Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership

Social Sector Solutions for Social Enterprises

	Social Sector Solutions for Social Enterprises is a 15-week strategy consultation offered to five select social enterprises – impact-driven organizations with a sustainable business model. The course is designed to help social enterprise clients achieve greater impact by addressing their most important strategic challenges with data and values driven decision making support. Download the S3 for Social Enterprises brochure (pdf).
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	Download the Social Enterprise Client Application

Benefits for Student Teams

Skills applied for social impact at an established social venture
Valuable consulting experience and professional development
Coaching from world class Haas instructors and professional consultants
Team Deliverables: scoping letter, workplan, storyline, midterm review and client presentations
3 units toward Haas BILD curriculum (MBA 292S offered every fall)

Benefits for Social Enterprises

Work with a team of energetic Haas MBAs and professional consultants
Solutions custom tailored for mission-driven businesses
Latest academic and consulting thinking in strategy, marketing, finance and more
900 hours of student consultant work

S3 for Social Enterprises Finale 12/7/2012

Program Timeline (Jan-May)

Student Applications and Bidding	April
Client applications finalized	May

Kick-off Event at FSG	August 30th
Semester-long group consulting project	August-December
Finale Event at FSG	December 6th

Instructors

	Nora Silver has founded and run three social sector organizations, served as a board chair, and consulted with more than 200 organizations worldwide including nonprofits, social enterprises, businesses, governments, foundations, and universities on strategy, planning, self-assessment, and cross-sector collaboration.

	Joe Dougherty is Associate Partner at Dalberg and leads the San Francisco office. He has served as a trusted advisor to social enterprises, government agencies, foundations and corporations for twenty years and has worked in thirty countries. He served as Vice President of an award-winning social enterprise and has taught graduate courses in consulting skills and project management at The Johns Hopkins University and at UNC Wilmington.

	Lalitha Vaidyanathan is Managing Director at FSG. She will lead the FSG team of coaches and guest instructors. Her clients in the US include Medtronic, Mattel, UnitedHealth Group, McKesson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Metrowest Community Health Care Foundation, and the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Lalitha started her consulting career with McKinsey & Company, advising financial services and technology companies She subsequently co-founded and ran a venture-backed technology company in San Francisco. Lalitha has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Questions

For more information on the application and selection process, please contact Nora Silver, Center Director, at silver@haas.berkeley.edu.