Social Enterprise Magic Bus

Are you intrigued by social enterprise? Committed to social good and interested in learning how to achieve it? Do you want to gain practical skills and field experience? Ready for the adventure of a lifetime? If so, we invite you to join us on the Social Enterprise Magic Bus to explore the expansive world of social entrepreneurship.

Social Enterprise Magic Bus is a transformative international learning experience for students and practitioners to delve into critical social problems—poverty, climate change, environmental degradation, disease, illiteracy, human trafficking, food insecurity, etc.—as well as to develop innovative solutions to those problems that create real social change.

Social Enterprise Magic Bus is a change maker’s dream. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs and visit their social enterprises and learn first hand about their vision, operations and change strategy. Take a ride on Social Enterprise Magic Bus and you will grow personally, develop leadership abilities, learn valuable and useful skills, and (for students) gain academic credits. Better still, Social Enterprise Magic Bus’ courses are designed to inspire social entrepreneurship at home by imbuing you with the knowledge and competence to be a change maker.

What are you waiting for? Get on the Bus!

Follow the adventures of PSU students in India

Lessons Learned: Consulting in India

Submitted by emmycallero on Wed, 2012-01-04 20:16

Consulting has long been a profession that has interested me. I am attracted to the diversity of projects and exposure to different organizational settings it offers and as a consultant I would not be charged with the responsibility of implementing, just kindly crafting recommendations, courses to follow and insights. Read more about Lessons Learned: Consulting in India

Reflections on Consulting for CARE Rural Health Mission

Submitted by gijoolee on Fri, 2011-12-30 18:36

Over the few days in Hyderabad and Bhimavaram, India that our health care consulting team of three learned about the CARE Rural Health Mission (CRHM), I have become quite excited about CRHM's work, its goals and aspirations, and the staff's shared value of "doing good." Read more about Reflections on Consulting for CARE Rural Health Mission

OK, I'll do Healthcare

Submitted by mailon on Fri, 2011-12-30 14:16

The consultancy project that I was on was for the CARE Rural Healthcare Mission (CRHM). My team members Ali and Katie both have health care experience, I do not. But with our leaders thinking I'm good with systems, I supposed they had their reasons and I was happy to do it. My earlier surveys had been on health care and drinking water, and made for good background for this project. Some of our survey questions had been:
- Do you go to the doctor when you are not sick?
- Do you think medical care is affordable?
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Awakening

Submitted by Tomomi_Arita on Wed, 2011-12-28 10:09

On December 23, I spent my morning at the hotel restaurant by myself. None of my classmates were there, and a few customers were reading papers and sipping on something to please their fancy. The room was filled with sun light and very quiet. I observed all the workers doing their daily chores such as sweeping the floor, serving tea and coffee, and wiping the bar counter. They must have been doing these chores for many years. It appeared as some kind of ritual. Read more about Awakening

Consultancy Assignment, Final Thoughts

Submitted by noel.mickelberry on Wed, 2011-12-28 08:09

Our whole last week in Hyderabad has been focused on consultancy assignments with local NGOs working on a variety of issues – and helping them to craft a plan that involves social enterprise. I was placed in a group of five students assigned to the LSN Foundation – who work with different disenfranchised groups – homeless, disabled, elderly and street children in many, many different ways. Read more about Consultancy Assignment, Final Thoughts

Exit Strategies

Submitted by federico on Tue, 2011-12-27 17:04

It started with the chills. All afternoon on our final day in Hyderabad, I felt chills despite the heat of the day. By evening, I felt my throat dry and then the coughing began. They are deep, dry coughs with no feeling of congestion. My body doesn’t ache, despite the exhaustion from the week. So maybe this is me expunging India.

Or maybe I’m just getting sick. Read more about Exit Strategies

Consulting: Process?!?

Submitted by tia.daems on Tue, 2011-12-27 12:23

A small subset of PSU Magic Bus India 2011 students arrived bright and early at LSN foundation HQ office, ready to make a difference. As we began our dialogue with the hosting organization, we quickly realized that there was not a scope well-defined, if one could call lack of scope not well-defined, and our team would need to begin unthreading all the tangles lines of intersection that wove into and out of the project to which we were assigned. If we didn't get a handle on this project fast, it had the potential to become a bit unwieldy. Read more about Consulting: Process?!?

Synthesis

Submitted by jackie.hamburgler on Tue, 2011-12-27 12:07

Have you ever learned something without really realizing it, and then found yourself surprised at the knowledge that appeared, seemingly from nowhere? That is how our final consulting project felt. I spent the first week of this trip busily working away on our daily tasks, head down and oblivious to the ultimate conclusion, so I was startled by just how proficient I had become by the time we began our consulting assignments. After our initial meeting with the client we were able to immediately formulate a clear plan for the steps we needed to take in order to accomplish our goals. Read more about Synthesis

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Social Enterprise Design
India - Winter 2011

Social Enterprise in India is a rigorous MBA course for graduate students to learn essential elements of employing business principles and market-based approaches for good. Offered in collaboration with PSU School of Business.

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