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Institute Executive Director Jerr Boschee has been an advisor to social entrepreneurs in the United States and elsewhere for more than 40 years.  He has delivered keynote speeches or conducted master classes in 43 states and 21 countries.
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Videos featuring Jerr Boschee

A 39-minute interview of Institute Executive Director Jerr Boschee, one of 30 people selected as featured speakers during the world’s first free online global sustainability summit, “Doing Business & Doing Good!” One interview was released internationally each day during September 2017.

Plenary session speech by Jerr Boschee at the 1st Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship: March 2004 (33 minutes)

A ten-minute conversation between Jerr Boschee and John Bennett, a veteran social enterpriser who is now the head of WISEA (Wales Ireland Social Entrepreneurship Alliance): May 2011

Convocation speech by Jerr Boschee for graduate students, faculty and nonprofit executives at Carnegie Mellon University:  November 2008 (42 minutes plus Q /A session)

A 2020 conversation between Jerr Boschee and John Kearns about the evolution of the social enterprise movement and prospects for its future (18 minutes); Kearns is CEO of Partas, the largest social enterprise in Ireland, and a consultant to social enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe

(AUDIO PODCAST)  Interview of Institute Executive Director Jerr Boschee by Tim Zak of Globeshakers (26 minutes) 

Recorded during the 4th Social Enterprise World Forum at Oxford University in 2007, the interview covers a wide range of specific topics relating to new and growing social enterprises. (Please allow about 30 seconds for the interviewto load on your browser)

(TRANSCRIPT) “Jerr Boschee’s 10 tips on taking an
innovative idea to market,”
from a web magazine report about his speech at the 2014 Social Enterprise World Forum in South Korea

(TRANSCRIPT) Excerpts from the closing comments and final observations by Jerr Boschee at the conclusion of a national conference for the National Congress for Community Economic Development in 1999