#ImpactEntrepreneur

[centeredventure]

With a little time, lots of positivity, & devoted attention, it may bloom into something beautiful.

[mohamadlik]

#DISKUSIBERGIZI Jadilah perusahaan/brand yang paling dekat dengan konsumen/masyarakat, dengan begitu akan berdampak terhadap peningkatan pendapatan perusahaan kita. -Pak Dwi Purnomo- Founder @thelocalenablers #ImPactfullEntrepreneur #impactentrepreneur #bergerakdanberdampak #thelocalenablers #kojocloth #wirausahamuda #pengusahamuda #entrepreneurship #diskusibisnis #diskusikewirausahaan (at Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsH_WlrQQJ/?igshid=nhaj7saylmza

[marksugar306]

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[sarahosell]

Happy Monday! @Anim8Co Applied to @microsoft US Change Maker Pitch Competition today... 🤞! . #WomeninBusiness #WomeninTech #WomeninCloud #WomeninAI #FemaleFounder #FemaleEntrepreneur #StartupLife #SeattleStartup #Microsoft #Seattle #ImpactEntrepreneur #SystemsThinking #DreamBigger via Instagram http://bit.ly/31gUFcq

[koopmanostbopdx]

Innovators Making a Difference: Construct Foundation

Photo credit: Construct Foundation. High school students work with designers from Ziba Design on a real world challenge.

For our new blog series highlighting innovators and brands making a difference, we recently sat down with Gina Condon, co-founder and President of Construct Foundation, an organization we’re excited to be working with this year.

What inspired you to create Construct Foundation?

I’m passionate about improving education for kids. Our public education system was created to address the needs of our world 100 years ago, and while the world has changed, education today often lacks relevance. Teachers are passionate about preparing kids for the demands of today, but the educational system isn’t keeping up. Construct Foundation is addressing these issues by bringing new education programs that prepare all Oregon learners for what the world expects of them after they complete school.

Having been out of the education field for several years, I began to reexamine schools and how we educate our children in 2011 when my eldest child was entering kindergarten. I was introduced to project-based learning and observed constructivist education first hand. I could see its relevance for creating learners who are problem-solvers and know how to adapt to our changing world. Looking across Portland and the state, it struck me that our teachers were doing all they could, but deeper, constructivist learning experiences were not reaching all kids. I wanted to be an ally to teachers, and because of my background in psychology, education and business, I felt I could be a unique bridge between educators and other key stakeholders in the community, like funders, parents and business people.

What has been the most inspiring thing about your work?

There are a lot of people trying to fix education. We’ve learned a lot about how to find alignment and create benefits for each other.

We partnered with young programs that are transforming teaching and learning like KairosPDX, 3 to PhD, and Breaker. Because we are small and nimble, we can find new ideas and try them out then explore how to bring them to scale working alongside other stakeholders and big organizations like The Chalkboard Project.

What success are you most proud of?

Our biggest partnership has been with Breaker. We began working with their founder, Dr. Juliette LaMontagne, in 2013 when Breaker was a new program with potential to become a disruptive educational model. Their curriculum teaches a creative collaborative problem-solving methodology to student and teachers, one that combines design thinking and entrepreneurship with project-based learning. Beginning with a real world problem, participants learn the skills and mindsets of the innovator and are tasked with designing a triple bottom line product or service solution. All the while they are building key 21st Century skills like empathy, collaboration, end-user understanding, and problem solving. Kids love the rigor and feel empowered when they get to solve real problems. One student said, “If school were like this, I’d stay forever.” And teachers feel a boost in their own creative confidence from using the Breaker methodology and see the relevance of modeling it for their students.

What is one significant way your brand or marketing has evolved over time?

Initially, we were focused on identifying, incubating and implementing one-off programs at different schools. Since then, we’ve learned that until a school has a culture of innovation, we’re not going to be able to introduce new ideas because it’s tough to change and turn on a dime, and we’re asking teachers to do a lot already. So now we focus on first creating a culture of innovation with teachers and administrators. Then you can bring in new models in partnership with them. This shift completely changes how we talk about what we do.

