Social Innovation Academy

Social Innovation Academy

Social innovation is clearly gaining momentum globally, which is reflected in booming (social) impact investing and increasingly impactful social innovation policies.

Knowledge and skills to not only develop, but also successfully pitch your social innovation to investors, grant funders, donors and other decision makers are becoming crucial in todays world, whether you are an aspiring social entrepreneur, an experienced corporate innovator, a local policymaker or a global non-profit leader.

This course will teach you how to create social impact and systemic change. Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to learn the theory of social innovation, as well as how to:

1. Identify and frame a social problem and transform it into an opportunity.

2. Define and build robust social innovation initiatives utilizing the principles of social innovation. 

3. Co-create ideas and transform ideas into social innovation initiatives.

4. Measure, scale-up and create initiatives that have social impact.

5. Use the tools available for each of the social innovation processes.

6. Pitch your social innovation to investors, funders, and other decision-makers.

In each unit, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the social innovation processes that will enable you to develop the necessary skills to create innovative solutions in complex societal issues.

As a free bonus, Social Innovation Academy also includes additional 46 social innovation interviews, 49 case studies, 34 skill cards, 33 pieces of mentor advice, and more!

Also a community of many hundreds of Social Innovation Academy members awaits you!

The theory and practice of social innovation to help you create social impact and systemic change.

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What you will learn

• Understand the concept, principles and types of social innovation in both theory and practice
• Understand the process of social innovation, from identifying a challenge to changing the whole system
• Explore examples of social innovations​ and interviews with social innovation experts from around the world

Rating: 4.6

Level: All Levels

Duration: 2.5 hours

Instructor: Social Innovation Academy