Portal:Social entrepreneurship/Curriculum/General/Understanding Developing Communities/Activities

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Reading assignment

 * 1) Surf the web for learning materials and case studies of social entrepreneurship to find out more about community engagement.
 * 2) * While doing so, identify stories of social entrepreneurs interacting with communities.
 * 3) ** Are there any common success factors?
 * 4) ** Any anti-patterns? (i.e. approaches, attitudes or actions which should be avoided)
 * 5) *** What advice was shared?
 * 6) ** In the example(s) you have found, how would you have approached the community and facilitated engagement?
 * 7) Identify a case study of a community where social entrepreneurs are involved to link to or write about.
 * 8) * Add a link to the case study you have found or written on our Case Studies page.
 * 9) Share insights with fellow students.
 * 10) Finally, add a link from your user page (recall) to anything you have written, or significantly contributed to.

=Where to Start=


 * Your own Community (or communities)
 * The web.


 * Discuss your findings with fellow learners, and post insights on the discussion page.

=Experiential Learning=

This is your first step towards community engagement. Activities here will be extended in future modules/units.

The pattern will generally be:

Preparation and planning ... field work/ quest ... learn ... come back and share ... create links under Community ....

In advance, find out as much as possible.

What questions need to be asked?


 * General background information.
 * Where can you get this information?
 * Who are the community leaders?
 * What existing community structures are already in place?
 * Are there any existing community development initiatives?

Approach the community with humility in learning mode only.

No judgements.

Document your learning.

= What Next? =

The next module in this course is Social Innovation.

Alternatively, return to the main curriculum page and choose a different unit.