AUTHENTICITYS: A year in review
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AUTHENTICITYS IN NUMBERS
OUR 3rd YEAR boasted new highs, exciting global cities and partners, and a powerful amount of impact while serving +5000 customers! We are grateful for this year’s work, where we have seen our evolving organisation reach global impact, with social impact experiences in capital cities from Bucharest to Delhi, and for the first time in other cities that have STORIES TO TELL from Cali to San Sebastián.
All while being a B Corporation Certified Learning and Travel Experiences Company. B Corporations are leaders of the global movement of people using business as a force for good™. B Corporations meet the highest standards of verified overall social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability, and aspire to use the power of business to solve social and enviro mental problems.
3 CONTINENTS
America
Asia
Europe
5 TEAM MEMBERS
Kim
Sandra
Elena
Toni
Cristina
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DIMENSIONS OF IMPACT
Environment
Health
Education
Happiness
Employability
Equality
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NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS DELIVERED AROUND THE WORLD
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SUBSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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28
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Cities
Universities worked with Authenticitys
Volunteers and Fellows
40
54
83
NGOs and social enterprise made new revenue
Social Impact Experiences
Social Impact Stories
5759 Customers that loved Authenticitys’ Experiences
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BIGGER & BOLDER
One of our biggest challenges in our first two years was growing with a limited capital. As all startups what you need most is money, now. In 2017 we got bigger and bolder as we were approved a EUR 50.000 loan, and we raised EUR 40.000 from Authenticitys’ supporters. Which allowed us to have more SOCIAL IMPACT and GROW. For every EURO we got we 3X our IMPACT through designing new SOCIAL IMPACT EXPERIENCES around the world, nudging different industries, INSPIRING new generations, and doing our part in the much needed SYSTEMIC change in our corporate and educational system.
50.000 EUR Loan Approved
40.000
from Authenticitys’ supporters.
Diana Tchamitchian from Syria offers Arabic Calligraphy and shares her inspiring story in Barcelona
Ana González in Cartagena, Colombia works with the Zenú indigenous leaders to share a glimpse of prehispanic history of the city, inhabited by humans over 3.000 years ago.
Green spaces share their side of the story in Mexico City in our Garden social impact experiences. We like to give voice to those that traditionally don’t have one. Green spaces in cities need a voice, and we have found them specially healing in moments of distress.
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BRINGING CHANGEMAKERS TOGETHER AT OUR OWN EVENT
www.authenticitys-summit.com
As a social enterprise, it is part of our mission to change the status quo. In our case we want to NUDGE different industries to have positive impact. We do this by SHARING OUR STORY.
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Speakers Leading Social Impact
Each year we host our own event. This year the 2nd Authenticitys Annual Summit: Social Impact Cities took place the 20th of May in Barcelona, Spain.
100 Attendees
KEYNOTE: The social side of Blockchain: a facilitator for the common good
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TRACKS:
Fashion
Selected event of the United Nation Sustainable Tourism
Year 2017
Travel
Education
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WE LOVE NUDGING DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES towards social change by sharing our story at some pretty big events:
IN THE INDUSTRY OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS
IN THE DESIGNER SPACE AT THE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMUNITY
In the ultimate entrepreneurship community in LA: Summit Meetings Professionals International: A 17,000 strong association that hold annual events in both Europe and the USA.
WORLD BANK
College of Extraordinary Experiences
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
& Istituto Europe di Design
IESE Doing Good, Doing Well.
We even made it to the World Bank
IN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
Instituto de Empresa: B Corps in Action
leading event 4YFN-4 years from Now during the Mobile World Congress
IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
INVESTMENT COMMUNITY
We were there growing with our impact investment community at DazzleCon
And we even talked to Airbnb in California about the social impact experiences they are now doing…
With all that action we also published a travel book about silence to remind ourselves is not always about sharing but also about the moments of reflection we have along the way: SILENCIO: 10 unlikely places of silent energy and peace
Got to be an
AMAZON BESTSELLER!
Module 3
Module 2
Module 1
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INTRODUCING AUTHENTICITYS ACADEMY 2018 Team & process systemic design: redefining the project blueprint of success Dates: 2&3 March 2018
21St century organisational design: hacking organisational culture for millennials and beyond Dates: April 6&7 2018
Self mastery design Dates: May 4,5 & 6 2018
JOIN US www.authenticitys.com/academy
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AUTHENTICITYS AND CORPORATE CLIENTS
WE BELIEVE THE JOURNEY IS IMPORTANT. AND THE HOW WE DO BUSINESS IS CRUCIAL. At Authenticitys we work with pretty unique and innovative methodologies and every year we have companies that hire us to learn them. We love to see more and more companies and organisations are changing how they make business, and trusting us to train their leaders.
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WE ARE RE-ENGINEERING HIGHER EDUCATION
AND AS PART OF OUR STRONG VISION OF WORKING TOWARDS SYSTEMIC CHANGE, WE STRENGTHENED OUR COMMITMENT TO RE-IMAGINE HIGHER EDUCATION.
This is what’s happening:
Exponential technologies
New Model of Work
Meanwhile our educational systems are EXACTLY like they were 50 years ago. We are convinced its critical as society we focus our efforts in re-engineering higher education: UNIVERSITY. This wide-scale project can’t be done on our own. This is why we are partnering up with others who share our vision, and we are prototyping our way into the future. In 2017:
• As part of a European project we co-designed a blended curriculum for social fashion entrepreneurs (SOFE) www.sofehub.eu around the world for +200 entrepreneurs called: Global Fashion Disruptors
Entrepreneurship
came together to learn from epic teachers. Authenticitys helped design the social impact experience throughout the city for this program.
• We are actively involved with our long-
time friends in Mondragón Team Academy and Ashoka U to uncover the power of teampreneurship and learning journeys in education.
• 71% of our customers are between the ages
of 18-35 years of age. Each social impact experience serves for travelling and learning.
• And we worked with 28 universities from
University of Victoria in Vancouver Island to WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) serving students worldwide with new type of learning experience that focuses on designing the questions to ask, rather than giving answers.
We are so grateful to 2018. It has been an incredible IMPACT journey.
• We worked together with Mindvalley U in a prototype to re- imagining college, campus, curriculum and community in a program that happened in Barcelona in June. 300 people of different nationalities and ages
A big thank you to our partners and clients, our advisors, mentors and coaches, our volunteers and fellows, our community, our fellow social entreprenerus, our friends, our family. Your energy, hope and love in action, has been invaluable to our mission and larger vision of transforming travel and education.
Re-engineering education +200 Entrepreneurs
300
People of different nationalities
28
Universities we worked with
71% of our customers are between the ages of 18-35 years of age
We are grateful for 2017. It has been an incredible IMPACT journey. A big thank you to our partners and clients, our advisors, mentors and coaches, our volunteers and fellows, our community, our fellow social entreprenerus, our friends, our family. Your energy, hope and love in action, has been invaluable to our mission and larger vision of transforming travel and education.
www.authenticitys.com Email me directly with any thoughts, comments, suggestions, funding opportunities, or just to say HI. In service,
Elena RodrĂguez Blanco CEO and Co-Founder Authenticitys elena@authenticitys.com