Education
Putting Community First in Social Innovation Education
Social innovation educators are responsible for teaching students how to become collaborative community partners. Here's how.
Tag: Social Entrepreneurship
Education
Building Opportunities for Inclusive Leadership
Are social entrepreneurship education programs excluding those who have directly experienced social problems from working on social change solutions?
Nonprofits & NGOs
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2016
Favorites from the magazine and website.
Education
To Build Leaders for Social Impact, Universities Must Adapt
Universities play a critical role in producing social impact leaders committed to the public good and prepared to confront the challenges of an uncertain world.
Education
Why Universities Shouldn’t Teach Social Entrepreneurship
For true social change to happen, we must welcome social entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, but universities simply can’t do that in their current form.
Education
Three Lessons for Impact Investing Education Programs
Academic institutions can help build the impact investing field by teaching students a fuller suite of skills, clarifying the range of career paths open to them, and developing a better theoretical and practical knowledge base.
Education
Rethinking Business Plan Competitions
Examining the pitfalls and potential of social business plan competitions, and how educators can redesign them for greater impact.
Education
Critical Competences for Social Impact Leaders
Five opportunities for educators to more clearly connect classic entrepreneurial skills to the social impact field and to foster skills that can serve a range of social impact leadership roles.
Education
Why Social Impact Educators Should Disrupt Their Own Systems
Changing who and how universities teach social innovation offers unprecedented learning opportunities for students—and the potential to create greater social impact.
Scaling
Three Things Every Growing Nonprofit Needs to Scale
An organization’s early-stage success has less to do with having a charismatic, lone visionary at the helm, and more to do with teamwork, metrics, and access to capital.