This course is part of the Social Entrepreneurship Specialization

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Social Entrepreneurship SpecializationCopenhagen Business School

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In Course 3 of this Specialization you will first of all learn about  Social Impact Assessment. Hence you will be able to develop a method to evaluate the social mission that you achieve while implementing your business plan. Next you will outline an appropriate communication strategy for your social enterprise and will demonstrate how to market your products and services to beneficiaries and other customers. Here you will employ an adaptable communication strategy as you move from early adopters to a broader market share. 
Furthermore you will determine growth strategies and how you can scale or replicate your business plan internationally in order to reach a larger number of beneficiaries. In particular you will discuss organic growth, social franchising, and an open source approach. Finally, you will evaluate exit strategies. Thus you will review options social enterprises have when they need to finance their growth but the original funders can not or do not want to finance the expansion. 

Course 3 will be completed by your Capstone project, which will ask you to submit the final business plan of your social venture.

Note: It is highly recommended to have completed Course 1 & 2 of the Social Entrepreneurship Specialization before starting this Course!

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Social Entrepreneurship Specialization

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

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English

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Kai Hockerts

Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Introduction to Social Impact Assessment

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 23 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Measuring Social Impact

Welcome to Module 2. In this week we will delve deeper into social impact assessment. We encourage you to explore your possibilities as you grow and try to find indicators for your activities. It is crucial to understand and document how societal value is created. Most startups do not yet have any actual impact that can be measured, therefore, it is important to spell out your “theory of change” as clearly as possible and to back it up with data if possible. Relevant data would substantially strengthen your position in terms of investors, stakeholders as well as your communication and marketing strategy.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 41 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

How Social Enterprises Communicate

3 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 38 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Growth and Replication of Social Enterprises

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 43 min)

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by WWApr 15, 2021

This is the most engaging course I have ever had. The mentor is really active and keep monitoring your progress. Great Course.

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A good and challenging conclusion to the specialization :)

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by BMMar 18, 2020

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About the Social Entrepreneurship Specialization

In this specialization you will learn how to create societal impact through Social Entrepreneurship. Social Entrepreneurship describes the discovery and sustainable exploitation of opportunities to create social change. We will introduce you to examples of Social Entrepreneurship and guide you through the process of establishing a venture to address a social or environment problem. You will form of team and study a problematic issue to learn more about the source of the problem. We will equip you with frameworks identifying opportunities, support your team, and outlining your idea. You will develop your idea and iterate on your business model throughout the Specialization, and conclude with completing a business plan.

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