Key Takeaways from this 90-minute SSIR Live! Webinar:
- Learn how to define your social change organization's competitive advantage to provide strategic direction and focus
- Equip yourself with the ability to think competitively and transform your organization
- Receive a detailed guide on the different levers that affect and make up your organization’s competitive advantage
- Go deep on specific case studies and get a template for doing this exercise yourself
Competitive Advantage — all social change organizations have one; but yours may not be what you think it is.
It’s unfortunate that social sector organizations tend not to think about competitive advantage as it relates to social impact and growth. Far too many nonprofit organizations and foundations view competition as something reserved for the for-profit world, and many think their competitive advantage is simply a rephrasing of their mission statement (i.e. our advantage is that we serve those in need). But the fact is that all organizations are competing for something—whether it’s market share, public policy, funding, or more attention from clients or donors.
As a social sector leader, you need to learn how to think competitively. This 90-minute SSIR Live! program will provide participants with a wealth of tools that will make it easier to define your organization’s competitive advantage and help you to redefine your strategic roadmap. We will explore how using a framework and asking the right questions can make this process easier and more effective. Along the way, we will share a detailed case study of how one microfinance nonprofit defined its competitive advantage, transformed and grew its offerings, and advanced its mission. We will also explore other examples from the social sector of different organizations who successfully defined their competitive advantage and crafted their success stories.
This SSIR Live! session will provide critical skills, including…
- How to understand what competitive advantage is
- How to define your organization’s competitive advantage
- How to run an exercise with a team or organization on using a competitive advantage framework
Program Features:
Designed by Experts: This live program is developed, facilitated, and presented by Andy Posner, the co-founder and CEO of the Capital Good Fund, a microfinance lender. Mollie West Duffy, a former research associate at Harvard Business School, co-founder of Capital Good Fund and currently, the head of organizational development at RALLY, a strategic communications advocacy firm, will join Posner as a co-presenter.
Interactive: This program will be conducted as an interactive LIVE program. You will explore the key concepts through activities, illustrative examples, and case studies. Come ready to think and work actively during the session!
Real-world Case Studies: We will delve into multiple effective case studies that are specific to the landscape of the social sector.
Who Should Join? This program will be particularly relevant for those who…
- Work in or are interested in social enterprise
- Are looking to define or redefine their organization's strategy
- Want to understand how competitive advantage is relevant in the social sector
Closed Captioning Available: Live transcription is available for this program. To activate Closed Captioning during the LIVE broadcast, click on the upward arrow next to the CC icon and select the Subtitling option. To disable Closed Captioning, click on the upward arrow next to the CC icon and select the Hide Subtitling option.
On-Demand Version:
Register and access the recording of the live event on-demand 24 hours after the webinar ends and anytime over the next 12 months.
Price for this webinar: $69
This price includes access to the live interactive webinar and unlimited access to the recorded webinar video and resources for 12 months from the date of broadcast.
Webinar Refund Policy
Recordings of all webinars and any associated presentation materials are accessible asynchronously after the live program for 12-months from the date of the program. As a standard policy, SSIR does not offer refunds on webinar registrations. Any requests for refunds should be submitted in writing to [email protected] and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Should a refund be warranted, it will be processed after the webinar.
If you have any questions about this program, write to us at [email protected].
Presenters
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Mollie West DuffyMollie West Duffy leads Organizational Development at RALLY, a strategic communications advocacy firm. She was a former research associate at Harvard Business School and previously an Organizational Design Lead at global innovation firm IDEO. She is also the co-author of the book, No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work. Her writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Quartz, Entrepreneur, and other digital outlets.Former Research Associate, Harvard Business School & Head of Organizational Development, RALLY -
Andy PosnerAndy Posner is the CEO of Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit, U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution that provides small-dollar personal loans and financial coaching to low-income families in six U.S. states. He serves on the national Boards of Directors of Community Reinvestment Fund and Credit Builders Alliance. Posner has published his ideas in a variety of outlets, including the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Chronicle of Philanthropy, and Huffington Post. Lastly, he has published poems in over a dozen poetry journals, one of which nominated him for the Pushcart Poetry Prize.CEO,
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ModeratorMarcie BiancoMarcie Bianco is an editor at Stanford Social Innovation Review. She is a columnist at the Women’s Media Center, and her writing can be found online at NBC, Pacific Standard, Quartz, Rolling Stone, Salon, Vox, and Vanity Fair, among other outlets. Bianco writes, lectures, and makes media appearances on issues pertaining to ethics, from feminism to race relations. Her current writing projects include an autofiction about academic affairs and a nonfictional feminist manifesto on elevating freedom over equality. She has a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University; a master's degree in women's studies from the University of Oxford; and a master's degree and PhD in English literature from Rutgers University.Editor,
Stanford Social Innovation Review
