2012 FLSE Institute Panels and Workshops

 

Thursday September 13 1:00pm-8:30pm

1:00-2:45pm Registration

3:00-3:30pm Welcome, Introductions, and Orientation to the Institute

3:45-4:45pm Plenary I: Business Model Generator

5:00-6:00pm Finding support networks  

Business mentorship and support for entrepreneurs of color

Sustainability Networks for social entrepreneurs

Student Networks for emerging social entrepreneurs

5:00-6:45pm Reception

7:00pm-8:30pm Plenary 2

The promise of social entrepreneurship: Creating a local economy that works for everyone (free and open to the public)

  • Anke Wessels, Center for Transformative Action
  • Kirby Edmonds, Building Bridges Initiative
  • Jan Rhodes-Norman, Local First Ithaca 
  • Svante Myrick, Ithaca Mayor
  • Cal Walker, Village at Ithaca, moderating

Friday September 14

Friday 8:15am-7:30pm

8:15am Breakfast and Check-in

8:30-9:15am Plenary 3: "Story Telling: Leading People into the Future."

9:30-10:45am Plenary 4: Finding the right legal framework: What are the options for mission-driven ventures?

11am-12noon Working Session: Preliminary work on BMG in small groups

12noon-12:45pm Working Lunch

1:00 – 2:15pm Session 2: Options for structuring mission driven enterprises 

Concurrent discussions:

  • Non-profit Fiscal Sponsorship
  • Non-profits with embedded for-profit enterprises 
  • For-Profit B-corporations, ILR Conf Center 
  • Worker, consumer, and community owned cooperatives

2:30-3:45pm Session 3: Co-creating Social and Economic Empowerment

Concurrent discussions:

  • Empowering community leaders and those with barriers to work 
  • Empowering youth with the knowledge and skills to become social entrepreneurs
  • Moving relationships in your social venture for social justice
  • Creating a diverse board and a diverse work place

400-5:15pm Session 4: Financial Sustainability 

Concurrent discussions:

  • Obtaining local investments, loans, or crowd-sourced funding
  • Holistic approach to writing grants
  • Making a profit and supporting your values
  • Expanding your reach and revenue streams through story telling and relationship building

5:30-6:45pm Session 5: Transforming Habits to promote Ecological Sustainability  

Concurrent discussions:

  • Weaving Green Ethics into the DNA of Your Enterprise
  • Working for Food and Farm Justice
  • Organizing around economic growth and ecological sustainability in rural areas


7:00-7:15pm End of the day check-in

7:30pm Optional networking dinner and drinks out 

Saturday September 15

The Institute moves to the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) in downtown Ithaca.

8:30am Breakfast and Check-in

9:00am-10:00am Working Session:

10:15am-11:30am Plenary 5: Transforming Habits within Privileged and Marginalized Groups  

11:45am-12:45pm Lunch with self identified working groups

1:00-2:15pm Session 7: Co-creating Your Value Proposition

These are concurrent discussions:

  • Writing and speaking to influence
  • Social Media for Social Change
  • Understanding the difference between advocacy and lobbying
  • Working towards collective social impact: what will it take?

2:30-3:45pm Session 8: Networks and On-Going Mentorship 

These are concurrent discussions:

  • Support for Social Entrepreneurs seeking Ecological Sustainability
  • Support for Mission-driven for-profit ventures
  • Support for non-profit social entrepreneurs through fiscal sponsorship
  • Support for youth social entrepreneurs

4:00- 5:00pm Small group presentations on BMG 

5:30-6:30pm Key Learning

6:30-7:00pm Closing.