Course Summary
In this course, you will learn about the stories of social entrepreneurs and how they are reshaping the world around them.Key Learning Points
- Explore the world of social entrepreneurship and learn about the challenges and opportunities that come with it
- Hear inspiring stories from social entrepreneurs who are making a difference in their communities
- Gain practical skills in areas such as leadership, communication, and project management
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the principles of social entrepreneurship
- Develop practical skills in leadership, communication, and project management
- Learn from inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs who are making a difference
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic knowledge of business and entrepreneurship
- Strong interest in social impact and community building
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online course
- Self-paced learning
- Video lectures
- Case studies
- Interactive exercises
Similar Courses
- Entrepreneurship 101
- Social Impact Strategy: Tools for Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Bill Drayton
- Jacqueline Novogratz
Related Books
Description
At a time of political unrest, environmental uncertainty, and lingering inequalities, young social change-makers are leading the way to counter the today’s challenges. What are you doing to create sustainable, positive change?
Knowledge
- Identify your intrinsic motivators and determine a focus area to start your social change journey
- Explore and apply design thinking as a tool to enact social change in your community
- Deliver a tangible, actionable plan to make a difference in yourself, your community and to the greater movement for social change
- Expand your social change network, and reflect on and assess strengths and weaknesses in your skillset to enhance your social change journey
Outline
- Week 1: Finding your Intrinsic Motivation
- Your social change journey starts here!
- Meet our social change entrepreneurs
- What moved us to start our change journey?
- Carolina's Journey
- Explore our entrepreneurs' social change projects
- What moves you to action?
- Connecting passion for social change to global movements
- Activity: What is your intrinsic motivator?
- Skills self-assessment
- Action plan: Stage 1
- Week 2: Community Needs Assessment
- Where do you start?
- Melanie's Journey
- Design thinking as a tool for the social change maker
- Design thinking - empathize
- Activity: Community analysis
- Design thinking - define
- Action plan: Stage 2
- Week 3: First Steps Towards Action
- How did we start taking action?
- Gustavo's Journey
- Start taking action
- Next steps in design thinking: Ideate, prototype and test
- Ideate
- Activity: Brainstorming session part 1
- Prototyping and testing
- Activity: Brainstorming session part 2
- Week 4: Scaling, Business Model and Networking
- Scaling and growing your social venture
- B-Lab: Scaling up our social venture from an idea to a global movemnt
- The importance of networking and mentoring in our social change community
- Enhancing your social venture's impact
- Analysing the business model canvas to plan your social venture
- Activity: Create a lean startup business plan
- Constructive networks
- Your network: Action plan stage 3
- Week 5: Reflect, Connect, Deliver
- Networking loud and clear
- Final advice from your social change peers
- Network: Connecting to grow
- Reflecting to improve: Action plan stage 4
- Social change maker
- Your final Action Plan
Summary of User Reviews
Read reviews of Voices of Social Change on Coursera. Users have praised the course for its insightful content and engaging instructors. However, some have noted that the workload can be heavy and the assessments challenging.Pros from User Reviews
- Insightful content
- Engaging instructors
- Opportunities for self-reflection
- Real-world examples
- Global perspectives
Cons from User Reviews
- Heavy workload
- Challenging assessments
- Lack of personalized feedback
- Some technical issues
- Not suitable for beginners
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