SENGinar: Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Gifted Adults: Career Impacts of Their Social and Emotional Development

Gifted adults who become social entrepreneurs are   dedicated to making a positive impact on their communities by innovating   creative solutions to meaningful social issues.

Social entrepreneurs have a primary mission to   positively impact their communities, above and beyond mere profit, however   they also create an enterprise that is sustainable. The five gifted social   entrepreneurs who participated in this collective case study all created   organizations that have existed for at least one year and have hired at least   one employee or contractor other than the founders. Participants   self-identified as gifted and all resonated with multiple characteristics of   adult giftedness per the Ksiazak Adult Giftedness Scale (Ksiazak, 2010).

This session discusses findings about their career   development experiences, social concerns, and emotional development. And will   also share recommendations for educators, psychologists, and the gifted   influenced by several theoretical frameworks including social cognitive   career theory (Lent et al., 1994) and Dabrowski’s theory of positive   disintegration (1964).

About the Presenter:

Joi Lin, PhD, recently defended her dissertation entitled a Collective Case Study Career Critique of Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Gifted Adults. She works as an adjunct professor of gifted education in the Teacher Education Program at the University of Denver and serves as Director of Professional Education at the Gifted Development Center, and chair of the Education and Gifted Youth Committee with the Mensa Foundation. Joi is currently working on her first social enterprise as co-founder of Classopoly, a classroom management app for teachers that helps middle school students learn personal financial literacy.