The Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP)’s team members teach and lecture in courses at the School of Social Policy & Practice, Wharton, and the Perelman School of Medicine, among others. We also serve as advisors to a select number of independent study projects throughout the year.

Through hands-on practice, team projects, and highly interactive case-based discussions, students will gain:

• Knowledge of how to analyze opportunities for impact and potential for impact, including how to determine the scale and scope of an opportunity and how to use the tools of social impact economics (Cost-benefit, SROI, cost per impact etc.)
• Frameworks to address the strategic issues and key tasks (goal-setting, managing trade-offs, assessing a dynamic environment) faced by managers/leaders with a social impact mandate
• Tools for influencing others towards social impact, including a review of relevant research and real-world examples of effective communication and stakeholder management
• Hands-on experience applying analytical skills, effective storytelling approaches, and stakeholder engagement strategies to different formats (e.g., video short, vc/donor pitch, policy brief).

This class is designed for a highly multi-disciplinary cohort of students committed to understanding solutions to society’s most pressing issues. It is open to graduate students or advanced undergrads from across the university, by permission of the instructor.