The Social Entrepreneurship Program (SoEP)

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The Social Entrepreneurship Program (SoEP)

Global School of Entrepreneurship

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About the Program

The SoEP Program is a unique ACTIVEclass^TM compliant practical, experience-based Social Entrepreneurship NPQ^TM Program based on the principle of impacting entrepreneurial SEEK^TM (skills, expertise, experience, and know-how) through active engagement and practice.

Social entrepreneurship is the development of a business around a social or environmental mission or issues and can include for-profit businesses as well as nonprofit organizations.

A Social Entrepreneur is a businessperson who uses their business skills to solve social, environmental, or economic problems and adhere to their strict code of ethics across their business enterprises.

This NPQ^TM Program is designed to provide intensive entrepreneurial immersion training in Social Entrepreneurship SEEK^TM development for the next generation of Social Entrepreneurs setting up and building their Business Enterprise in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE^TM).

As an NPQ^TM program, the SoEP is not a paper qualification (certificate/diploma) based program where participants work towards getting a paper qualification at the end of the Program through taking and passing required course assignments, tests, or exams and getting grades for them. Your qualification on the SoEP Program is Your Social Business Enterprise Startup which one is expected to establish before enrolling on the SoEP or start-up during or after completing the Program

This is an NPQ^TM (No Paper Qualification) Program

No Paper Qualification on Completion of the Program

SoEP — Your Qualification is Your Business Startup

Key Information

Mode of Delivery

Online

Duration

9 – 12 months

Number of Modules

Number of Credit Hours

Apply Date

January 2025

Start Date

September 2025

Language

English

Targeted Entrepreneurs

The SoEP Program is targeted at Prospective Social Entrepreneurs yet to commence Business and aspiring to start their Startup Business as a Founder or Co-Founder and get into Business.

ACTIVEclass Compliant Program

The SoEP Program is ACTIVEclass compliant whereby the instructional delivery approach is designed to facilitate, support, and empower the active engagement of the Program Participants (Learners) in the process of developing and acquiring their Program-specific SEEK

The ACTIVEclass philosophy underlying SoEP is based on a paraphrased quote partially attributable to Confucius, the Chinese Philosopher: “Tell Me, and I Forget; Teach Me, and I May Remember; Involve Me, and I Learn; (Get Me To Do It and I will Know It)”.

The SoEPProgram, therefore, lays ZERO emphasis on the Telling (Tell Me and I Forget), LESS emphasis on Teaching (Teach Me and I May Remember), MAJOR emphasis on Involving (Involve Me and I Learn), and MAXIMUM emphasis on Getting TO DO IT (Get Me To Do It and I will Know It)) aspects in delivering the Modules of the Program.

ACTIVEclass Mode of Program Delivery

The LKDA^TM– Outcome ACTIVEclass^TM Mode of Program Delivery

The ACTIVEclass Mode of Delivery of SoEPlays less emphasis on teaching the Participants details of the entrepreneurial SEEK. Rather they are encouraged and empowered to acquire the relevant entrepreneurial SEEK through the innovative LKDA (Learn, Know, Do, Acquire) approach practiced through the active engagement of Learners in a Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) process.

ACTIVEclass Learners/Participants on SoEPare therefore encouraged and empowered to play an active-engagement role in contributing to their entrepreneurial SEEK development and acquisition process through actively engaging in the Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based Instructor-prescribed and Learner-Self-prescribed learner-initiative- intensity-activeness LKDA-Outcome AATs (actions, activities, and tasks).

SoEP is, therefore, a personal initiative intensity commitment (PIIC)-based ACTIVEclass Program that expects its Participants to take full responsibility for their Learning, Knowing, Doing, and Acquiring (LKDA) Outcomes relating to acquiring their entrepreneurial SEEK through activity-based Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD).

Already-in-Business and Prospective Future Entrepreneurs enrolled in this intensive and practical ACTIVEclassTM Entrepreneurship Program are encouraged and empowered to use their creative capabilities and abilities to create and contribute to the entrepreneurial SEEKTM they want and seek to acquire through active engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based approach. The SoEP Program is therefore designed to prepare, empower and encourage its Participants and Alumni to pursue the path of being job and wealth creators rather than job seekers.

Program Entry Requirement

The SoEP Program Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements on the SoEPProgram, except that one is expected to have a burning desire and the determination to become an Entrepreneur and is willing to embrace the entrepreneurial mindset to put in the required efforts to be the Founder or Co-Founder of a Social Business Enterprise or Corporation. One is also expected to adopt the personal initiative intensity commitment (PIIC^TM) active engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) activity-based (LKDA^TM) Outcome approach to Learn, Do, Know, and Acquire the requisite entrepreneurial SEEK^TM to set-up, manage, build and grow their Business in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE^TM).

Business Background or Qualifications

Those with some entrepreneurial or business background or qualifications and those with some prior entrepreneurial or business work experience in any of the fields of Business who aspire to become Social Entrepreneurs running the Business they Founded or Co-Founded may have some headstart on the SoEP Program.

