Social Enterprise and Third Sector

If you are looking for solutions to support Socially Enterprising Organisations then Balance could meet your needs.

What is Balance?

Balance is an on-line diagnostic management analysis tool for Socially Enterprising Organisations, Sector Support Development Agencies and Enterprise Coaches.

Balance was created by Mike Bull and colleagues during 3 years of research with Social Enterprises and Third Sector Organisations and business support providers.

Balance stimulates critical reflection by identifying stages in organisational development. Through the process Balance supports positive changes in organisational development across Stakeholder Perspectives; Internal Activities; Multi-Bottom Line; Learning and Visionin.

Balance is designed for small to medium social enterprises, charities, social firms, community and voluntary organisations and co-operatives.

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How can Balance add value to business support development agencies and enterprise coaches?

Balance is a web based engagement tool to support business development activity, and can be used as part of a programme of delivery
Balance provides a structured framework for business interview interventions and aids action planning and goal setting
Balance can be used as an evaluation tool to identify the distance travelled by clients through a delivery programme
Balance has the capability to capture and export the data into an excel spreadsheet for statistical analysis, evaluation and monitoring – speak to our team for further details on how we can support you with data analysis

How will Balance support end users?

Fast and simple to use
Stimulates business planning and improves delivery capability
Powerful insight into organisational capacity and critical path to change
Year-on-year knowledge: saved and retrievable assessments provide an annual benchmarking framework for managers and stakeholders

Interested – what next?

So I want to use Balance – how is it costed?

All our tools are priced for block purchase license. We set you up with access to the tool in batches of; (i) 100 (ii) 500 and (iii) unlimited user accounts. Prices vary accordingly with the number of users you anticipate engaging with.

Each user will have a unique username and password, once activated will be live for 2 years, available to access on-line 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Do you provide Facilitator Training?

Yes. Well trained users will become advocates of the tools and how it delivers both the functionality and flexibility you require. To achieve this aim, key staff can be trained early on in how to set up users and facilitate using our tools to best advantage for your needs and all importantly user engagement.