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Business Planning, Raising Capital & Fundraising | Manage a Social Enterprise

Continuing Education Series: Government Funding & ESEs 101 | Getting to Know Each Other

In this session we will discuss the different types of government funding available to ESEs from federal, state, and local government agencies, and options for pursuing  these funding resources. We will also hear from a REDF Community ESE about their experience seeking and executing government contracts. This session was part of the Fall 2023 Raising Capital & Increasing Revenue CE Week.

Leadership & Talent | Grow a Social Enterprise

The 7 Steps to a Successful Succession Plan: Series Session #3

In session 3 we walked through all of the steps for activating a succession plan, which include: Determining a leader’s transition date, pre-departure planning, communications plans, search firms, and more!

Leadership & Talent | Grow a Social Enterprise

The Emergency Succession Plan: Series Session #2

In session 2 we continued the series by looking at what to consider when outlining a plan for managing an unforeseen or emergency leadership transition.

8 minutes | Business Planning | Manage a Social Enterprise

Customer Interviews and Focus Groups

Learn more about when and how you should leverage customer interviews and focus groups for gathering customer feedback.

6 minutes | Business Planning | Manage a Social Enterprise

Using a Breakeven Analysis to Inform Pricing Decisions

Before your social enterprise can evaluate different pricing strategies for its products, it must first understand two crucial pieces of information. In this deep dive, we will learn how to 1) Understand your social enterprise’s cost structure and 2) Conduct a break-even analysis.

7 minutes | Employee Success Program | Manage a Social Enterprise

Designing an Employee Supports Program: Goals and Strategies

Building an effective employee supports program for your social enterprise is an essential component of delivering the supports and services that help workers secure, succeed, and advance in employment and get on the pathway to self-sufficiency.

Designing an employee supports program is a multi-phase process. In this deep dive, we will cover the first two steps of the process

7 minutes | Business Planning | Manage a Social Enterprise

Business Model-Impact Canvas

Use this simple business model canvas template called “The Impact Canvas” that is tailored for social enterprises to lay out your business idea.