CSIM’s Social Entrepreneurship Outlook Program (SEOP) is a four-month part-time program designed to introduce the principles and criteria of social entrepreneurship to existing and potential social change agents.

The SEOP aims:

□ To introduce NGO founders, staff, trustees, social change agents in corporates, academic institutions and active volunteers to the concept of social entrepreneurship

□ To show the potential of social entrepreneurship to address organizational and resource   challenges

□ To orient socially conscious individuals to the opportunities and needs in the social sector and social entrepreneurship as a means to make social work practice sustainable and effective

By the end of the course, participants will:

□ Gain a thorough theoretical understanding of the criteria of social entrepreneurship

□ Become aware of the possible areas of entrepreneurial action in the social sector (for those who wish to work with social entrepreneurs rather than setting up an organization themselves)

If you are about to begin a NGO

  • Crystallize your social change idea, focus upon detailing for action
  • Get started with appropriate inputs on legal requirements
  • Help in networking and connecting with resources useful in kick starting your organization

If you are a volunteer

  • Develop skills to partner with an NGO on a long term basis with the intention of making an impact
  • Develop an understanding of challenges faced by NGOs
  • Become an active partner, seeking and driving performance standards in NGOs where you volunteer

If you are working with a NGO

  • Develop the aptitude to look at the macro picture of your organization
  • Help you grow beyond functional limitations
  • Professional development:become well informed about changing trends in the social sector

If you are a founder of an NGO

  • Pause, reflect and refocus priorities
  • Identify strategic solutions
  • Identify newer avenues and resources for the development of the organization
  • Take the organization to the next level of growth

 

Course Content and Educational Methods

The 4-month program addresses the concept of Social Entrepreneurship with specific emphasis on the criteria, processes and values required to become a social entrepreneur. The course is broadly classified into two components

□ Module I which deals with the concepts of Social Entrepreneurship

□ Module II that provides insights into management tools that support Social entrepreneurship

The course requires completion of a project work as part of Field Action Component. The candidates are required to spend a minimum of three hours per week at a designated NGO. A project proposal which encompasses the principles of Social Entrepreneurship learnt in the class has to be submitted at the end of the program.

 

Outline of Modules

Module 1: Social Entrepreneurship & Tools for Social Entrepreneurs

□ Criteria of Social Entrepreneurship, Values of a Social Entrepreneur

□ Tools for Social Entrepreneurs

□ Legal aspects

□ Fund Development & Building a Donor Constituency

□ Building a Volunteer Constituency, Corporate Social Responsibility, Venture Philanthropy

Module 2: Management Tools

□ Organizational Planning

□ Social Research

□ Social Marketing

□ Human Resource Management

□ Project Management

□ Communication

□ Finance management & Governance and Accountability