IRES Social Entrepreneurship Programme

IRES Social Entrepreneurship Programme on 19th to 23rd December 2022

Course calendar

Introduction

Social entrepreneurship and impact business are part of a fast-growing movement that applies business tools to find sustainable solutions to neglected problems at all levels of society. Proponents of this approach develop and deploy innovative solutions to improve their communities and the world in which we live.

This program creates a unique opportunity to focus on the business skills and frameworks that enable entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs build support among stakeholders and attract the investors needed to grow ventures to scale and maximize impact. This program creates a platform to analyze the uniquely complex issues and challenges faced by impact business leaders.

Duration

5 Days

Who should attend?

• This programme is open to entrepreneurs and executives from companies or organizations involved in furthering the common good.
• Candidates should hold a leadership role (CEO, founder, or senior management) for social entrepreneurial or impact business activities, generally operating for at least three years.
• Participants from both for-profit and non-profit organizations are also welcome to attend.

Learning outcomes

• Understand your impact. Examine the role that impact venture leaders seek to play in their business and society and the key challenges that they face
• Develop your leadership and management skills. Build your leadership, organizational and negotiation skills to manage a growing social enterprise or impact venture
• Strengthen your tool kit. Apply business tools to empower communities and leverage markets to achieve sustainability and social impact
• Join a dynamic global network of leaders pioneering social innovation, impact and best practices.

Topics covered during the programme include:

Strategy for Social Impact

• Value creation by social entrepreneurship and impact business
• Applying market mechanisms for social change
• Thinking strategically about impact
• Designing impact models to deliver impact

Leadership and management skills

• Leading mission-driven ventures and organizations 
• Negotiating for creating shared value
• Financial sustainability and management
• Impact and evaluation and management

Innovation and Funding

• Business model innovation for impact
• Scaling up impact ventures
• Partnering with venture philanthropists and impact investors
• Launching impact initiatives in large companies