How Do You Make Changemaking a Daily Practice? Emily Lamb in Ashoka, Exchange, Social Innovation • May 30, 2018 “Universities, it seems to me, should model something for students besides individual excellence… They should model social excellence as well as personal achievement… If institutions that purport to educate young people don’t embody society’s cherished ideals – community, cooperation, harmony, love – then what young people will learn will be the standards institutions do embody: […]
Cracking the Hardest Nut – Measuring the impact of your changemaking initiative Ali Fraenkel in Ashoka U Team, Best Practices, Impact Measrement • May 24, 2018 “It is hard to measure what we care about so we end up measuring what we can, this isn’t impact.” – Willy Oppenheim, Founder and Executive Director of Omprakash One element I love about Ashoka’s work is the eagerness to identify and embrace patterns in emerging fields — and translate these patterns to society in […]
Announcing #Exchange2018 Keynote Speakers Emily Lamb in Exchange • March 7, 2018 We are proud to officially announce the keynote speakers of the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange. This year the keynote stage will feature 11 visionary social innovators, all from a variety of fields, but all with deep ties to social impact in action across society.
The Ashoka Collaborations Track: How understanding Ashoka can transform your work Beeta Ansari in Exchange • February 14, 2018 What is Ashoka? We get asked that question a lot. To understand our work as Ashoka U, the higher education initiative of Ashoka, we believe it’s important to start at the beginning: with Ashoka. If we had to sum it up in a sentence we’d say that Ashoka builds networks of changemakers and social innovators […]
2018 Innovation Award Semi-Finalists Luciana Goles Domic in Best Practices, Exchange, Innovation Award, Social Innovation • January 31, 2018 The Innovation Award is Ashoka U’s top honor for premiere higher education programs in social innovation education. It recognizes high impact and highly replicable education innovations, including pioneering teaching models, co-curricular programming, community partnerships, and research. Each initiative goes beyond what is traditionally possible in higher education and creates new ways colleges and universities […]
7 Sessions I’m Excited About at #Exchange2018 Charlotte Vitak in Exchange • January 23, 2018 As an Exchange veteran, I was excited to dig into the just launched 2018 agenda and see what stimulating sessions the team has put together this year. It wasn’t easy, but I chose seven sessions from the many sessions at the Exchange that I can’t wait to attend. These seven sessions showcase the broad range of format, content, and depth that is typical of the Exchange.
40 Conversations About Learning Outcomes Hattie Duplechain in Resources • January 15, 2018 I’ve now conducted more than 40 interviews with people who’ve developed social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and changemaking learning outcomes at institutions across nine countries. And this is just the beginning! Here are three key insights from my conversations to date.
Three practices to make your campus plans a reality in 2018 Jessica Lax in Best Practices • January 7, 2018 Jerrid Kalakay is an ideas guy. Two years ago his ideas led him to emerge as a key player in sparking a deeper changemaker culture across Valencia College. Valencia is a two-year, open access community college in Orlando, Florida. Today, Jerrid and his colleagues are on their way to realizing their vision […]
2017: A Year in Review Marina Kim in Ashoka U Team • January 7, 2018 Dear Friends, As 2017 comes to a close, we wanted to step back and reflect on the past year. It has been a year of many changes and much strife in the world. Increasing levels of polarization and marginalization point to broken social relations and growing distrust between people and across sectors. Ashoka believes that much […]
The Secret to Creating a Compelling Narrative About Your Changemaker Initiative Kathleen Kelly Janus in Best Practices • December 21, 2017 What I’ve found from interviewing countless organization leaders is that great storytelling is more the product of a whole lot of preparation and practice than that of innate talent. As we head into a new semester and a new year, use these tips to create your own narrative for your changemaker initiative.