About the Social Value Case Studies for Change Series
Social Value International works with our members to embed core principles for social value measurement and analysis, to refine and share practice, and to build a powerful movement of like-minded people and organisations.
Across the world, our members are applying The Principles and helping to mainstream social value; using exciting methods to maximise the social value created for the benefit of people and the planet.
The sessions within this series are designed to enable members to share, and learn from, specific case studies of how the Principles of Social Value have been applied/embedded. Through sharing specific examples of how social value measurement and management has been applied, we hope that attendees will be able to apply these learnings to their own organisations and over time, this will lead to increased social value and IMM.
Taishin Charity Foundation Case Study : The Power of Impact Data for Decision-Making
About the speakers:
Dr. Chien-wen Shen
Dr. Chien-wen Shen is a Professor of Business Administration and a Division Director of the Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility Office at National Central University (NCU). He also holds crucial roles as the Director of the Asian Institute for Impact Measurement and Management and the Yunus Social Business Center at NCU.
He earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University, solidifying his expertise in various fields such as business analytics, intelligent enterprise, decision science, social business, and impact management.
Beyond his academic and research pursuits, Dr. Shen holds several accreditations, including being an Advanced Practitioner of Social Value and SROI, a Social Value International Accredited Trainer, and a UNDP SDG Impact Standards Accredited Trainer.
Additionally, Dr. Shen's passion for advocating social value initiatives is evident through the establishment of the "Yunus Prize: Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition" in 2016, the "Hope Media Award" in 2019, and the "Asian Impact Management Review" in 2022.
Simon Cheng
Simon Cheng is a highly accomplished individual with a long and distinguished career in the media, technology and business worlds. He holds a Master of Arts in Economics from National Taiwan University.
He has held senior positions at a number of leading companies, including Top advisor to Wang Wang Chinatimes Group, Chairman, Cti TV, Managing Director & Executive Vice President of the Head Office, CTV TV, Vice President of Information & Director of Planning, Head office of China Times Group, President of Commercial Times, Chairman of China Times Internet Technology, President of Infotimes, President/ Editor in Chief of Circulation and Advertising; Lecturer (Economics, International Trade and Finance), Director of Economic Research, Tamgang University, Chief Reporter & Journalist, Commercial Times.
Currently, he serves as chairman of Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture, chairman of Taishin Youth Foundation, executive director of Taishin Charity Foundation, and a director at Taishin Life Insurance.
Taishin Financial Holdings has always had a strong commitment to social and corporate responsibility, which requires a long-term commitment and outlook. Taishin Charity Foundation (TCF) was established in 2010 with the aim of implementing a charity program with a long-term vision and goal of providing economic autonomy to more disadvantaged communities and people.
Since its establishment in 2010, Taishin Charity Foundation (TCF) has aimed to support small and medium-sized charitable organizations. In order to achieve that goal, TCF launched Taiwan’s first large-scale online charity event, called “The Power of Love Platform” (PLP). Within the event, funding is distributed among charitable projects based on the allocation of online public support by individual platform users.
This event not only allows small and medium charitable organizations to receive much-needed funding, but also provides publicity to participating organizations.
TCF adopted SROI approach to account for and manage the value created by PLP activities.
So far, three SROI analyses have been carried out (two of them assured by SVI), which allowed TCF not only to prove the impact of its activities, but also to observe some important trends in social value creation and to use the ongoing data collection to improve internal decision-making.
Within the session Dr. Chien-wen (Mark) Shen, SVI Level 3 advanced practitioner and Accredited Trainer and Simon Cheng, the Chairperson of the Taishin Charity Foundation, will share their experience of interpreting and using impact data to inform and improve management decisions.
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