la '11 institute experience

Showing the way to the LA ‘11 Institute!

Sean Carasso, Founder, Falling Whistles at the LA ‘11 Institute!

LA ‘11 Fellows at the 2011 LA Institute Launch Party!

Mentors at the LA ‘11 Institute!

The StartingBloc 2011 Los Angeles Institute

Vinay Nagaraju (LON ‘08) with Mohammed Yunus!

Howard Buffet educating at the 2010 New York Institute!

Presentation from the 2008 London Institute!

WHAT IS STARTINGBLOC?

Since 2005, StartingBloc has helped social innovators by giving them the skills and the tools they need to address the most

pressing global challenges of our time.

Mitchell Wade educating at the 2010 New York Institute!

Our signature leadership development program, the StartingBloc Fellowship exposes young leaders to new models for achieving social impact. Our community currently consists of 1500 Fellows representing 221 colleges and over 53 countries.

The 2011 Los Angeles class of StartingBloc Fellows!

WHAT IS STARTINGBLOC? (CONTD.)

Cynthia Koenig (LON ’08), Founder, Wello Water Wheel © Josh Dick Photography www.joshdickphoto.com!

Mike Del Ponte (NY ‘08), Founder, Sparkseed © Sharlene Yang / Catalyst - www.sharleneyang.com!

Jesse Gossett (NY ’08) & Jayson Uppal (BOS ‘09), Co-Founders, Emergent Energy Group © Bloomberg Businessweek!

Tammy Wang (LON ’07) © Robert Wu!

Shabnam Aggarwal (NY ’09), Founder, !t | e a | c h © ThinkChange India www.thinkchangeindia.org!

Maria Springer (BOS ’10), Founder, Kito International © Maria Springer / www.trueslant.com!

WHAT IS STARTINGBLOC? (CONTD.)

Fellows return to their communities with the tools they need to affect systemic change. Our Fellows start ventures, initiate

projects within their companies and establish new ways to build cross sector partnerships and create massive systems change.

THE LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

The 2011 Los Angeles Institute for Social Innovation was help at the Annenberg Community Beach Center in Santa Monica, CA from February 17 – 21. The Institute saw eighty candidates from over twenty-five U.S. states and seven countries gather together for five days of education, connection and inspiration.

Day 1 :: Off the Bloc

Day 2 :: Intrapreneurship

Day 3 :: Entrepreneurship

Day 4 :: Cross-sector Partnerships

Day 5 :: Sustainability

The Annenberg Community Center (seen from the Marion Davies House). !

11:30 – 12:30 :: Registration

12:30 – 01:00 :: Welcome to StartingBloc and the Fellowship

Adriana Pentz, CEO, StartingBloc

01:00 – 02:15 :: Goal Setting + Mapping your StartingBloc Experience ::

Session with Houston Spencer

02:15 – 02:45 :: Break

02:45 – 06:00 :: Transfromative Action

Session with Scott Sherman

06:00 – 06:30 :: Reflection & Annoucements

07:30 – 08:45 :: Reception

Monsoon / 1212 3rd St Promenade, Santa Monica, CA

DAY 1 :: AGENDA / FEB 17, 2011 LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation

Annenberg Community Beach Center Feb 17 – 21, 2011 | Santa Monica, CA

Transformative Action :: Scott Sherman, Founder, TAI

Adapted from Sherman’s legendary semester long Transformative Action course at UCLA School

of Public Affairs, this workshop provided Fellows with the basics of Transformative Action. A

nationally recognized speaker and Echoing Green Fellow, Scott Sherman covered the art of

building relationships, effective communication techniques and team building and probed the

question of what creates change and transforms individuals, communities and the world.

Scott’s work on nonviolent social change projects has been praised by such Nobel Peace Prize

Laureates as the Dalai Lama and the late Mother Teresa. In 2004, he was nominated for the

National Society of Collegiate Scholars' Faculty of the Year award for the entire U.S.

DAY 1 :: HIGHLIGHTS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation


LA ‘11 Fellows take part in various interactive exercises during Scott Sherman’s (center) Transformative Action Session.!

Adriana Pentz CEO, StartingBloc StartingBloc Fellow, Boston 2007

Houston Spencer expert, change + transformation in communications industry vp strategy, Alcatel Lucent author + speaker

Scott Sherman community organizer, lecturer, author founder, TAI adjunct faculty member, UCLA School of Public Affairs

DAY 1 :: SPEAKERS LA ‘11 Institute for Social Innovation


08:00 – 09:00 :: Registration (Breakfast Served)

09:00 – 09:15 :: Announcements

09:15 – 10:30 :: The Scope of CSR :: Session with Martin Smith

10:30 – 11:00 :: Break

11:00 – 12:30 :: Ideas Marketplace

12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch

02:00 – 03:00 :: Introduction to the Social Innovation Competition

03:00 – 03:30 :: Video Break :: Falling Whistles

03:30 – 04:30 :: The Long Game @ StartingBloc

04:30 – 05:00 :: Video Break :: Falling Whistles

05:00 – 06:00 :: The Story of CSR:: Session with Catherine Geanuracos

06:00 – 06:30 :: Reflection & Announcements

07:00 – 08:30 :: Reception

Wokcano / 1413 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA



Social Innovation Competition

During the Institute, candidates had the

opportunity to participate in the Long Game – a

collaboration between StartingBloc and the Long

Now Foundation. The candidates worked in teams

to design the most intelligent investment portfolio

and large-scale strategy for effectively combating

the climate crisis.



