About Course

Develop practical and comprehensive plans to achieve your goals for social change. This course will assist you in delving deeply into creating actionable road maps and meticulously assessing the path forward. It will challenge you to scrutinize the feasibility and lasting relevance of your ideas while also equipping you with valuable decision-making and planning tools.

Course Contributors: Dr. Segun Fatudimu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Impact Toolbox and Kirsten Brosbøl, Founder of 2030Beyond, Former Minister for Environment and Danish Member of Parliament. 

Course Editors & Illustrators: Min Ngo, Toronto Metropolitan University and Lisa Ngo, York University.

Certification: Earn a certificate and position yourself as a social change strategist.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Problem identification, validation and description  
  • Ideation and solution analysis
  • Crafting vision, mission, and core values.
  • Developing a theory of change
  • Action planning 
  • Aligning with the sustainable development goals
  • Risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

Course Content

Module One: Introduction to Strategy & Problem Identification
Please note that to receive a certificate for this course, it is mandatory to "mark all lessons complete", submit all assignments and quizzes. If you're unable to submit an assignment, simply enter "NA" (Not Applicable) in the answer text box and proceed to submit.

  • What is an impact strategy ?
    02:08
  • Five things strategy is not
  • Problem analysis
    01:45
  • Understanding the problem
    00:00
  • Exercise: Problem validation and problem statement

Module Two: Looking for Solutions – Ideation, Analysis & Prioritization
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Module Three: Defining Your North Star & Values
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Module Four: Impact Modelling
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Module Five: Action Planning
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Module Six: Risk Analysis & Assessment
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Module Seven: Going Global; Aligning your Strategic Plan to the 2030 Global Goals
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Student Ratings & Reviews

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An insightful course that has helped me develop my skills
NK
11 hours ago
it was amazing
it gave me a thorough view of the social business or enterprise from the strategic beginning and impactful ending, sticking to the significant outcomes that benefited the people and environment.
The course was worth the time spent on it. The practical steps and assessments taken were absolutely educative. I strongly recommend this course.
AB
3 weeks ago
Was nice but still need to change alot
Farid Suleiman
3 weeks ago
The course is comprehensive, and I enjoyed every bit of it. I am now well equipped with the foundational knowledge of social impact enterprises.
Pabel Sikder
3 weeks ago
This course was very insightful.The theory of change (TOC) was the most effective part.. This website taught me how to co-operate your knowledge and resize your vision and mission. Thanks to the Director and all other.
RA
3 weeks ago
The course was very insightful and helped us as a startup realign our goals and efforts towards something more feasible. We were able to create a theory of change for our program.
UB
3 weeks ago
This course has been very insightful and helpful in preparing me to take viable decisions and develop sustainable strategies related to current initiatives I am working on and has equipped me with relevant tools to lead.
BI
3 weeks ago
It was a beautiful experience filled with hands on experience, from engaging contents to take-home activities. I have learnt a lot and gained insight on how to apply what i learnt in real life. This was truly a beautiful experience
SG
3 weeks ago
It was a great course, learnt a lot about how to bring social impact through our activities.
VA
3 weeks ago
This is transformative and practical course for youth development in environmental sustainability sector.
It's interactive as evidenced from the exercises participants do. It gives real life examples inform of knowledge.
This course by impacttool box is so impactful.
Rebecca Atieno
4 weeks ago
The course was very informative, well structured and full of insight.It gave me the opportunity to re-evaluate my venture and my social impact strategy. I highly recommend it.
KM
1 month ago
This course helped me refine my social impact idea by letting me quantify variables that I had ignored earlier or lightly appreciated. This increased the viability of the project tremendously.
KA
1 month ago
It was a great experience getting feedback from experts.
JV
1 month ago
Very interesting course.
AG
2 months ago
Great way to refine my startup idea and plans from the start!
AV
2 months ago
Si, me resultó útil.
JS
2 months ago
This course was exactly what I needed to deepen my understanding of social impact strategy. I appreciated how the content was not just theoretical but also practical, helping me connect it to my own venture. The case study and frameworks gave me actionable insights, and I now feel more confident in applying them to real-world challenges. It was a great match for my goals, and I genuinely enjoyed the learning process!
EM
2 months ago
It was very informative and some what motivating. This course has surely upgraded me and opened a while new door of possibilities.