Summer 2017

Start Date: May 8, 2017 8:37 PM
End Date: Jun 4, 2017 12:00 AM

ThinkImpact is an international Social Enterprise builder. We work with communities and catalytic thinkers around the globe to create, grow and nurture social enterprises. Over 13 years, our entrepreneurs and scholars have founded 192 social enterprises in everything from sustainable agriculture, and basic health, to complex engineering and tech businesses. Some enterprises have expanded across their entire countries or regions, some are still operating in the same village they were created in. But one thing remains constant, the enterprises and experience of building them together changes lives and leaves a lasting impact.

Join us with ThinkImpact in an experience that will teach you globally applicable human-centered design skills, and generate real, sustainable innovation within one of our enterprises. In three weeks, you'll get a chance to learn about social innovation and international development while working alongside community members as equal partners in the Innovation Process. You'll immerse yourself in daily life, uncover new assets and capacities, and apply them to start a new, socially sustainable enterprise! We'll continue the process by incubating your prototype, helping the businesses grow, and measuring the community and individual impacts.

Need more information? Contact student group leader Jessie Palma at palma1@purdue.edu