Introduction to Changemaking & Higher Education Ecosystems

• Introduction to Social Innovation
• Creating Effective Change Teams (Definitions, goals, composition, and coordinating structures)
• Introduction to Four (4) Pillars of Effective Changemaker Institutions

• Introduction to Social Innovation: Look at what’s at stake for higher education through a systems thinking lens, start to unpack the idea of social innovation, begin to explore the idea of framework change: creating a world where everyone is a changemaker!
• Creating Effective Change Teams (Definitions, goals, composition, and coordinating structures): Developing effective programs, institutions, and ecosystems for changemaking requires a team effort! Learn how to create effective teams to create powerful changemaking programs, institutions, and ecosystems.
• Introduction to Four (4) Pillars of Effective Changemaker Institutions: Effective changemaking programs, institutions, and ecosystems have put in place policies, strategies, structures, and people to ensure effective development of changemaking capacity and community engagement. Learn how your program, institution, and/or ecosystem can transform through the power of visionary leadership, innovative excellence in changemaking education, institutional culture and operations, and field-building through impact influence.

• Definitions of social innovation and changemaking
• Powerful examples of social innovation and changemaking in higher education
• Strategies to create a powerful and effective Change Team: Role definitions, Distribution of tasks, Promising practices for coordination and communication
• Four (4) Pillars of Effective Changemaker Institutions: Visionary Leadership, Innovative Excellence in Changemaking Education, Institutional Culture and Operations for Success, Field-building and Impact Influence
• Learn how the Changemaker Institution model can help your campus improve recruitment, fundraising, community influence, student outcomes, and engagement at all levels of your institution.

All Ashoka U Learning & Collaboration Journeys offer the following opportunities:

• Build strong ties with other Change Leaders and learn from their diverse perspectives through activities, peer reviews, and presentation evaluations.
• Gain access to a range of materials to accelerate your learning as you transform your program, institution, and ecosystem
• Engage with and learn from Change Leaders from Changemaker Campuses and learn more about Ashoka and social innovation from members of Ashoka's global network.
• Reflect on and create your Changemaker Story
• Learn about Ashoka and the Everyone a Changemaker vision
• Learn about Ashoka U and the Changemaker Campus Network
• Engagement with key Ashoka U resources developed in collaboration with hundreds of higher education institutions around the world. 

Add-ons
Participate in spotlight coaching conversation with Change Leaders at current Changemaker Campuses to learn more about their social innovation and changemaking ecosystems and learnings from the Designation Process.

• Ashoka's Changemaker Index (CMI): Learn about your own changemaking capacity
• Becoming A Changemaker Institution: Guidebook and robust framework for faculty, staff, and student leaders who are ready to embed changemaking into their work, leadership, campus communities, and changemaking ecosystems. 
• Evaluating Changemaker Education: A Practitioner's Guide: Strategic evaluation practices to strengthen changemaking across your institution
• Preparing Students for a Rapidly Changing World: Learning outcomes from a variety of disciplines for courses, course sequences, and co-curricular programs 
• Curriculum Guide: Learn about promising approaches to curriculum and teaching, and opportunities for innovation in changemaking education
• Changemaker Institutions: Learn how the Changemaker Institution model can help your campus improve recruitment, fundraising, community influence, student outcomes, and engagement at all levels of your institution.

Ashoka U Learning & Collaboration Journeys are offered on demand. 
Contact us: AshokaU [@] ashoka.org if you are interested in hosting one!