Social innovation and social entrepreneurship have emerged as important mechanisms by which interventions with a socially useful impact can reach communities. The concept of social innovation focuses on how to generate solutions that create social value, as well as the processes by which these solutions are generated. Social entrepreneurship implies building an organization that applies commercial strategies to improve human or environmental well-being, and values social impact alongside financial returns for external investors.
In Partnership with CW&A, LLC (Connell Wise & Associates) and powered by Ed2go. The Washington Institute for Social Entrepreneurship - or Wise Institute for short - offers a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared just for you.
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Prepare to transform your business ideas into a solid business plan to secure financing and support long-term success.
Ready to start your own business? Let this discounted set of online courses hone your entrepreneurial spirit and help get your business going.
Stop dreaming and learn how to start your own successful small business.
This course will teach you how to develop the motivation, discipline, and creativity to quit your job and be your own boss.
Master the skills and develop the knowledge you need to fulfill your dreams of creating, building and marketing your own business.
With the Speed Spanish course, you will immediately start creating sentences and conversations in Spanish. Each lesson will introduce new techniques to increase your fluency quickly and allow you to start speaking Spanish right away.
Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.
Learn to use QuickBooks Online to record income and expenses; enter checks and credit card payments; track your payables, inventory, and receivables; and much more.
If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness while also gaining a marketable skill, this series of courses is perfect for you. You will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as prepare various financial reports at the end of the fiscal period.
If you work with data of any kind, knowing how to create a spreadsheet is key to effectively managing and organizing information. This course will introduce you to Microsoft Excel 2019 and teach you how to use this powerful software.
(10 contact hours) Foundations 2 explores Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine, spirituality, and meditation, blending ancient healing with modern practices.
(9.5 contact hours) Foundations 3 includes humor, music, sound, energy healing, and therapeutic massage, merging creative and energetic healing with conventional medicine.
(14.5 contact hours) Foundations 1 covers stress management, physical activity, nutrition, and healing environments, integrating traditional healing with modern healthcare.
Learn how to make a mask in Photoshop and use the selections features to enhance your creative works.
This course will provide you with a close look at the scientific investigation process as you work to plan for lab activities in your classroom. You will learn how to construct pre- and post-lab activities that align well with a lab experiment that follows the scientific method.