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UNIVERSITIES ARE THE INCUBATORS OF THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

Whether you are a university student seeking an opportunity to make the world a better place, a professor who would like to offer practical hands on experience to students, or just generally interested in social business there are endless ways in which you can contribute to SENStation and the Global Cooperative Challenge. We invite you to download the presentation and forward it to students with the link to our website.

If you’re interested in promoting the Global Cooperative Challenge in your university you can send us your university logo and we can put it on our website. We also organize skills seminars about social entrepreneurship for students. You can contact us at gc2[at]beta.senstation.org to request more information. Do not forget to register for the newsletter to stay updated.

💾PRESENTATION FOR UNIVERSITIES
💾PRESENTATION FOR STUDENTS

Levels of Involvment

Share Presentation

You can send the presentation to students and encourage them to apply to the event.

Join the challenge with your favorite team

We invite you to register on www.f6s.com/gc2universities and apply with a team. We will put the logo of your school on our page with the name of your social entrepreneurship course.

Connect Social Entrepreneurship Course

You can join GC² with your social entrepreneurship course and give students credits for their work independently from the challenge.

Organize Skill Seminar with SENStation

We can come to your university and organise a variety of skill seminars for your students. We will be happy to inspire and teach students about social entrepreneurship. If you are interested please request more information at gc2[at]beta.senstation.org.

STAGE 1: IDEATION

Application Process and Market Test
(01 Oct. – 15 Dec. 2013)

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Students

  • Teams of students register their ideas and create social media accounts to promote their idea.
  • 20 projects will be selected that will go to the next round!
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Academics

  • Share presentation with students
  • Apply for the challenge with a team under www.f6s.com/gc2universities
  • Connect your social entrepreneurship course with the challenge and give credits to students for participation
  • Organize a Skill Seminar with the SENStation Team
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Evaluation

20 projects will be selected that will go to the next round! We will look at:

  • Team Spirit and Abilities
  • Impact
  • Scalability and Replicability
  • Wow-effect and Innovativeness

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STAGE 2: CREATION

Business Plan Development

(08 Jan. – 31 Mar. 2014)

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Students

  • Teams of students will have to design a business plan for their social enterprise.
  • They will record 3 minutes videos about the ideas.
  • They will present the ideas during the SENS conference.
  • A maximum of 8 teams will be selected by the community to go to the ACTION STAGE.
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Academics

  • Participate in the challenge as a mentor or coach
  • Organize a Skill Seminar with the SENStation Team
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Evaluation

  • All professionals and other stakeholders will vote for their favourite projects

STAGE 3: ACTION

Crowd-funding and Implementation
(1 Apr. – 30 June 2014)

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Students

  • Finalists will participate in a crowd-funding event and develop an implementation plan.
  • Three projects with the highest potential chosen by the panel of experts will be announced at the end of the challenge.
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Academics

  • Participate in the challenge as a mentor or coach
  • Organize a Skill Seminar with the SENStation Team

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Evaluation

The panel of judges will identify 3 projects with the highest potential by June 30th, 2014. The highest potential projects will be included in the potential communication to press.

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Progress

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