Studying social entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship

 

Harvard Business School

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/features/podcasts.html

Harvard Business School has a long tradition of practice-oriented research and teaching that has a profound and far-reaching impact on business and management education world wide. From Non-Profit management to financing your next social venture, you will only find great podcasts here.

 

Columbia Business School

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/topics/socialenterprise

One of the best collections of lectures out there. It includes both lectures from academics as well as podcasts from students and others.

 

Stanford University

http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org

Social Innovation Conversations brings you social change ideas through audio lectures, speaker series, and conference recordings. You can access free podcasts on social entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, responsible investing, and more. The section on Social Entrepreneurship is well-worth exploring.

 

The Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner

http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?topicId=10

Another interesting source of information, lectures and podcasts on Social Entrepreneurship from the same university, with a more academic focus.

 

INSEAD

http://www.insead.edu/podcast/leadercast/index.cfm

A library with podcasts on several entrepreneurship-related topics. It does not have a specific focus on social entrepreneurship, but you can still find invaluable insights and some information related to the environment and CSR.

 

Berkeley University

http://www.craigslistfoundation.org/index.php?page=Nonprofit_Boot_Camp_Online

Berkeley University organises a basic workshop on non-profit and social organisations on a yearly basis, and all the speeches, training sessions and seminars are then readily available online. From lobbying to fundraising, finding your big idea to technology, you find it all here.

 

Social Edge

http://www.socialedge.org

A portal associated with the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship. It offers a lot of blogs and resources, interviews with top entrepreneurs and experts, and some podcasts (available on itunes). The site is very informative, but not too user-friendly if you do not know what you are specifically looking for.