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Social entrepreneurship has evolved into a truly global force, shaping our world in multiple ways: through affordable clean energy, organic food and revolutionary new models in education and by leveraging technology to empower emerging economies, among others. Who are the actual stewards of this movement? Who are these anonymous entrepreneurs?  

Social enterprise is a business model which offers the prospect of a greater equity of economic power and a more sustainable society - by combining market efficiency with social and environmental justice. Who are the actual stewards of this movement? Who are these anonymous entrepreneurs? 

Collette Ellis Principal of InStep Consulting, LLC; Brooklyn, NY discusses the challenges, opportunities, successes, missteps and motivations of this passionate group of business leaders and the organizations that  they create and grow.

Colette Ellis, Founder of InStep Consulting LLC, helps people and organizations discover their competent advantage™. Skilled at learning her client’s needs, Colette bases her intuitive approach on over 10 years providing professional development services to leading Fortune 500 companies. She has trained executives and managers in oral and written communication, leadership principles and teambuilding. Her business and consulting experience spans the Consumer Products, Financial Services, Not-for-Profit, and Professional Service industries. In 2008, Colette joined a select group of national facilitators for Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community, a unique leadership development program funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Colette encourages innovative and continuous learning as an Adjunct Professor with NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, teaching courses on Managing Diversity as part of their Nurse Leaders program. She also has served as Adjunct faculty with Long Island University C.W. Post (Communication Skills for Managers), the City and State Universities of New York (Business Writing & Business Speaking), and a Business Writing Instructor with Gotham Writers’ Workshop. She has been a featured speaker for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Career Gear, Citibank at Work, Downtown Women’s Club, Grace Institute, International Association of Administrative Professionals, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, NextGen Network and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Contact Information:

Colette D. Ellis, Principal

InStep Consulting LLC

(718) 643-6123

http://www.instepconsulting.com

http://competent-advantage.blogspot.com

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