Overview of Post: Robert Fabricant continues his blogging from a workshop with social innovators. part one HERE
Thoughts on this Post: I appreciate the points that Robert makes on how to approach social design. He offers very practical ways to move the process forward.
Live From PopTech: Designing for Impact
Original Post and Comments HERE at FastCompany.com
The design process really kicked into high gear on day three–Kevin Starr of the Rainer Arnhold Fellows program and I teamed up for our presentation.
Members of the PopTech fellows program
No one is better than Kevin at getting social entrepreneurs to think clearly about their interventions. He set up some basic components of each fellow’s impact model, including the concise definition of their mission and, more importantly, impact measurement.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but I prefer to work backwards from impact, rather than forwards from mission in the social innovation design process. It really clears a lot of things up fast. If you know the specific impact that you are trying to achieve, the steps to get you there become very clear. And the organization that you need to drive those steps emerges quickly. With a group that has this kind of creativity and capacity it is all about focus. Read the rest of this entry »