How can we use design to create positive social change? As creatives we have the ability to shift perspective and to create impact. But making this impact can't only happen with passion - there needs to be a strategic and defined process to carry the concept to real successful outcomes while not overwhelming you.
In this session, we take you through our approach and project samples like our Wheels4Water project which has helped bring safe water to thousands of people in Uganda. In the end you will see how doing these types of projects can change you, your company and how YOU see the world.
22. THE “WHAT” CRITERIA
1. Use the team's core capabilities for good
2. Make sacrifices (money, time, responsibility, pain)
3. Raise $40,000 to help 1,000 Ugandans
23. THE STORY
Ride our bikes from Boston to Chicago
(about 1,000 miles), filter our own water,
and get each mile sponsored for $40
42. 1. 1,000 Miles…is a long-ass way
(actually 1,207 miles).
2. It takes a village.
3. Great things are not easy.
4. You can design way too much stuff.
5. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
47. 1. Tell the story better…simpler
2. More strategic promotional assets
3. Bring the sponsors in earlier
4. Make it a year-long story
5. Share the load more, i.e. expand your team
69. 1. Take a leap
2. See with your heart
3. Define “what”
4. Make a team –
you can’t do it alone
5. Build the story
6. Be present –
experience the work
7. Finish strong –
celebrate, say “thank
you,” take time,
re-assess
8. Repeat? If so,
make it smarter
70. The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself
in the service of others.
MAHATMA GANDHI