Social Entrepreneurship
Post date: Apr 9, 2014 7:27:35 AM
Year 4: Social Entrepreneurship
Tools
- Social Value Measurement
- Social Return on Investment
- Grant Writing
- Leadership
- Sustainable Development
Speakers
- Nevada Cancer Institute
- Kiva/Global Giving
- Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas
- Renewable Energy Nonprofit
- Nevada Microenterprise Initiative
Projects
- Semester 1
- Social Audit
- Social Entrepreneurship Practicum
- Semester 2
- Cause Video
- Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan
"Live Case" Lab
Social entrepreneurs will present their companies and challenges and issues with which they are dealing. The purpose of case analysis is to provide students with opportunities to apply knowledge to real world situations. Students will identify and analyze the core issues in the case, run the numbers, draw conclusions and present a specific course of action to the entrepreneur. Essentially, the lab will focus on what and how an entrepreneur would actually do in a given situation as well as the reasons behind those actions.
Experiences
- Community Partner Programs
- Social Entrepreneurship Plan Competitions
- Social Entrepreneurship Challenge
- Grant Writing Workshops
- Clubs (e.g. CEO, SIFE)
- Tour Solar One Boulder City
Presentations
- Social Audit
- Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan
Reflections
Students will be expected to journal, reflecting on what they have learned, and understand how that knowledge has impacted their beliefs, attitudes and personal development.
Conversations
Students will become familiar with Web 2.0 applications, including Facebook and Twitter. Peer-to-peer networks create a medium for peers to get in touch with one another and to teach one another in conjunction with interaction and instruction from faculty, speakers, and mentors. The goal of these networks is to generate and support a community that extends beyond the original scope of the program. This continued interaction serves the ideal of a continuing education well beyond the constraints of any one course.
Connections
The scholars program will create opportunities for students that will allow them to gain valuable experience, develop leadership and problem-solving skills, meet community and business leaders, and create powerful relationships to build upon in the future.
Portfolio
Students will create and maintain a professional ePortfolio. The ePortfolio will showcase the breadth and depth of student knowledge and provides evidence of personal and professional accomplishments. This ePortfolio will allow students to:
- Showcase scholarly work and other documents in a wide range of formats
- Demonstrate connections between learning experiences
- Document awareness and achievement of skill sets, as well as identify gaps in these skills
- Receive feedback from faculty, mentors, peers
- Develop and share resumes
- Store and share files and objects
- Use e-mail, blog, wiki, and other communication and collaboration tools
- Create and participate in professional collaboration groups
- Produce a personal ePortfolio Web site with profile, photos and video
- Engage in professional and social networking
Related Global Entrepreneurship Experience Links
- Application Process
- Year 1: Creativity Innovation
- Year 2: Entrepreneurship
- Year 3: Global Entrepreneurship
- Year 4: Social Entrepreneurship
- Global Entrepreneurship Experience Directory
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