Social Entrepreneur: From Doing Good to Being Great (Advanced)

Course Overview

This course aims to be a sandbox for aspiring social entrepreneurs to start their business ventures or scale up their startup businesses. The two-day course provides social entrepreneurs with a good overview of why, what, and how to be a social entrepreneur. Starting with an end in mind, the course aims to prepare the participants not just to do good, but have a long-term plan to do great; impacting society while ensuring business viability. Fireside chats to share experiences by social entrepreneurs will be the key feature of the course. 

                       

Course Duration

15 Hours

Course Mode

Physical Class

Course Dates (Total 15 Hours)

2024 Dates - May onwards

     

Course Details

Course Outline:

  1. Overview of Social Entrepreneurs
  2. Why and How
  3. Social Impacts, Financing and Business Viability
  4. Sustaining Social Enterprises
  5. Personal Growth and Mindset in Social Entrepreneurship
  6. Fireside Chat on The Journey of Social Entrepreneurs

At the End of This Course, Participants are Expected to:

  1. Understand the TPL
  2. Conducting a Thorough Needs Assessment and Problem Identification
  3. Creating a Vision for Long-Term Impact and Sustainability
  4. Exploring Revenue Generation Strategies for Social Enterprises
  5. Defining and Measuring Social Impact Metrics
  6. Crafting Effective Pitches for Investors, Donors, and Grants
  7. Generate New Insights from Case Studies of Successful Social Entrepreneurs and Their Leadership Styles
         

    Admission Info

    Who Should Attend?

    This course is designed for people exploring a career transition (for mid-career workers), realising a dream to be their own boss or are aspiring to fund their own company.

    Full Course Fees

    S$2,100 (Before GST)

    1. SkillsFuture Series

    Full Course Fees

    Funding Type​​ Subsidy CriteriaProgramme
    Base Grant 70% Singapore Citizen /​​ PR age 21 and above Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,470
    9% GST: $56.70
    Full Fee Payable: $686.70
    Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) 90% Singaporean age 40 and above Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,890
    9% GST: $56.70
    Full Fee Payable: $266.70
    Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) 90% Singapore Citizen / PR who is SME sponsored Course Fee: $2,100 - $1,890
    9% GST: $56.70
    Full Fee Payable: $266.70


    2.     SkillsFuture Credit

    Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits (up to S$500) to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding. This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants.

    Applications via MySkillsFuture.sg must be made within 60 days before course commencement. Please click here for more details. Please login to Skillsfuture portal and submit appropriately.

    3. Absentee Payroll

    Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll via the SkillsConnect system. For more information, please visit SkillsConnect. 

    4. NTU Alumni Course Credit

    From 1 July 2019, NTU alumni may utilise their course credits of S$1,600.00 to co-pay up to 50% of the nett fee (exclusive of prevailing GST) payable for courses with starting date from 1 July 2019 onwards. There will be no administrative fee involved for the use of NTU Alumni Course Credits on courses with starting date from 1 July 2019 onwards. For more information, please visit here. 

     

    An online assessment will be conducted at the end of the course.​

    Online assessments and evaluations will be conducted at the end of the course. Participants taking the SkillsFuture grant must comply with the following requirements to be awarded with the grant:

    Achieving minimum attendance (75% of the total course hours)
    Completion and pass the course assessments

    *Course Certificate will be awarded to the participant who have fulfilled all the above requirements and upon completion of all assessments.

    Registration

    Registration is open. Click here to register.

         

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