Writing Homework Help

READING:

Reading from: Understanding Social Entrepreneurship: The Relentless Pursuit of Mission in an Ever Changing World Chapter 5 Developing a Strategic Plan for a Social Venture

MEDIA: 

Guest Speaker Professor Boczkowski on zoom
OR: Watch the Video Asynchronously Video will be posted to Camino after event 

Does Collective Impact Really Make an Impact? 

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/does_collective_im… 

Collective Impact 

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/collective_impact 

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF THE WEEK: COMMUNICATIONS 

Taro Works  Scaling IluMexico 

ClickMedix 

Healthcare management in rural areas

Part 1: WRITE 100 WORDS ON THIS WEEK’S READING AND/OR MEDIA EVENT

Write 100 words to tell our class your thoughts on this week’s reading and/or media events etc.

Discuss and consider how social problems can be addressed the social science method Design Thinking, social entrepreneurial thinking/approaches, and innovations provided by technologies.

Reference at least one reading, media event, or digital educational material for the week.

Part 2: Write at least 50 words per response to each fellow student for 100 words total.

Discussion Prompt:

1. For decades the United States has faced an education crisis, with “over 1 million secondary school students dropping out every year” (Kania & Kramer). In Collective Impact, I learned that no single organization/initiative, such as better after-school programs, could solve the problem alone. Instead, as Strive has learned, collective impact is the key to solving large-scale problems like the education crisis. When I first read about this concept of collective impact, I thought it was a synonymous term for collaboration. But, I found the two terms have different meanings. “Unlike most collaborations, collective impact initiatives involve a centralized infrastructure, a dedicated staff, and a structured process that leads to a common agenda, shared measurement, continuous communication, and mutually reinforcing activities among all participants” (Kania & Kramer). I believe it’s important for people to learn the differences between the two terms and learn how to integrate collective impact into their social entrepreneurial thinking, as it can help them solve problems that have persisted for decades. 

2. In Collective Impact, I learned that when it comes to very pressing social issues, it is sometimes better to work in a collective group of social entrepreneurs, rather than as a single organization. Many problems are often way too big for one organization to take by themselves but many organizations are often passionate about solving these problems. This is where collective impact can come in, bringing a large group together to tackle a certain problem from many different angles. In order to do so, the organizations need to have a common agenda, shared measurement systems, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and shared backbone support organizations. Nonetheless, having many organizations working together will always lead to problems or disagreements. In order for Collective Impact to work efficiently, Does Collective Impact Really Make an Impact points out that it is essential for the organizations to focus on having a common goal and backbone support. 

Part 3: Analytic Response to Readings, Media, and Social Entrepreneurship Exemplars for the Week.

500 words minimum including quotes you incorporate from the text.

Required: at least three (3) verbatim quotes from the reading with page numbers (no page numbers required for websites) or paraphrases of the speakers/media events with general time stamp for videos or date for “live events.” 

Prompt: Consider what information, communication, and digital resources we take for granted living in developed economies? What day-to-day tools do we enjoy that are not equally shared in economically disadvantaged economies and regions? What kinds of human and societal capital do we take for granted living in developed economies? These might include functioning bureaucracies such as: schools, government, legal structures, etc.? What baseline skill sets are necessary to serve different populations? Different kinds of background knowledge that should be considered might include: literacy, numeracy, tech skills, language, etc. How do we need a deep understanding of local human capital in order to serve client needs? What did you find inspiring about the Social Entrepreneurs of the Week—what did they teach you about how solutions to social problems can be generated using an inductive, culturally appropriate, client-centered approach using design thinking?