- The Five Critical Factors of Social Enterprise Profitability
- November 19th, 2009
What are boards, investors and management teams to do when there is tension between the financial and social bottom lines of social enterprises? And are there ways of optimizing the financial performance of the business without negatively impacting the social performance?
This article describes some of the learning Social Capital Partners has gleaned from seven years of investing in employment-based social enterprises. We identify what we believe to be the five most important factors that determine whether a social enterprise will be profitable or require some form of subsidy.
- Workforce Development Value Proposition: An Opportunity to Engage in Fresh Practice
- April 27th, 2009
Presentation at the Opportunities 2009 Conference, held in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This presentation reviews our experience with our social hiring programs and franchising strategy by describing how SCP is partnering with employers and community agencies to provide job opportunities for people with barriers to employment. It also summarizes findings from research conducted by the Monitor Group on the social hiring landscape in Canada, and frames our value propositions for different stakeholder groups around social hiring.
- Why SROI?
- March 27th, 2009
Presentation to the Social Purpose Enterprise Managers Forum at SiG@MaRS, Toronto.
- Money and Meaning: Blended Value in Community Enterprise
- February 28th, 2007
Sherri Torjman of Caledon and SCP's Bill Young have co-authored an article that was published by The Caledon Institute. This article discusses why social enterprise have developed more quickly in the U.S. and the U.K. and what Canada needs to do to catch up.
- Is It Working? Social Enterprise Performance Measurement
- January 31st, 2007
Presentation by Joanne Norris of Social Capital Partners and Irene Gannitsos of the Vancity Community Foundation at the 2nd Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise in Vancouver, BC in January 2007.
- SCP’s Strategies and Experience
- September 15th, 2006
Presentation of SCP's strategies and experience to date, as presented at the Social Enterprise Policy Forum in Septmber 2006.
- Measuring Social Enterprise Success
- July 13th, 2006
Bill and Joanne presented their experience to date with social return on investment analysis to community practitioners, government representatives and academic researchers in Ottawa at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University in June 2006.
- SCP’s Learning from Social Enterprise
- July 6th, 2006
Document that outlines our initial concept, learning and challenges around social enterprise.
For more recent information, visit the Our Evolution section.
- Franchise Strategy Overview
- April 26th, 2006
Document that outlines our initial thinking around working with franchises and social hiring.
For updated information, visit the Franchise Strategy section.
- Value For Your Dollar
- March 20th, 2006
The presentation Value For Your Dollar, The Social Enterprise Impact Assessment Project was presented at the annual Social Enterprise Alliance Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia. This presentation covers the Social Impact Assessment climate in Canada, and the need to find a reporting structure that covers both finanical and social outcomes.
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