Start Your Social Change Journey
Narrow your focus on a social issue and take steps to create impact.
Start Your Social Change Journey
Learn How To
Ask yourself big questions to understand your motivations for making social change
Narrow down a problem to focus on in your work or community
Identify strategies to immerse in the problem and understand opportunities for meaningful change
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Course Syllabus
Welcome to the Course
Video: Introduction by Bavidra
Discussion: Introduce Yourself to the Community
Embrace Big Questions
Video: Embrace the Big Questions
Reading: Live the Questions
Activity: Your Big Questions
Discussion: Share Your Question
Explore What Brings You to Life
Video: What Brings You to Life
Reading: Explore What Makes You Come Alive
Activity: What Brings You to Life
Discussion: Share What Drives You
Narrow Down a Problem to Focus On
Video: Narrow Down a Problem
Video: Case Study from Cheryl Goh, Grab
Activity: Problem Funnel
Discussion: Share Your Problem Statement
Take Steps Towards the Problem
Video: Take Steps Towards the Problem
Video: Community Voices
Reading: Get Proximate
Activity: Identify Your Next Steps
Discussion: Share Your Action Statement
Stay On the Path
Video: Stay on the Path
Community Voices
Activity: How Will You Sustain?
Discussion: How will You Stay on the Path?
"Listen to that inner call pushing you to start the journey. Don’t underestimate the small steps you take, because those few music notes will later create a symphony."
Daniela Ocampo,
Creative Director and Social Impact, Amadeus Foundation
Course Description
This course is for people who may not see themselves as social entrepreneurs but who want to make a greater impact in the world.
Change is the domain of all of us. Whether you work in a small organization or a large corporation, are early in your career or retired, you have the ability to create new solutions and build a better world by immersing yourself in a problem. This course shares stories from those in the Acumen community who have forged a path to purposeful work, and we hope this will inspire you on your own journey.
Featured
Bavidra Mohan
Director,
Acumen Academy
Cheryl Goh
Group Head of Marketing and Sustainability,
Grab
Sabrina Habib
Co-Founder,
Kidogo
Featured
Bavidra Mohan
Director,
Acumen Academy
Cheryl Goh
Group Head of Marketing and Sustainability,
Grab
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