Social entrepreneurship

Overview

✨🤝🚀 This module offers a practical and inspiring introduction to Social Entrepreneurship.

✨ You will explore how to transform your creative purpose into a concrete and sustainable project, learning how to build a plan that aligns with your values.

💰🌐 The course covers key topics such as budgeting, funding opportunities, and useful networks for creative and social entrepreneurs.

🧘‍♀️🗂️ You’ll also gain tools to stay organized, manage your time, and reduce stress throughout your entrepreneurial journey.

❤️🚀 Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining an existing idea, this module supports you in turning your passion into impact.

Curriculum

7 Sections
7 Lessons
Lifetime

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Initial evaluation
1
- 1.1
  Initial evaluation
Social Entrepreneurship basics
i. What is Social Entrepreneurship?
ii. The power of the collective
iii. Best practice examples in the arts & culture sector
iv. How to expand your opportunity horizon
v.Lessons learned: Entrepreneurship as a Process and a Journey
1
- 2.1
  Social Entrepreneurship basics
  15 Minutes
How to transform your purpose to a plan
i. Finding your purpose - personal & professional values
ii. Social business model Canvas
iii. How to be a creative risk manager
1
- 3.1
  How to transform your purpose to a plan
  16 Minutes
The numbers
i. Pricing and Targeting Your Art
ii. Your Model for Making Money
1
- 4.1
  The numbers
  14 Minutes
Finding funding and networks
i. Bootstrapping & leveraging resources
ii. Sources of Funding: market vs. community-based funding
iii. EU Funding opportunities and networks
iv. How to strengthen your creative community
1
- 5.1
  Finding funding and networks
  15 Minutes
Staying organized and diminishing stress
i. Digital tools that help
ii. Graphic facilitation resources
iii. Tools for transforming creative block
iv. Guide - what are you going to do next? Focus on MVP (Minimal Viable Product) - testing your product, finding partners
1
- 6.1
  Staying organized and diminishing stress
  15 Minutes
Final evaluation
1
- 7.1
  Final evaluation

Speakers

Espacio Geranios

Espacio Geranios is a family-style, independent coworking space in Madrid that hosts and support over 50 social entrepreneurs, ngos, and freelancers who are looking to make a positive change in their local community.

Erika Meyer

Hi everyone! I’m Erika — a social worker, community builder, and lover of creating spaces that make people feel at home. Over the years, I’ve worn many hats: from working in health care advocacy to raising funds and managing projects with organizations like Salud por Derecho, Fundación Entreculturas in Madrid, and helping to promote American Jesuits International in Washington, D.C. I’m the co-founder and Project Coordinator at Espacio Geranios, a family-style, independent coworking space in Madrid where we host and support over 50 social entrepreneurs, ngos, and freelancers who are looking to make a positive change in their local community. I’ve spent the last 10 years helping launch projects with heart — offering advice, workshops, and hosting “aperitivos” to small entrepreneurs and nonprofits alike. Super excited to jump into this Ment Art course with you all and learn about your work!