What frontier or threshold are you most excited to cross in the next 12 months?

We’ve been working with the Dayton School District, and we’re really excited that all of the teachers will be integrating design challenges into their classes. We’ve started working to replicate this in other districts and regions.

A first step is to work with school leaders in these regions through a program we’re introducing to Oregon called School ReTool. Like Breaker, it was developed in partnership with Stanford’s d. School and IDEO. Where Breaker targets students and teachers, School ReTool teaches school administrators the principles of design thinking to build that culture of innovation in their districts and schools, paving the way for teachers to get involved.

To make a system play across the state we see these two programs working synergistically. In 24 months we expect to reach another 10 schools while growing our reach in the Portland Metro area where we already work with Franklin and Faubion schools.  

We’re so excited to be partnering with Gina to bring her work to a wider audience. Look for future updates on work we do with the Construct Foundation.

Welcome to the KO family, Gina and Construct Foundation!

[changemakerson-blog]

BRING (IN) YOUR SOCIAL INNOVATION – ENJOY YOUR TIME WORKING HARD – BRING (OUT) YOUR SOCIAL BUSINESS – BECOME SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR

This is what ChangeMakers’ON is about ;)

[mathys]

At the first Oxford Impact Community meetup at Zoku #impactinvestment #impactfinance #impactentrepreneur #joinkinder

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[drscranton]

Impact Entrepreneur Lifestyle

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The End-Game Objective of Any Entrepreneur is Impact

Being an impact entrepreneur is a natural consequence of living a lifestyle of fun, profit, and freedom.  These three elements of the entrepreneurial lifestyle enable impact.

Making an impact is the end-game objective of the entrepreneur.  It’s where you make the difference and drive the change that moves the world forward.

Being and Impact…

[sarahosell]

@gretathunberg "The biggest danger is not our inaction, the real danger is when companies and politicians are making it look like action is happening, when in fact almost nothing is being done - apart from cleaver accounting and creative PR." Thank you for these words! Dear friends, please know that greenwashing, pinkwashing, lgbtq-washing, etc. exists simply for the point of profit. Yes, it is important to make sure everyone required to run your business gets paid. Yes, this means having that frank conversation as a supply chain - how might we all better our efforts? . "Transparency" actions like publishing a video of curated production processes with "heartwarming" interviews for one or a few products and patting each other on the back for the significance of this "deed", then widely publishing the story is not enough. The true innovators are slowly growing their lines with full expectations for ALL their suppliers to reach a higher standard. They are building collective models where ALL members down to janitors are fairly compensated and benefit from the bonus of a great year. Financial models include innovation funds which designate portions of each purchase for long-term impact. They may not distribute widely because of emissions caused. Transparency and responsibility mean FULL disclosure of emissions from production through distribution, retail, and end of use - most only talk about immediate facilities, training the supply chain to understand safety, wellness, and foster community allll the way back to tier 4 suppliers, investing in waste reduction and re-use or regeneration, localization, moving to biomaterials and agricultural sourcing, NOT amplifying the status quo of hazardous chemical cycling through take-back. Less and quality is more and better. Question everything, especially where the money is coming from. Did you know that only 0.5% of VC goes to impact investment? That came from @bloombergbusiness. #NoPlanetB #CircularEconomy #CircularDesigners #Finance #Innovation #ImpactEntrepreneur #ImpactInvesting #VentureCapital #BetheChange #Sustainability #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #SpaceshipEarth #Regenerative via Instagram https://ift.tt/2Zas6Mt

[sarahosell]

Spent the last two days up in these buildings. Can't stress enough how wonderful Seattle is. Every time I'm feeling stuck on this climb, someone somewhere points to the next handhold. . ❤️ . #BuildCommunity #BetheChange #CircularEconomy #Seattle #SeattleStartup #FemaleEntrepreneur #FemaleFounder #Skyscraper #Skyline #Perspective #Clouds #Sunset #Architecture #Grid #ImpactEntrepreneur #Entrepreneur via Instagram https://ift.tt/320VxSQ

