Recruiting Members for the 2013 Student Club

KDIS Social Enterprise Network (SEN)

 

The Student Affairs Division at KDI School is introducing a new club for students. We are looking for both representatives and members to participate in social venture competitions organized by the Social Enterprise Network Corporation.

Please refer below for more information.

 

If you are interested in being a representative or member, please feel free to contact Christine Saheun Leigh via Email at saheun0313@kdischool.ac.kr

 

Thank you.

 

What is SEN?

 

Organization

 Social Enterprise Network is a partnership among business schools, educational and research institutions, foundations and corporations, to support study and education of social enterprise and to help youths grow to responsible business leaders of the future.

 

Mission

 We pursue a society in free market economy, where every business contributes to creation of social value together with financial value. We help youths grow to responsible business leaders of the future

 

Purposes

 Our organization purposes supporting study and education of social enterprise at business schools, enhancing its understanding among corporations, industries and society, helping students and professionals start up social ventures, and leading youths to grow to responsible and well-equipped business leaders of the future.

 

Related Topics

 Social Entrepreneurship & Social Venture, CSR & SRI, Environment & Sustainability, Impact Investing, International Development, Strategic Philanthropy, Non-Profit Management and Governance

(www.sen.ac)

 

Program

1. Social Enterprise Forum (SEF):

Seminars, symposiums and conferences are held on Social Entrepreneurship and related topics every year.

(Related Topics: Social Entrepreneurship, CSR&SRI, Environmental Sustainability, Impact Investing, International Development, Strategic Philanthropy, Non-Profit Management & Governance.)

 

2. Social Venture Competition Asia (SVCA):

Social Venture Competition Asia is held every year for business school students and professionals in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. Winner of SVCA enters final round of Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC), Berkeley, California.

 

3. SEN Student Club (SSC):

SEN helps students of SEN student Clubs conduct field study or internship projects during their academic term(s) for experiential learning on Social Entrepreneurship and related topics.

 

SEN Student Club

 

SEN helps students at partner and non-partner schools organize SEN Student Club(SSC) to study Social Enterprise(SE) and related topics. This program was launched in 2010.

 

SSC Contest: SSC Project Report Contest is held in Dec every year. Each of SEN Student Clubs submits the project report through SEN office to the SSC Contest for presentation. Winners are awarded.

 

Guide Professor: Guide professor of each SEN Student Club guides students for better project conduct and report writing.

 

ETC.: Spring & Fall term Opening ceremony, Summer & Winter School, Workshop,

Related Topics: Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR), Socially Responsible Investment(SRI), Impact Investing, International Development, Environment & Sustainability, Strategic philanthropy, Nonprofit Management & Governance

 

Collaborations

SEN Office: SEN office works with partner schools and their guide professors to have Social Enterprise(SE) courses opened at the schools. It manages annual programs of Social Enterprise Forum and Social Venture Competition Asia (SVCA). It supports SSC’s study and activities of SE.

 

SSC Students: SSC students take courses or organize study and activities of SE and related topics at the schools. Every SEN Student Club submits Social Venture Business Plan to SVCA and participates in seminars and conferences of Social Enterprise Forum program. SEN Student Clubs take co-organizing roles for SEN’s annual major events.

 

Partner Schools: Partner schools provide facilities and other resources. They take co- organizing roles for SEN’s annual major events. Guide professors guide SSC students and teach SE and related topics in classes.

 

Social Venture Competition Asia

 

Social Venture Competition Korea was launched in 2006, which has grown now to Social Venture Competition Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan & Korea). For this Competition, Social Venture is defined as “business (for-profit, not-for-profit) in early stage, which, for social mission, pursues social (including environmental) and financial values at the same time, by providing solutions to social problems of market economy, through social innovation and application of management skills.”

 

Finalist

2013

1st Place Winner : AtRium (Korea)

 

Social Mission

Team AtRium was organized under the mission to alleviate environmental and economic problems countries in cold zone have. Mongolia, where the team implemented their first pilot project, spends 8 months every year in the severe coldness. According to UNEP, it is notorious for world’s 2nd worst air pollution and abnormal weather changes; Mongolians are exposed to respiratory diseases and many other economic problems. G-Saver is a heat accumulator which reduces the pain the lower income people have to face by improving the heat efficiency of the heater at traditional houses known as Ger.

 

Business Model

Atrium is a consortium of Good Neighbors, Good Sharing, KAIST Engineering and Business Administration students. About 8 thousands of G-Saver machines have been distributed over Mongolia. In an effort to achieve their social mission through their business, AtRium tries to make sure the business stays sustainable and financially independent. This includes marketing research, demand prediction, supply chain and distribution strategy, management of local employees and business expansion strategy. Moreover the business model is replicable; G-Saver is an appropriate technology that could be applied in other countries such as Kazakhstan and Neimenggu.

