Free Online Course from edX: Disciplined Approach to Social Entrepreneurship

edX is offering a free online course about Disciplined Approach to Social Entrepreneurship. 

About this course:

This course will benefit individuals who are passionate about social justice and creating social impact with a view to transforming the lives of the underserved. From social entrepreneurs, to those employed in a not-for-profit, and entrepreneurs who value corporate social responsibility/sustainability within a business/government, this course will allow you to gain the relevant knowledge, tools and skill-sets to further your passion for social change.

Throughout the course there are in-depth interviews with four successful social entrepreneurs, Selco in India, Friendship in Bangladesh, Edible Garden City in Singapore and Greenbatch in Perth, Australia. Each of these social ventures has a clearly identifiable social mission and they have generously shared insights as to how they balance social aspirations with financial viability and how they have achieved scalabilty whilst minimising operational costs.

What you'll learn:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• summarise the importance of social entrepreneurship.
• explain how social entrepreneurships differ from traditional entrepreneurships.
• use design thinking to generate solutions for a social problem.
• delineate the characteristics of effective social entrepreneurs.
• explore the different types of social entrepreneurships including structures and business models, and
• apply the disciplined entrepreneurship approach from ideation to developing the product plan.

Syllabus:

• Module 1 - Fundamentals of social entrepreneurship (Part 1)
• Module 2 - Fundamentals of social entrepreneurship (Part 2)
• Module 3 – Design thinking for social entrepreneurship
• Module 4 – Disciplined approach to social entrepreneurship (Part 1)
• Module 5 – Disciplined approach to social entrepreneurship (Part 2)
• Module 6 - Disciplined approach to social entrepreneurship (Part 3)

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