Advisors accelerates the Playmakers The Accelerator is a consultative meeting between the Playmaker and their Advisors, aiming to help the Playmaker develop faster. The Advisors are co-workers from one of the companies in the Kinnevik Group. They contribute their knowledge and experience, assisting the social entrepreneur in identifying their business’ strengths and developmental opportunities. - I believe that we can find the best people from the business field and the best people from the social field and when you combine these two, amazing things can happen, says Sara Damber, CEO of Playing for Change. - It has been helping us a lot to have the perspective from the private sector and from companies like the Kinnevik group. It is a huge difference to have someone who believes in you, taking Retoy from being an idea to open our first physical place, says Playmaker Soledad Piñero Misa and her fellow Playmaker Patricia Rawecka agrees: - During the year we meet with the advisors, they share their experience, their knowledge and contacts. It’s like the best thing ever. Bianca Backman is the Sales Manager Digital at Metro Sweden and she considers being an Advisor a privilege. She and the other Advisors are given 25 hours a year as a part of their job, to support a Playmaker, but many of them spend even more time on a voluntary basis. - We work in companies who are very commercial and to work with company who hasn’t that mindset and a more non-profit value, is a great experience, Bianca Backman says.
“An advisor is a sparring partner for the Playmaker who can give his or her perspective on how things can be done. The Playmakers perspective makes me richer in my work.” Johan Johansson, Group Controller, MTG
Azhar Damad at Metro International, and Playmaker Soledad Piñero Misa, at the Barrier Breaking Session 2011.
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