Strategic Partnerships Between Multinational Corporations and Social Entrepreneurs

Title: Strategic Partnerships Between Multinational Corporations and Social Entrepreneurs

Date: March 27, 2008

Description: Is it possible to strike a win-win partnership between a global corporation and a social enterprise? What are the drivers for partnership and how do they play out in reality?  Using current case studies, this session will explore the benefits of partnership – including access to ideas, inspiration, capital and markets – as well as the challenges in making a successful partnership. Participants will take part in dynamic “empathy exercises” in order to better understand the internal drivers and constraints on both sides of the fence.

Panel:

• Maggie Brenneke, Director, Social Entrepreneurship Programme, SustainAbility
  
• John Elkington, Founder and Director, SustainAbility; Founding Partner and Director, Volans Ventures
• Richard Kelly, Practice Lead London/Shanghai, IDEO
• James Parr, Designer, IDEO
  
• Ros Tennyson, Director, The Partnering Initiative, International Business Leaders Forum
• Sophia Tickell, Chairperson, SustainAbility; Founding Partner and Director, Volans

Blog coverage of this session:

• Strategic Partnerships Between Multinational Corporations and Social Entrepreneurs
  

Also at the Skoll World Forum:

• Effective Models for Partnership

• Hybrid and For-Profit Business Models

• Empathy as a Tool for Social Impact - IDEO

Related information on Social Edge:

• Partnerships for Global Solutions, Hosted by Edith Asibey

• Radical Collaboration, Hosted by Jeff Hamaoui

• Nonprofits / For-profits Partnerships, Hosted by Patrick O'Heffernan

  How to Launch a Successful International Partnership , Hosted by Bonnie Koenig

  Cross-Sector Partnership, Sponsored by WRI

• More related discussions, jobs, and opportunities