Fhsu Mooc Course - Social entrepreneurship part 11/16. more applications of keith's scale

Hello again. I am very pleased to be here, and I am glad that your back. As you know, this class is called: Social Entrepreneurship A Grassroots Revolution. Today I would like to talk about Doctors Without Borders, a non-profit, and a project; and the project we looked at earlier: Back on My Feet Running Club. What I am wanting to do is apply that scale, that I developed, to projects that we know are successful, and there is a... what to me, is a fairly important point that I am wanting to illustrate, we will get to that very soon. I would like to mention the MOOC web address. Just about any information that you would like to find out about this MOOC can be found there, also the face... our Facebook page. All you need to do is search for: "social entrepreneurship program," and I would also like to mention the optional book. It can be ordered... the ordering information is on Facebook and on at the MOOC site. You do not need this book to excel in this class, but it is available for those who might be interested. We have already applied, what I am calling, Keith's scale to the project idea that involved teaching English to refugee elders. These next applications will be quick. I simply want to apply my scale a couple more times before we move on, and so let us take a look at Doctors Without Borders. As you may, know this is a very successful, international, non-profit that sends teams of physicians to areas of the world that are in desperate need of some type of medical intervention. Even though this program already exists, and we know it is extremely successful, I would like to see how it scores, and one of the reasons I want to see how it scores is because I do not think it will score well on my scale. I want to show that some successful projects will score low on my scale. As I mentioned in the last video presentation, my scale does not predict success. My scale identifies difficulties for start up. The range of points is from 0 through 10, with a high score indicating a strength of the project idea. I want to mention again that, in one of my video presentations, I think I said that the range of scores for each item is one through 10, and that was incorrect. The actual range is 0 through 10. So, here are the scores I give Doctors Without Borders. For seriousness of the problem, It seems to me that the issue that they are addressing is very serious, and so I give it a high score of nine, with 10 being the very top score possible. On the item: amount of human labor required It seems to me that there is a fair amount... a fairly large amount have human labor required with teams have people traveling to different parts of the world, and those teams a physician's and the support team for those physicians both the traveling team and the at home team I assume is fairly significant so it's a I view this this item amount of human labor required as not being one of the strengths it's a bit of a week point in so far as the project idea is concerned the next time is the an even weaker point in my opinion level have skill required we know that the key people who are delivering the service our physicians I'm sure there's a team nurses along as well so these are highly skills people and as we're looking at project ideas it is the projects that do not require high-skill that are going to score high on this particular scale the next item his financial cost and I assume that this is fairly expensive I have not done a lot of research on Doctors Without Borders so there's a fair amount of speculation that that I am engaged in but I assume the cost is fairly high no on the next item we see a high score that's a good thing for the project idea ability to obtain volunteers this is a compelling issue helping people in different parts of the world who are in desperate need have some type of medical intervention I i assume that this is the type of project that can successfully obtain volunteers the other items on my scale ability to generate sales I've scored the someone indicating that I'm not seeing very much opportunity to sell something are I it seems like they might be pretty well locked into not generating income for the projects through this havin however the next one ability to obtain grants and donations up this is such a compelling issue that I think nice courted highest possible a 10 so that's I see that as a string a great strength for this project idea also emotional support from clients strong support the people who are receiving these medical services in the different parts of the world I'm assuming *** they strongly support this project and the local communities in which these patients up are being treated I'm assuming the local communities are very supportive also so a score have 10 but here again this last item bureaucratic challenges I see this is a potential week spot a with international travel obtaining these is and obtaining permission from the government to bring teams of physicians into particular area its it's just a one of those items that causes more work and it doesn't mean it can't be done I in fact we know this project is a success it is being done but in terms of the project idea a we can anticipate bureaucratic challenges which results in a low score so the total score is sixty and this is this is a fairly a low score the average item score is six which is just a little bit above the midpoint have far so not a really high score for Doc Doctors Without Borders recall what what we're doing is we're looking at the project idea we know that Doctors Without Borders is highly successful but this project idea scores fairly low on my scale Doctors Without Borders had several challenges when they started and sense we since they we know that they are successful now they obviously overcame those difficulties now let's take a look at it a that other project that I mentioned at the beginning of this presentation what's called the back on my feed running club this was the project started by an mom you may recall that she is the long distance runner he started a running club to help man in a homeless shelter in philadelphia and I think this project might score hi on my scale please note the reference the website address please feel free to take a look at this project by and its a very fascinating project here is my guess at appropriate scores for each item the project topic is a running club for man at home most shelter so the first item seriousness of the problem I score six that's not terribly high I just slightly above the midpoint of our amount a human labor required I'm not saying very much human labor required so I gave it a very high score level of skill required I am NOT saying a high level of skill required which is a benefit for this project idea I give it a score of nine very high financial cost this project does not cost very much money are so some high scores there so far ability to obtain volunteers I view this as a compelling project that attracts attention of people and volunteers can be secured I gave it a high score ability to generate sales I don't see much opportunity for selling something here so I gave it a score of 2 ability to obtain grants and donations are I think it's compelling I think donors and funding sources would like to fund this project emotional support of clients a those people those men from the homeless shelter who choose to participate I think there would be very strong support emotional support to the local community I think the whole community that the several neighborhoods around the homeless shelter would be very supportive score of 10 and bureaucratic challenges I am NOT seeing hurdles I'm not saying difficulties I'm not saying bureaucratic difficulties for this project so a a high score of nine from me so the total score is 82 and this is a pretty high score with the average item score being 8 point2 so doctors Without Borders is an example for project that had several issues to overcome and back on my feet is an example of a project that had few issues to overcome come comparing these two projects ideas I much prefer the running project because it is simple we know that the Doctors Without Borders project has been a big success so so so I applaud them but in terms of looking a project ideas I am a big fan of simplicity I encourage you when you start to begin with a structurally simple idea as you apply my scale to your project ideas remember that the greatest value is to identify potential problems my scale does not predict likely success have the project idea there's within my scale there is no measure how hard a worker you are how efficient a worker you are there's no measure have helped how well you deal with other people there's no measure of how well you network you can network with other organizations so so my scale has one purpose and and that is to identify problems that relate to a startup my skill does not relate to predicting success a project it is now time to address your written document that identifies multiple details about your project idea I call this the project development report and I will be addressing that in the next presentation thank you again for being here I've enjoyed it and I hope to see you in the next presentation of home