Designing the Online Collaboratory for the Global Social Benefit Incubator

نویسندگان

  • Pedro Hernández-Ramos
  • James L. Koch
  • Eric Carlson
چکیده

Social benefit organizations face staggering challenges in their efforts to improve the lives of poor people, particularly in the developing world. Programs that offer management training and financial know-how to local leaders working in fields such as health, education, environmental protection, and economic development fill a widely recognized need for these organizations and their supporters. One such program that was developed and hosted by a team at Santa Clara University (SCU) has been delivering a collaborative learning experience to leaders of social benefit organizations for several years. The Global Social Benefit Incubator ( GSBI), launched in 2003, selects social benefit entrepreneurs from around the world to participate in an intensive two-week residential workshop where they acquire training in business development techniques, collaborate with experts from a variety of academic perspectives and professional fields, and learn from each other with two main goals in mind: sustainability and scalability.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008