Training & Executive Education

CASE prepares leaders and organizations with the business skills needed to achieve lasting social change. CASE’s training and executive education helps busy managers learn how to improve their impact on social and environmental problems. Since 2001, we have trained thousands of enterprises, investors, nonprofit leaders, and other managers.  Our programs are consistently rated as engaging and highly actionable. 


Strengthening Impact Management. CASE is partnering with Impact Frontiers to offer a cohort-based program in which participants develop and strengthen impact management approaches tailored to their organization’s context, strategy, and goals.  The program includes monthly virtual meetings over a twelve-month period, with workshops, case examples and exercises, structured peer sharing and feedback, guest expert sessions, and coaching. Find out more about the program, and contact Impact Frontiers to learn more about joining the next cohort.


Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs. Tens of thousands of learners have already accessed our self-paced training on strategies for impact measurement and management for the SDGs through Coursera.  This training takes both the enterprise and investor perspective, and is organized around four key steps to align with emerging standards for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.  This free course is Sponsored by the UN Development Programme, and participants can post their certificate of completion directly to LinkedIn.  Join the course

“The depth of information and real-life examples shared in this course is exceptional. I would highly recommend this for new and emerging professionals in the social impact space. I feel empowered to improve the impact management practices within my organisation and even share this knowledge with others.”
-IMM for the SDGs participant


Smart Scaling. Smart Scaling trains impact enterprise leaders  and funders on best practices for driving impact at scale. The program approach, knowledge, and tools are generated from CASE’s decades of research on the scaling journey, from both the enterprise and funder perspective.  The series of live, virtual sessions are highly interactive, including dedicated work time to apply concepts to participants’ own impact organization and structured peer feedback.  The program is customized to cohort needs.  For cohorts of portfolio enterprises, participants will work to build a robust plan and pitch to scale their impact.  For cohorts of funders, the program is focused on advanced strategies to funding scale. Share your information to be notified when date are set for our next training.


ESG & Impact Management for Enterprises. This live and cohort-based training helps C-Suite leaders and managers cut through the noise in the rapidly expanding ESG and impact field to immediately and confidently enhance their impact management practices. We have simplified decades of research and guidance into four universal steps of impact measurement and management. Within each step, we focus on the specific actions, tools, and processes you can adopt to immediately enhance your practices and set a course for continual improvement in impact management over time. Share your information to be notified when dates are set for our next training.


Is your organization seeking a specific impact training? Email case@fuqua.duke.edu to discuss your needs and explore partnering with CASE on a custom training.