Course Description

In this workshop, you'll access the most important principles Acumen has learned from more than 20 years working with leaders who are breaking boundaries and to improve how the poor, the vulnerable and the earth are treated.

There is no action too small, and there's no time like right now.

You don't need to be a social entrepreneur, nonprofit guru or an activist to benefit from this course. Because the work belongs to all of us.

The workshop features a dozen video lessons inspired by Jacqueline's new book, and it focuses on peer-to-peer discussions and actions you can take with your team. You can engage in the workshop over the course of two months, or learn from the videos in just a few hours.

The world needs your help, now more than ever. Many of our institutions have run their course, but we've not imagined what to replace them with. Change not only is possible, but the need for change is urgent. But how to start and what to do?

This is a moment for each of us to show up and lead. The work has never been more important.

The good news is that the world is ready to redefine success. More and more of us understand that the skills of the last century aren't enough to tackle the complex problems we face today. In fact, needed is a new set of skills if we are to build truly inclusive, sustainable solutions.

We can't wait for some mystical leader to show up. It's up to us and the time is now.

Join Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of Acumen, along with hundreds of other social entrepreneurs, change agents and leaders in a collaborative workshop that will help you make a difference.

We are surrounded by unsustainable levels of inequality, divisiveness and injustice, at the same time that we're grappling with global climate crisis. The institutions and systems we have today can only get us so far, and some of them are part of the problem.

It is a moment for each and every one of us to lean into. Because this work will take all of us and it has never been more urgent.

For the last 20 years, Acumen has been working with individuals who have tackled some of the toughest issues of our time. As the pioneers in social entrepreneurship, they are effectively turning ideas into reality in ways that put humanity and not profits at the center of their work.

You'll learn to apply those principles to your own social change journey;