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E150 Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship In Comparative Perspective Week 7 Section. Vanessa Beary veb682@mail.harvard.edu. HOUSEKEEPING. Paper 2 Questions for the speaker? Email to Fernando before the lecture! . Paper 2. Avoid using block quotes.
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E150Educational Innovation and Social EntrepreneurshipIn Comparative PerspectiveWeek 7 Section Vanessa Beary veb682@mail.harvard.edu
HOUSEKEEPING • Paper 2 • Questions for the speaker? Email to Fernando before the lecture!
Paper 2 • Avoid using block quotes. • 5 page limit. We do not read past the page limit. • Pay careful attention to directions! • Describe vs. analyze • Evaluate
Final paper • It is not required that you work with a partner, but it is recommended that you do so • No more than 3 people. • Send me an email with who you are working with on your final project. • Participation Hub: new discussion thread on the final paper where you can 1) post to the group a short paragraph describing your final project and 2) let the group know if you are looking for a partner.
Today’s section Bringing it all together….
What should we focus on? Having impact Measuring impact Scale DepthReplicationRipple effect Competition Minimise risk Minimise harm Mission/Vision Theory of action StrategySocial value CoherenceBeing innovative Accountability Financial sustainability Partnerships
Education Frameworks • Theory of Change — “The forest” • Your hypothesis • If – then statements • Logical Framework — “The tree” • Causal pathway — from A to B to C • Planning and evaluation tool to reach goals • Articulates underlying assumptions
Social Impact Model Blending frameworks • Making it practical and applicable!• Big-picture thinking of the theory of change • Step-by-step reasoning of the logic model • Feedback loop
SOCIAL PROBLEM DEFINITION • What is the problem you’re trying to solve? • What will be your niche in it? • Resources and opportunities, needs and Interests • Base it on research and hunches • Find out who is out there already • Make it specific • Frame unique approach
Vision of Success Long term, ambitious, motivating and inspiring • What success looks like • Comes directly from hypothesis
Social Impact Strategies What you do • Activities in logical framework • Emerges from assessing the resources, opportunities, needs and interests
Social Impact Indicators Your measures of success • The outcomes in your logical framework • Ambitious, yet achievable targets with evidence for impact
Performance Indicators • Being accountable • The outputs in your logical framework • What are the products or services being provided? • What is the organisation achieving in the short-term?
Business Model • AKA — the business model • The engine running your educational proposition • How do I want to carry out my operations? • Ways in which activities work together to carry out the mission • Create, deliver, and capture value • • Tells a good story• Canvas is a tool to visualise it and make it applicable? • Competition within the Business Model Canvas?
Feedback Loop • Self-evaluation system • • Being accountable to oneself • Build, ship, iterate, iterate, iterate • • Refines theory of change• Validates assumptions, hunches and hypothesis
Social Impact Model Outcomes Activities Outputs Business model
What’s Next Understanding Social Venture Partnerships • Guest Speaker: Chris Whittle, Chairman — Edison Schools, Inc. • Case: Edison Schools• Public-Private Partnerships: World Bank