ASHOKA COURSES 2017

Ashoka Courses enable social

innovators from around the world to
share and collaboratively develop their
BIG ideas for social impact through a
dynamic online learning platform.
How Our Courses Are Filling the Innovation Gap
...for Employees and Companies

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We no longer live in a world in Courses help employees build Businesses are now asked to not
which we solve societal one of the most valuable skills of just focus on corporate social
challenges in silos. Courses the 21st century: changemaking. responsibility but rather to lead
offer participants opportunities to We provide intrapreneurs with around corporate social impact.
learn from each other across professional development that Our courses position companies
passions, experiences, sectors enables them to be innovative to strengthen their experience and
and geographies in one self- problem-solvers within and lead cutting edge innovations in
paced, flexible platform. outside of companies. their respective fields.
Unparalleled Learning
Experience
6-8 weeks of carefully tailored
intra/entrepreneurial skill-building

A mixed cohort of noted business leaders, social

entrepreneurs and area experts

Guest experts from Ashokas ecosystem of over

33,000 innovators and influencers

Most up-to-date technology tools, including

personal messaging, chat boxes, discussion forums
and real-world, team, project-based work

An official certification upon completion

Ability to learn when, where and how you want

through a self-directed pace
 Core Elements
A Blended Learning Model

Live online events with Hands-on

guest experts collaboration
We choose leading experts in the
field, including employees of activities
major corporations, to offer We help participants learn how
thought leadership and deliver to pitch, prototype and develop
tips and resources. their ideas effectively.

Discussion forums
Engaging multimedia
and live activity feeds We produce and curate videos,
We enable participants from podcasts and other multimedia of
across the globe to collaborate changemaking in action with
around best practices. changemakers and social
entrepreneurs from our network.
Top Benefits for Companies
...and Employees

Cross-sector New ways of

collaboration learning

Peer-to-peer High-levels of
exchange engagement
Course Leaders & Experts
Some of the Best Innovators and Influencers from the Ashoka Network
Shannon Lucas
Cisco Hyper-
Innovation Lab
Shannon is Ciscos Senior
Innovation Architect
specializing in future trend
analysis, driving innovation
and intrapreneurial culture
and delivering technology
solutions.
Jamila Abass
M-Farm
Recognized as a mover and
shaker by President Obama,
Jamila is the CEO of M-Farm
and an Ashoka Fellow. She
helps farmers that are
trapped in subsistence
agriculture by providing them
with up-to-date market prices
via an app and SMS.
Experts from around the world.
Meredith Lee
MasterCard
Foundation
Meredith is the Deputy
Director of the Youth
Livelihoods Program for
MasterCard. She draws on her
background in education and
harnessed technology to drive
youth employment options
throughout Africa.
Matthias Fuchs
Boehringer Ingelheim
(BI)
Matthias Fuchs is a physician by
training with over 30 years of
experience in healthcare. He
currently serves as Corporate
Director of BIs MakingMoreHealth
initiative, an incubator for
innovative business models in
healthcare.
Our Impact
A Result of Our Courses

A partnership between Noora Health and

Boehringer Ingelheim to develop initiatives
in Canada and India to improve country
patient health outcomes.

The formation of the Africa Changemakers

Network - a group of 100 people mobilizing
across the African continent to scale social
innovation initiatives.

Boehringer Ingelheim recognizing the need

to improve and develop an
Intrapreneurship in Action program for the
growing employee base graduating from the
initial course.

Photo credit: Siphosihle Mkhwanazi; The Future of Work in Africa: Innovations in Youth
Employment Event, Johannesburg; June 2016.
Stats
Our Courses By the Numbers
64%
Average graduation rate of Course
participants as compared to the 15%
average graduation rate of participants
in Massive Open Online Courses.1*
84%
Average percentage of participants in
The Future of Work: Innovations in Youth
Employment in Africa course expressed
they have plans to collaborate with other
participants from the course.
88%
Average percentage of participants in the
Social Intrapreneurship for Innovation in
Health and Wellness course expressed
they are inspired to bring what they
learned back to their daily business.
CONTACT
Amy Badiani
courses@ashoka.org