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: Sowing Seeds of Trust in Rural Nebraska
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Answer: Briefly describe the usefulness and uniqueness of your social venture When Steve Buttress founded the Community Networking Institute (CNI) to help remote rural towns in Nebraska apply technology to overcome their economic isolation, he quickly set out to map the leadership in targeted communities.

1: Mobilizing Local Leadership

1: Issues to be addressed by this social venture (or case) He cross-referenced leaders of churches, civic clubs, and other groups, looking for people with influential roles in multiple segments of the community. Buttress found that leaders fell into a few basic roles, such as recruiters, who knew and invited other participants; communicators, on whom he could rely to spread key messages; and blockers, who might be opposed to change in the community. His most important finding of the mapping process, though, was that the majority of communities, especially small ones, did not have strong leadership bases at all.

2: Community Builder initiative with Nebraska Rural Development Committee

2: What is the unique idea to solve the issues? To address the shortage, Buttress worked with the Nebraska Rural Development Commission to create Community Builders, an initiative in which older community leaders identify, mentor, and develop younger potential leaders. When trusted local leaders reached out to others in their communities?and when the communities realized that their futures were a matter of local will, vision, and effort?the project began to take off.

3: Online network to connect rural manufacturers

3: Revenue Model & Organization In one rural community, for example, a retired pharmacist used his local contacts to convince the hospital to donate space for a technology center. By working through trusted local leaders, Buttress was able to build an online network that connected rural manufacturers, enabling them to make joint purchases at a discount. Another network enabled veterinarians in widely separated rural communities to help each other solve business problems. “Finding the right people to work with was really the determining factor in whether we were going to be successful in a community,?EButtress says.

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I'd like to jointly create this type of social venture in my home town:
You can create a Social Venture in your home town based on the business model in this page. The Social Entrepreneur Institute will assist you to make a business plan, funding the project and provide a More information on the Social Entrepreneurship Institute

About Your Project:		Reference Project:
Company/Organization:		Sowing Seeds of Trust in Rural Nebraska
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CategoryID:		United_States
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Please write about your business concept in five paragraphs with sub-title for each
Answer: Briefly describe the usefulness and uniqueness of your social venture		When Steve Buttress founded the Community Networking Institute (CNI) to help remote rural towns in Nebraska apply technology to overcome their economic isolation, he quickly set out to map the leadership in targeted communities.
1:		Mobilizing Local Leadership
1: Issues to be addressed by this social venture (or case)		He cross-referenced leaders of churches, civic clubs, and other groups, looking for people with influential roles in multiple segments of the community. Buttress found that leaders fell into a few basic roles, such as recruiters, who knew and invited other participants; communicators, on whom he could rely to spread key messages; and blockers, who might be opposed to change in the community. His most important finding of the mapping process, though, was that the majority of communities, especially small ones, did not have strong leadership bases at all.
2:		Community Builder initiative with Nebraska Rural Development Committee
2: What is the unique idea to solve the issues?		To address the shortage, Buttress worked with the Nebraska Rural Development Commission to create Community Builders, an initiative in which older community leaders identify, mentor, and develop younger potential leaders. When trusted local leaders reached out to others in their communities?and when the communities realized that their futures were a matter of local will, vision, and effort?the project began to take off.
3:		Online network to connect rural manufacturers
3: Revenue Model & Organization		In one rural community, for example, a retired pharmacist used his local contacts to convince the hospital to donate space for a technology center. By working through trusted local leaders, Buttress was able to build an online network that connected rural manufacturers, enabling them to make joint purchases at a discount. Another network enabled veterinarians in widely separated rural communities to help each other solve business problems. “Finding the right people to work with was really the determining factor in whether we were going to be successful in a community,?EButtress says.
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4: Targeted Benefit & Outcome
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5: Strengths and Risks of the business model
The Project Owner: Explain your experience and skills within 150 words.
Business_Partners: Describe what types of business partners are you seeking
Position1 (Investors):
Position2 (Management & Staff):
Position3 (Management & Staff):
Position4 (Professional Staff):
Position4 (Professional Staff):
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