Overview:
This second-to-last class will go into the more personal side of social entrepreneurship. Through a discussion of the qualities and personal characteristics of successful social entrepreneurs, we hope to build a framework from which to determine who can be a social entrepreneur and who can’t.
Logistics:
- Housekeeping – Anything that’s necessary to take care of beforehand. (10 min).
- Discussion of social entrepreneurs - The discussion should be based on last week’s assignment to profile a variety of social entrepreneurs. What are the characteristics in common? What qualities make sense? What surprised you? Why do you think these qualities show up? [50 min]
- Discussion of student leaders – The discussion should start based on last week’s assignment and should draw parallels with the previous discussion. What do the students have in common? How do the characteristics match up with the qualities discussed in the previous classes relating to the respective topics? Are you a brainstormer, leader, team player, public speaker, and/or schmoozer? All of these questions are important and relevant because they are all critical to a social enterprise’s success [50 min]
- Wrap Up - Any last words or thoughts go here. Some other themes related to the class as a whole can be discussed as well [10 min].
Exercises:
- Take a step back and compare your thoughts about social entrepreneurship, growing an organization, becoming a leader, etc from before this class to this point in the class. A short paragraph is all that’s necessary.
Readings
No readings.
Next Week:
Next week is the last class, in which we will take a step back from the bubble of social entrepreneurship and simply look at how the field is doing as a whole and how that compares to the current status quo.
