Basic info

First Name	Erwin
Last Name	Lizarondo
User name	erwin-lizarondo
Country	Philippines
Gender	Male
Full name	Erwin Lizarondo
Working languages	English

Bio

About	Erwin Lizarondo M.A., M.P.P. actively works in social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Asia. He is a well-sought resource speaker and trainer in the region having spoken and facilitated in various events and programs in Southeast Asia. He has designed and conducted programs centered around Social Innovation, Impact Entrepreneurship, Social Media Principles and Marketing, Sustainability, and Project Management. He formerly worked as Program Lead for Nitro Tech-Business Incubator and as small business growth program Partner for a New York based company Small Biz Silver Lining. He is an alumnus of HEC Social Business Creation Program 2021 having been awarded the Business Concept Award as top 20 Living Lab for the program and the Ambassador Award for 2022. He now serves as coach and judge for HEC Social Business Creation Program and Philippine Hub initiator for the Program after completing their TOT certification program on Gamification and Experiential Learning Method in Social Entrepreneurship Education as the first Filipino to earn the certificate. He was recently appointed as the only Asian in the Working Board and Leadership for the Flourishing Co-Lab, a Non-Profit in Toronto Canada. He currently work with a early-stage environment-Tech startup as their business development. Aside from Enderun, he is an adjunct faculty for the Asian Institute of Management. He earned his master’s in public policy in International Development from Yeungnam University, South Korea. He was also social innovation and entrepreneurship Fellow for GSIH University of Pennsylvania.
Education	Certificate Gamification and Experiential Learning Method in Social Entrepreneurship (HEC-Montreal, 2023) M.P.P. International Development (Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan-Si, South Korea, 2016) Fellow, Global Social Impact House, Center for Social Impact Strategy, University of Pennsylvania (2014)
Significant achievements	2022 Ambassador Award, HEC Social Business Creation
Certifications	TOT Certificate Social Business Creation, HEC Social Business Creation Program (2023) Fellowship, Center for Social Impact Strategy, Social Entrepreneurship, University of Pennsylvania (2014) Certified Business Blockchain Specialist, UBPXCELLERATOR, Business of Blockchain Specialist Program Unionbank Philippines (October 2020) Entrepreneurship. (Online) SPINOFF The Entrepreneurship Center Singapore Polytechnic, December 8, 2018-April 30, 2019

Business

Business	Looking for business partners, Looking for investment opportunities, Open to work, Open to new collaborations
Current employment	Asian Institute of Management, Adjunct Faculty
Expertise	Small Social Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Project Management, Social Media Marketing, Design Thinking
Motivation for social impact creation	Impact creation in our current world is everyone's responsibility. Today's social or impact entrepreneurs must not only think about profit but to also SEE (Social, Environment, Economic) Impact
Contributions to the SBC community	I have been a participant for three years and was also a evaluator last year. I bring that experience and my experience as a mover in the social innovation ecosystem in Asia
Sustainable Development Goals	GOAL 1: No Poverty, GOAL 4: Quality Education, GOAL 5: Gender Equality, GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Research

Research	Looking for collaborators
Research interests	Social Impact Assessment and impact measurement are my research interest. Based on research by the British Council in 2016 and 2017, social enterprises in the Philippines measure the output of their social impact however, the long term outcomes of their social enterprises , isn’t measured. As a researcher, creating a simple measure for social enterprises to use will be beneficial not only to the communities they are partners with but also the provinces they are located in.
Selected publications	International Development Cooperation, Textbook, Yeungnam University

Teaching

Teaching experience

Adjunct Faculty, Business and Economic, Enderun Colleges (2006-2015; 2016-2018; 2024-Present)

Program Head for the Department of Economics and International Development (2016-2018)
Section Head for Psychology, Organization Behavior, and Human Resources Programs (2008-2015)

Adjunct Faculty, School for Executive Education and Life Long Learning, Asian Institute Management, Asian Institute of Management (2022-Present)

Teaching specialized courses of project management and design thinking

Adjunct Faculty, Business and Entrepreneurship, Thames International (2018-Present)

Program Head, Entrepreneurship Program (2021-2022)
Lead faculty for Entrepreneurship Venture Series which cover Opportunity Seeking, Business Plan, Business Implementation. Successfully launch 9 student led non-tech startup
Lead in teaching Design Thinking and Social Entrepreneurship as industry expert.

Teaching philosophy and method

In the academe, I believe in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach is the key to address changes to the future. All my classes are collaborative and practical which follow project-based learning, no exams but practice and application to their venture and project they want to work for class using checkpoints or outputs to measure learning.

I believe that entrepreneurship is not something you teach but facilitate and coach. You don’t measure success of your students is measured in the learning of doing business whether they hit their sales target or not or whether their profitable or not. It’s what they learn and understand what they need to adjust in doing business with their entrepreneurial venture as a solo-preneur or a group of founders starting an enterprise.

Erwin Lizarondo