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Social Entrepreneurship What is Social Entrepreneurship? Social entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems Characteristics of Social Entrepreneurs: • Act as the change agents for society, • Seizing opportunities others miss to improve systems, • Invent new approaches, and create solutions to change society for the better. • Develops innovative solutions to social problems and then implements them on a large scale. Capitalism 2.0: Bill Gates suggested recently that corporations should sacrifice profits to the public welfare, practicing what he called “creative capitalism,”
Food for Thought Defining poverty by how many dollars a person earns per day is demeaning and poor way of stating a problem. Poverty is no so much dollars per day but the exclusion from networks and productivity and exchange Pope John Paul II In post industrial world, wealth of nations is not only amount of natural resources it has in the ground but also in the human mind and in human creativity G. Wiegel, Scholar Current models have problems solved by others rather than person directly affected. This approach often removes their dignity and control over their own destiny Andreas Widmer
About Us David Acco: Métis-Cree, Cumberland House Business Analyst and Project Manager BA - Creative Writing and Adult Ed., Master Certificate Marketing, Master Diploma Ecommerce, Master Certificate Business Analysis, and MBA International Business Julie Lepage: Nipissing First Nations Labor Relations Counselor LLB, LLC Labor Law and Aboriginal Law, Called Upper Canada Law Society, 2004
Inspiration and Creativity The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) issued its final report in November 1996 “Biggest Hindrance to Aboriginal Youth is the lack of training and opportunity” 2006 - We decided to address that problem by creating a business called “Acosys”
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Our Mission To provide both private sector and government with professional, timely, and value based consulting services in Technology Integration, Human Resources and Aboriginal Policy Development, while increasing the participation of Aboriginal business and professionals (technical and management) through effective Aboriginal Talent Management Proprietary and Not for Distribution 7
Our vision and goals • Our vision as Social Entrepreneurs – To build a just society for all Aboriginal people on and off reserve • Education and professional development to build capacity to manage our own destiny • Employment participation and sustainability Focus on women who are the 1 st role models and mentors of our children • – To build capacity and economic development that are building blocks towards community sustainability. • Our goals is to be a leading Aboriginal Management Consulting company – Be leaders in technology integration and human resources change management – Be leaders in Aboriginal participation and sustainability best practices – Be industry incubator for Aboriginal talent – Be supportive to: • CAMSC: Canadian Aboriginal and Minorities Supplier Council • CCAB: Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business • PSAB: Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business from the Federal Government Proprietary and Not for Distribution 8
IT Consulting Services Contract Labour– SA/SO Consultants (IT, HR and Information and Aboriginal Policy) Technology Integration Services – Competency Centers PM CC BA CC (Project Management) (Business Analysis) CM CC PCO CC (Change Management) (Project Control Office) System Development and Technology Integration (Design, programming, testing etc.) Proprietary and Not for Distribution 9
Consulting Services Recruitment On demand Recruitment of Aboriginal Talent Human Resources Consulting and Process Improvement Aboriginal Talent Full cycle Organizational Management Recruitment and Development & retention process Succession Plng Employee Employee Manual Engagement and and Policy Professional Development Development Labour and Employment Law Federal/Provincial Aboriginal Talent /Territorial Management Laws Proprietary and Not for Distribution 10
Consulting Services Corporation and Government Strategies Aboriginal Recruitment Supply Chain Policies strategies for strategies to reach Development Aboriginal and out to Aboriginal other minorities Business Aboriginal Development Personal Growth Employability Qualitative Economic research on Development different Aboriginal (how to start your own Aspect business) Proprietary and Not for Distribution 11
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Social Entrepreneurial Commitments Aboriginal Internship Program Acosys’ commitment is to work with our customers and NAOs to Increase help them meet their CSR, education and employment equity and program employability for Aboriginal Talent targets in meaningful and cost effective ways that are Reinvesting in the individual and the Community measurably beneficial to the Aboriginal individual and Aboriginal Opportunity Development community We provide to women with family obligations a chance to: Skills • Skills development courses to build and manage their businesses Development • Participate in an international women’s With business network to bring international products to North America Microsoft and Accenture provides : • Software tools, expertise and training to help the women manage their business Working with customers and NGOs to serve the Aboriginal community Proprietary and Not for Distribution 13
Where are Today • 12 Employees (7 being Aboriginal) • $500K plus Revenue • Focus on Revenue to support our mission • Building partnership with customers • Stay the course with AIP and Social Entrepreneurial Commitments
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AIP Goals and Rationale, Cont’d Client Partner Aboriginal Aboriginal Career Internship or Intern Accelerator Career Bridging Program Funding Education Partner Organization Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 16
Overview • After selection and interviewing, the Interns work for you for a period of 52 weeks, matched with our senior consultants as coaches. During or after this period the client and Acosys have several avenues for extending the contract if they wish. Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 17
The Acosys AIP: AIP Process • Acosys provides for every two or three Consultant/Mentors on project (depending on the price point), we place one Intern, free of charge, to maintain an Aboriginal component, which is the core of the AIP and our business mission. • Acosys uses existing Standing Offer And Supplier Arrangements (SO/SA) or Master Supplier Agreements (MSA) and works with the Health Canada’s IT group and HR departments to facilitate the placement and integration into Health Canada’s workforce. • Our program is distinct from most existing Aboriginal skills development programs in that, while they provide for entry-level and trade internships, with wage and training subsidies, ours caters to budding private sector professionals (technologist and management), offering on-the-job experience and coaching. • Our customer and partners do not change the way they do business Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 18
The Acosys AIP: Creating Opportunity through Partnerships Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Aboriginal Spend Aboriginal Employment Equity Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 19
Past Successes – AIP Engagement Montreal 1 4 1 Winnipeg 1 1 1 Ottawa 1 Toronto 1 3 Worked on client projects 4 1 Resulted in client hires 20 Proprietary and Not for Distribution
AIP Highlights • Stephanie interned at Acosys in 2009 as a junior Business Analyst. She is now full time RBC as Intermediate Business Analyst. • RBC engage 3 interns in a 9 month Internship Program and May 2010 they were moved to FTE and are recruiting for the bank through the Royal Eagles program. • Accenture has been intern partner since 2010 and have hired Joni, Jon, Chris, closing income gap and creating sustainable employment Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 21
Why Focus on developing professionals? Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 22
Holistic Inclusion Productivity and Exchange Network Answer: Participation networks and productivity and exchange with creative solutions Proprietary and Not for Distribution 23
Why do Business with Acosys? • You will meet your resources and project needs • You will increase your direct Aboriginal spend • We will provide higher a CSR value through a business relationship • You can leverage our proven internship model to increase Aboriginals talent in your workforce We do all that while it’s • We want to be a partner more than a just vendor business usual for you • We are out of the box thinkers and we always working for you Tous droits réservés, ne pas reproduire pour distribution 24
Inspiring Success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakKfY5aHmY
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