Team leader: Sung Jun Park (M.S. Candidate at KAIST University)

Mentor: Hyun Sang Shin (Professor at Long Island University)

 

2nd Place Winner: Woof (Hong Kong)

 

Social Mission

Through using locally renewable material(Chiengora; dog hair), co-operation of different community works and education activities, WOOF aims to raise compassion and respect for animals by promoting a change in attitudes in our society.

To reduce the number of stray animals in our society by

1. Increasing the number of castration

2. Reducing the number of animals being surrendered

3. Increasing the number of adoptions

To improve the living conditions of animals in HK by

1. Strengthening the relationship between owners and pets through grooming

2. Providing education on animal rights

 

Business Model

There are 2 product lines: 1) custom made and 2) ready to wear collections. There are over 35,000 licensed dog owners in Hong Kong. Dog owners can save up their own pets’ hair to create their unique WOOF piece. Mixed breed dog hair is collected from groomers and animal shelters, are basic raw material for WOOF ready to wear collections. WOOF collaborates with local and international designers to create different product lines inspired by human-animal stories. WOOF determines to keep most of our production line locally by hiring local hand spinners and knitters. Currently co-developing the machine spinning technology with Institute of Textile and Clothing from Poly University of Hong Kong, WOOF plans to transfer this technology to experienced spinners for mass production.

Team Leader: Anita Lam (M.Des at Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Mentor: Mr. Remi Leclerc (Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 

2010

1st Place Winner : Treeplanet (Korea, 2011 GSVC 3^rd Place Winner)

(http://treepla.net/)

 

Social mission

The Treeplanet aims to improve global environment with planting tree. According to the Korea Forest Service reports, the public profit composed by forest in the Korea reaches 73trillion. To be specific, the forest has water supplement function which is reached 18.5 trillion. And it also provides an air cleaning function(16.8 trillion), soil decay prevention(13.5 trillion), rest and education(11.7 trillion), water cleaning(6.2trillion), landslide prevention(4.7 trillion),  wildlife protection(1.6 trillion). This figure is 23times bigger than forest make-up fund(3.2trillion).

 

Business model

The Treeplnet business’ key solution is advertising platform. Users grow their virtual trees on the smart devices and web. And the Treeplanet plant real tree with the advertising revenue of corporation and government. The corporation supplies the advertising fee as much as used in the advertising items to the Treeplanet. When the Treeplanet conveys the fee to the environment group, real tree is planted.

Team leader: Kim hyungsoo (Handong University student)

Mentor: Seung youngwook(Lotte Merchandising Service Center LHP Kangseo branch Kuro center chief)

 

Global Social Venture Competition

The Global Social Venture Competition is the world’s preeminent social business plan competition providing aspiring entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, and $50,000 in prize money to transform their business ideas into positive real-world impact.

 

The GSVC occurs over three rounds. The first two are run through 9 partner schools globally. During each round of the competition, social entrepreneurs present the social, financial, and environmental values of their business, gaining valuable feedback from and exposure to some of the greatest minds in social innovation. (www.gsvc.org)

 

Finalist

 

2013

1st Place Winner : Faso soap

(http://vimeo.com/63409639)

 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about half of the world population is still at risk of contracting malaria. In 2010, among 219 million people affected, there were 660,000 deaths, of which 91% were in Africa where malaria remains the leading cause of death. Particularly vulnerable individuals are pregnant women, children under 5 and HIV patients. Considering this alarming report, Moctar Dembele and Gerard Niyondiko, two students from 2iE Foundation, have found an innovative solution through the project Faso Soap. The "soap of Faso" offers an innovative solution for the prevention of malaria, which takes into account financial constraints and cultural habits of African families. The company will produce and market both antibacterial and anti-mosquito soaps made with 100% local resources to integrate prevention against malaria in the daily lives of people most affected by this scourge. Faso Soap: “The action of a group, the future of an entire nation.”

 

2012

1st Place Winner : Spill (USA)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKMNpn31Pus)

 

A team from the University of Wisconsin that has developed an online nationwide student support community won the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

The first-place winner, called Spill, has created a website called spillnow.com that allows students to vent (or spill) anonymously about their problems and then receive anonymous peer support within 48 hours. Mental health professionals screen all "spills" within five minutes of receipt, and "spillers' receive up to five messages of support that include feedback, empathy, and relevant resources. 

 

Spill has intervened in 19 potential suicides since its inception. The team, which won $25,000 in the competition, plans to expand to other markets such as the military and high schools.

 

Spill was chosen from an initial pool of more than 600 entries to GSVC in a record 50 countries. GSVC was started by Berkeley MBA students in 1999 and has expanded to new parts of the globe every year since then.

 

Of the Haas entries, Watsi, a team that includes Katie Dewitt, MBA 13, won the $1,000 People's Choice Quick Pitch Award. Watsi calls itself the first global peer-to-peer crowdsourcing platform that enables donors to fund low-cost medical treatments for individuals in developing countries.