February 2012
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10 Things Every Social Entrepreneur Should Know →
Via MoreThanThisBlog.
Lessons from the field by Josh McManus, the co-founder of CreateHere, a Chattanooga, TN nonprofit specializing in community renewal through entrepreneurial endeavor.
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“To collect one’s forces, even when they seem to be scattered, and when...”
– Maria Montessori (via Robin Mooty)
Design for Good Syndrome
Well put. Couldn’t agree more.
morethanthisblog:
There are several “Design for Good” entities that will likely never move past surface-level efforts for social change until they realize that systems change is (1) a cross-disciplinary sport, (2) a long haul and (3) not always popular.
Until designers find a way to move beyond our networks of peer support, the result of any Design for Good...
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Eating Alabama
So excited for my friend Andrew Grace, whose film, Eating Alabama, will be premiering at this year’s South by Southwest! I am so grateful to have been an (albeit very small) part of the project. I have been working with Andy for the last year on the film’s title, posters, and website. The laurels are up on the website, go check it out!
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We the People
A few months back I started a letterpress project. It required participation from friends all over the country, so the process was long and unpredictable. It was challenging and fun, and I hope to do more projects like it in the future.
As these things go, the final product doesn’t much resemble what I originally had in mind. But that is the nature of experimentation. You just have to roll...