[sarahosell]

What's all that smoke outside from?! Material pile fire! What materials? Metal and styrofoam! Common feature of something like a refrigerator. When I was 14, I saw an article about a tire fire with unknown cause and further research pointed to spontaneous combustion... my 9th grade project turned into my first adventure into HOW THE HECK DO WE USE THIS MATERIAL... a second time?! . I visited a tire recycling plant (also in Woodinville) and discovered that everything is ground up in giant machines and then separated - as able - but the resulting stock is rather "stuck" in composite chunk form. I decided, best to mold it all into a giant, composite, hollow rock, which could be a water storage garden feature. . 🌻⛰️🌳 . I even made a clay prototype. Then, I learned that these materials contain hazardous chemicals which can leech into the water and poison our plants/us. . 🧯🥵🔥 . Tonight's smoke caught me - I'm still working on the first idea that exploded my brain. The challenges with materials that aren't designed for second-life, Earth/Human friendly co-existence, are REAL! Single use plastic is more pervasive than you might think. #CircularDesigners #Recycling #ClimateCrisis #SeattleEvents #SeattleStartup #FemaleEntrepreneur #FemaleFounder #CircularEconomy #NoPlanetB #MaterialsDesign #MaterialsScience #PlantsPlease #SingleUsePlastic #Technology #IoT #SmartHome #SmartCity #ImpactEntrepreneur via Instagram https://ift.tt/31UIuCt

[sarahosell]

"So gather around and see what the day brings. See what makes you laugh. See what makes you sing. And never, nerver mind the things that people say. You never go away, you never go away." Thank you, kind guerilla artist, for posting these beautiful words by Seattle musician, Shawn Smith, who happened to go away recently (RIP), right when and where I needed to read them. Today I got to meet with two wonderful impact entrepreneur friends who have shared laughs and so many wise words. When the day sends arrows at your heart, the love of community is the best medicine, thank you ❤️ #ImpactEntrepreneur #FemaleFounder #FemaleEntrepreneur #Motivation #BetheChange #Support #BuildCommunity #GuerillaArt #Handwriting #Illustration #PosterArt #WiseWords #ShawnSmith #SeattleMusic #SeattleArt #StreetArt #BeautifulDay via Instagram http://bit.ly/2KdvP7m

[sarahosell]

4 Steps to Generating ROI with Content hosted by WTIA @wework labs Seattle this morning with Annie Gudorf, VP of Public Relations @walkersands was fantastic! 1) Define your MOST (Marketing Objectives Strategies and Tactics) 2) Understand your Audience 3) Establish your Multichannel Approach and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) 4) Launch and Iterate with Data This was somewhat of a sad realization to come to last year but Design, Marketing, Engineering, Science, etc. (anything other than business education) does not teach students and potential innovator/entrepreneurs that business process is really just a sales funnel disguised as a website, ad campaign, retail store front, employee role/action, even the product itself is a sales funnel. All we (business owners) try to do in this (capitalist) world is make that funnel more efficient and extract more $/market share at every opportunity. Businesses that do not consider that coordination carefully or that have conflict in communication will struggle. While I'm trying to build an impact business that works for/gives back to all it's funnel participants, this is important to consider with everything we create for the system to be sustainable. And I use that phrase, be sustainable, appropriately with its watered down definition of: carry on. To me, impact really means stewardship. How do we do that with stewardship in mind? Well, that is being invented by a new generation of Impact Entrepreneurs and it's the thing that keeps me up at night! Back to the talk - As someone who has dabbled across departments in order to understand how business works, I came today to demystify the targeted marketing process and left with a better understanding that reflects the above realization. #FemaleFounder #FemaleEntrepreneur #CircularEconomy #CircularDesign #Startup #StartupLife #SystemsThinking #SystemsDesign #Stewardship #NoPlanetB #Marketing #WomeninTech #WomeninBusiness #SeattleStartup #ImpactEntrepreneur via Instagram http://bit.ly/2HsVl5D

[changemakerson-blog]

Things you can do from Your couch ;)