Social Innovation Leadership | Amherst CCE

10/05/2016

Applications are now open for the 2017 Design Thinking Challenge!

The Design Thinking Challenge brings together teams of students to develop interventions to a complex challenge. With support from faculty and staff, teams will work with their project sponsor to develop a deeper understanding of their challenge, generate ideas for possible interventions, and then prototype their most promising interventions.

Want to learn more about the challenges for 2017?

What is the Design Thinking Challenge? Design thinking is a process—applicable to all disciplines—of generating new and innovative ideas and developing solutions to problems. The Design Thinking Challenge brings together interdisciplinary teams of six students to develop interventions to a complex c...

03/06/2016

"I was unable to find a single graphic that adequately revealed all essentials of the design thinking process." So he designed his own...

Jasper Liu suggests a new visual paradigm for "design thinking."

A couple of days ago, I was looking for a visual illustration of Design Thinking to share with my colleagues and clients…

03/02/2016

Check out Raise.me, a startup that takes an innovative approach to helping students navigate scholarship bureaucracy by partnering with colleges and universities to offer students scholarships starting in the 9th grade.

Raise.me, a three-year-old start-up, allows students to accrue incremental scholarship credits by entering their high school achievements on a website.

02/26/2016

Check out our spotlight on Suhasini Ghosh about her work founding the Green Athletics Committee!

What is the project you're working on, and what inspired you? Basically, it started with a class I took last semester, in an environmental sociology class called Footprints on the Earth with Profes...

02/22/2016

Are you working on an idea/project, and you want to build a community around it?
Are you looking for new resources and strategies for developing your idea?
Are you interested in hearing about new and upcoming ideas and projects run by Amherst students?
Join the Social Innovation Leadership Team for our second Idea Jam!
https://www.facebook.com/events/247477832251396/

02/19/2016

Check out our Spotlight on Zakiy and Pierre-Alexander, founders of a new club, Amherst Students for Economic Empowerment, devoted promote awareness on issues related to poverty and development!

What is the name of the organization and how did you come up with the name? Pierre: Amherst Students for Economic Empowerment (ASEE). Zakiy: We initially thought about naming it the Microfi...

11/10/2015

The Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship at UMass is hosting their first annual Social Entrepreneurship Day on November 17 - check out the link for more information.

Interested in tackling major social issues with your business venture? Want to come listen to experts with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems? Come to the 1st annual Social Entrepreneurship Day. This is an all day event where you have the chance to listen to twelve pane…

10/27/2015

Tonight! A Talk on Entrepreneurship with Michael Levin '80

Tuesday, October 27, 7-8pm, Paino. Michael Levin '80 has a very successful ghost writing business and has appeared on Shark Tank to pitch his business. Michael will discuss entrepreneurship and how you can start your own business and start building your brand today, with limited resources, money and experience. Learn how to be your own boss...there has never been a better time for entrepreneurship, and now is the essential time for people to take charge of their careers from the start. Michael is an engaging speaker who will offer you practical advice on getting started on your own path to success.

10/22/2015

$10,000 Grants for Summer 2016: Info Session for 100 Projects for Peace - TODAY, 11:30-1:00, Val

Do you have an idea for a project to build peace and community, promote economic opportunity, bring people together across difference, or promote humanity through art and music? Learn more about applying for a $10,000 grant to implement your project in Summer 2016 through the 100 Projects for Peace program. Drop-in info session on Thurs, Oct 22 from 11:30-1:00, in the downstairs conference room in Valentine Dining Hall. For more information, email Megan Lyster in the Center for Community Engagement: [email protected]

02/27/2015

Looking for inspirations for internships? Check out these exciting last-minute summer opportunities (Deadline March 1)!

African Schools for Excellence
BioLite
Boston Public Market
GoTenna
Hope on a String
Kendall Foundation
Open Future Institute
Root Cause Social Innovation
Seva Mandir
Brightfields
Vera
Vision Spring

(You can click on the link below or access through quest by clicking on "Social Innovation Internships" in the right hand column under "Job & Internship Links")

Directions and Other Info The following list is a compilation of internships with entrepreneurially minded organizations and companies with social and/ or environmental missions. Continue to check back regularly. More internships will be added weekly. Questions, comments, and suggestions can b...

02/24/2015

We're teaming up with Amherst Together to bring design thinking to Pioneer Valley Citizen Summer - check out the video to hear more about the project, and remember that the application deadline for PVCS is March 2! For more info: https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/cce/intern/pv

Carol Ross talks with Megan Briggs Lyster, Director of Social Innovation Programs in the Center for Community Engagement at Amherst College, about using desi...