You’ve got a great idea for a business that would help make the world a better place. Or you think your nonprofit could sell some services to bring in additional revenue. In other words, you might have a social enterprise in the making. But where do you start?
In Ottawa, you start with the Collaborative for Innovative Social Enterprise Development (CISED). CISED helps individuals and organizations at every stage of their social enterprise, linking them with advice, training, financing and technical resources.
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Benjamin Chang, Alison Watkins and Maling Ebrahimpour
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February 04, 2013
In these difficult economic times, it’s easy for any non-profit to end up on the brink of financial ruin.
See how one very large and very dynamic team in St. Petersburg, Florida is not only surviving, but thriving. Hear from the leaders of PARC who are molding the culture. This personal narrative provides very practical and universally-applicable principles that will help your organization recognize strengths and maximize networks and resources. In social enterprise, sometimes we need to be reminded of the importance of being social!
With more than 80,000 registered charities in Canada, could there possibly be a need for one more charity? In the crowded landscape of breast cancer organizations, might there be room for one more breast cancer organization? Yes and yes.
Kevin Lynch sums up the mission of the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) with just a few words. "We’re the champion for social enterprise," says Lynch, who is SEA’s president and CEO.
SEA, a membership organization, supports and promotes social enterprises. Its members’ missions and business models vary - some provide social services, others manufacture sustainable products, for example - but they all create social value using a business model.
For Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI), poverty is not just about having enough income; it is also about having enough assets. SEDI works to reduce poverty by expanding social and economic opportunity for low-income Canadians. Its work to combat poverty currently focuses on three areas: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and saving and asset building.
You’ve got a great idea for a business that would help make the world a better place. Or you think your nonprofit could sell some services to bring in additional revenue. In other words, you might have a social enterprise in the making. But where do you start?
With more than 80,000 registered charities in Canada, could there possibly be a need for one more charity? In the crowded landscape of breast cancer organizations, might there be room for one more breast cancer organization? Yes and yes.
Kevin Lynch sums up the mission of the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA) with just a few words. "We’re the champion for social enterprise," says Lynch, who is SEA’s president and CEO.
For Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI), poverty is not just about having enough income; it is also about having enough assets. SEDI works to reduce poverty by expanding social and economic opportunity for low-income Canadians. Its work to combat poverty currently focuses on three areas: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and saving and asset building. 
