Participants:Kat Walsh - Living Tree Paper companyJP Kusz - Center for Sustainable EnterpriseDawn Danby - WorldChangingSteve Bishop - IDEO
Key takeaways:
* 51 of top 100 capitalized business are larger than countries by measure of GDP* Changing nature of Design: - 1 time transaction –> Annuity stream - Designer = socially conscious architect meeting need of [...]
Archive for October, 2006
At this year’s Net Impact conference right here in Chicago, I learned a ton and met a multitude of interesting people.
I got to catch panels about Social entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsiblity, and Business and Technology for social good at the Professional Summit.
I will be posting some highlights and notes from the conference since [...]
Net Impact conference 2006
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The 2006 Net Impact conference is taking place in Chicago! Wow, I guess I really lucked out.
I will be at the Professional Summit portion of the conference tomorrow (or I guess this morning now since its past midnight). [...]
Project Red iPod
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I already have an iPod. I don’t need another iPod, especially one that is smaller than the one that I have.
But, this iPod is cooler. It is bright red. And Apple donates part of the profits from [...]
Whoa, I was very excited to see one of my personal heroes win the Nobel Peace Prize –
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who pinoeered MFI in the developing world is an amazing man.
If you haven’t already done so, check out his book, Banker to the Poor.
You *have* to hear this man’s story, as he [...]
People want to simplify their lives. Its been a consumer trend that has been going on for a while now, and its surprising to see that larger companies are attempting to take on this challenge only recently. Thank goodness– Now I will actually think like a consumer instead of a designer– [...]
AWF_blog Originally uploaded by quami77.
Today I participated in the About With & For conference that took place at the East Bank Club in Chicago. It is a conference that we as ID students put on– Its [...]
