

  14. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Source: PerformWell Webinar “Reframing the Human Services to Gain Public Support for Effective Programs” The National Human Services Assembly, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), The Frameworks Institute. 1/15/2015 https://cc.readytalk.com/r/l4v62hsm12k1&eom

  15. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Number of nonprofits has increased

  16. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs An estimated 2.3 million nonprofit organizations operated in the United States in 2010. Some 1.6 million nonprofits were registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an increase of 24 percent from 2000. Of these, only 40 percent (about 618,000) were required to file a financial return with the IRS because they collected more than $50,000 in gross receipts in 2010. http://www.urban.org/publications/901542.html

  17. Number. From 2002 to 2012, the number of nonprofit organizations registered with the IRS rose from 1.32 million to 1.44 million, an increase of 8.6 percent. The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering, 2014 http://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/413277-The-Nonprofit-Sector-in-Brief--.PDF

  18. Overall Jobs in the Economy Approx 30% http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm

  19. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Figure 1.2 Social Venture Growth 1996 - 2004

  20. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Charitable Businesses http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=777304#.UugAX_tOksY http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/12/bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation The Microsoft co-founder, now a full-time philanthropist, talks about pressing problems like health care in the developing world and the U.S. education system — “important” problems http://annachromy.com/chromys/44 http://www.syracuse.com/today/index.ssf/2008/07/board_gags_on_mcdonald_house_p.html

  21. http://creativesource.com.ph/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/social-entrep-model.pnghttp://creativesource.com.ph/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/social-entrep-model.png

  22. Government NonProfits Social Entrepreneurs Types of Social Entrepreneurs • Personal Achiever • Super Salesperson • Real Manager • Expert idea Generator http://www.nextupasia.com/which-type-of-entrepreneur-or-startup-founder-are-you/ (P14)

  23. Types of Social Entrepreneurs • Personal Achiever • Innovates autonomously • Super Salesperson • Innovates via service to others • Real Manager • Within an established organization • Expert idea Generator • Relies on expertise & creativity for innovations http://www.nextupasia.com/which-type-of-entrepreneur-or-startup-founder-are-you/

  24. Review from chapter 1

  25. Table 1.1 Combination of Risk Aversion and Innovativeness Triggering Entrepreneurship

  26. Which type was Ben Franklin? (P15) • Personal Achiever • Super Salesperson • Real Manager • Expert idea Generator http://www.inc.com/ss/12-historic-serial-entrepreneurs He was the inventor of successful products like bifocal glasses, the lightning rod and the Franklin stove (among others) as well as a media magnate where he published several newspapers and his popular Poor Richard’s Almanac, in which Franklin used a fictional character to share his own views on topics like politics and philosophy. Of course, Franklin also earned fame with other contributions such as creating the nation’s first free library.

  27. http://www.suescheffblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Entrep.jpghttp://www.suescheffblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Entrep.jpg

  28. Agenda • Who starts & runs programs? • Where do ideas come from (invent or adapt)? • How do we know a good idea when we see one?

  29. To solve social problems…but what is that?

  30. Problems come from personal experience Are these social problems? Why or why not?

  31. http://www.quickmeme.com/First-World-Problems/ Not all problems are social problems

  32. Needs Assessment

  33. Community Need Can Include the Following: • Huge or growing problem • Huge community need like poverty • Increasing STDs • Expands the Number of people served • large disparity • Racial disparity in ability to get home loans • Unemployment differences by age • opportunity cost of missing out on an opportunity and • Builds on previous investment in the community by us or others • Leverages other resources • Builds the capacity of the organization • community demand • Large waiting list • Community discernment or collectively voiced concerns

  34. Activity • sketch and share in small groups an example of a chart of each for your program • Will gather in cross org group's and will pick which is most compelling • Will share most compelling

  35. 2 parts • The needs data (see previous discussion) • The Theory (Story behind the curve)- Based on Literature

  36. http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/sp.html

  37. Figure 2.1 The process of opportunity recognition 2 key components -ideas -opportunities or need

  38. Figure 2.2 The acquisition and utilization of information for socially-entrepreneurial ideas Previous course work Internship http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=NugRZGDbPFU People You know in the Field Video: (4 min) Chance Favors the Connected Mind: Where Good ideas come from

  39. Figure 2.3 Innovation versus adaptation Entrepreneurship Personality Quiz 30 questions http://www.forbes.com/2005/11/15/entrepreneur-personality-quiz_cx_bn_1116quiz.html

  40. Left off 2015-09-10

  41. Agenda • Who starts & runs programs? • Where do ideas come from (invent or adapt)? • We left off here • How do we know a good idea when we see one?

  42. Let’s review the readings as we prepare to assign a program to you… And you decide whether to keep that program, select another one, or invent a new one.

  43. Look at Brinckerhoff p.8Types of Social Entrepreneurship • Starting a new product or service • Expanding an existing product or service • Expanding an existing activity for a new group of people • Expanding an existing activity to a new geographic area • Acquiring an existing business • Partnership or merger with an existing business Which is this?Andrew Lunetta Nonprofit Tiny HomesVideo: 2:24 minuteshttp://cnycentral.com/news/local/new-syracuse-non-profit-hopes-to-have-home-for-homeless-built-by-november http://kooperhooper.com/page/2/

  44. Opportunities Arise From • Technological Change • Public Policy Changes • Changes in Public Opinion • Changes in Tastes • Social & Demographic Changes • Take note from Tiny Homes video: • It is OK to take on a challenge along- Like Andrew Does But also… • You don’t have to be the 1st one, sometimes it is just as important to be a follower Video: 2:57 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ Source: PerformWell Webinar “Reframing the Human Services to Gain Public Support for Effective Programs” The National Human Services Assembly, the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), The Frameworks Institute. 1/15/2015 https://cc.readytalk.com/r/l4v62hsm12k1&eom

  45. Agenda • Who starts & runs programs? • Where do ideas come from (invent or adapt)? • How do we know a good idea when we see one?

  46. Where do we look to find need?

  47. Figure 2.4 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and examples of social entrepreneurship potential Needs Solutions

  48. Which quadrant do these fall into?

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