Course Schedule Seminar Social Entrepreneurship for Local Change Spring 2017
Phase A: Identifying Challenges and Setting Goals
A.1 Landscape as the Arena of Challenges
Preparation phase: 16th - 20th of March, 2017
- Assignment 1 'Find your local challenge' starts on 16th of March, 2017
- Upload a representation of your local challenge to the wiki until 20th of March, 2017
- Listen to the thematic input: 'Landscape as the arena of challenges' by Jeroen de Vries, VHL, Netherlands
Session date: Tuesday, 21st of March 2017, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Introduction to the SE4LC project and the seminar
- What motivates social entrepreneurs? an interview with Riinu Lepa from the Estonian Social Enterprise Network
- Students locate their challenges on the 'local challenges matrix'
- Information on seminar sequence and assignments
- Assignment 2 'Social Entrepreneurship Field Research (Case Studies)' starts
A.2 Defining Social Entrepreneurship
Session date: Tuesday, 5th of April 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: 'Defining Social Entrepreneurship' by Dr Roger Evans, EMU Tartu, Estonia
- Social Entrepreneurs report: How to address social challenges (with case study from Romania)
- Interactive discussion
- Seminar sequence and assignments
- Assignment 2 'Social Entrepreneurship Field Research (Case Studies)' starts
A.3 Design Thinking
Session date: Tuesday, 12th of April 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: The Design Thinking Method with Frauke Godat, CAU Kiel, Germany
- Social Entrepreneurs report: How to address environmental challenges. Guest speaker: Dieter van den Broek from Commonland
- Interactive discussion
- Seminar sequence and assignments, briefing on upcoming presentation
A.4 Group presentations: Local challenges
Session date: Tuesday, 19th of April 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Moderated group presentations: Assignment 1 Local challenges (parallel sessions)
Phase B: Designing Ideas
B.1 Social Entrepreneurship Business Models (1)
Session date: Tuesday, 26th of April 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Social entrepreneurship business models (1) with Carmen Păunescu, ASE Bucharest
- Social Entrepreneurs report: case study from Estonia
- Interactive discussion
- Seminar sequence and assignments, questions and answers
B.2 Social Entrepreneurship Business Models (2)
Session date: Tuesday, 3rd of May 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Social entrepreneurship business models (2) with Carmen Păunescu, ASE Bucharest and Dr Roger Evans, EMU Tartu, Estonia
- Social Entrepreneurs report: case study from Germany
- Interactive discussion
- Seminar sequence and assignments, questions and answers
B.3 Group presentations: Case Study Field Reserach
Session date: Tuesday, 10th of May 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Presentation of assignment 2
- Groups report on social businesses they have studied and present results of comparative analysis
- Assignment 3 'Design your own business' starts
12th - 22nd of May: Intensive Study Programme at ASE Bucharest
Phase C: Designing the Business Model
C.1 The business plan
Session date: Tuesday, 24th of May 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Business planning for the social enterprise with Monica Dudian, ASE Bucharest
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
C.2 Financing models
Session date: Tuesday, 31st of May 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Financing models for the social enterprise with Monica Dudian and Carmen Păunescu, ASE Bucharest
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
C.3 Marketing strategies
Session date: Tuesday, 7th of June 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Marketing strategies for social enterprise with Carmen Acatrinei, ASE Bucharest, and Yasmine Kaiser, HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
Phase D: Revision and Evaluation
D.1 Revision and Evaluation
Session date: Tuesday, 14th of June 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Measuring social impact with Dr Linda Kleemann, Heldenrat e.V., Germany
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
D.2 Final presentation
Session date: Tuesday, 21st of June 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Groups present their social entrepreneurship business models (Assigment 3) in moderated parallel sessions
- Final discussion and farewell