Course Schedule Seminar Social Entrepreneurship for Local Change Spring 2018
Contents
Phase A: Identifying Challenges and Setting Goals
A.1 Landscape as the Arena of Challenges
Session preparation:
- Assignment 1 'Find your local challenge' starts on 16th of March, 2018
- Upload a representation of your local challenge to the wiki until 20th of March 2018
- Listen to the thematic input: Landscape as the arena of challenges by Jeroen de Vries, VHL, Netherlands
- Listen to the thematic input: Introduction to Social Problem Thinking by Felix Toepler, NGU, Germany
- Read the Local Challenge Example by Roxana Triboi, Odaia Creativa, Romania
Session date: Tuesday, 20th of March 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Introduction to the SE4LC Project and the Seminar
- What motivates Social Entrepreneurs? An inspirational talk from a Social Enterprise
- Students collect own obersavations on the 'Landscape Challenge Matrix'
- Information on Seminar Sequence and Assignments
- Assignment 2 'Social Entrepreneurship Field Research (Case Studies) starts
A.2 Defining the Social Enterprise 1
Session preparation:
- Listen to the lecture recording Defining the Social Entreprise by Dr Roger Evans, EMU Tartu
- Active participants are grouped in teams
Session date: Thursday, 22nd of March 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- This is your first tutoring session
- The session starts with getting to know each other
- Followed by a group plenary for questions and answers and reflection on the social enterprise lecture
- Then the teams plan their work process until their first presentation on 29th of March
A.3 Defining the Social Enterprise 2
Session date: Tuesday, 27th of March 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: 'Defining the Social Entreprise 2', lecture by Dr Roger Evans, EMU Tartu
- Practise Example: A Social Enterprise reports: The Booomers International
- Interactive reflection and discussion
- Seminar sequence and assignments, briefing on upcoming presentation
A.4 Group presentations: Local challenges
Session preparation:
- Groups prepare their presentations
Session date: Thursday, 29th of March 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Moderated group presentations: Assignment 1 'Find your local challenge'
- presentations in parallel sessions and peer evaluation
Phase B: Designing Ideas
B.1 Design Thinking and Social Entrepreneurship Business Models (1)
Session preparation:
- listen to lecture recording Overview of SE Business Models 1 by Carmen Păunescu, ASE Bucharest
Session date: Tuesday, 3rd of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Introduction to Design Thinking with interactive exercise, facilitated by Frauke Godat, CAU Kiel and Friedemann Baisch, HfWU
- Seminar sequence and assignments, questions and answers
B.2 Social Entrepreneurship Business Models (2)
Session date: Thursday, 5th of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: 'Social entrepreneurship business models (2)' by Carmen Păunescu, ASE Bucharest
- Social Entrepreneurs report: Case Study
- Interactive discussion
- Seminar sequence and assignments, questions and answers
B.3 Group presentations: Case Study Field Reserach
Session preparation:
- submit your presentation slides
Session date: Tuesday, 10th of April 2018, 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
Phase C: Designing the Business Model
C.1 The business plan
Session preparation:
- listen to lecture recording The Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan by Monica Dudian, ASE Bucharest
Session date: Thursday, 12th of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- First: Tutoring Session reflecting on the Business Model Canvas
- Second: Plenary Session on seminar sequence and assignments
C.2 Financing models
Session date: Tuesday, 17th of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: 'Financing models for the social enterprise' with Monica Dudian and Carmen Păunescu, ASE Bucharest
- Case study innovative financing models
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
C.3 Financing models tutoring session
Session date: Thursday, 19th of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Tutoring Session: Reflecting on the Financing models lecture
- Question and Answers regarding a financial plan
C.4 Marketing strategies
Session date: Tuesday, 24th of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Marketing strategies for social enterprise with Carmen Acatrinei, ASE Bucharest, Yasmine Kaiser, HfWU Nürtingen-Geislingen and Rob Warmenhoven, VHL Larenstein
- Social Enterprise reporting on it's marketing strategy
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
Phase D: Revision and Evaluation
D.1 Revision and Evaluation
Session preparation:
- listen to lecture recording Social Impact Evaluation by Linda Kleemann, Heldenrat e.V., Germany
Session date: Thursday, 26th of April 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Thematic input: Measuring social impact with Dr Linda Kleemann, Heldenrat e.V., Germany
- Social Enterprise reporting on it's impact measurement
- Interactive discussion: questions and answers
- Seminar sequence and assignments
D.2 Tutoring session
Session date: Thursday, 03rd of May 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Tutoring session for preparing the presentation of Assigment 3
D.3 Final presentation
Session preparation:
- Submit your presentation slides
Session date: Tuesday, 8th of May 2018, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET
- Groups present their social entrepreneurship business models (Assigment 3) in moderated parallel sessions
- Final discussion and farewell
Phase E: Intensive Study Programme
- at Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu and Laheema National Park from 10th - 19th of May 2018