Ideas Marketplace

The Ideas Marketplace provided candidates with

the opportunity to give a one minute pitch on a

passion, project, or business they are working on.

Four candidates were then selected by their

Institute class to present their ideas in detail in later

sessions. LA ‘11 Fellows presenting during the Social Innovation Competition and the Ideas

Marketplace.!

Martin Smith

founder + ceo, JustMeans founder, StartingBloc expert, social media + corporate social responsibility

Tyler Emerson

co-founder, Long Game co-founder + curator, Singularity Summit founding exec. director, Singularity Institute



Lion Isis

co-founder, Long Game design strategist + venture advisor co-founder, Ursa Minor

Catherine Geanuracos

principal, calder strategies general manager, Live Earth consultant, MoveOn.org





09:15 – 10:30 :: Accelerating Possibilities :: Session with Rafe Furst

10:30 – 11:00 :: Break

11:00 – 12:30 :: Learning Resilience

12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch

02:00 – 03:00 :: Social Enterprise :: From Passion to Sustainability

Houston Spencer & Mitchell Wade

03:00 – 03:30 :: Break

03:30 – 04:30 :: The Long Game @ StartingBloc

04:30 – 05:00 :: Break

05:00 – 06:00 :: Tales from the Trenches :: Session with Sean Carasso


07:70 – 08:30 :: Reception

Border Grill / 1445 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, CA

Learning Resilience

Candidates learn resilience by going through multiple, quick-fire “pitch” sessions. Pitching a

venture or an idea is integral in the journey of a social innovator and this session is designed help

candidates try their pitches but also receive instant feedback and the ability to make changes to

their pitches in real time.

This session is done by candidates in groups of ten. At any give time, five candidates are pitching

to five of their peers for no more than sixty seconds followed by sixty seconds of feedback. The

tables then turn allowing the candidate who just pitched, the opportunity to give feedback.



LA ‘11 Fellows participating in the “Learning Resilience” session. !



Rafe Furst

thought leader in accelerating possibilities founder, Insight professional poker player

Mitchell Wade

helps innovators turn insights into change clients include RAND, Schwab, Accenture founder, Institute3

Sean Carasso

co-founder, Falling Whistles serial entrepreneur + grassroots activist speaker + author

Houston Spencer expert, change + transformation in communications industry vp strategy, Alcatel Lucent author + speaker





09:15 – 10:30 :: Collaboration across Sectors :: Session with Rene Jones

10:30 – 11:00 :: Break

11:00 – 12:30 :: The Long Game Presentations 12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch :: The Wealth of Knowledge in the Room (Guests)

LA Founding Circle Members 02:00 – 03:00 :: The Wealth of Knowledge in the Room (Fellows)

03:00 – 03:30 :: Video Break :: Dan Barber, TED Talk

03:30 – 04:30 :: Ideas Marketplace Finals

04:30 – 05:00 :: Break

05:00 – 06:00 :: Sustainability in the Media :: Session with Darren Moore


07:00 – 09:30 :: StartingBloc LA Launch Party

Annenberg Community Beach House

Peer Learning :: The Wealth of Knowledge is in the Room Does it bother you to sit a room with hundreds of great minds and not have the opportunity to actively learn from them? StartingBloc believes that the wealth of knowledge is in the room and the time has come to unleash it. StartingBloc candidates enriched their experience by learning something new from their peers,

and teaching something return. With the belief that everyone is an expert in something, candidates will be split into groups to teach topics ranging from salsa dancing to tax law. Candidates will left the session with newfound knowledge and and a tight bond with their peers, having gone through an experience that is humbling by nature. What can you teach the world?



LA ‘11 Fellows participating in the “Wealth of Knowledge” lunch session. !



Darren Moore

co-host, Planet Green channel creator + adviser, ecovations Sustainability advocate

Rene Jones director, UTA Foundation expert, hollywood+ philanthropy consultant, U.S. Senator & Governor campaigns





09:15 – 10:30 :: Investing in Sustainability :: Session with Gregory Wendt

10:30 – 11:00 :: Break

11:00 – 11:30 :: The 15 Year Reunion

11:30 – 12:30 :: Lasting Change :: Session with Mitchell Wade

12:30 – 02:00 :: Lunch

02:00 – 03:00 :: The Long Game Reflections

03:00 – 03:30 :: Break

03:30 – 04:30 :: Ideas to Action :: Session with Alexia Vernon


05:00 – 06:30 :: Reception

Yankee Doodles / 1410 Third Street Promenade,

Santa Monica, CA

15 Year Reunion Cocktail Party What if you had the opportunity to come back after 15 years and share your story with everyone in room? What dreams were made? What crazy adventures did you go on? How has the world changed because of your work? The 15 Year Reunion "Cocktail Party" is an interactive experience where

everyone in the room has the chance to open their mind, travel in time and live out the future in the present. The candidates reunited in 2026, and shared their biggest dreams. With the first female President of the United States, a cure for AIDs and cancer, and several Nobel prize winners, this high energy session pushed the boundaries of how we picture success.



LA ’11 Fellows living their future during the “15 Year Reunion Cocktail Party” session.!



Mitchell Wade

helps innovators turn insights into change clients include RAND, Schwab, Accenture founder, Institute3

Alexia Vernon

sustainable career coach founder, Catalyst for Action expert, values aligned career development

Greg Wendt expert, sustainable and responsible investing vp, EP Wealth Advisors author + speaker

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The 2011 Los Angeles Institute for Social Innovation

LA ‘11 Fellows take part in an exercise during Scott Sherman’s Transformative Action Session.!

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