Social Impact Measurement and Management
Red Ochre is running a practical introducion to Social Impact Measurement and Management on April 25th, 1000-1300, BIPC, British Library, Euston Road, London. To book or learn more click here. Read more »
This is a question posed to me when I was in Cairo earlier in February. I had the good fortune to be working with the British Council Egypt and several Egyptian government departments on the creative social enterprise sector.
After wrestling with the existential question, and a brief pause to gather my thoughts, I expanded on a model I have been developing and speaking around for the last couple of years.
I’ve called this the Cairo Model in honour of the place where my thinking became a practical diagnostic tool and template for further action.
The model can help you understand:
Once you have used the model you should be able to think about the existential question “Is a social enterprise better than a charity?”
The answer, it turns out, is that it depends.
Next month, in part 2 I’ll explain how to use it.