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COMMERCIAL BASICS

SOCIAL SECTOR KNOWLEDGE

Understand the basics of business that
are important to any organisation.

Explore the social (enterprise) landscape,
understand the most important debates,
differences and similarities across sectors.

Topics included:

Topics included:

• Finance & Accounting
• Strategy
• Legal Forms & Governance
• Marketing & Branding
• Organisational Development
• Business Planning & Performance
Management
• Change Management
• Product Design & Innovation

• Macro & Micro Environmental & Social
Systems
• Evolution & Models of Social Enterprise
• Impact Measurement
• Social Finance, Investment & Funding
• Social Entrepreneurship & Start-ups
• Social Intrapreneurship & CSR
• Scaling (including Organic Growth,
Partnering, M&A)
• Government Policy & Commissioning

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Hone transferable skills to enable one’s
professional impact to be realised, and
to work effectively with others.

Increase self-awareness and clarify
personal and professional goals,
develop a better understanding of self
and others.

Topics included:

Topics included:

• Problem Solving
• Project Management & Productivity
• Building Networks
• Influencing
• Excel Modelling
• Presentation Skills
• Communication & Leadership
• Social Media

• Values
• Development Goals
• Feedback
• Psychometric Types (Team &
Individual)
• Inspiring Committed Action
• Adaptive & Embodied Leadership

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