Acumen Academy Courses

Acumen and The Ariel Group have created a hands-on course to help you develop your practical skills as a storyteller. Whether you work in an office making presentations in the boardroom, as a teacher with 30 to 300 students, interacting with customers, o…

• Acumen Academy
• 1-3 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• 8th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

This is an intensive, hands-on learning experience that will challenge you to get out of your chair and out into the real world to talk to people and test your idea

• Acumen Academy
• 4 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• 1 month from now (25th Jan)
• Free Online Course

In this 4 hour course, you’ll learn more about the Lean Data mindset and how to scope your own lean data initiative. The course will be interspersed with real case studies from social enterprises in Acumen’s portfolio so that you understand on-the-ground…

• Acumen Academy
• 3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 5th Apr, 2022
• Free Online Course

In this 4 week course from +Acumen, you'll learn to apply entrepreneurial skills to social problems and design lasting solutions.

• Acumen Academy
• 2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 1 month from now (25th Jan)
• Free Online Course

Human-centered design is a process that starts with the people you're designing for and ends with new solutions that are tailor-made to suit their needs. Prototyping is a crucial part of this process. Building prototypes gives you a chance to get your id…

• Acumen Academy
• 4 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 5th Apr, 2022
• Free Online Course

In this course, Jonathan Greenblatt, the current CEO of the Anti-Defamation League and the previous Director of Social Innovation for President Obama, will share concrete tips and strategies that everyone can take to fight hate in their communities, work…

• Acumen Academy
• 2 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

People Analytics is an emerging field that uses data to attract, retain, and develop talent, so leaders can make personnel decisions based on evidence, rather than instincts or politics. In this course, Prasad Setty, head of People Analytics at Google,…

• Acumen Academy
• 3 hours worth of material
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

Effective leadership disrupts the status quo, navigates resistance and creates growth and new possibilities. This introductory course helps you identify and make progress on a leadership challenge in your own life, team or community. You'll apply the to…

• Acumen Academy
• 5 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• 1 month from now (25th Jan)
• Free Online Course

Lean for Social Change is an 8-week course inspired by the Lean Launchpad Class pioneered by Steve Blank. In this course you will learn how to test, validate, and adapt your vision of change to ensure you’re creating the greatest impact and investing you…

• Acumen Academy
• 10 hours a week, 8 weeks long
• 8th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

This course will introduce you to frameworks and practical tools for measuring the social impact of your company, organization, or initiative. You'll learn how to articulate short-term outcomes and long-term goals, and connect them to quantifiable metric…

• Acumen Academy
• 4-5 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 8th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

This hands-on course will introduce entrepreneurial mindsets and practical tactics for bringing your fundraising efforts to the next level. You will learn how to select funders and revenue streams that are the right fit for your nonprofit. You will revie…

• Acumen Academy
• 6 weeks long
• 8th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

In this course, you’ll access the most important principles Acumen has learned from more than 20 years working with leaders who are breaking boundaries and improving how the poor, the vulnerable, and the earth are treated.

• Acumen Academy
• 9 weeks long
• 8th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

You’ve come up with an amazing idea for a new product or service. Now how do you figure out if there is a sustainable business model to get this innovation into the hands of your customers? This five-week course from +Acumen & Santa Clara Unive…

• Acumen Academy
• 2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 5th Apr, 2022
• Free Online Course

This course was designed for social entrepreneurs, conservation specialists, or corporate innovators who want to apply entrepreneurial mindsets and methodologies to address challenges related to environmental sustainability and social impact.

• Acumen Academy
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 5th Apr, 2022
• Free Online Course

Financial Modeling for the Social Sector

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Nonprofit leaders must connect their social impact work with the right business model to achieve sustainability. With finite resources and limited staffing, developing the most appropriate business plan can be a challenge for many nonprofits that are mor…

• Acumen Academy
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course