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
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.

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Student Ratings & Reviews

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JOHNPAUL MBANEFO
5 days ago
The Experience was great. Thanks so much
MICHEAL MUKWALA
MICHEAL MUKWALA
3 weeks ago
The course is very relevant in todays world and a very good fit for me
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Thendo Mudau
3 weeks ago
Great experience, though I'm still months later awaiting my certification.
Malvern Mambo
Malvern Mambo
1 month ago
Yes it was a good match for me
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Stuart Kalule
1 month ago
The course was very insightful and engaging.
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Charity Maina
1 month ago
This course was the perfect fit for me. It equipped me with practical, hands-on skills that I previously lacked. Additionally, it was intellectually stimulating—challenging me to think critically about strategy and develop actionable solutions to bring my social enterprise to life.
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Rozana El Masri
2 months ago
The course was very beneficial for understanding and working on Social Impact. The content was clearly explained, and practical exercises helped me shape my project idea.
chikumbutso Ngulinga
chikumbutso Ngulinga
2 months ago
An insightful course that has helped me develop my skills
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Nathnael Ketema
2 months ago
it was amazing
Abdul Baits Dehana Padma Swastika
Abdul Baits Dehana Padma Swastika
2 months ago
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.
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Victoria Victor Okpo
2 months ago
The course was worth the time spent on it. The practical steps and assessments taken were absolutely educative. I strongly recommend this course.
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Aaditya Bidari
2 months ago
Was nice but still need to change alot
Farid Suleiman
Farid Suleiman
2 months 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
Pabel Sikder
2 months 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.
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Racheal Apok
2 months 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.
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Usama Bin Mansoor
2 months 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.
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Baba Ibrahim Mohamed
2 months 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
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Sudipta Ganguly
2 months ago
It was a great course, learnt a lot about how to bring social impact through our activities.
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Vincent Asati
2 months 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
Rebecca Atieno
2 months 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.