Acumen Academy Courses

People Analytics is an emerging field that uses data to attract, retain, and develop talent. Leaders can make personnel decisions based on evidence, rather than instincts or politics. Prasad Setty, head of People Analytics at Google, offers a behind-the-…

• Acumen Academy
• 3 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Learn how to recognize the signs of bias and develop strategies for taking a stand in your communities. Jonathan Greenblatt, the current CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, will share concrete tips and strategies that everyone can take to fight hate in th…

• Acumen Academy
• 2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

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
• 8 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• Finished
• 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
• 6 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Finished
• 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
• 9 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Finished
• 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
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course

When you think of networking, do you envision awkward mingling at cocktail parties and self-promotional pitches? This doesn't have to be the case. At Acumen, we believe leaders should have the audacity to imagine the world as it could be AND the humility…

• Acumen Academy
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Finished
• 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
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Finished
• 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
• 5 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Five-week course on how to create value from a new product or service. The course is taught by the Santa Clara University's Miller Center for Social Benefit Institute. It includes four sections on value creation, cost-per-service, and customer service. I…

• Acumen Academy
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Sharing knowledge and teaching others is a win-win: it grows your leadership and advances the community. Building on your experience with the human-centered design and workshop facilitation, you’ll learn to plan and lead a one-day, hands-on introductory…

• Acumen Academy
• Finished
• Free Online Course

Since the Syrian Civil War erupted in 2011, millions of Syrians have fled their homes. Due to the scale and complexity of this humanitarian crisis, many of us still struggle to grasp the human reality beyond the news reports. We teamed up with the filmm…

• Acumen Academy
• Finished
• Free Online Course

When scaling a business, many entrepreneurs consider the financial capital they’ll have to raise. However, a social enterprise’s ability to succeed in complex markets is also contingent on its human capital. Developing strategies to attract, retain and…

• Acumen Academy
• 8 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Finished
• 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. The course cul…

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