Carol Whelan along with students Haley Burns and Juan Carlos Monterrey will be heading to Singapore for the Impact Forum 13. We'll be sharing a presentation in an Impact Academy Setting.

A Historical Look at Social Entrepreneurship

From a Global Perspective to Your Own Community

This academy will provide the audience with an overview of history of social entrepreneurship from the 1700’s to its current state of being recognized globally as a “new phenomenon” that is making us think about the creating of social value and inclusion at all levels of society, public, private and in universities across the globe. Current definitions of social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurs will be shared as well as a discussion of the academic questions about the nature of social entrepreneurship will be discussed.

At the local level of New Orleans, a city still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, the emergence of social entrepreneurship will be described. The role of the university and as an emerging leader in social entrepreneurship will be shared as well as the Ashoka Organization’s role in bringing university faculty, students and Ashoka Fellows together to learn and develop programs. Finally two university students, who recently received funding for their innovative idea to provide micro-finance opportunities to the very poor people of New Orleans, will briefly share their project. There will be a question and answer session following the lecture.

Tulane SISE Student and Team Win New Day Challenge for Fund 17

Exciting news for Social Innovation student Hayley Burns and Juan Carlos Monterrey. To learn more visit Tulane University article on Fund 17.

Social Innovation/Social Entrepreneurship (SISE) Inaugural Classes - Fall 2012

The inaugural classes for the new SISE Minor began in August of 2012. This is an introductory class that gives students an appreciation for the field of social entrepreneurship, and prepares students with numerous and helpful "frameworks" which can be applied to the subsequent core and elective classes in the social innovation social entrepreneurship (SISE) major. Key concepts include social justice, collective impact, blended value, history and current trajectory of the field, and the definition of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, among other terms. The class introduces students to the theories and debates about social change, and addresses select skills involved with making change. Further we look at cases of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries who are coming up with methods to address a variety of social issues utilizing different organizational forms, operating in different national and local contexts. This course is not a lecture course. It is highly interactive, experiential, and dynamic. 

Guests social innovators include Ashoka Fellows Darrell Hammond, Founder and CEO of Kaboom, Martin Fisher, Co-Founder of Kick Start, Stephanie Barksdale, Tulane's Social Innovation Program, Laura White, Ashoka Empathy Initiative. 

The SISE students are working with the following Community Partners: For the Children, Grow Dat Youth Farm, The Green Project, Habitat for Humanity, Fund 17, and AVODAH.

Tulane Social Innovation Leader and Student Laura White on Ted-X

See Laura White, Tulane senior and social innovation leader on campus and beyond at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ubAhyX9O0&feature=relmfu

Urban Build in New Orleans

Tulane Social innovation professor, Byron Mouton's project is highlighted here in the Tulane New Wave.

Tulane Students, Professor, Banneker Principal, Ashoka Fellow in Residence and Director of the Birthing Project Present at Ashoka 2012 in Tempe, AZ

Thanks to the presenters from Tulane and Banneker and the Birthing Project for the presentation at the Ashoka U Exchange, in Tempe, Arizona on February 11, 2012

From left to right: Laura White, Melanie Barlow, Colette Bolton, Cheryllyn Branche, Carol Whelan, Reina David, 
Anoop Jain, Katie Smalley, and Kathryn Hall-Truhillo. Photo by Albert Truhillo

From the point of view of a social entrepreneur, two students, a professor, and two community partners, this workshop show how a social venture can be a catalyst for university engagement with the surrounding community. This workshop asked: How can students become engaged in meaningful community service or internships? Can partnerships with universities serve as a conduit for community development? What obstacles prevent successful engagement of universities in their surrounding communities? We had a participatory discussion with leaders from two community partnerships with Tulane University, including the Birthing Project USA to improve birth outcomes for women of color, and a local elementary/middle school partnership to engage youth in social venture creation, to share best practices and to plan a new or improved community collaborations based on these examples. 

Tulane SE Professors Laura Murphy and Aaron Mouton Presenting with Ashoka U colleagues at Ashoka

MAJORS, MINORS, MASTERS & CURRICULUM FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

Ashoka U Exchange 2012

PREVIEW - There is a growing trend of course sequences for social entrepreneurship. As field evolves, we need more robust and comprehensive frameworks. Join us to get a deep dive into how Tulane and NYU launched their Minor and Major in Social Entrepreneurship and learn about new Masters programs at the Tata Institute in India and at the University of Waterloo in Canada. These programs skillfully integrate a new thinking on social change, including complexity, resilience, design thinking, and scaling ideas and initiatives. Walk away with lessons learned about the content these educators have developed and how they overcame the institutional challenges they encountered during the process. 

Speakers: 
Bethany Halbreich, Teaching Assistant, New York University
Clayton Lewis, Program Coordinator for NYU Program for Social Ventures, New York University
Satyajit Majumdar, Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Maximilian Martin, Founding and Managing Director, Impact Economy
Ellen McGrath, Clinical Associate Professor of Public Administration, NYU Wagner
Byron Mouton, Professor of Practice of Architecture, Tulane UniversityLaura Murphy, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Global Health Systems and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineBrian Ng, Senior Teaching Assistant, New York University
Steven Rasovksy, Student, New York University
Cheryl Rose, MSC, Associate Director, Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR); Director of Program Development for the Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation