Fill one of our 3 key advisor roles
Thank you in advance for sharing your expertise!
Facilitator
You are a subject matter expert in one of our curriculum topics.
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Approximately 3 hours over 1-2 weeks (plus 1 hour of prep).
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As a subject matter expert in one of our curriculum topics, you would join a cohort for one or more in-person (or online) meet-ups, and facilitate the discussion and hands-on activities.
Training and the curriculum for your topic will be provided ahead of time. You can follow it word-for-word, or make it your own!
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Our curriculum covers these topics... Are you an expert in one (or many!) of them?
Mission/Vision/Values
Customer Discovery
Business Model Design
Financial Modeling
Measuring, Monitoring, & Communicating Impact
Creating Partnerships
Raising Funds
Sales/Marketing
Pitching Your Idea/Storytelling
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You will help up to 15 teams per session by sharing your specific expertise (and answering their related questions).
Mentor
You are an experienced entrepreneur, business owner, or business leader.
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There is no specific number of meetings or time requirement, however mentors are asked to remain in touch and available to meet with their mentee(s) throughout the approximately 4-month cohort.
Most mentors find that it ends up being 12-20 hours, spread out over 16 weeks.
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You will be assigned an entrepreneur (or entrepreneurial team) to support for the duration of the cohort helping them to:
Make decisions
Address questions that arise while completing intentionally thought-provoking cohort activities
Facilitate network connections as appropriate
You’ll receive training materials and given access to the SEA Change curriculum in order to understand what the participants are learning.
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You’ve been there done that – you are an experienced entrepreneur, business owner or business executive/leader, with knowledge to share on past mistakes and successes.
You are ready and willing to share lessons learned.
You have access to a broad network of seasoned decision-makers and entrepreneurs, and are willing to facilitate connections to support budding entrepreneurs.
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Listen to the way one of our recent participants put it in this quick video. Yes, "you are their guiding light!"
Homework Review
You review our online participants’ assignments and give feedback.
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All 14-modules of the SEA Change curriculum are available for purchase online. You can learn about what the online curriculum includes here.
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The "expert homework review" is a big value-add for our online curriculum which is available for purchase. This earned revenue stream allows us to “walk the walk” of a social enterprise. We use the funds to support our programming all around the country (and world!).
Sign up to be an Advisor!
We're excited to meet you! Complete this brief form below, and receive a response from a Market Manager (within a few days).
Here’s what will happen next:
You’ll schedule a short call with the Market Manager in the location you prefer to serve in (you’ll be added to our list of advisors)
You’ll receive an email when your talents are needed. If you're available at that time, attend an orientation session (meet new friends!), then...
Use your expertise to guide social entrepreneurs to greater success!!!
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We couldn’t operate without your generous donation of time (and talent) to support our entrepreneurs!
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You can contribute to positive social change by becoming an advisor today. Our social entrepreneurs need your wisdom, guidance, and experience to succeed!