Learn social innovation at Stanford

 

Since 2001, more than 1,500 non profit, government, and corporate leaders have attended education programmes geared at social innovation at Stanford’s graduate school of business. Here is the list of courses available for 2009. 

Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders – March 8-20, 2009
Develops the professional capabilities of current and future leaders of nonprofit organizations by relating their experiences to integrated frameworks on leadership and management.

Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations – April 15-17, 2009
Teaches teams of senior staff members and board members how to effectively define and execute an organizational strategy and mission.

Corporate Social Responsibility:
Strategic Integration and Competitiveness – April 22-24, 2009
Explores new ways in which companies can incorporate societal and environmental perspectives into strategic thinking, and the challenges and dilemmas involved in the process.

Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship –
June 21- July 3, 2009
Delivers innovative management frameworks to help seasoned social entrepreneurs address their unique challenges, scale their ventures, and affect even greater social change for the communities they serve.

Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability –
September 13-19, 2009
Draws from a multidisciplinary curriculum and delivers strategies to gain competitive advantage through environmentally sustainable practices. Appropriate for leaders in business, government, non-governmental organizations, and political action organizations.