Without Business Background or Qualifications

Those without entrepreneurial or business backgrounds or qualifications and others without prior entrepreneurial or business work experience can still catch up on their entrepreneurial SEEK^TM without difficulty on the SoEP Program and become successful Social Entrepreneurs. The expectation is that what they lack on the entrepreneurial business background qualification or work experience side can be picked up easily on their SoEP Entrepreneurship Journey and beyond.

The Business world is littered with Business Founders running Businesses employing knowledgeable and experienced staff with the extensive business and technical expertise needed for running the Business without themselves having some practical entrepreneurial or business background to start with.

So, we have you covered if you belong to the category of those potential future Social Entrepreneurs who want to be successful Entrepreneurs in the 4IR Economy without the requisite entrepreneurial background or work experience to start with.

By all means, Join Us and succeed on the SoEP Program.

Program Duration and Method

Duration of the Program:

16 Weeks (Intensive Self-Pace Study)

This Program is made up of a number of Program Engagement Sessions (PESs). Each PES comprising a number of designated Units of Study (USE^TM) has an expected duration equivalent to a one-week session on the Program. Some Participants on the Program may spend less than a week and others more than a week during a given PES.

Method of Delivery:

Intensive Online ACTIVEclass^TM Activity-Based Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD).

Participants on iCSEP are expected during each PES to undertake and complete specific ACTIVEclass^TM active-engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) LKDA^TM– Outcome practical entrepreneurship actions, activities, and tasks (AATs) for acquiring specific entrepreneurial SEEK^TM. Participants are expected to complete the ACTIVEclass^TM LDKA^TM-Outcome AATs corresponding to each of the Units of Study (USE^TM) designated for a given PES before moving on to the next PES.

The Focus Business Areas

The Focus Business Areas (FoBAs) of the SoEP Program

The FoBAs of the SoEP Program identifies the Business products, systems, or services that Social Entrepreneurs are expected to be engaged in as the focus area of their Social Business Enterprise.

The SoEP Focus of Business Areas (FoBAs)
Community-based Social Business Products and Services
Co-operative Business Products and Services
For-profit Business Products and Services
Global Social Business Products and Services
Nonprofit Social Business Products and Services
Social Firm Business Products and Services
Social Purpose Business Products and Services
Socially Responsible Business Products and Services
Transformational Social Business Products and Services
…and Many More

Program Structure

The SoEP Program is based on Three Modules:

Each of the Program Modules comprises a number of Sub-Modules, each constituting several Units of Study Engagement (USE^TM). The delivery of each USE^TM under its designated Program Engagement Session (PES) is based on specific ACTIVEclass^TM active-engagement Learning-by-Involvement (LbI) and Knowing-by-Doing (KbD) practical entrepreneurship LDKA^TM-Outcome AATs targeted at acquiring specific entrepreneurial SEEK^TM

Program Modules A

SoEP Module A: The SoEP Base Camp Fire-Side Chat Module

The Units of Study Engagement (USE)
Understanding the Social Business Enterprise Environment and the Business Enterprise Industry Locally and Globally
Knowing What they Say About the Prospects and the Future of the Social Business Enterprises in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing About Social Business Enterprise Entrepreneurship and Utreprenership in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing a Thing or Two About Who Are the Social Entrepreneurs
Knowing Why Social Entrepreneurs are Some of the Key Movers and Shakers of the in Today’s Business World Locally & Globally
Knowing Why Social Entrepreneurs are Everywhere and are involved in Almost Everything Made, Created, or Built in Social Business Enterprises.
Knowing the Importance of Being a Social Entrepreneur in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing What It Takes to Stand on the Shoulders of Giant Social Entrepreneurs and Learn From Their Notable Accomplishments as Well as Mistakes and Tribulations on their Entrepreneurship Journey
Knowing What It Takes to be a Social Entrepreneur in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing What it Takes to Develop and Secure Your Social Business Enterprise Entrepreneurial Foundation
Knowing What it Takes to Embark on Your Social Business Enterprise Entrepreneurial Journey in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) Economy (FIRE)
Knowing What it Takes as a Social Entrepreneur to ‘Bite More Than You Can Chew’ and Still Chew it to Build and Grow Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing How to Spot ‘Easier Say Than Done’ Decisions and Still Do It on Your Social Entrepreneurial Journey
Knowing How to Think Like a Social Entrepreneur: Embracing the ‘I can do it better and different’ Thinking and Mentality
Knowing What it Takes to Embrace and Practice as a Social Entrepreneur inspired by the George Bernard Shaw Credo – “You see things, and you say Why? But I dream things that never were, and I say, Why not.”
Knowing What it Takes to Manage Your Social Entrepreneurial Anxieties
Need to Know Why Making the Choice and the Decision to be Social Entrepreneur is a Good One
Need to Know How to Stay on Course on Your Social Entrepreneurial Journey even if the Going Get Tough
Knowing What it Takes to Succeed as a Social Entrepreneur: The Social Business Entrepreneurial Motivational PEP Talk.
Knowing How to Take and Heed the Advise of Social Entrepreneurs Who Have Been There
Knowing Where to Start on Your Business Social Entrepreneurial Journey
Knowing the Critical Social Entrepreneurship SEEK You Must Get and Practice to Start, Build and Grow Your Social Business Enterprise and be a Successful Social Entrepreneur in the 4IR Economy.

