Growth Planning refers to the set of activities employment social enterprises go through when exploring new horizons – which for some might be considering whether to start a new business line or launch a new product, while for others deciding whether to form a new partnership that will take sales or employment to a new level.
Growth Planning generally results in a growth plan, which, when done well, that will help the organization make clear decisions around how to allocate and sequence resources in a manner most aligned with its future goals. Growth plans will also help the organization communicate the ‘why’ behind its ambitions to key stakeholders, including staff, board members, and current or prospective funders. Learn more about how strategic growth planning can elevate an ESE to new heights.
Growth Planning Resources
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Business Planning, Employee Success Program, Financial Management, Growth Planning, Leadership & Talent, Marketing, Operations, Raising Capital & Fundraising |
Grow a Social Enterprise, Manage a Social Enterprise
This is a helpful resource for those seeking to better understand the terminology and concepts related to Employment Social Enterprises (ESEs) and the broader field of social entrepreneurship.
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Grow a Social Enterprise
This resource provides key operational, social, and financial criteria a social enterprise should consider when deciding how to grow. Social enterprise executive teams who are evaluating the potential of a growth strategy should review this resource and develop their own set of venture criteria.
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Growth Planning |
Grow a Social Enterprise
Growth planning is the process followed by organizations to determine IF & HOW to pursue a new growth opportunity such as starting a new business line, launching a new product, opening a new sales channel, or expanding geographically to a new location.
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Growth Planning |
Grow a Social Enterprise
Intro A growth plan is a social enterprise’s articulated vision and rationale for how it will grow its business in the marketplace and scale its ability to achieve its mission. In order to develop a clearly articulated, compelling, and comprehensive growth plan, you will need to address at least the following considerations: Below, we explore […]
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Employee Success Program, Growth Planning |
Grow a Social Enterprise, Manage a Social Enterprise
Logic Models are useful tools to help ESEs write out their plan for impact and how to potentially measure it!
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Employee Success Program, Growth Planning |
Grow a Social Enterprise, Manage a Social Enterprise
Program fidelity refers to how closely a social enterprise executes its employee success program relative to planned activities, as well as the consistency in which it delivers program services across all locations and aspects of the social enterprise
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Business Planning, Growth Planning |
Grow a Social Enterprise
SNAP E&T COHORT FOUR OPEN FOR APPLICATION If your enterprise is serving individuals with barriers to work and receiving SNAP food benefits, you may be interested in becoming a SNAP E&T (SNAP Employment & Training) provider. The SNAP E&T program helps SNAP participants gain skills and find work that moves them forward to self-sufficiency. REDF will […]
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Grow a Social Enterprise
Welcome to All Things SNAP Employment & Training 2025 Cohort Four Resource & Landing Page Congrats on joining the 2025 SNAP E&T Cohort! We’re excited about this group of employment social enterprises and non-profits that will participate in customized training, access technical assistance and more to become a SNAP E&T partner and/or enhancing current SNAP […]
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Growth Planning |
Grow a Social Enterprise
One option for achieving scale faster than organic growth is by having others replicate the business model (sometimes referred to as “franchising”).
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Grow a Social Enterprise
Today’s social entrepreneurs grow their ventures in the name of both financial viability and social impact.