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'''Vision:''' Representatives of 5 - 10 hybrid organizations -- social enterprises born from the culture of the web -- will gather for a one-day meeting to share perspectives, strategize, and work towards an understanding and articulation of this new approach to changing the world. Journalists and representatives from major foundations will be invited to a portion of the event, in order to advance the understanding of the hybrid model with the public and in the philanthropy world.  The event will be hosted by [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla] in California.
More and more, we see '''new organizations born from the web that are mashing up public benefit missions, market strategies and web-like organizing structures'''. Examples include orgs Mozilla, Miro, Wikipedia, Kiva and many others. For lack of a better term, we call these hybrid organizations.


On May 14, 2009, a dozen of these organizations will gather in Mountain View California for an informal '''Hybrid Summit'''. The goal is to swap stories, strategize and better understand what makes hybrid organzations hum. Journalists and foundations will be invited at the end of the day as a way to share what we learn at the event.


==What's a hybrid organization?==
==What, where and when?==
 
'''Hybrid Summit - May 14, 2009'''
 
9:30 - 3:30 - Hybrid orgs gather, swap ideas and strategize
3:30 - 5:30 - Lightning talks and idea sharing w/ journalists and foundations
6:30 - 8:30 - Dinner hosted by Mozilla
 
The organizers will also hold a small session with foundations on the following day to help them think through ways to better engage hybrid organizations.


More and more organization are mashing up public benefit missions, market strategies and web-like organizing structures. For lack of a better term, we call these 'hybrid organizations'. They're public benefit orgs that:
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* '''Use market strategies''' to advance a social mission ''and'' financially sustain their organizations. 
==What's a hybrid organization?==


* '''Are born from the culture of the web''', with participation, openness and networks at the core of how they operate.
Roughly, we are talking about public benefit organizations that sit at the intersection of the sharing and market economies. They typically ...


* '''Put mission first''' in a structural way. Incorporating as a nonprofit is one way to do this.  
* '''Put mission first''' in everything they do, but especially in their decisions about products and services.  


Mozilla is an organization like this.
* '''Use market strategies''' to reach scale and have impact. They often compete with big commercial players -- or whole industries -- as a way to change the game. 


[Alternate name idea from hecker: 'participatory social enterprise' (or 'participatory social business' -- see below).]
* '''Are born from the culture of the web''', with participation, openness and networks at the core of how they operate.


[Should we include in this mix organizations that are not actually non-profits from a legal perspective but fit Karl Weber's definition of a "[http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/good-business/2008/11/social-businesscapitalisms-mis.html social business]": "a non-loss, non-dividend business with a social objective".]
At this stage in the game, a hybrid org is a 'know it when you see it' animal. There is no clear and simple definition. But there is an important story to tell. Which, in part, is the reason we need a  


==Why get together?==
==Why get together?==


We're in the midst of developing a new kind of organization. This is exciting. It also means there are no road maps. We want to gather hybrid organizations to:
We're all in the midst of inventing a new kind of organization. This is exciting. It also means there are no road maps. We want to gather hybrid organizations to:


* Learn how each other works, and gather stories that make sense of the world we're building.
* Learn how each other works, and gather stories that make sense of the world we're building.
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* Figure out lightweight ways to share ideas and grow the hybrid org concept on an ongoing basis.  
* Figure out lightweight ways to share ideas and grow the hybrid org concept on an ongoing basis.  


* Share our story with journalists to help them understand why this strange new type of organization is neither a company nor a traditional charity.
* Share our story with journalists to to help them understand why this strange new type of organization is neither a company nor a traditional charity.
 
* Share our strategy with foundations to encourage investments in new organizations that have the potential for vast social impact and long-term sustainability. Discussion of how foundations can evaluate these new kinds of orgs -- what are some metrics for evaluation?
 
 
It's pretty much guaranteed that everyone will leave with new friends and new ideas. Hopefully, we'll also get a few journalists involved who can help us write down the stories we tell.
 
==When and where and agenda==
 
The current plan is for a one day event on May 14th in San Francisco. (at mozilla?  in the city?)


The day would be divided in half, with a closed morning meeting for representatives of the organization to strategize, present ideas and stories and discuss their work.  The afternoon would be an open session with journalists and foundations.
* Discuss our thinking foundations who want to understand how to invest in organizations with the potential for vast social impact and long-term sustainability.  


It's pretty much guaranteed that everyone will leave with new friends and new ideas.


==Who should come?==
==Who have we invited?==


If the hybrid org definition above sounds like your org, then you might want to be in the mix. Organizations we plan to reach out to include:
The following people and organizations have been invited to the hybrid summit.  


Yes
===Hybrid organizations===


* [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech]
# Jessica Flannery[http://www.kiva.org/ Kiva.org]
* [http://the-hub.net/ The Hub]
# Jim Fruchterman, [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech]
* [http://www.kiva.org/ Kiva.org]
# John Lilly, [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla]  
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla] (host organization)
# Joi Ito, [http://www.creativecommons.org Creative Commons]
* [http://participatoryculture.org/ Participatory Culture Foundation]
# Kathryn Taylor [http://www.onecalif.com/index.aspx One California Bank]
* [http://www.wikimedia.org WikiMedia Foundation]
# Mark Surman, [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla] (host organization)
* [http://www.vounteermatch.com Volunteer Match]
# Mitchell Baker, [http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla] (host organization)
# Nicholas Reville, * [http://participatoryculture.org/ Miro / Participatory Culture Foundation]
# Premal Shah [http://www.kiva.org/ Kiva.org]
# Sue Gardner [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
# Tiffniy Cheng, [http://participatoryculture.org/ Miro / Participatory Culture Foundation]


... will add more from the list below


Maybe
===Foundations and journalists===


* [http://www.techsoup.org/ TechSoup]
# Alberto Ibarguen, Knight Foundation
* DoSomething.org
# Darius Cuplinskas, Soros Foundation
* [http://www2.democracyinaction.org Democracy in Action]
# John Markoff, New York Times
* [http://www.aspirationtech.org/ AspirationTech]
# Lee Davis, NESST
* [http://www.socialinnovation.ca/ Centre for Social Innovation]
* [http://www.mahiti.org/ Mahiti]


Follow up
===We need to find contacts for ...===


* Energy sector?
# [https://www.vancity.com/ VanCity]
* Omidyar contacts?
# Omidyar
* Skoll contacts?
# [http://www.donorschoose.org Donors Choose]
* Ashoka?  
# [http://spot.us/ Spot.us]
# DoSomething.org?
# Skoll?  


If you'd like to be in the mix, email <who? and do we want an open invite like this as a way to catch people we don't know about? -- it would be nice to get submissions and then pick organizations that seem to play key/interesting/innovative roles in a particular market>
If you'd like to be in the mix, email <who? and do we want an open invite like this as a way to catch people we don't know about? -- it would be nice to get submissions and then pick organizations that seem to play key/interesting/innovative roles in a particular market>
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