Continuing development for social entrepreneurs beyond membership.
The LSSE Society of Social Entrepreneurs provides members with continuing professional development, project clinics, peer learning, donor-readiness sessions, roundtables and recognition events designed to strengthen practice, visibility and long-term impact.
The Society will provide selected CPD events to support members’ continuing development in social enterprise, nonprofit innovation and public-value leadership.
CPD topics may include:
CPD events may be delivered as webinars, workshops, short briefings, masterclasses or member-only learning sessions.
Project Clinics are practical sessions designed to help members strengthen their ideas, projects, organisations or impact plans.
Depending on the membership calendar, clinics may support:
Project Clinics are practical sessions designed to help members strengthen their ideas, projects, organisations or impact plans.
Depending on the membership calendar, clinics may support:
The Society creates space for members to learn from each other.
Peer learning may include:
The purpose is to build a serious community of practice where members can learn from real experience, not only formal teaching.
Members working on nonprofit, social enterprise or community projects may benefit from donor-readiness sessions.
These sessions may cover:
Donor-readiness sessions support better preparation. They do not guarantee donor approval, grant funding, investment or partnership.
Member Roundtables provide a more focused environment for discussion, reflection and leadership development.
Roundtables may be organised around:
Roundtables may be open to selected membership grades or thematic groups.
The Society may host an annual recognition event to celebrate members, highlight social enterprise practice and strengthen the visibility of the LSSE community.
The event may include:
This event should reinforce the Society’s professional standards, not simply serve as a ceremonial event.
Fellows of Social Entrepreneurship may be invited to participate in a senior leadership council or advisory circle.
The purpose of the Fellows’ Leadership Council is to support:
Participation may be by invitation and subject to LSSE Society governance rules.
| Membership Grade | Typical Access |
|---|---|
| Student Affiliate | Introductory webinars, student events and selected resources |
| Open Associate Member | CPD sessions, peer learning and project clinics |
| ASE-LSSE | Recognition-linked CPD, project development and portfolio support |
| CSE-LSSE | Advanced clinics, donor-readiness sessions and peer learning |
| PSE-LSSE | Roundtables, advanced CPD, visibility and peer review |
| FSE-LSSE | Leadership council, senior roundtables and recognition events |
Exact access may vary by annual programme calendar and membership grade.
CPD, events and project clinics support member development. They do not automatically confer professional recognition, post-nominals, funding, donor approval, employment, investment or institutional endorsement.
Professional recognition is awarded only through the Society’s assessed membership process.
Join the LSSE Society to access CPD, project clinics, peer learning, donor-readiness sessions and professional community opportunities.
