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.