Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing
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Introduction
This online course is designed for anyone looking to get into the nitty-gritty of contributing to real-world impact projects. Our Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing course, which is offered in partnership with the University of Richmond and UNC Charlotte, will show you how to evaluate which approaches are demonstrating positive results and impact.
You’ll be introduced to concepts such as behavioural science, systems innovation, human-centred design, impact investing and social entrepreneurship.
Skills you’ll acquire
After completing this course you’ll be able to:
- evaluate different approaches and tools used in social entrepreneurship
- apply appropriate reasoning and tools to decision making processes
- discuss the four phases of human-centred design (HCD)
- understand some of the challenges involved in social development and how to overcome them
- evaluate impact investing opportunities to decide which to pursue.
Is this course for you?
This online course, and our Impact Measurement course, is designed for anyone looking to get into the nitty-gritty of contributing to real-world impact projects. This specific course is for those who would like to learn more about impact business models, best practices and impact investing. This includes everyone from high school, college or graduate students who’d like to learn how to actively promote or fundraise for a cause they care about to corporate professionals who’ve been tasked with managing a project aligned to environmental or social objectives.
Course Curriculum
Find out about behavioural science and how alternative data can be used to predict behaviour. You will learn about the ethics of influence and choice architecture, and get to grips with behavioural design methodology.
Discover the fundamentals of social entrepreneurship as you study first-hand stories and advice from entrepreneurs who are developing solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. You’ll learn about different types of business models that create impact, and access practical resources to get you started on your own entrepreneurship journey.
Next, you’ll learn about the exciting and rapidly growing industry of impact investing. You’ll get to grips with the landscape and core characteristics of impact investing, and hear from global investors on how they are generating social or environmental impact as well as financial returns.
Finally, you’ll explore the wider systems in which sustainable development challenges exist. You’ll grasp basic systems dynamics to see how efforts on the ground could contribute to a wider, systems-level theory of change.
You’ll wrap up the learning of the above concepts by discussing all these theories in the context of real-life case studies, helping you to ground your understanding in the practical realities of fieldwork.