Active Citizenry as the Engine of Social Innovation: Raffles Social Innovators, Singapore
Sanjana Ragudaran and Dharshini Diana Benedict
In this online course you will learn:
As vulnerable communities face more complex challenges, Raffles Social Innovators (RSI) emerged as a ground up social entrepreneurship nonprofit initiative, supporting single-parent families in Singapore. With strong leadership, social innovation, ecosystem networking and aligned partnerships, RSI utilises a design thinking lens to overcome traditional barriers and co-create solutions with communities.
Learning Objectives
1. Identifying primary leadership traits in developing a mission-driven nonprofit.
2. Analysing, mapping and nurturing strategic cross-sector partnerships in the non-profit and for-profit ecosystems.
3. Reframing impact measurement and recognising how non-financial outcomes such as resilience, dignity, community cohesion, and strengthened support networks can be assessed and aligned to programme goals.
4. Formulating a mission-driven social entrepreneurship by shifting from stop gap measures towards policy advocacy.