Social Entrepreneurship
- Examines Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship
- Focuses on Building Businesses That Affect Change
- Explores Social Innovations Across Diverse Businesses
Today business is not just about the creation of capital. The idea of “doing well by doing good” is driving industries around the world to affect change in their local communities, in cities, and on a global basis while maintaining profitable business models for stakeholders. These courses teach the foundations of social entrepreneurship, emphasizing how the “triple bottom line” has become a necessary facet for long-term business success. Skills gained will help you to create your own socially driven business venture or implement corporate social responsibility and innovation in your organization.
Design Thinking for Social Impact
Acquire the tools for creating internal change, while learning about and applying the design thinking process to your organization or team.
Social Innovation and Systems Thinking
Acquire an overview of ecosystem mapping, systems thinking, and innovation theory, as applied to innovation and change of social issues.
Storytelling for Social Impact
Learn to leverage stories in order to stand out from the crowd and to build an emotional connection with colleagues, customers, and communities.
Unlock Your Network: Resource Mapping for Social Change
Learn how to continuously seek opportunities, and know your unique strengths by examining your past successes and failures.
Branding and Marketing for Social Enterprises
Acquire a greater understanding of how to effectively brand and market a social organization in order to gain lasting competitive advantage.
Leadership and the Environment
Gain effective leadership techniques focused on leading yourself and others in tackling perhaps the great challenge of our time: climate change.