Social Impact Consulting

RSM 466
Closed
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lecturer/Academic Director
(3)
3
Timeline
  • January 11, 2023
    Program start
  • February 2, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 16, 2023
    Midway Check In
  • April 8, 2023
    Program end
Program
6/8 project matches
Dates set by program
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Social Enterprise, Non profit, Incubator
Environment, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society

Program scope

Categories
Communications Market research Product or service launch Community engagement
Skills
project planning business strategy client consulting
Participant goals and capabilities

Students will work in small teams on consulting projects. Many of the students are finance and economics students so projects that use their skills in that area are particularly welcome.

Participants

Participants
Undergraduate
Any level
60 participants
Project
54 hours per participant
Participants self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

(1) Statement of Work

(2) Report

(3) Presentation - in person or by Skype etc

Project timeline
  • January 11, 2023
    Program start
  • February 2, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 16, 2023
    Midway Check In
  • April 8, 2023
    Program end

Project Examples

Requirements

(1) Develop/refine a business plan; for example, for a new social enterprise.

(2) Develop an outreach strategy; for example, a strategy to attract new stakeholder groups.

(3) Examine the feasibility of creating a social enterprise for revenue generation - for example, do a critical analysis of a potential startup.

Additional company criteria

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

  • Q - Checkbox
  • Q - Checkbox