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Thecoursewillbedividedintothefollowingthreesections: I.Discover EducationalInnovationsinSocialEntrepreneurship Session1 ThePowerofSocialEntrepreneurshipandSocial Enterprise Session2 TheWorkofSocialEntrepreneursinEducation II.Understand SocialVenturesinEducation Session3 DefiningaProblemandCraftingaValueProposition Session4 StrategyandOperatingModelsinSocialVentures Session5 MeasuringSocialImpactandAccountability Session6 ScalingtheVenture Session7 FinancialManagementandFinancial/SocialDilemmas Session8 UnderstandingSocialVenturePartnerships III.Create EducationalInnovationsinSocialEntrepreneurship Session9 LaunchingaNewVenture Session10 GrowingSocialVenturesinEducation Session11 LeadingSocialVenturesinEducation Session12 MiniConference
Assignments
Classandsectionattendanceandparticipation 25% Paper1 Shortresponsetoaneducational enterprise 15%(DueSession4,February18) Paper2 Analysisofaneducationalinnovation 20%(DueSession8,March25 Paper3 Indepthanalysisofsocialventureor SocialEnterprisePlan 40%(DueSession12, April29)
Outline
DefinitionofEntrepreneurs,SocialEntrepreneurs OpportunitiesinEducation Creatinganewecosystem SourcesofEntrepreneurship
Context Personality Education
Whoisasocialentrepreneur?
JohnAmosComenius 1592to1670
JeanJacquesRousseau,17121778
Johann HeinrichPestalozzi,17461827
JosephLancaster17781838
IsaacKandel
InternationalSchoolofGeneva
http://www.ecolint.ch/ecolint/ch/en ch/index.cfm?page=/ecolint/home/about
Socialentrepreneursplaytheroleofchange agentsinthesocialsector,by: 1. Adoptingamissiontocreateandsustain socialvalue(notjustprivatevalue), 2.Recognizingandrelentlesslypursuingnew opportunitiestoservethatmission, 3.Engaginginaprocessofcontinuous innovation,adaptation,andlearning, 4.Actingboldlywithoutbeinglimitedby resourcescurrentlyinhand,and 5.Exhibitingheightenedaccountabilitytothe constituenciesservedandfortheoutcomes created. GregoryDees
Applythesefivecriteriato
CentralAsiaInstitute RoomtoRead TeachforAmerica
Questions
Itseemsthatinthedialoguesurroundingsocialentrepreneurship,acommon pointofdiscussionisscalabilityandtheassumptionthatitis alogicaland beneficialstepinthelifeofanysocialenterprise.WhiletheRogerL.Martin andSallyOsbergarticletouchesonthebasisofthisargument,Iwonderwhat thenegativeeffectsof"goingtoscale"maybe,whoisarguingagainstthe biggerisbetterapproachandwhy. Itseemsthatonesuchargumentagainstgoingtoscalewouldbethata specificprogramandstructuremayworkwellinonecommunityandculture orevenaspecifictown butnotinanother.Thereadingsofthisweekprovide apotentialresponsetothisargument,highlightingthatlocalcommunity involvementinprojectslikethoseofRoomtoReadortheCentralAsia Initiativeensureculturalcompetencyistakenintoaccountintheirwork. Istillwonder,however,howitisdeterminedthattheessenceofan organization,evenafterithasbeentweakedtomeetlocalnorms,isalwaysa goodthingtobespreadfarandwide.Whatsafeguardsaresetup intheworld ofsocialentrepreneurshiptoensurethatthenonnegotiablecharacteristicsof anenterprisearealwaysbeneficial?
Whataresomeexamplesofchangesthat createopportunitiesineducation?
Sourcesofentrepreneurship
Context(opportunity)
Personality
Education(AshokaYouthVenturer)
Context.ThecaseforSocial Entrepreneurs?HopeandPossibility
OngoingchallengesThecominganarchy Multilateralorganizations Nongovernmentalorganizations TV,MediaandtheInternet DocumentaryFilms AcademicInstitutions Foundations MultinationalCorporations Ismorebetterorsustainable?Goalsof development
CharacteristicsofSocialEntrepreneurs
Shruggoffconstrainsofideologyordiscipline Identifyandapplypracticalsolutionstosocialproblems Innovatebyfindinganewproduct,anewservice,oranew approachtoasocialproblem Focusonsocialvaluecreation,sharewithothersfor replication Jumpinbeforefullassuranceofresources Believeineveryonescapacity Determinationtotakerisks Balancepassionforchangeandazealtomeasureimpact Teachchangemakersinothersectors Healthyimpatience
Sourcesofunreason
Desiretochangethesystem Ambitious Propelledbyemotion Thinktheyknowthefuture Findprofitinunprofitablepursuits Ignoreevidence Measureresults Unqualified Readytobemadeintosuperheroes
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