"How to Change the World - Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas" ....breath.....just 24 days to go I have been reading this great book about new ideas and how we use our talents to help others. Social entrepreneurs are motivated by "building models that can be used by excluded and deprived people, to create sustainable livelihoods and promote social inclusion". My research will try to analyze different social programs and how one can design a space to improve upon the way a program is implemented. Furthermore, through community design charettes perhaps that facility can better address the mutifaceted needs of an organization. The question is what are the tools that one will use to involve people in the building planning process. In the end I hope to have a design process and strategy that ... read more
I am extrmeley excited for this adventure that I will embark on in about a month. I am trying to make as many connection as possible before I go. There are so many questions in my head as to where this research will take me. What path am I headed on? Will this information help anyone, or will it, like countless other research results, end up being filed away. It is up to me to follow through and make sure that this becomes a success....it won't kill me...it will only make me stronger....... read more