Cultural and Social Innovation Management: Innovative thinking and Execution of Mobility

With the recent developments in the field of social innovation, more projects involve arts practitioners. The use of arts elements in social services has transformed from painting classes in traditional community centres, to cross-sector collaborative initiates with exciting and innovative approach. How can these arts+social innovation projects harness the creative and influential power of art? As project managers or administrators, how can we initiate cross-sector innovation, communicate and collaborate with stakeholders from social, arts and cultural background, and leverage the aesthetics of arts elements for social impact? 
 
This introductory course of four classes starts with the theory of cultural management systems and extends to the latest developments in social innovation projects and social enterprise management. At the same time, it elaborates and analyses the operation execution and social impact measurements in selected cross-sector initiatives in recent years. Ideal for arts administrators who are interested in understanding social innovation approach, or for change makers in the social enterprise and social innovation sectors who are interested in incorporating elements of arts and culture into their services. 

Lesson 1 What ARE we managing?

1.1 From Arts Management, Cultural Management, NGO Management to Social Enterprise Management

1.2 Stakeholders’ map: Funders, partners, beneficiaries

1.3 Project Management for our sector: good practices sharing

1.4 Startup mindsets: Vision and Mission

1.5 First Hand Case Study: Oxfam Hong Kong Poverty. Full-time exhibition (arts for social sector: public education)

1.6 Course Learning & Final class presentation explained

Lesson 2 Social Design, a business?

2.1 What is Social Innovation?

2.2 NGO VS Social Enterprise VS Corporates with a good will

2.3 The Social Landscape who’s who

2.4 The roles of managers/ administrators (what it seems, what we actually do)

2.5 First Hand Case Study: JC Arts Make SENse (artists and social workers)

Lesson 3 What is trending in the sector?

3.1 Social Impact Measurement and SROI

3.2 Co-creation process and cross-sector collaborations

3.3 Social Media: personal brand vs announcement board

3.4 CSR, SDG, ESG etc

3.5 Funding applications and mindsets (arts vs social)

3.6 First Hand Case Study: Rolling Books (Theory of Change, funding escalation)

Lesson 4 Ethnography, starting from you

4.1 Multicultural and Inclusive vision

4.2 Digital skills for us administrators

4.3 First Hand Case Study: Multi-sensory Reading Experience, Interior Sketch Series (Publishing, Collaboration)

4.4 Final class presentation: 5 minutes each