Replication & Transfer - Introduction Webinar

July 16th, 2025, at 13:00 CET

During this webinar, your host, Alexander Kesselring, will provide an overview of the course structure and content and offer guidance on how to effectively engage with the course materials.
REGISTER NOW

Course Syllabus (1st part)

    1. Before you start

    2. About You & Quick Self-Reflection

    1. Recording of R&T Introduction Webinar 2025

    2. How to use the R&T guide and online course

    3. Download the full Replication & Transfer Guide (2025 edition)

    4. OVERVIEW: Contents & Download

    5. OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Replication & Transfer Course

    6. OVERVIEW: Guiding questions and how they interact

    7. VIDEOS: Social entrepreneurs share about their replication & transfer strategy

    8. Video with Melissa Menke, founder of Access Afya

    9. Video with Virgenie Pointeau, The Savory Institute

    10. Video with Hugo Menino Aguiar, founder of SPEAK

    1. TERMINOLOGY: Contents & Download

    2. TERMINOLOGY: Key terms

    1. WHY: Contents & Download

    2. WHY: Why is replicating your social innovation relevant from a societal, systems and organizational perspective?

    1. WHEN: Contents & Download

    2. WHEN: When is your organization ready to replicate your social innovation?

    3. WHEN: Replication readiness check

    1. WHAT: Contents & Download

    2. WHAT: What will you replicate?

About this course

  • Format: 6 Modules
  • Time Commitment: 6-12h
  • Dates: Self-paced

Inside this course

  • 10+

    case studies and examples from sectors and countries around the world.

  • 1

    fully designed strategy deck template.

Course Objectives

  • Gain a deeper understanding of replication strategies and models

  • Design your replication & transfer strategy based on 6 guiding questions

  • Create a replication & transfer strategy deck to convince team members, partners and funders

Who This Is For

We invite social entrepreneurs as well as experts, consultants, funders, or ecosystem players who are interested in Replication & Transfer. This experience is open to:

  • Ashoka Fellows and members of their team

  • Ashoka Young Changemakers

  • Ashoka Support Network members (ASN)

  • Ashoka staff

  • Ashoka corporate partners and their employees

  • Ashoka School Change leaders and educators

  • Other Ashoka allies and collaborators

“The replication journey has been a true "Eureka Effect" that not only led to a complete rethinking of our development strategy but also allowed us to align our team on major objectives for the next few years”

R&T course participant

Course Leads

Meet the owners of this learning experience

Alexander Kesselring

Course Leader - Replication & Transfer

Alexander Kesselring has been working for Ashoka for 9 years before becoming an independent consultant in 2025. He designed and implemented several Ashoka programs and partnerships that support social enterprises in replicating their solutions. In an effort to strengthen collaboration on replication & transfer, he co-initiated a stakeholder process that culminated in the joint implementation of a peer learning partnership on scaling social innovations in the context of COVID with 9 cities and 16 partners under the framework of the OECD’s Global Action on Promoting Social & Solidarity Economy Ecosystems. Alexander also conducted a study on transnational activities of social enterprises for DG Grow and EASME. Alexander still works with Ashoka as a consultant and supports the self-paced Replication & Transfer course by hosting webinars and office hours.