Program Modules B

SoEP Module B: The SoEP Business Ignition and Start-Up Module

The Units of Study Engagement (USE)
Knowing What it Takes to Motivate and Inspire Yourself to Commence Your Social Business Enterprise Utrepreneurship Journey without Holding Back
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Social Business Enterprise Pre-Launch Crisis Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Social Business Enterprise Pre-Launch Strategic Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Social Business Enterprise Pre-Launch Business Funding Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Social Business Enterprise Pre-Launch People Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Ignite Your Social Entrepreneurial Business Startup
Knowing What it Takes to Have the Requisite Social Entrepreneurial Leadership Skills (ELS) to Lead Your Business Enterprise from a Startup to a Successful Business
Knowing How to Scope the Nature of Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing How to Identify and Crystalize the FoBAs for Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing How to Spot a Gap in the Market for the Products/Services of Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing How to Develop Your Viable Entrepreneurial Business Idea (VEBI)
Knowing How to Put Together a Viable Business Preposition (VBP) for Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing How to Craft the Entrepreneur Statement of Business Intention Aspiration (ESBIP) for Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing What it Takes to Take Off in Business as a Social Entrepreneur
Knowing What it Takes to Commerce Your Social Business Enterprise from an Existing Business
Knowing What it Takes to Sustain Your Passion for Setting Up and Running Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing What it Takes to be a Creative Social Entrepreneur
Knowing How to Ask the Social Business Enterprise Entrepreneurial ‘what-if’ ‘Doing it Better and Different’ Questions
Knowing How to do Your Social Business Enterprise QDA -- The Quick & Dirty Analysis – The 4Ws
Knowing How to Figure out Your ‘Assets’ and Build on them for Your Social Business Enterprise Success
Knowing How to do Your Social Business Enterprise SWACOP (Strengths, Weakness, Assets, Challenges, Opportunities & Possibilities) Analysis
Knowing How to do Your Social Business Enterprise Entrepreneurship Venture Viability Analysis - EVVA
Knowing How to do Your Social Business Enterprise BPC –Business Preposition Crystallization
Knowing How to Taxonomize Your Social Business Enterprise Product/Services Offerings
Knowing How to Recognize and Do Something About Your Social Business Enterprise Weaknesses and Do Something About Strengthening Your Business Enterprise Strengths
Knowing the True and Critical Customers of Your Social Business Enterprise Products/Services
Knowing What it Takes to Come Out with the Minimum Viable Product/ Service (MVP/MVS) for Your Social Business Enterprise
Knowing What It Takes to Create the Products/Services for Your Social Business Enterprise Startup
Knowing What is Required to Produce Your Social Business Enterprise Finished Products/Services for the Market
Knowing What it Takes and What is Required to Start Your Social Business Enterprise Startup if you are yet to commence business
Knowing How To Get On Top Of Your Business Your Social Business Enterprise Start-Up Challenges
Knowing What it Takes to Ensure that Your Qualification is Your Social Business Enterprise Startup

Program Modules C

SoEP Module C: The SoEP Business Accelerated Development & Immersion Experience Module

The Units of Study Engagement (USE)
Knowing What it Takes to Launch Your Business Enterprise Product/Services on the Market
Knowing What it Takes to Market and Promote Your Business Enterprise Product/Services on the Market
Knowing What it Takes to Manage and Run Your Post-Launch Business Enterprise
Knowing How to Make Your Business Enterprise Post-Launch Crisis Judgement Calls
Knowing How to Make to Make Your Business Enterprise Post-Launch Strategic Judgement Calls
Knowing How to Make to Make Your Business Enterprise Post-Launch Business Funding Judgement Calls
Knowing How to Make to Make Your Business Enterprise Post-Launch People Judgement Calls
Knowing What it Takes to Put Together a Team to Manage Your Up and Running Post-Launched Business Enterprise
Knowing What it Takes to Source and Mobilize Funds and Investment to Develop and Accelerate Your Business Enterprise
Knowing What it Takes to Handle Challenges in the Way of Developing Your Business Enterprise
Knowing What it Takes to Recognize and Avoid Costly Mistakes, Social Entrepreneurs Make
Knowing What it Takes to Get and Work with Your Business Enterprise Services Mentors to Accelerate the Development of Your Business Enterprise
Knowing What it Takes to Make Your Business Enterprise FOOTPRINTSTM
Knowing What it Takes to Move Your Business Enterprise From One Level to the Next
Knowing What it Takes and What is Required to Build and Grow Your Fully Operational and Up and Running Business Enterprise

Fees & Funding

Associate Degree

Associate Degree is $550/Module

Bachelor’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree is $550/Module

Scholarship & Financial Aid

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