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Benjamin Riddle<br/>[[Www.furman.edu|Furman University]] Innovation Fellow<br/>Design Maverick, [[Www.futurepartners.is|Future Partners]] | Benjamin Riddle<br/>[[Www.furman.edu|Furman University]] Innovation Fellow<br/>Design Maverick, [[Www.futurepartners.is|Future Partners]] | ||
| − | <br/>< | + | <br/><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Benjamin Riddle has been a University Innovation Fellow at Furman University since April 2014. As a designer and social impact strategist, Ben works across sectors to unlock human ingenuity. Ben is currently immersed in systems of learning and education, where he’s creating spaces for stakeholders to catalyze and sustain positive change.</span></span></span> |
| − | <span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75) | + | <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">As a University Innovation Fellow, Ben works with student leaders across the United States to equip undergraduates with tools and skills needed to compete in the economy of the future. Through his work and studies at Furman University, Ben partners with students, faculty, administrators and alumni to create new initiatives that use design thinking as a strategy for engaged learning. As a freshman, Ben brought Cannon Design, the Associated Colleges of the South and two academic departments together to create Design for Social Change – an interdisciplinary course that introduces design thinking as a tool for community problem solving. Recently, Ben has represented the Furman and the Fellows at the Stanford d.school, the HPI School of Design Thinking’s d.confestival, the Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education and at the National Academy of Sciences.</span></span></span> |
| − | + | <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ec3ad7c4-d119-3f33-ecec-56ae3d13f2ed"><span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">From grassroots groups to global design agencies, Ben brings diverse networks together to engage in social labs that bridge cultural divides. In recent years, Ben has worked with Future Partners and Project M to foster sustainable development in the rural South and launched 10-4 Good City, a network of social entrepreneurs that share resources, connections and ideas across cities. Ben has also worked with the Institute of Child Success to explore ways that human centered design can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families in the early childhood system. Currently, Ben is </span><span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">working with urban designers and service providers in the Upstate of South Carolina to develop a new model for homeless service provision that integrates housing and services with pathways to education, entrepreneurship and vocational agriculture in a mixed-income community.</span></span></span></span> | |
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Revision as of 16:32, 28 February 2015
Benjamin Riddle
Furman University Innovation Fellow
Design Maverick, Future Partners
Benjamin Riddle has been a University Innovation Fellow at Furman University since April 2014. As a designer and social impact strategist, Ben works across sectors to unlock human ingenuity. Ben is currently immersed in systems of learning and education, where he’s creating spaces for stakeholders to catalyze and sustain positive change.
As a University Innovation Fellow, Ben works with student leaders across the United States to equip undergraduates with tools and skills needed to compete in the economy of the future. Through his work and studies at Furman University, Ben partners with students, faculty, administrators and alumni to create new initiatives that use design thinking as a strategy for engaged learning. As a freshman, Ben brought Cannon Design, the Associated Colleges of the South and two academic departments together to create Design for Social Change – an interdisciplinary course that introduces design thinking as a tool for community problem solving. Recently, Ben has represented the Furman and the Fellows at the Stanford d.school, the HPI School of Design Thinking’s d.confestival, the Deshpande Symposium on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education and at the National Academy of Sciences.
From grassroots groups to global design agencies, Ben brings diverse networks together to engage in social labs that bridge cultural divides. In recent years, Ben has worked with Future Partners and Project M to foster sustainable development in the rural South and launched 10-4 Good City, a network of social entrepreneurs that share resources, connections and ideas across cities. Ben has also worked with the Institute of Child Success to explore ways that human centered design can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families in the early childhood system. Currently, Ben is working with urban designers and service providers in the Upstate of South Carolina to develop a new model for homeless service provision that integrates housing and services with pathways to education, entrepreneurship and vocational agriculture in a mixed-income community.
