Assignment 1 : Due Thursday 2/25

Great to meet you all today! I really enjoyed seeing the results of your design brainstorming exercises and hearing your insightful comments and questions. It looks like we have a great group of people and I look forward what we can all achieve together this semester.

Here is a link to today's handout.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THURSDAY MORNING: Please come to studio at 9:15am this Thursday to pick out desks with Maureen. We have the OK from the Department to "colonize" the neighboring studio area!

For Thurdsay 2/25:

1. Read the following articles and write a response (a few sentences to a paragraph) for each describing whether or not you agree with one of the central points of the authors' arguments, and why. Please send me an email with your response attached and (preferably) a web link to your blog there the responses can be found:

• The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship”, by J. Gregory Dees
• Reshaping Social Entrepreneurship, by Paul Light
• Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for a Definition, by Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg

2. Follow the tech requirements listed on the handout. For Diigo (misspelled on the handout), install "Diigolet" on your laptop, which can be downloaded here. Please let me know if you run into any technical problems during the process.

3. Please email me short responses to the following questions about the course:

• What did you think of the first round of readings?
• What design studios have you taken in the past? Which did you enjoy the most?
• Do you have extensive background, a double major, or a previous degree in another discipline other than ID?
• What are your strongest skills in terms of craft / visual communication?
• What skills would you most like to build during this course?
• What areas are you most and least interested in working on during this course?
• How interested are you in learning about business?
• Do you have experience working on social entrepreneurship projects in the past? If so what were they?
• Do you have long term goals for yourself in terms of social entrepreneurship? If so, what are they?
• Do you prefer team or individual projects?

4. Please bring 4 or more printouts (8.5"x11") with you to studio on Thursday

Thanks everyone.