RIC01 Starting Your Impact journey

At the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE, we’ve curated a range of resources to support you—whether you’re taking your first steps as an aspiring changemaker or looking to deepen your impact as an emerging Social Entrepreneur.

Through our Journey to Impact e-learning series, you’ll gain a clearer understanding of what it means to build a social enterprise, while also discovering more about raiSE and the ecosystem we’ve nurtured to support impactful businesses like yours.

What can I expect? 

If you are part of the raiSE Impact Community, we have designed a 7-step journey that would guide you towards strategic incorporation of social impact in your business.

• 01 Starting your Impact Journey:
  Introducing the Impact Journey and what to expect as part of the raiSE Impact Community 
• 02 What is a raiSE Social Enterprise?
  Understanding the key principles and definitions of what makes a Social Enterprise
• 03 The raiSE Ecosystem
  Understanding the raiSE Social Enterprise ecosystem and how it supports Social Enterprises
• 04 How a Social Entrepreneur Ticks: Preparing for Social Entrepreneurship
  Equipping yourself with the right conditions for success as a social entrepreneur
• 05 Where to Begin? The Social Enterprise Model Canvas
  Understanding how the Social Enterprise Model Canvas (SEMC) can support you in building a Social Enterprise
• 06 Developing your Social Enterprise Model Canvas
  Guiding you through filling up strategic and operational components of the SEMC for strategic incorporation of social impact within your business
• 07 Theory of Change
  Discover how to build a clear Theory of Change that aligns your Social Enterprise’s activities, resources, and outcomes to create measurable and sustainable impact. 

What's Next for a raiSE Impact Community Member? 

Join our quarterly Impact Community Welcome Session to learn about the raiSE Membership Framework, connect with fellow peers, and book a one-to-one consultation with a completed Social Enterprise Model Canvas (SEMC).

Your SEMC is crucial in ensuring your budding Social Enterprise would have the key principle of Intentionality and Additionality embedded within your Social Enterprise. This sets the stage for you to develop Proportionality of social impact with long-term business sustainability in mind. 

The consultation will set the stage for strategically implementing social impact as a value creator.

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