TOPIC 1: INTRODUCING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
This topic covers the basics of social enterprise: what is social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, the different types of social enterprise and other for-purpose business forms, deciding if your organisation is a social enterprise, and the Victorian social enterprise ecosystem.
THERE ARE THREE IN THIS TOPIC:
Video 1 (10:17 minutes)
Additional resources for Video 1:
- Finding Australia’s social enterprise sector (FASES): Final report 2016
- Finding Australia’s social enterprise sector (FASES): other reports
- Social Traders: What is a social enterprise – social enterprise definition
Video 2 (10:04 minutes)
Additional resources for Video 2:
- Social Traders: What is a social enterprise – social enterprise spectrum
Video 3 (8:28 minutes)
Additional resources for Video 3:
- Bloom & Dees article: Cultivate your ecosystem
- Victorian Government: Social Enterprise Strategy
- Map for Impact: Report and database
- Victorian Government: Social procurement framework
- Intermediary organisations: Social Traders; SEFA; Social Ventures Australia; ACRE
- Specialist intermediary organisations and practitioners: NFP Law; Justice Connect; The Social Studio; TDi; Social Change Central; StartSomeGood
- Victorian social enterprise network: SENVIC
WORKBOOK EXERCISES FOR THIS TOPIC
There is one exercise for Topic 1: Introducing Social Enterprise in the Workbook. Give it a go! This exercise will help you to think about the different types of social enterprise and how that affects decision making.
Once you’ve finished Topic 1, click here to start the Topic 2 Social Enterprise Fundamentals.
