The Social Innovator program supports youth who are interested in developing, testing and launching a sustainable, social enterprise. Social Innovators are passionate about starting a business that creates a livelihood for themselves while also having a positive impact on their community. The program builds on a human-centered design approach to developing, prototyping and launching a social innovation while considering income, innovation and impact throughout the process.
The program harnesses the passion of young leaders by building on the their emotional response to community challenges to which they have first hand experience. The program motivates and guides them to engage in social innovation in response to their own passion by helping youth locate their curiosities and experience within larger, complex systems that require research to deeply understand. The program requires humility, perseverance, and commitment to working with affected communities.
The Social Innovator program supports youth who are interested in developing, testing and launching a sustainable, social enterprise. Social Innovators are passionate about starting a business that creates a livelihood for themselves while also having a positive impact on their community. The program builds on a human-centered design approach to developing, prototyping and launching a social innovation while considering income, innovation and impact throughout the process.
The program harnesses the passion of young leaders by building on the their emotional response to community challenges to which they have first hand experience. The program motivates and guides them to engage in social innovation in response to their own passion by helping youth locate their curiosities and experience within larger, complex systems that require research to deeply understand. The program requires humility, perseverance, and commitment to working with affected communities.
