Social Innovation: Global Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Syllabus

• Week 1

  Social Innovation for Sustainable Development

  • Let's get started

    The next steps should give you a flavour of how this course works and what it will cover. You will meet the course leaders and be able to introduce yourself too.

  • Understanding Social Innovation

    The next steps should give you a flavour of what is social innovation and the differences between this term and other similar concepts.

  • Becoming a changemaker

    The next steps should give you a flavour of who are those change makers and how you can become one.

• Week 2

  Developing Social Innovation

  • Ideation Process

    The next steps should give you an understanding of the different techniques you can use to develop your idea.

  • Idea Validation

    The next steps should give you an understanding of the different social innovation business models and learn how to use the Lean Canvas and apply to your social innovation idea.

  • Personal Development

    The next steps should give you an understanding of different tools you can use for personal development.

• Week 3

  Leading Social Innovation

  • Moving to the next level

    The next steps should give you an understanding of what is the minimum viable product and some techniques you can use to develop your social innovation idea.

  • Essentials for Social Innovation

    The next steps should give you an understanding of marketing, funding, networking and resources needed to develop your project.

  • Conclusions

    The next steps concludes with a test, a competition and a list of the main contributors of this course.

Who will you learn with?