Design for Local Social Entrepreneurship
3/25 through 5/25 (9 weeks)
- Overview Students will work individually or in pairs over nine weeks to create new social entrepreneurial ventures built around products, services or systems for communities in the New England region. Students will work in partnership with local social organizations, which will act as either client institutions (for students expanding the entrepreneurial capacity of the existing organization) or peer institutions (for students starting entirely new ventures). Mentorship will be provided by experienced members of the design community from for-profit firms like IDEO, Sustainable Minds and KVA, as well as social entrepreneurs from excellent local non-profit organizations.
- Objectives Starting at the beginning of the semester, students will partner with local social organizations in order to understand and research their mission, the communities they serve and opportunities for using design and entrepreneurship to address unmet needs. Students will present designs of new social ventures based on products, services and systems along with comprehensive plans for the implementation of these ventures. Mid-way through the project students will present to their partner organizations to Final output will include an oral/visual presentation, a business plan, a brochure, as well as publish-quality design models, drawings and diagrams.
- Final review during Spring Crit week, 5/23 - 5/28, exact date and time TBD
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