DI 2012 - 2013 Annual Report

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INCUBATE

IMPROVE SOCIETY BY DESIGN

PROJECTS THAT TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES.

EQUIP

LEADERS WITH SOCIAL INNOVATION TOOLS.

ANNUAL REPORT

ADVANCE

METHODS OF CREATIVE COMMUNITY CHANGE.

Detroit Cincinnati

Newport Beach

Mumbai

Phaltan Pune

Atlanta Chennai Bangalore

DI Features

Sri Lanka

TARSADIA FAMILY FOUNDATION

COLLEGE OF CREATIVE STUDIES

PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN INSTITUTE

FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND

UCREW SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Partnering with CA-based foundation to create Design and the Social Sector: A Guide to Partnering—an online tool for social designers.

Deconstructing and reconstructing social enterprise models with graduate level designers.

Presenting and facilitating a workshop on partnership development and social impact project outcomes.

Designing and implementing a social innovation leadership program for non-profit and corporate leaders.

Applying design-thinking curriculum to a social enterprise program for high school students across Ohio.

LADDOO PROJECT

SARAI COOKING SYSTEM

GLOBAL CITIZEN LEADERS PROGRAM

SNEHA CENTER DEVELOPMENT

SCALABLE LEARNING SYSTEMS

Combating childhood malnutrition through product development and systems design. Fellow: Jaskeerat Bedi

Creating safe cooking environments and reducing carbon emissions. Fellow: Alan McDonald

Training 260 MBA students over six months on social innovation, leadership, and project incubation skills.

Maximizing health outcomes for women and children through improved service delivery. Fellow: Sandra Plaza

Increase employment for disconnected youth through web and classroom-based content. Fellow: Eva Miller

Newport Beach, California

Pune, Maharshatra

Detroit, Michigan

Phaltan, Maharashtra

Atlanta, Georgia

Detroit Michigan, Chennai, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Cincinnati, Ohio

Bangalore, Karnataka

Visit www.d-impact.org for complete portfolio.

We did it!

Last Five Years

DID YOU KNOW that last year over 500 community

DID YOU KNOW that through Design Impact’s Global

leaders, students and non-profit staff participated in

Citizen Leadership Program, students applied principles

Design Impact’s innovation workshops? Each of these

such as interpersonal skills, self-awareness, and innova-

DESIGN IMPACT HAS:

groups learned about social innovation tools and then

tion—all while working to solve a real-life social challenge in

Provided over 25,000 hours of embedded design

directly applied their learning to challenges faced

their community. DI worked with the North Carolina based

and social innovation services to non-profit initiatives.

in their communities.

Center for Creative Leadership to develop and deliver this customized experiential workshop. At the end of the workshop, a survey given to students reported that:

Delivered over $600,000 in pro bono design services

88% felt improved ability to build relationships

to community development projects.

92% had increased awareness of social issues. We’re currently running the second iteration of this program, and look forward to sharing those results with you!

Sri Lanka

Kate Hanisian, Sandra Plaza, Eva Miller, Alan McDonald, Jaskeerat Bedi, Ramsey Ford (from L to R)

executives, and students in social innovation tools.

79% have more confidence in themselves as leaders 89% felt improved ability to generate new ideas and vision

DESIGN IMPACT FELLOWSHIP SUMMIT

Trained over 1000 community leaders, corporate

Incubated over 30 community change projects.


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