NEW
AND NOTEWORTHY
Social Franchise Ventures: Focus on Strategy
Several organizations have recently engaged Social Franchise
Ventures to create a social franchise strategy, including:
*
YWCA – Pittsburgh, PA
* Family Links –
Pittsburgh, PA
* Beaver County Rehabilitation Corporation
– New Brighton, PA
*
Kingsley Association
– Pittsburgh, PA
*
Campfire USA
– Dallas, TX
Click
here
for more information on these clients.
SFV also welcomes Doug Sudell, director of client services. Doug
will be responsible for building the client support network as SFV
clients open and operate their social franchise operations. Click
here to read
Doug’s bio.
Ben
Litalien recently hosted a blog on the Skoll Foundation's website,
Social Edge. His discussion topic was “Under what circumstances would it
be appropriate for a nonprofit to develop a social franchise strategy?”
Click
here to read the discussion.
Client Highlight:
CWV is working with
NetAid, an organization that
educates, inspires, and empowers new generations of young people to
fight global poverty throughout their lives.
The
Sitar Center for the Arts has hired CWV to
solve operational challenges that are limiting the growth of the
center’s facilities-rental venture.
The
YWCA of O’ahu has hired CWV to conduct a
feasibility assessment to determine the viability of an expansion of
its restaurant and of the development of an executive club concept.
The
Search Institute engaged CWV to
assess the growth opportunities of its several million-dollar
ventures and to provide a high-level road map to achieving
substantial growth and profitability.
Upcoming Conferences and Presentations:
»
August
August 14-15, Washington, DC
Neighborworks Training Institute
Generate Revenue for Your Nonprofit's Long-term Sustainability
Presenters: Alfred Miller Wise and Tanya Smith-Evans
»
October
October 6, Baltimore, MD
Social Franchising Workshop; sponsored by the Goldseeker Foundation
and the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Presenters: Ben Litalien and Joshua Tripp
October 12, Tyler, TX
Introduction to Social Enterprise; sponsored by the Fourth Partner
Foundation
Presenter: Amy Celep
October 19-21, Santa Anna Pueblo, NM
58th Annual Conference of Southwest Foundations
Social Enterprise: Building Stronger, More Sustainable Nonprofits
Presenter: Amy Celep
October 25, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Nonprofits’ 14th Annual Conference
Profits for a Purpose: Is Social Enterprise Right for You?
Presenter: Alfred Miller Wise
October 27-29, Chicago, IL
14th Annual Net Impact Conference: Navigating Global Change
Implications of Earned Income for Not for Profits: Legal, Financial,
and Strategic Constraints
Presenter: Alfred Miller Wise
»
November
November 7, Arlington, VA
2006 Nonprofit Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting Conference
Earned Income Ventures and Enterprises: Developing Business Plans
Presenter: Alfred Miller Wise
»
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