More from the Social Enterprise Summit

More from the Social Enterprise Summit

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 in Public Innovation, Role of Government, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation

Yesterday morning was an amazing day for advancing social innovation. Never before have I seen the worlds of social innovation and government so fused together. In my opening remarks when introducing LA Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu at our armchair keynote at the Social Enterprise Summit, I spoke about how confident I was that fusing these two worlds together is the better mousetrap. Why?

Because our work is only really scratching the surface of the change I believe we all want to see. A successful program at scale only touches a small portion of the problem. Government has access to all the systems, makes the laws, and provides most of the money − $1 trillion a year by some estimates − compared to foundations and individuals who give a combined $175 billion.

The Lt. Governor led us through not only his journey of starting the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship, but also provided us with amazing insight for how we can more strategically work with government − all by starting with telling our stories in ways that showcase we have models that work. Look for the video and podcast of the session soon…

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2 Responses to “More from the Social Enterprise Summit”

  1. Jeff Mowatt

    22. Apr, 2009

    Hi Andrew,

    I just picked up the blog about this on Social Edge and thought you might be interested in the work we've been doing since 1999, mostly by leveraging investment from government.

    Briefly it began in 1996 which described the risks of poverty in the dawning information age and proposed a new economic model. It was written for President Clintion's re-election committee and published on the web in 1997.

    Work began in sourcing the Tomsk initiative and microfinance bak in Russia from 1999 and we became a UK registered social enterprise in 2004.

    Since then we've been working on the 'Marshall Plan' strategy in Ukraine which was delivered in October 2006 to begin influence in deploying social enterprise, broadband, microfinance and childcsre reforms on a national scale.

    http://www.p-ced.com/projects/ukraine/national/ .

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  2. Michelle Rhee, Public Innovator | Andrew Wolk

    12. Nov, 2009

    [...] the only path to making systemic change on the many social issues we must address. As I noted in my remarks at the Social Enterprise Summit this year, it’s the better mousetrap, and we need to capitalize [...]

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