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This advanced Industrial Design studio aims to cultivate designers for social entrepreneurship by examining the role of design in this field, identifying key methodologies and models of social entrepreneurship, and investigating the power of product, system and service design to create positive social and environmental change. This semester, as social entrepreneurial designers, students will use design and design thinking to address social and environmental issues prevalent in Providence and our surrounding communities. In partnership with Social Venture Partners Rhode Island (SVPRI), students will have the opportunity to work with a network of local non-profits and social ventures to examine different models of social enterprise and work to develop in-depth proposals for new or existing ventures that will benefit these organizations and our local community.

Friday, April 26, 2013

SVPRI Ecosystem Analysis


SVPRI employs an ecosystem approach to serving local social ventures.  They focus on five main approaches to support and meet the needs of the entire social venture community.  These 5 approaches include Networking, Education, Business Acumen, Access to Capitol and Markets.  The RISD|DeSE students analyzed the SVPRI Ecosystem by cataloging the way their venture partners participates and benefits from this method of support.  



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