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Presentation originally given 11/3/09 to the Social Venture Startup Group at Brigham Young University by SaraJoy Pond, founder of theTippingBucket.org
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• Introduction
• Progress Report
• Unsolicited Advice
Grant-making
Microcredit
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Since the SVC:Miles flown – 39,564
Nights spent in airports - 12
Conferences attended – 5
Presentations given – 8
Business cards distributed – 262
Thank-you notes written – 65
Project partners invited - 11
Partnerships negotiated - $158,500 (approx)
Bones broken – 2
Since the SVC:Websites launched – 0
Applications launched - 0
Donations processed – $0
Buckets tipped – 0
Be social.
• Talk to people. Lots of people.
• ESR Center (Todd and Aaron)
• Center for Entrepreneurship (Mentor Program)
• Student Groups
• Students for International Development
• Students for Social Entrepreneurship
• Web Startup Group / CEO
• Trains, planes and automobiles
• Engage with Social Media
• First, Listen!
• Learn to use a feed-reader
• Follow strategic people on Twitter
• Then, Join the Conversation
• Compliment
• Critique
• Connect
• Collaborate
Double-Dip at every
opportunity.
• Get Credit for your work!
• Social Entrepreneurship Courses
• BUS372
• MBA632
• Course Projects
• Academic Internships
• Mentored Research
“They’re more like guidelines,
anyway.”
• Your Business Plan is a working document
• Rip off (I mean, learn from) the best.
• SVC winning plans in the ESR center
• More winning plans online
• Revise, Revise, Revise
• Run Scenarios
• “Cases” (base, conservative, best, etc.)
• Find the data
• Design matters.
ASK!
• PR and Media Relations
• Prepare press releases
• Cultivate relationships with local media
• Pitch local/national media
• 2-4 hours/week
• Social Media
• Manage Tipping Bucket Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts
• Contribute to the Tipping Bucket blog
• Help build social media strategy
• 3-6 hours/week
• Video Production
• Storyboard/produce/edit 60-sec “How it Works”
• Produce/edit 30-sec “I can change the world”
• Assist project partners with video production
• Animation, 2.5D and film experts needed
• 5-10 hours/week
• Fundraising Support
• Research and profile potential large donors
• Help craft targeted pitches
• Coordinate logistics of “Founders’ Circle” capital campaign
• 2-4 hours/week