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Track Two: Cross-Sector Social Impact

The Cross-Sector Social Impact track explores how businesses, non-profit organizations and government can work together to address the sustainability challenges that all of these institutions face. Our first panel in this track will look at how cross-sector collaboration is working in the real world. The second panel will offer perspectives on how non-profit organizations can benefit from strategy consulting services. Our third panel will be a hands on workshop on social entrepreneurship led by Net Impact founder Mark Albion. This track will conclude with a panel exploring how non-profits manage their performance and remain accountable to a variety of stakeholders.

Session 1B:
The Blurring of Public, Private and Citizen Sector Lines: Why Cross-Sector Collaboration is Essential to Business
Anderson Room D, 1st floor
9:15 am – 10:30 am
                                                    
This panel will provide a variety of perspectives on the importance of cross-sector collaboration and how it's working in the real world.  The lines between the public and private sectors are blurring.  Businesses are rethinking their engagement with government, the public sector, media, and public policy formation.  Public sector entities -- non profits and government -- are forging new ways of working with business to solve social problems and create new solutions in a range of policy areas, such as health care, economic development, and education. 

Moderator:
Dr. Martin Zimmerman, Ford Motor Company Clinical Professor of Business Administration Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Confirmed Panelist:
Dr. Melanie Beth Oliviero, Strategic Advisor for USAID Global Development Alliance, DAI

Brian Maynard, Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Whirlpool
Thomas G. Ehr (University of Michigan ’84), Executive Director, MTV Europe Foundation
Joe Mulvey, Regional Development Director – Great Lakes Region, Corporate Programs, Habitat for Humanity International

Session 2B:
Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson Room D, 1st floor
Friday, 10:45 am – 12:00pm

Nonprofits can benefit tremendously from the type of strategy consulting services normally associated with private corporations. However, given the lack of resources within nonprofits, how must these services be altered, in terms of revenue model and tactics, to provide a measurable impact for the organization? Can nonprofits justify hiring consultants to improve their organization (without the prospect of increased profits), or is the future of nonprofit consultancy solely philanthropic?

Moderator:
Lynn Wooten, Clinical Assistant Professor of Strategy and Management & Organizations, Univ. of Michigan Faculty

Confirmed Panelists:
Jill Corcoran, Community Impact Manager at BCG
Mary Wissemann, Director, Wellspring Consulting
Scott Watkins, Consultant and the Director of Marketing and Administration, Anderson Economic Group

Session 3B:
Social Entrepreneurship
Anderson Room D, 1st floor
Friday, 1:30-2:45

Social Entrepreneurship has become increasingly popular in driving social change using entrepreneurial principles. As various social enterprises have come into being and experience different challenges, today the definition of social entrepreneurship differs across organizations. This session will be run as a interactive workshop aimed at exploring the multiple dimensions of social entrepreneurship with active audience participation.

Moderator:
Mark Albion, Co-founder of Net Impact

Featured Social Entrepreneur:
Jude Walton, Managing Partner, Zingerman's Mail Order

For this session, Jude Walton, Partner of Zingerman's, will present a local working case of Social Entrepreneurship. We’ll ask him to share the history of Zingerman’s, reflect on critical success factors, share lessons learned, and any challenges the company is facing in charting future growth plans. This interactive session will focus on gleaning thoughts and insights from the audience that are relevant to shaping the future of Zingerman’s. We will then draw upon the audience’s business insights to develop an action plan for Zingerman's.

 

Session 4B:
Managing Nonprofits for Performance: Accountability to Donors and the Targeted Population
Anderson Room D, 1st floor
Friday, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

This panel will discuss issues in financial and social accountability of nonprofit organizations.  Nonprofits are financially and socially accountable to donors, their targeted populations, and increasingly so, Government.  Between 1990 and 2005, the number of nonprofits registered with the IRS doubled.  With fast growth, increasing scrutiny from Government, and more educated donors who expect results, how are nonprofits managing performance?  What are common issues?  How are they being addressed?  What can the nonprofit world learn from the for-profit world and vice versa?

Confirmed Panelist:
Peter Borish, Board Member, Robin Hood Foundation
David Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Barbara Anderson, an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton