Today’s quick link > “Impact! Designing for Social Change” offers graduate-level intensive workshops for professionals and students interested in design for social advocacy.
Hosted at the School for Visual Arts, the workshops feature sessions with faculty of designers, innovators, and social entrepreneurs. The program addresses the intersection of commercial and non-profit interests in this emerging “social design” sector:
To remain competitive, corporations are looking for innovation and impact in the area of social change as it relates to their businesses. The non-profit world is seeking new ways to support their constituencies through design strategy. This six-week summer intensive will introduce participants to the growing field of design for social advocacy.
Their impressive curriculum subject areas sound absolutely fascinating and so right up this blog’s alley. (That’s #AwesomeDesignForSocialChange Alley, btw). I honestly wish I was still living near NYC so I could participate! (Also, I realize I’ve posted this a bit late and past the current Summer session enrollment date, but just sign up for alerts on the site to get news on their upcoming Fall 2013 session.)
The Impact! site is chock-full of resources and useful info, including archived webinar sessions on topics like:
Also don’t miss browsing their gallery of past Impact Projects which feature learning-in-action projects in social entrepreneurship, community education, environment, health, and politics to name a few.
CULTURAL ORGANIZING. ARTS. EDUCATION. SOCIAL CHANGE (blog on hiatus) 