About The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs

Mission

The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs provides seminars, workshops and consulting services for social entrepreneurs in the United States and around the world.

History

The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs is a for-profit consulting company founded in 1999 by Jerr Boschee, who served for the previous eight years as President and CEO of The National Center for Social Entrepreneurs. Among the National Center's major accomplishments during Boschee's tenure were creation of The National Gathering for Social Entrepreneurs (now known as the Social Enterprise Alliance) and The Affirmative Business Alliance of North America (now known as the Americas Group of Workability International), the first two membership organizations for entrepreneurs in the field of social enterprise. Under his leadership, the National Center also mounted demonstration projects in nine cities that helped more than 60 nonprofits change their organizational cultures and begin adopting entrepreneurial strategies.

Current programs

Seminars
Workshops
Entrepreneurial Learning Circles^®
Customized consulting services

Partnership with the National Urban League

How to sponsor a seminar or workshop

Please call +01-214-866-0472, send an e-mail to institute@orbis.net or write to us at The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs, 6215 Sandydale Drive, Dallas, Texas 75248-3942

Publications

Books

Migrating from Innovation to Entrepreneurship: How Nonprofits are Moving toward Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency

The Social Enterprise Sourcebook

Articles

"Boschee on Marketing" (columns reprinted from the Social Enterprise Reporter)

"Eight basic principles for nonprofit entrepreneurs"

"Keep or Kill? Score Your Programs: Use This Tool to Decide Which Activities to Nurture - and Which to Abandon"

"Recycling Ex-Cons, Addicts and Prostitutes: The Mimi Silbert Story"

"Social Entrepreneurship: Some Nonprofits are Not Only Thinking about the Unthinkable, They're Doing It - Running a Profit"

"Strategic marketing for social entrepreneurs"

Other resources

Key definitions
Frequently asked questions
Bibliography (print)
Electronic links (annotated)

Videotapes

"Social Entrepreneurship: The Promise and the Perils"