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<span style="font-size:medium;">Benjamin Riddle<br/>[[File:HeadshotWww.furman.jpgedu|thumbFurman University]] Innovation Fellow<br/>Design Maverick, [[Www.futurepartners.is|Headshot.jpgFuture Partners]]</span>

Benjamin Riddle<brspan style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">University Innovation Fellow,</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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 at</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;Furman University</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Ben partners with students, faculty, administrators and alumni to create new initiatives that use design thinking as a tool for engaged learning and creative problem solving. Recently, Ben has represented the Furman and the Fellows at the </span>[[Wwwhttp://dschool.furmanstanford.edu|Furman University/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d.school</span>]] Innovation Fellow<brspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the </span>[http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/d_school/home.html?L=1 <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HPI School of Design MaverickThinking</span>]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the </span>[http://continuinged.uml.edu/deshpande/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deshpande Symposium</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education and at the </span>[Wwwhttp://www.futurepartnersnae.is|Future Partners]edu/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Academy of Engineering</span>]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>

Shi Center Fellow<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial, Shi Center helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From grassroots groups to global agencies, Ben brings diverse networks together to engage in projects that bridge cultural divides. &nbsp;In recent years, Ben has worked with </span>[http://www.futurepartners.is <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Future Partners</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span>[http://www.projectmlab.com <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project M</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to foster sustainable development in the rural South, and has launched </span>[http://104good.com/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10-4 Good City</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a network of social entrepreneurs that share resources, connections and ideas across cities. Ben has also worked with the </span>[http://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institute of Child Success</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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. In recent months, Ben was featured in </span>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/11/07/celebrating-campus-leaders-during-national-entrepreneurship-month <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White House Office of Science & Technology</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">blog, </span>[http://designgood.com/ben-riddle/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Design Good</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and </span>[http://www.fastcompany.com/3033263/innovation-agents/how-to-say-no-to-a-stanford-admission <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Fast Company</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for Sustainabilityhis efforts to drive place-based change in the Southeast.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifsmall;"><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">University Innovation Fellow,</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ben works with student leaders across Over the United States to equip undergraduates with tools and skills needed to compete in the economy course of the future. Through his work at</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;Furman University</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Ben partners with students, faculty, administrators and alumni to create new initiatives that use design thinking as a tool for engaged learning and creative problem solving. Recentlyacademic career, Ben has represented the Furman and the Fellows studied Sustainable Development at the </span>[http://dschool.stanford.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d.school</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the</span>[http://www.hpi.unifu-potsdamberlin.de/d_schoolen/home.html?L=1 <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HPI School of Design ThinkingFreie Universitat Berlin</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Furman University, where he serves as a Duke Scholar and Research Fellow at the </span>[http://continuingedwww.umlfurman.edu/deshpandeacademics/shicenter/Pages/ default.aspx <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deshpande SymposiumShi Center for Sustainabilit</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on Innovation and Entrepreneurship y. Ben is currently active in Higher Education and at the </span>[http://www.nae.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(17Greenvile, South Carolina, 85where he is a project facilitator for Victory Village, 204); texta mixed-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Academy of Engineeringincome community that is built upon service, stewardship and sustainability.</span>]</span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></spandiv></spandiv>= Related Links =

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From grassroots groups to global agencies, Ben brings diverse networks together to engage in projects that bridge cultural divides. &nbsp;In recent years, Ben has worked with </span>[http://www.futurepartners.is <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Future Partners</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span>[httpFurman on FIRE://www.projectmlab.com <span style="color: rgb(34Fueling Innovation, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project M</span>]Research & Entrepreneurship|<span style="vertical-align: baseline; whiteline-spaceheight: pre-wrap19px;">to foster sustainable development in the rural South, and has launched </span>[http://104good.com/ <span style="color: rgb(3484, 3481, 3475); textfont-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-spacefamily: pre-wrap;">10-4 Good City</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Droid Sans', a network of social entrepreneurs that share resources, connections and ideas across cities. Ben has also worked with the </span>[http://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/ <span style="color: rgb(34Helvetica, 34Arial, 34); textsans-decoration: underlineserif; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institute of Child Success</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapsmall;">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. In recent months, Ben was featured in </span>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/11/07/celebrating-campus-leaders-during-national-entrepreneurship-month <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White House Office of Science & TechnologyFurman on FIRE</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">blog, </span>[http://designgood.com/ben-riddle/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Design Good</span>]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and </span>[http://www.fastcompany.com/3033263/innovation-agents/how-to-say-no-to-a-stanford-admission <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Fast Company</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for his efforts to drive place-based change in the Southeast.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the course of his academic career, Ben has studied Sustainable Development at </span>[http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Freie Universitat Berlin</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Furman University, where he serves as a Duke Scholar and Research Fellow at the </span>[http://www.furman.edu/academics/shicenter/Pages/default.aspx <span style="color: rgb(3484, 3481, 3475); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shi Center for Sustainabilit</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">y. Ben is currently active in Greenvile, South Carolina, where he is a project facilitator for Victory Village, a mixed-income community that is built upon service, stewardship and sustainability.</span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial'Droid Sans', Helvetica, helveticaArial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11d-7ca1-9dfc-e45e98ffdae6"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; whiteline-spaceheight: pre-wrap19px;">Contact Ben:</span></span></span>[[Furman University|Furman University]]</span>

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