Programme 02 · Clinic · Getting you ready
Practical support for building a venture that lasts
Talks that explain the field, open courses from universities, and the tools we use when we work with social entrepreneurs. For training tailored to your team, see the Academy or write to us.
Capacity building
Talks worth an hour of your time
Short talks on what social entrepreneurship is and how practitioners make it work, followed by explainers in the languages of the region. All open on YouTube.
Talks and lectures
- Changing the world through social entrepreneurshipWillemijn Verloop · TEDxUtrecht
- How to be a social entrepreneurAndy Stoll · TEDxUIowa
- 5 keys to success for social entrepreneursLluis Pareras · TEDxBarcelonaChange
- Why business can be good at solving social problemsMichael Porter · TED
- Social entrepreneurship: turning weaknesses into strengthsPerrine Schober · TEDxTUWien
- How social entrepreneurship will change the worldErica Wenger · TEDxUSC
- Reclaiming social entrepreneurshipDaniela Papi Thornton · TEDxBend
- How to create a successful social enterpriseMarquis Cabrera · TEDxTeachersCollege
- 15 social entrepreneurs and their crazy ideasRainer Höll, Ashoka · DLD
- A history of microfinanceMuhammad Yunus · TEDxVienna
- Social entrepreneurs: pioneering social changeSkoll Foundation
- What is a social entrepreneur?Devex
In the languages of the region
- Социјално претприемништво – состојби, факти и придобивкиCRPM · MK
- Šta je socijalno preduzetništvo?SENS mreža · SR
- Socijalno preduzetništvo u SrbijiTelevizija Jefimija · SR
- Društveno poduzetništvoIrena Jovičić · HR
- Društveno poduzetništvo – poslovanje s vrijednostimaZadruga za etično financiranje · HR
- Webinar: Socijalno poduzetništvo za početnikeUdruga Slap · HR
- Smjer: Društveni poduzetnikCEDRA Split · HR
- What is social entrepreneurship?CEDRA Split · EN
- Power for youth: making impact in Kosovo*ING · EN
- UPSHIFT: social impact workshopUNICEF Innovations Lab Kosovo* · EN
Training Academy
Open online courses
University courses on social entrepreneurship, social innovation and impact that are open to anyone. Each platform sets its own terms for auditing and certificates. The Observatory’s own courses are in the Academy.
- Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Thinking & ActionCoursera
- Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social SectorCoursera
- Social Entrepreneurship (specialisation)Coursera · Copenhagen Business School
- Identifying Social Entrepreneurship OpportunitiesCoursera · Copenhagen Business School
- Social Business Model and Planning for Social InnovationCoursera · Copenhagen Business School
- Unleashing the Impact of your Social EnterpriseCoursera · Copenhagen Business School
- Social EntrepreneurshipCoursera
- Social Impact Strategy: Tools for Entrepreneurs and InnovatorsCoursera
- Becoming a Changemaker: Introduction to Social InnovationCoursera
- Circular Economy – Sustainable Materials ManagementCoursera
- Entrepreneurship in Emerging EconomiesedX · HarvardX
Tools
A toolkit for designing and communicating a social enterprise
Templates for working out the business model and value proposition, and services for the graphics and video that small teams need. Most have a free tier.
Business design
Free templates from Strategyzer (PDF).
- The Business Model CanvasDescribe, test and change a business model on one page.
- Business Model Canvas: instruction manual
- Designing crystal-clear Business Model CanvasesA checklist for building or assessing a canvas.
- Seven questions to assess your business model design
- Business Model Design Space card deckMap markets, trends, customer needs and competitors around the model.
- The Value Proposition CanvasShow how a product or service creates value for a specific customer segment.
- Value Proposition Canvas: instruction manual
- Customer profile template
- Value map template
- Ten characteristics of great value propositions
- Value proposition ad-libsPrototype three to five directions quickly.
- Trigger questions: customer jobs
- Trigger questions: customer pains
- Trigger questions: customer gains
- Trigger questions: pain relievers
- Trigger questions: gain creators
- Six ways to innovate from the customer profile
- Spark ideas with design constraintsConstraint cards for new value propositions.
Graphics and data
- CanvaSocial media graphics, presentations and posters from templates.
- VismeInteractive presentations, infographics and animations.
- PiktochartInfographics and reports for non-designers.
- VenngageInfographics, reports and social media visuals.
- EasellyQuick infographics from templates.
- InfogramCharts, maps and dashboards for communicating data.
Video
- Wondershare FilmoraDesktop video editing.
- FlexClipBrowser-based video editing without prior experience.
- MoovlyAnimated videos and video presentations in the browser.
- RenderforestTemplate-based explainer and promotional videos.
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