⚡️ What is Act4Impact?

act 4 impact is makesense Asia’s premiere social innovation program, catering to citizen-advocates who would like to scale their impact in social entrepreneurship. The program runs for 3 months online and 3 months offline, then culminates in a Citizenship Night held in the Sensespace, Manila, Philippines (Social Innovation Hub).

The FREE program includes online training on concrete skills such as community building, design thinking, social entrepreneurship, innovation event organization, and facilitation.

👉 Why should you apply? If you are...

+ a student or a young professional who is interested in concrete impact
+ able to set aside 2-3 hours of your week for a group call and for 1-on-1 communication
+ passionate about social entrepreneurship and innovation
+ would like to be part of the makesense regional and global community


👉 Responsibilities and tasks:

+ attend all online training modules running from October - December 2019
+ organize at least 2 in-person events in your locality using makesense methodologies of social innovation
+ through these efforts, mobilize your local community to start taking action for the Sustainable Development Goals
+ organize a local advocacy campaign focused on social or environmental issues with local, regional, national stakeholders throughout January - March 2020
+ document your activities throughout the program: take photos, write blogs, and we’ll feature them on social media

👉 Program benefits:

+ access to resources we use for Design Thinking workshops, our social enterprise incubation program, community development expertise, among others.
+ free learning and training webinars facilitated by community developers and social innovation officers.
+ opportunity to be sponsored to showcase your best events and campaigns in the Asia Citizens Night on April 2020 to be held in the sensespace, Metro Manila, Philippines.
+ be part of the global community of makesense, with ambassadors and volunteers in more than 300 cities around the world, all willing to collaborate and exchange for social impact.
+ receive a certificate of completion of the programme and become a full pledged ambassador!

There are LIMITED SLOTS available for the application period, don't miss your opportunity to join the program!
Applications close strictly on September 20, 2019.