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| + | <div>StartingBloc has an application process for undersgraduate students and young entrepreneurs. Currently, the application process is closed. The program costs $1035, with the application fee. A limited number of partial and full scholarships are available for accepted canidates based on merit and financial need. <br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Here is the admission criteria for the fellowship program:</div><div><br/></div><div>StartingBloc Potential : 25% : Demonstration that now is the right time for the applicant to attend an Institute. The applicant should gain new understanding from the Institute and contribute to the StartingBloc community. Fit with the StartingBloc’s values.</div><div><br/></div><div>Clarity of Purpose : 25% : Clarity of the applicant’s vision for creating impact, as evidenced in the application essays. Supporting evidence in the resume and background information that the candidate’s goals for the Fellowship are a balance between ambitious and realistic.</div><div><br/></div><div>Leadership & Teamwork : 20% :: Ability to communicate new ideas and influence others to adopt them. Leadership can take many forms, and successful candidates often lead groups that consist of their seniors as well as their peers.</div><div><br/></div><div>Passion for Social Innovation : 20% : Enthusiasm for using social innovation as a tool for solving the world’s tough problems. Commitment to incorporating social innovation into personal or career goals.</div><div><br/></div><div>Academics : 10% : Ability to learn quickly; breadth and depth of intellectual curiosity.</div><div><br/></div><div>Diversity : StartingBloc values diversity of thought, because combining unique perspectives often leads to innovation. The Fellowship is comprised of people from different sectors, geographies, and cultural backgrounds. The experiences of each Fellow contribute to diverse modes of thought in the community as a whole. In your application, please show the admissions committee what makes you unique, and the diversity of thought that you bring to the Fellowship.</div> | ||
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Revision as of 23:18, 3 October 2013
Contents
Overview
StartingBloc is a nonprofit that educated and places high-achieving, change-minded colege students and young professionals. The idea is to position young people to drive social, economic, and environmental innovations.
Vision: A global ecosystem in which the world's greatest challenges are resolved by the collaborative work of a community of leaders from all sectors. They drive innovative ideas into actions to create lasting, positive social impact.
Purpose
StartingBloc exists to educate, connect, and inspire emerging leaders to drive social innocation across sectors. StartingBloc focuses on activating individuals, while simultaneously teaching a community approach to lasting change. Fellows should aim to eradicate poverty, end world hunger, and reverse climate change.
Distinct Differences From Other Offerings
StartingBloc aids students in becoming innovative problem solvers. Fellows learn to create sustainable solutions by identifying the problems, learning quickly about the context and current solutions, creating market-based, sustainable solution, and implementing these solutions. Fellows learn to build relationships using communication, empathy, and authenticity. StartingBloc thrives on the principle that collaboration is fundemental to solving the world's greatest problems.Fellows should also have all the skills and resources to complete goals. Businesses and relationships are built on social responsibility.
Impact Achieved For Students and Campus
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Alums of StartingBloc have achieved social, environmental and economic change across the country.
Mattias Sparrow, a fellow from 2004, now manages strategy and development for Gary Klinsky Children's Centers. These centers are after-school-programs providers supporting 800 young students at five schools in Brooklyn, New York.
Pyiya Khetarpal helped KLD Reaserch and Analytics in Boston launch an index of 100 companies investing in technology that address climate change.
Moses Choi, an assistant portfolio manager for Citigroup in New York, has been working to set up an internal corporate-social-responsibility club.
StartingBloc has relationships with grad schools at MIT, Duke, and Tufts, which reserve spots in their programs for fellows, and with companies and nonprofits that provide internships.
