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<span style="font-size:medium;">Benjamin Riddle<br/>[[Www.furman.edu|Furman University]] Innovation Fellow<br/>Design Maverick, [[File:HeadshotWww.futurepartners.jpgis|thumbFuture 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>[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="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the </span>[http://www.furmanhpi.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 Thinking</span>]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the </span>[http://continuinged.uml.edu|Furman University]/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 Fellowand Entrepreneurship in Higher Education and at the <br/span>Design Maverick, [[http://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>

<brspan style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,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 <br/span>[http://www.projectmlab.com <span style="color: rgb(8434, 8134, 7534); fonttext-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project M</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-familyspace: 'Droid Sans'pre-wrap;">to foster sustainable development in the rural South, Helveticaand has launched </span>[http://104good.com/ <span style="color: rgb(34, Arial34, sans34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-serifwrap; font">10-4 Good City</span>]<span style="vertical-sizealign: 13pxbaseline; linewhite-heightspace: 19pxpre-wrap;">Benjamin Riddle is , a Duke Scholar at Furman University where he works network of social entrepreneurs that share resources, connections and ideas across cities. Ben has also worked with the Office </span>[http://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institute of the President Child Success</span>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to explore ways that human centered design thinking can be used to improve the health and social entrepreneurship as strategies for engaged learningwellbeing of children and families in the early childhood system. In recent months, Ben has represented Furman at the HPI School 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 Thinking’s dGood</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 his efforts to drive place-based change in the Southeast.convestival</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial, and brought Cannon Designhelvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the Associated Colleges course of the Southhis 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>]&nbsp;<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and two Furman departments together to create Design for Social ChangeUniversity, an interdisciplinary course that where he serves as a model Duke Scholar and Research Fellow at the </span>[http://www.furman.edu/academics/shicenter/Pages/default.aspx <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shi Center for reinvigorating the liberal arts through designSustainabilit</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">y. He has also launched POP Studio – Ben is currently active in Greenvile, South Carolina, where he is a social design studio project facilitator for public works projectsVictory Village, a mixed-income community that is built upon service, stewardship and sustainability.</span><br/span></span></span><div><br/div>= Related Links = [[Furman on FIRE: Fueling Innovation, Research & Entrepreneurship|<span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(84, 81, 75); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pxsmall;">Furman on FIRE</span>]] <span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); font-family: 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">From TEDx events to community celebrations, fashion shows to multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns, Ben creates events and experiences that connect networks to create shared value. He has worked with Greenville Forward, TEDxGreenville, and is the founding curator of TEDxFurmanU. Ben is currently working with the TED Breaker Project’s global team to explore “The Future of Stuff” at the Stanford d.school.[[Furman University|Furman University]]</span> '''[[Ben Riddle]]''' '''[[Tyler Higgins]]''' '''[[Sam Kristen Can]]''' '''[[Kudakwashe Chinyama]]''' '''[[Anna Peterson]]''' [[Category:Student Contributors|b]][[Category:Student Contributors]]