Course Schedule Seminar Social Entrepreneurship for Local Change Spring 2018

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