1. Can Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Be Taught?
A Scaffolded and Integrative Approach
Bruce Manciagli
Social Entrepreneur in Residence
College of Social Sciences and Public Policy

2. Seminal Definitions
Gregory Dees (2001) The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship”
Martin & Osberg (SSIR 2007) Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Phills, Deiglmeier, & Miller (SSIR 2008) Rediscovering Social Innovation

3. Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Understanding a social/environmental problem (unjust equilibrium) within its socio-cultural context.
Ideating an innovative, impactful, systemic solution
Implementing the solution through a sustainable, scalable social impact model (via a social enterprise, high-impact nonprofit, cross sector initiative, etc.)

4. Competencies/Attributes of Successful
Social Entrepreneurs & Innovators
Leadership
Optimism
Grit
Resilience
Creativity & Innovation
Empathy
Emotional & Social Intelligence
Scott Sherman ~ Transformative Action Institute

5. Can we teach students to be successful social entrepreneurs
and innovators?

6. Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Specialization
College of Social Science and Public Policy
Interdisciplinary Social Science Program
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Specialization
A Look at Content and Pedagogy

7. Becoming an Entrepreneurial University
FSU
Becoming an Entrepreneurial University
Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs)
Interdisciplinary
Ecosystem
Modeling an Entrepreneurial Mindset and Risk Taking

8. Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Specialization
A Scaffolded and Integrative Approach

9. Curricular/Co-Curricular Continuum
Curriculum
Field Work: Internships, DIS, Research
Co-Curricular

10. Curriculum

11. Field Work: Internships
Local
RedEye Coffee
Domi Ventures
Institue for Nonprofit Innovation & Excellence
Unhoused Humanity
Greater Frenchtown’s Marketplace & Heritage Hub
Tallahassee Food Network
The Sharing Tree
Be the Solution
Girls on the Run
FAVACA
MuniMod

12. Field Work: International

13. Field Work: DIS
Cameroon: Student analyzed the work she facilitated on a micro-lending program in Cameroon.
Haiti: Student developed a business plan for, and prepared to launch, a social enterprise in Haiti focused on access to clean water and energy.
Rwanda/Uganda: Student conducted research on GPE program in Rwanda and evaluated a social enterprise in Uganda.

14. Co-Curricular

15. Curricular/Co-Curricular Applied/Problem-Based
Continuum
Pedagogical
Themes/Strategies
Interdisciplinary
Integrative
Scaffolded
Experiential
Applied/Problem-Based
Self-Regulated
Curriculum
Field Work
Co-Curricular

16. Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
International Affairs
Public Administration & Policy
Economics
Sociology
Political Science
Urban & Regional Planning
Geography
Environmental Studies
Entrepreneurship
Social Work
Communication
Recreation & Tourism…

17. Integrative
Integrative learning is an understanding and a disposition that a student builds across the curriculum and co-curriculum, from making simple connections among ideas and experiences to synthesizing and transferring learning to new, complex situations within and beyond the campus.
Integrative experiences often occur as learners address real-world problems, unscripted and sufficiently broad, to require multiple areas of knowledge and multiple modes of inquiry, offering multiple solutions and benefiting from multiple perspectives.
~Association of American Colleges and Universities

18. Scaffolded EIR Mentoring Holistic Ecosystem of Resources and Support
Grant for Engaged Learning
Peer Examples and Mentoring
Internship Mentoring
Gaining Confidence Through Curricular/Co-Curricular Continuum

19. Applied/Problem-Based
Experiential
Applied/Problem-Based
Case Studies
Internships
Capstone Courses
DIS
Competitions

20. Self-Regulated
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences ~ offers students a high degree of flexibility in creating a personalized program of study.
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Specialization ~ encourages students to assess their own strengths and gaps in their skills and knowledge. Reflection and self/peer assessment is built in throughout.
Capstone: Leading Social Enterprise & Innovation ~ follows a design-thinking approach; students choose a social/environmental problem they’re passionate about, which they pursue throughout the semester.

21. Examples of students
who have taken risks to
discover,
learn,
&
create social impact

22. Charles Wilson International Affairs Concentration in Social
Entrepreneurship & Innovation

23. Valeria Rodriquez Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Social Entrepreneur & Innovation Concentration
As a member of an interdisciplinary team led by the
College of Communication and Information

24. Alex van den Berg Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Social Entrepreneur & Innovation Concentration

25. Psychology and Marketing
Ramon Aleman
Psychology and Marketing