Social Entrepreneurship

While some may cringe when we bring up “theory of change” or “logic model,” we find that it’s often the secret ingredient for driving impact … when used to its full potential! In this video in our Impact Explained series, we give three pieces of advice to use this powerful tool to identify and test […]

Using Data to Power Scale discusses how social enterprises can use data to identify opportunities to innovate in order to achieve more impact at scale, and how enterprises can then use data to systematically test these innovations – including setting key success criteria alongside early indicators of success. Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, […]

Financing New Approaches to Scale discusses four common strategies social enterprises pursue to support the design and testing of innovations to support impact at scale. Meg Rudy of the DRK Foundation brings advice and perspective from the funder worldview, and Carter Clark of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Crescent Region (SC) shares hard […]

Creating an Innovation Culture to Drive Scale offers key elements for leaders to consider in creating an enabling environment for innovation and managing people and culture through the design and execution of innovations. The session features a conversation with Maria Kim, President and CEO of venture philanthropy REDF, who shares her insights from decades of […]

In Innovating to Scaled Impact CASE Executive Director Erin Worsham shares foundational concepts and considerations around innovation and scaling impact, and engages in conversation with Beth Anderson, Executive Director of the Hill Learning Center, on the realities of innovating to scaled impact within an educational nonprofit. Download our one-page summary of highlights from the session. […]

Cathy Clark (Faculty Director, CASE) is now one of the leading experts in social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and “business for good”…but this career path was mostly unplanned. After people literally laughed at the idea, she helped develop the standards for B Corps, now the global certification measuring companies’ social and environmental impact. She has since […]

This free training takes both the enterprise and investor perspective on how to align with emerging standards for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.coursera.org/learn/impact-for-sdgs/ How can businesses and investors help fill the multi-trillion-dollar gap needed for sustainable development? Simply put: by incorporating sustainability and social impact factors on people and planet into management decisions. Through […]

Entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development – when new businesses launch and grow, they create jobs, address customer needs through market-based solutions, and drive demand for other products and services from a supply chain. With this knowledge in mind, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other development institutions have increasingly […]

Launched in 2013, the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) was a five-year collaborative project between the U.S. Agency for International Development, CASE, and Innovations in Healthcare.  Through engaging 25 global health social ventures within a learning accelerator, leveraging of the impact investing ecosystem, a implementing a robust research agenda, and involving students and faculty, […]

50% of all hospital admissions and deaths in Kenya are related to non-communicable diseases. By 2030, non-communicable diseases are projected to be the leading cause of death in Africa. This is just one statistic that highlights the healthcare challenges East Africa faces. Yet even with these challenges, a system ripe for innovation and opportunity exists, […]