Social Impact Strategy: Tools for Entrepreneurs and Innovators by University of Pennsylvania

This course covers fundamental principles, an overview of the area, and tools for getting started as a changemaker in social impact strategy and social entrepreneurship. Students will learn how to develop and design new concepts, as well as new organizational forms to put those ideas into action. This course will better prepare students to initiate social impact initiatives. They create their own groups.

Students will put their enthusiasm for helping the world into tangible ideas for creating a charity or for-profit enterprise to fulfill a social goal by advancing through four stages: Define, Design, Pilot, and Scale. This course will teach students how to think through problems in a methodical approach, design and test new solutions, evaluate risk, competitiveness, and performance, and disseminate influence in a financially viable way.

Students who complete the course are entitled to apply for the Global Social Impact House, an in-person educational experience. GSIH is a seven-day residential program that equips fellows with the resources, community, and training they need to succeed. Advanced topics in business models, design thinking, and leadership are explored in workshops tailored to the needs of fellows. While living together in an inspiring host area, the program is also meant to help fellows form significant, worldwide connections. For more information on the Global Social Impact House, please visit their website.

This course offers:

• Flexible Schedule: Set and maintain flexible deadlines.
• Certificate : Earn a Certificate upon completion100% online
• Beginner Level
• Approx. 6 months to complete:Suggested pace of 1 hour/week
• Subtitles: English

Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-impact