Social Innovation Academy - Challenge Cycle #2

SIA-C2
Closed
Social Innovation Academy
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cheralyn Chok
SIA Program Manager
3
Timeline
  • July 24, 2019
    Experience start
  • July 30, 2019
    Team Kick Off Meeting
  • July 31, 2019
    Launch Meeting
  • August 9, 2019
    Midpoint Office Hours
  • August 19, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
3/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Non profit, Sole proprietorship, Family owned
Any industries
Categories
Accounting Market research Product or service launch Marketing strategy
Skills
competitive analysis sales & marketing business strategy marketing strategy research
Learner goals and capabilities

The Social Innovation Academy (SIA) is a national network of students and innovation hubs with a common goal: to cultivate social purpose organizations in Canada. SIA is supported by HSBC Bank Canada and led by the UBC Sauder Centre for Social Innovation & Impact Investing.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

1 final report based on the individual requests from Challenge issuers

Project timeline
  • July 24, 2019
    Experience start
  • July 30, 2019
    Team Kick Off Meeting
  • July 31, 2019
    Launch Meeting
  • August 9, 2019
    Midpoint Office Hours
  • August 19, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

The SIA Fellowship Program is designed to train the next cohort of social innovation leaders while creating a knowledge base for social innovation and impact investing organizations. Fellows will produce high-quality reports commissioned by our partners, and participate in a social innovation training program.

This Challenge cycle, we have three questions issued by organizations in our network:

  1. How might we build WE REPRESENT Chapters across Canadian universities and set them up for success?
  2. What are the areas within cleantech that require attention from an early-stage impact investment fund?
  3. What are the best sales + marketing strategies and strategic pricing models to use for an organic baby food company?

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Be available for an initial phone call with the team assigned to your Challenge as well as a mid-point check in call.