Social Innovation in Seattle (SIIS)

Social Innovation in Seattle (SIIS) is a four week training designed to introduce participants to the idea of social innovation and inspire greater clarity around one's personal leadership and vocation. The integrated currculum balances classroom learning with a professional internship and different site visits to Seattle-based businesses and organizations pursuing some degree of social innovation. SIIS participants also take part in individual advising and coaching sessions which serve to weave the experience together and make it uniquely relevant to his or her life.

• For: university students and the general public; for those not currently living in the United States, you must be coming from a country currently approved under the United States Department of State Visa Waiver Program
• Location: Seattle
• Duration: 4 weeks
  Short Course: 10 days or Full Course: 4 weeks
  Frequency: 2 times per year (February-March and August-September)
• Frequency: 2 times per year (February-March and August-September)

If you are based in Japan or are a Japanese citizen interested in the program, please visit our program website in Japanese