on Prompt: Lesotho is a small developing country contained within South Africa. You and your team of academic researchers (10 in all) are spending the next two weeks travelling to different communities throughout Lesotho to test water sources for disease-causing pathogens. The testing you need to do is simple but requires significant assistance from the community… Continue Reading WEEK 2 – Ethical Decision-Making Case 1: Lesotho
on Prompt: While trying to develop a low-cost syringe for the developing world context, you (the designer) hit a cross-roads. Constructing the syringe to auto-disable after a single use, an important safety feature, significantly adds to the cost of the design – making it potentially unaffordable for some hospitals and clinics. However, if you don’t add… Continue Reading Week 1 – Ethical Decision-Making: Syringe Case Study
on 1.Refine the detailed income statement for your venture for two years (at six month intervals) or a more appropriate time scale. Explicitly state the assumptions that underlie your financial model. See the assumptions listed in Question 3. 2.Refine the Business Model for your venture based on your revenue model. You may use the Osterwalder BMC… Continue Reading Week 14 – Impact Assessment: Short-Term and Long-Term
on 1.Develop a detailed income statement for your venture for two years (at six month intervals). Explicit state the assumptions that underlie your financial model. 2.Identify two SPECIFIC funding sources for the design phase of your project and two SPECIFIC funding sources for the dissemination (implementation / distribution / commercialization) phase of your project. For each… Continue Reading Week 13: Financial Models, Funding, and Partnerships
on 1.Refine your Business Model Canvas: Include a Visual Canvas Extremely specific notes for each block *****LET IT BE KNOWN – We do not have A SPECIFIC PRODUCT in mind yet***** Partner network · Shipping/ Transportation services · PCA · UPD Key Activities Processing Copra to create value added products · Coconut Milk, Flour,… Continue Reading Week 12: Business Models for Social Enterprises (and Movements)
on 1.Develop a Business Model for your venture using the Osterwalder Business Model Canvas. Note: We don’t have a specific product yet, so the following model is made based on our best assumption. Partner network Shipping/Transportation services PCA UPD Key Activities Processing Copra to create value added… Continue Reading Week 11: Social Entrepreneurship + Business Models
on 1.List five compelling take-aways from the Art of the Start. Learning to create our own “MAT” – Milestones, Assumptions, and Tasks. This format has allowed us to better understand our goals within the project and as a team. MAT has done this by helping us better divide the tasks needed to get done and making… Continue Reading Week 9: Art of the Start
on 1. Summarize and report out on the results of the SKS exercise. START DOING: Working more hands on with each other, we were planning on working together to begin prototyping processing techniques (may be unrealistic now given new developments) Keep in better contact with UPD team and other resources on and off campus we can… Continue Reading Week 8: Teamwork and Leadership
on 1.Does your work require IRB approvals? If Yes, articulate your detailed IRB strategy. If No, explain why you don’t need IRB approval and identify situations when you might need IRB approval. We decided that our project needs IRB approval (exempt status). Specifically, our project falls into Exempt Category 2: Surveys, interviews, educational tests, and public… Continue Reading Week 6: IRB Protocols
on 1.List ten things that make you feel human Love Chess Family/ Friends Hope Music Pain Food Knowledge Empathy Ikigai 2.Articulate your philosophy of engagement as it pertains to your work with the GSIF. Why should I engage? Chess is a game of perfection played by imperfect humans. As an avid chess player, I do strive… Continue Reading Week 5: Philosophy of Engagement