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"The Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) serves as a resource for [those] interested in entrepreneurship and innovation. The programming offered by the i-lab is designed to help students grow their ventures at any stage of development and covers a wide range of disciplines."
Though created for Harvard students, through the i-Lab's YouTube channel and website, we as the public have the oppurtunity to gain insight, resources and knowledge from a premier, Ivy-League Business program on topics like Starting a New Venture, Idenitfying your Market, navigating funding for your venture, and developing your business plan...all free of charge!
Cost: FREE (need YouTube access)
This Introduction to Social Enterprise was developed by Greg Werheiser and David J. MIller. 'Greg Werkheiser is a social entrepreneur and lawyer tackling major challenges in the fields of leadership development, politics and government, cultural heritage preservation, and civil rights. He has helped pioneer three major leadership development movements over 20 years: civic education, social entrepreneurship, and cross-sector leadership.'
David Miller 'is the Director of Entrepreneurship at the Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship (MCSE). Miller is also a supporting faculty member at George Mason University’s School of Management (SOM) teaching New Venture Creation and a PhD Candidate at Mason’s School of Public Policy working with Dr. Zoltan J. Acs.'
This course contains over 28 lectures and 12.5 hours of content. During this course, Werheiser and Miller teach using the foremost authorities in the social enterprenuership field like the Skoll Foundation, NetImpact, AmeriCorps, Tulane University resources, and their own expertise that combines to provide nearly 40 years of experience in this relatively young industry. And to cap it off, a certificate can be provided upon completion!
COST: FREE
Education is core to becoming socially responsible and foundational to giving the underrepresented youths of a generation the confidence and tools needed to excel in a professional, sustainable, and social enterprising world.
With this in mind, we have complied a series of free SoRe courses and certificate programs that provide the education students and business owners alike need to create a socially responsible society and socially responsible businesses. Feel free to explore one or all of the courses.
We take the time to note that like all things in the world of education and technology, things are always changing. So while we plan to maintain accurate courses and records, the reality is there may be times the courses listed change faster than we can update them. In the unfortunate event that this happens, we encourage you to explore any of the websites and databases cited on our SoRe U Resource Page
SoRe UNIVERSITY: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
CHANGEMAKERS 101 gives you the foundational information you need to start gathering the world changers at your school or institution so you can begin reshaping our world even while teachers shape your mind in their classrooms. The brainchild of Ashoka, a prominent hub of social enterprise experts and resources, CHANGEMAKERS 101 takes you through case studies and provides you with the information you need and tips or hints to keep in mind when organizing classmates into that army of world changers you guys are capable of being.
And if you can recruit enough innovative minds, Ashoka U even provides a cirriculum your school can purchase so you guys can learn from the best and brightest minds of the field! In the mean time, SoRe University is here for your enjoying!
Cost: FREE (pdf, case studies)
SoRe University
Unite for Sight is a reknown international organization that works towards expanding sight and holistic health programs globally. As part of their efforts, they developed the Global Health University (GHU) where indivduals and professionals can pursue over 20 self paced online certificates in areas like:
Socail Media and Entreprenuership, and you guessed it:
As a bonus,students have the oppurtunity to pursue this for personal gains or can apply to have their GHU transcript sent to your University for possible credit retreival.
Whats to lose? Sign up now!
Costs: $65 per certificate applied for
THE Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT) forever changed the game when students and the univeristy got together and developed a platform for free undergraduate and graduate learning that provided rigorous educational oppurtunites to individuals, professionals, even high schoolers that might not otherwise get the oppurutnity to 'attend' a university like MIT. Though students do not recieve credit, certification, or a degree for completing the courses, the education and knowledge gained by completing a course and unmatched and uncomparable.
MIT's opensource has an entire section devoted to enterprise in general with courses like:
Innovative product development
Laws for enterprenuers and Managers
But you can also pursue courses that deal specifically with social enterprenuership like:
Global Enterpreise: Asia-Pacific
and Global Enterprise: Latin America, Africa, and Middle East
M-I-T IS NOW F-R-E-E!!!
COST: FREE