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Enterprising Nonprofits: Social Entrepreneurs Working in the Nations Public Health Institutes. Moderator: Jeffrey R. Taylor Ph.D Panel: Jeffrey Weihl MA Robert St. Peter MD Joseph Hafey MPA. Entrepreneurs are innovative, opportunity-orientated, resourceful,
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Enterprising Nonprofits: Social Entrepreneurs Working in the Nations Public Health Institutes Moderator: Jeffrey R. Taylor Ph.D Panel: Jeffrey Weihl MA Robert St. Peter MD Joseph Hafey MPA
Entrepreneurs are innovative, opportunity-orientated, resourceful, value-creating change agents Enterprising Nonprofits, 2001
What Makes Social Entrepreneurs Different? • Adopting a mission to create and sustain a social value • Recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new opportunities to serve that mission • Engaging in a process of continuous innovation, adaptation, and learning • Acting boldly without being limited to resources currently in hand • Exhibiting a heightened sense of accountability to the constituencies served and for the outcomes created Enterprising Nonprofits, 2001
Enterprise Strategies for Generating Revenue • Business ventures • Cause-related marketing • Licensing • Working with a corporation
The MPHI Approach • Initiating a culture change, 1999-2000 • Self-assessment • Identifying and reprogramming $25k in W.K. Kellogg funds • Internal RFP • Results- 6 hot ideas