Are you interested in growing your career in the field of social development and innovation?  This new professional certification course – Accelerating Social Transformation Aug 7-12, 2016, offered in partnership with the University of Washington’s School of Business, Bothell Campus and the Catalytic Innovators Group is geared towards you as a professional from the business community.   You will be joined by other professionals from across the non-profit, foundation, international development and business community, this course is designed to help you think broader and deeper by learning from leading organizations and experts on effectively adapting to change and accelerating social transformation.

Over the week, the course will focus on 4 major themes:
1.       The changing funding dynamics
2.       Risk taking and impact
3.       Scale, Policy and Role of Government
4.       Technology

Participants will learn fresh approaches to social development and philanthropy and better understand how to effectively combine innovative solutions with technology and policy to accelerate social transformation. The week includes site visits to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH to understand how they are managing social development in this changing environment. Visit Microsoft and Global Good to hear from experts on the continuous evolution of technology and its impact on the poor. In addition, participants will spend a day at the Seattle Impact HUB and apply course learnings to their specific project/program to co-create new approaches of accelerating social impact. This course provides participants with a great opportunity to interact with the rich social innovation network of the Pacific Northwest through shared activities and capacity-building trainings.

The course is curated by Dr. Akhtar Badshah a seasoned executive with over 30 years of international development experience. He has managed corporate philanthropic programs at Microsoft and co-founded a global nonprofit for social enterprise. He has taught architecture and urban development at MIT, and classes on social innovation, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility at the University of Washington and Columbia University. 

For more information, visit:  Accelerating Social Transformation

University of Washington Bothell

University of Washington Bothell

A regional, metropolitan university With more than 5,000 students and 45 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, the University of Washington Bothell is the fastest-growing four-year public university in the state of Washington.

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