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Social innovators take the initiative to solve social issues by reforming the system, spreading the solution, and persuading others to take new approaches. The ISI will help you reach these objectives and pursue these challenges through the following courses:
Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, Social Change
This class provides a theoretical and practical introduction to organizations in any sector that bring the market to bear on pursuing a social mission and a double or triple bottom line. The class focuses on the skills of strategic planning, business planning, financial planning, and marketing. Taught by Jerr Boschee, founder and executive director of the Institute for Social Entrepreneurs.
Social Enterprise Incubator
In this hands-on practicum, you'll develop a complete business plan for a social enterprise or conduct a rigorous feasibility study and create a strategic framework for a new venture. Taught by Jerr Boschee.
Microfinance
The provision of financial services including credit, savings, and insurance to the entrepreneurial poor is a powerful driver of grassroots economic development in Southeast Asia, Africa, and now even the United States. This course examines key issues in the history, design, evaluation, and psychology of microfinance programs.
Grassroots Democracy Building in India
This three-day special course, taught in 2007, focused on equitable economic development, the rise of low caste politics, struggles by local communities to maintain rights over natural resources, and the Right to Information Movement. Taught by Sandeep Pandey, founder of Asha for Education and Asha Parivar, which aim to improve basic education in India and create a society free of discrimination.
Matching Mission to Money: Sustainability Strategies for Non-Profits
This course, new in 2008, provides students with an understanding of the three basic funding streams for non-profits: government, philanthropic and earned income. The instructors, each an expert in one of these areas, will detail the strategies and processes required for organizations to develop sustainable levels of funding for their organizations. This course is open to current students and practitioners in the region.