Innov8social creates content and experiences to make social entrepreneurship more actionable, transformative, and accessible.
Impactathon®
Unique interactive social impact hackathons with universities, foundations, companies, communities, cities.
Quad Press Publishing
Pineapple Friends children’s book series and 51 Questions on Social Entrepreneurship book.
Services
Reach your impact potential engaging with our consulting services. Book a free consultation.
Podcast
The Impact Podcast by Innov8social featuring over 150 episodes with social impact thinkers and doers.
Academy
Online coursework on social entrepreneurship.
Articles
Articles and posts about social entrepreneurship, social impact trends, reflections.
Resource Lists
Tools, including lists of collaborative resources, to take your social impact to the next level.
“Neetal has been a great resource for me as an aspiring social impact entrepreneur. Participating in Impactathon, I learned skills that have helped me grow as a social entrepreneur. Neetal guided us through the workshop and emphasized throughout that innovative change is possible. The experience led me to think outside the box in my own social ventures.”
Teniope Adewumi-GunnSocial Entrepreneur and Instructor, UCLA
“The Soka University Bridges to Business program was lifted by the spirit, brains, experience, passion and leadership of Neetal Parekh — both as a featured speaker/teacher and for her work organizing [Impactathon]…including the thoughtful structure… I highly recommend this program and stellar leader to any organization.”
Mary Patrick KavanaughDirector of Special Projects, Soka University
“I am planning to teach a new course on Impact Creation, Analysis and Evaluation for our MBA students at UCLA Anderson School. 51 Questions on Social Entrepreneurship by Parekh would be an excellent background reader for my class. It is an easy read, provides a lot of useful information on what is meant by social entrepreneurship and describes various organizational forms that can be used for social ventures.”
Bhagwan ChowdhryProfessor of Finance at UCLA Anderson School, Co-Founder, Financial Access at Birth
“Working with Neetal, she helped me to shape and to host the first student social Impactathon for underserved students in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The event was a huge hit for the 30+ students all of whom worked on teams to develop business ideas for empowering their communities and creating social change. I know that the event will have a profound impact on these students and their communities and Neetal truly deserves the credit for that impact.”
Brian WalkerManager, Enterprise Diversity and Inclusion at The Walt Disney Company
“At Lynn University, we are infusing social impact learning across all concentrations – we see changemaking as a unifying force, not a separate department. Neetal’s book and training programs are fundamental resources for clarifying what the social impact space is all about, understanding the legal frameworks and practical applications of conscious business, and the specific distinctions between social entrepreneurship and social innovation.”
Erina McWilliam-LopezAssociate Director, Social Impact Lab at Lynn University
“I enjoyed working with Neetal on a recent Impactathon. It resulted in a high-quality event with lots of engagement. Thanks to Neetal’s creative leadership, the workshop attracted a diverse group of professionals seeking to explore the intersection of customer success and social impact. What began as an idea over the summer has grown into a community of change-makers within the realm of customer success and CX.”
Raj PadmanabhanCustomer Success for Good