Core77 is hosting their 2018 Conference “Now What? Launching & Growing Your Creative Business” on October 25th at A/D/O in Brooklyn. “Now What?” is a one-day event that will focus on maintaining or starting a design business. Leaders in the field of design entrepreneurship will share their personal success stories and offer insights on running design studios, launching products, and even creating crowdfunding campaigns. Several RISD […]
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Core77 Conference “Now What? Launching & Growing Your Creative Business”, Oct 25th
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Strand at The New School: Grace Bonney Panel October 25th
Inspired by her New York Times bestseller In the Company of Women, Grace Bonney’s Good Company is the innovative and supportive journal for women and nonbinary creatives at every stage of life, founded on the power of inclusivity, diversity, and celebrating the differences that unite. Its mission is to provide motivation, inspiration, advice, and a vital sense of […]
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NextGen Cup Challenge: Idea submissions open October 9 – November 16
The $1 million NextGen Cup Challenge is an open innovation initiative seeking to identify and commercialize existing and future solutions for the single-use, hot and cold fiber cup system. The Challenge, managed by Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, is the first phase of a multi-year, multi-industry global consortium that aims to accelerate the design, commercialization, and recovery of […]
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Apply for The Roddenberry Fellowship :: Deadline Sept 19!
The Roddenberry Fellowship is a 12-month program for 20 activists, changemakers, and organizers from across the United States who are tackling one of these four issue areas: Civil Rights Environmental Protection LGBTQIA & Women’s Rights Immigration & Refugee Rights Fellows will each receive a $50,000 award, as well as tailored support to implement a project […]
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Apply for the Catalyst Program at Blue Ridge Labs :: Deadline September 3
Are you building a mission-driven startup that could improve the lives of low-income New Yorkers? The Catalyst program at Blue Ridge Labs is designed to help founders turn a proven but small-scale concept into a scalable technology platform. Over the course of six months, as part of a small cohort of other founders, they will […]
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Apply Now to Code for Impact!
Are you a student designer or developer with a passion for social change? Apply now to participate in the Clinton Foundation Codeathon happening in advance of the CGI U 2018 meeting at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s Codeathon, co-hosted by CGI University, the CGI Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery, and the Clinton Climate Initiative, […]
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Scaling culture: Purpose & People Panel
A leader is anyone who gives more purpose to the people around them. Whether you’re an executive or a frontline employee, whether you work in HR or in accounting, YOU have that power. Purpose & People will explore where and how to infuse more purpose into your organization. THIS PANEL: How do purpose and culture […]
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Parsons Graduates Create Sustainable Eyewear Company That Helps Flint, Michigan
At the height of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the city was using more than 20 million plastic water bottles a day, creating large amounts of plastic waste. Ali Rose VanOverbeke, Fashion Design ’14, who was volunteering with the Red Cross in her hometown of Detroit at the time, turned the crisis into an […]
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How to Drive Impact and Innovation with Empathy, Experimentation, and Evidence
Acumen Fund is offering free community seats in their June 20th webinar with Heather Hiscox of Moves the Needle and +Acumen Associate Director, Amy Ahearn. Learn how social impact organizations are creating value, not waste, more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Find out how you can use the Lean Innovation principles of Empathy, Experimentation, […]
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Design for Humanity Summit – Friday, June 22
On behalf of the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Migration Agency (IOM) we would like to invite you, your students and your institution to join us on Friday, June 22 for the Design for Humanity Summit at Fordham University. This one-day event will explore the intersection of design and humanitarian action in promoting human dignity. This […]
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