social innovator's sweet spot

Social Innovator’s Sweet SpotAn Approach To Strategy & Decisions

welcome !

welcome !• Intros

welcome !• Intros

• Not your typical webinar because it’s a work in progress…

welcome !• Intros

• Not your typical webinar because it’s a work in progress…

• And your input is needed!

#1 - DO YOU EVER FEEL OVERWHELMED WITH DECISIONS?

The challenge (why)

The challenge (why)

• As an entrepreneur, there are so many ways to move forward.

The challenge (why)


• As a social entrepreneur, you’re navigating the complexity of balancing money and mission.

The challenge (why)


• As a social entrepreneur, you’re navigating the complexity of balancing money and mission.

• How do you ensure you’re taking the best steps with every decision?

The challenge (why)

The challenge (why)

• As a result of all these decisions, large and small, your day fills up with urgent and important tasks and before your know it, time flies by!

The challenge (why)


• But when you stop to reflect back on how far you’ve come, and evaluate if you’re really headed in the direction you want to go, is it on point?

The challenge (why)


• But when you stop to reflect back on how far you’ve come, and evaluate if you’re really headed in the direction you want to go, is it on point?

• Are you reaching your financial and impact goals?

objectives for SISS

objectives for SISS• Make strategic decisions with confidence


• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable impact, faster and more effectively



• Today’s Steps To Get There:




• Look at SISS overall




• Look at SISS overall• Explore each of the 3 pillars




• Look at SISS overall• Explore each of the 3 pillars• What happens when we’re missing a pillar?




• Look at SISS overall• Explore each of the 3 pillars• What happens when we’re missing a pillar?• How to get to the Sweet Spot!




• Look at SISS overall• Explore each of the 3 pillars• What happens when we’re missing a pillar?• How to get to the Sweet Spot!• What is missing from the model?

#2 - ARE YOU EVER WORRIED YOU’RE MAKING POOR CHOICES?

the SISS model (what)


• 3 Pillars that frame your strategic decision-making



TOOLS



TOOLS

MINDSET



TOOLS

MINDSET

COMMUNITY



TOOLS

MINDSET

COMMUNITY

• Working together to get, and keep, you in a spot (the sweet spot) where you are most Inspired, Focused, and Effective in your social enterprise work

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice

Reducing reinvention Integrating established knowledge

For Inspiration Support

Feedback Encouragement

Innovation

leverage embrace

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

All together

Isolated and

innovating in a bubble

Passionatebut weak in

practical execution

Overwhelmed without clear

focus

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice




Innovation

leverage embrace

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

All together

Inspired, Focused

& Effective

SISSIsolated

and innovating in a bubble


practical execution


focus

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice




Innovation

leverage embrace

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

All together

leverage tools

TOOLSleverage

leverage tools

TOOLSleverage

• What TOOLS have you found most valuable in your journey of making change?

leverage tools

TOOLSleverage

• What TOOLS have you found most valuable in your journey of making change?

• What value do the right resources/tools bring you in your work?

leverage tools

TOOLS

For Best practice

Reducing reinvention Integrating established

knowledge

leverage• What TOOLS have you

found most valuable in your journey of making change?

• What value do the right resources/tools bring you in your work?

sharpen mindset

MINDSETsharpen

sharpen mindset

MINDSETsharpen

• What MINDSET qualities are crucial to being an effective Changemaker?

sharpen mindset

MINDSETsharpen


• What value does a clear or sound mindset have for you?

sharpen mindset

MINDSETsharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity


• What value does a clear or sound mindset have for you?

embrace community

COMMUNITYembrace

embrace community

COMMUNITYembrace

• How does being part of COMMUNITY support or improve you in your work?

embrace community

COMMUNITYembrace

• How does being part of COMMUNITY support or improve you in your work?

• What is valuable about community to you?

embrace community

COMMUNITY

For Inspiration

Support Feedback

Encouragement Innovation

embrace• How does being part

of COMMUNITY support or improve you in your work?

• What is valuable about community to you?

#3 - WHICH PILLAR ARE YOU STRONG IN?

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS



Innovation

embrace

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

without tools


practical execution

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS



Innovation

embrace

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

without tools

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice




Innovation

leverage embrace

without mindset


focus

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice




Innovation

leverage embrace

without mindset

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice


leverage

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

without community

Isolated and

innovating in a bubble

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice


leverage

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

without community

#4 - - WHICH PILLAR ARE YOU WEAK IN?

getting to the sweet spotTOOLS

getting to the sweet spot

• What existing tools, resources and frameworks have others used in the past?

TOOLS



• What are examples of when this has been done successfully before?

TOOLS



• What are examples of when this has been done successfully before?

• What essential skills are lacking and how can I fill in the gaps? (i.e. through team, training, partners)

TOOLS

getting to the sweet spotMINDSET


• Does this move me closer to my vision for change?



• Have I considered my guiding values? (i.e. sustainability, innovation, effectiveness)



• Have I considered my guiding values? (i.e. sustainability, innovation, effectiveness)

• What needs to happen to create an environment where I deliver my highest value and perform at my best?

getting to the sweet spotCOMMUNITY


• How can I build in direct feedback from my peers, clients and beneficiaries?

COMMUNITY



• Who can I reach out to for input, collaboration, or advice? (organizations/individuals, formal or informal, with a shared interest)

COMMUNITY



• Who can I reach out to for input, collaboration, or advice? (organizations/individuals, formal or informal, with a shared interest)

• How does this work contribute to the larger landscape?

COMMUNITY

Inspired, Focused

& Effective

SISSIsolated

and innovating in a bubble


practical execution


focus

MINDSET

COMMUNITYTOOLS

For Best practice




Innovation

leverage embrace

sharpen

For Vision Focus

Perseverance Sanity

All together

YOUR TURN! WHAT RESONATES? WHAT DOESN’T?

my challenge to you

1. Think of a decision you are currently facing

2. Go through the Getting to the Sweet Spot Questions

3. Land on your clear direction

4. Take action

5. Let me know how it goes!

social innovator's sweet spot

Small Business & Entrepreneurship