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.
SWRK 787-001: Social Impact Strategy & Analysis
Spring 2019: Thursday 9:00am-11:50am, location TBA.
Team-taught by members of CHIP’s core team, the course will be co-directed by the CHIP’s founding executive director, Katherina ‘Kat’ Rosqueta, and CHIP’s senior advisor for applied research & analysis, Hanh La. 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. To request admission, please email your resume, along with a brief letter of interest, to mariahc@upenn.edu with subject line: SWRK 787-001: Social Impact Strategy & Analysis. Click here to view last year’s syllabus.
Student Employment Opportunities
The Center has served as a practicum site for graduate students and provides internships and workstudy opportunities throughout the school year.
During the summer, our summer associate program offers a chance for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students from Penn and other schools to contribute to our work. Learn more about upcoming internship and job opportunities. To learn about upcoming campus course offerings for Penn students email impact@sp2.upenn.edu.