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Social Impact Strategy: A Practical Guide
4.77 (100 Ratings)
Develop practical and comprehensive plans to achieve your goals for social change. This course will assist you in delving deeply into creating actionable road maps and meticulously assessing the path forward. It will challenge you to scrutinize the feasibility and lasting relevance of your ideas while also equipping you with valuable decision-making and planning tools.
$299.99
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Duration8 hours
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Enrollment validityEnrollment validity: 365 days
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CertificateCertificate of completion
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What will I learn?
- Problem identification, validation and description
- Ideation and solution analysis
- Crafting vision, mission, and core values.
- Developing a theory of change
- Action planning
- Aligning with the sustainable development goals
- Risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
Curriculum
Module One: Introduction to Strategy & Problem Identification
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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What is Social Impact?
06:22 -
What is an impact strategy ?
02:08 -
Five things strategy is not
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Problem analysis
01:45 -
Problem discovery: What is it?
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Problem discovery: Who should you speak with?
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Understanding the problem
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Exercise: Problem validation and problem statement
Module Two: Looking for Solutions – Ideation, Analysis & Prioritization
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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Creating divergent solutions to the needs/problems
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Analyzing & streamlining the solutions
01:49 -
Analyzing and streamlining the solutions (SWOT Analysis)
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Prioritizing the solutions using program contribution analysis
02:43 -
Exercise: Prioritizing Solutions
Module Three: Defining Your North Star & Values
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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Defining your organization/project’s vision
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Defining your organization/project’s mission
00:56 -
Defining your organization/project’s core values
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Exercise: Develop your vision, mission and core values
Module Four: Impact Modelling
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete" and submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (not applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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05:56
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Creating and testing your theory of change
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Exercise: Develop your theory of change
Module Five: Action Planning
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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Developing an action plan
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Monitoring your action plan and measuring progress
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Exercise: Develop your action plan
Module Six: Risk Analysis & Assessment
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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Risk identification and assessment
04:40 -
Risk assessment for social ventures
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Optional Exercise: Risk analysis and mitigation strategies
Module Seven: Going Global; Aligning your Strategic Plan to the 2030 Global Goals
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.
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What is sustainable development?
02:40 -
The sustainable development goals and the 2030 agenda
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Why should you align your venture with the 2030 agenda?
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How to align your venture with the SDGs
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Example – How impact toolbox aligns with the SDGs
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Exercise: Knowledge test
Earn a Certificate
Celebrate your journey and showcase your impact.
Student Reviews
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I love it!!!
Impact Toolbox offers one of the most practical social impact courses I have taken. The balance between self-paced learning and real-world application is perfect. I finished the course not just with knowledge, but with a completed strategic plan for my venture. 10/10
Alot of learnings as navigated through entire course
I was very interested in entrepreneurial activities with welfare in mind and this course helped me learn how my goals can be achieved and help me make a plan for such activities.
The Experience was great. Thanks so much
The course is very relevant in todays world and a very good fit for me
Great experience, though I'm still months later awaiting my certification.
Yes it was a good match for me
The course was very insightful and engaging.
This course was the perfect fit for me. It equipped me with practical, hands-on skills that I previously lacked. Additionally, it was intellectually stimulating—challenging me to think critically about strategy and develop actionable solutions to bring my social enterprise to life.
The course was very beneficial for understanding and working on Social Impact. The content was clearly explained, and practical exercises helped me shape my project idea.
An insightful course that has helped me develop my skills
it was amazing
it gave me a thorough view of the social business or enterprise from the strategic beginning and impactful ending, sticking to the significant outcomes that benefited the people and environment.
The course was worth the time spent on it. The practical steps and assessments taken were absolutely educative. I strongly recommend this course.
Was nice but still need to change alot
The course is comprehensive, and I enjoyed every bit of it. I am now well equipped with the foundational knowledge of social impact enterprises.
This course was very insightful.The theory of change (TOC) was the most effective part.. This website taught me how to co-operate your knowledge and resize your vision and mission. Thanks to the Director and all other.
The course was very insightful and helped us as a startup realign our goals and efforts towards something more feasible. We were able to create a theory of change for our program.
This course has been very insightful and helpful in preparing me to take viable decisions and develop sustainable strategies related to current initiatives I am working on and has equipped me with relevant tools to lead.
Key contributors
Dr. Segun Fatudimu
Founder and Executive Director at Impact Toolbox, Canada
Kirsten Brosbøl
Founder of 2030Beyond and Former Minister for Environment and Danish Member of Parliament, Denmark
You'll get...
- Short videos
- Readings
- Worksheets
- Case studies
- External sources
- Exercises
Target Audience
- Social Change Leaders
- Social Entrepreneurs
- Non-profit leaders and executives
- Volunteers
- Students and youths
- Community development enthusiast
Requirements
- You will need 35 mins per day for two weeks
- You will need to complete all lessons and exercises to earn a certificate. Make sure you mark every lesson complete. This button is located on the top right corner on laptops/desktops and at the bottom on mobile devices)
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