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ADVANCEDEQUIPPEDINCUBATEDINCUBATEDINCUBATEDwith various
local partners
UNIQUE PROJECTS
ADVANCEDADVANCEDthrough sessions
& workshops
CITIES FAR & WIDE
EQUIPPEDEQUIPPEDwith Design
Thinking tools
ORGANIZATIONS
Dear friends of Design Impact,
Kate, Ramsey & the Design Impact Team
ADVANCE METHODSOF CREATIVE COMMUNITY CHANGE
INCUBATE PROJECTSTHAT TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
EQUIP LEADERSWITH SOCIAL INNOVATION TOOLS
The design problems our team tackles every dayare often wicked,
meaning they are complex, interrelated, and seemingly unsolvable.
Whether were focused on workforce development, quality medical
care, or improving educational outcomes, we know that there are no
singular catchy solutions that can fix them in their entirety.
But we also know that there are incredible opportunities for
change. At Design Impact we focus on what we can do. We work with
our partners in schools, hospitals, government, and social services
to get more creative, get more ecient, get more aligned, and get
more empathic. We design systems and services that get at deeper
root causes, that surprise and delight, that engage and empower.
Check out the rest of this report to see the impact.
If youre interested in improving outcomes across many issues, as
well as improving the way social change is happening across
sectors, then I hope youll consider supporting Design Impact this
year. Its not just design its revolution.
Looking Forward,
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EXPLORING ALTERNATIVESCompassionate Economic DevelopmentIn
partnership with Community Matters, the Economics of Compassion
Initiative, and the people of Lower Price Hill (a Cincinnati
neighborhood), Design Impact is working to enhance the daily lives
of community members through the developmentof alternative economic
models. Were currently prototyping a Time Banking approach that
enables community members to exchange goods and services without
the use of money. Read more.
Engaging Youth in Program DesignRE-ENVISIONING ENGAGEMENT
Design Impact, Project Connect, and the University of
Cincinnatis Center for Community Engagement developing new ways to
connect youth experiencing homelessness with UC students. Design
Impact led a design process that built empathy with middle
schoolers and generated new ideas with a variety of programmatic
stakeholders. The result is a new program that will be introduced
in 2016. Read more.
CREATING OPEN SPACESStudio C (case study on the following
page)For the past six months, local nonprofits worked in diverse
teams to creatively address complex social issues in Greater
Cincinnati. This community is Studio C, a collaboration between
Design Impact and the United Way of Greater Cincinnati. In its
second year, Studio C continues to engage social sector leaders in
creative community change through Design Thinking, Social
Innovation, and Leadership. Read more.
FINDING THE ROOT OF STEMSTEM: High School to CollegeWhat are the
factors that lead young adults to pursue STEM education and
careers? Design Impactis working with Greater Cincinnati STEM
Collaborative, Partners for a Competitive Workforce, and Hughes
High School to increase students enrolling in post-secondary STEM
education. Through insight collection with local students,
educators and administrators, were uncovering systems level
opportunities for change. Read more.
IMPROVING THE GOLDEN HOURFord Crash-to-Care ProjectDesign Impact
traveled to New Delhi, India to document the human story behind
trac accidentsand to uncover opportunities for reducing motor
vehicle deaths. On behalf of the Ford Motor Company Fund, we
studied each step in the crash-to-care process and identified
opportunities for better prevention, faster emergency response, and
improved health outcomes. Weve turned these solutions over to the
Ford innovation team for direct action. Read More.
FEATURED PROJECTS
USING A TWO-GEN APPROACHAdvanced Manufacturing Design ProjectHow
might we increase the number of women choosing well-paying, high
demand jobs in Advanced Manufacturing (AM)? Design Impact
collaborated with Partners for a Competitive Workforce and Gateway
Community & Technical College to explore this issue. By working
with women, front-line workers, and employers, our team discovered
new ways to increase women pursuing and succeeding in AM careers,
while involving their children in STEM learning. Read more.
July 2014 - June 2015
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City Heights, one of Housing Authority of Covingtons (HAC) key
neighborhoods, is a secluded housing project in Northern Kentucky
with 220 young people under the age of six residing there. Only 1
in 10 attend pre-school, which in previous years has resulted in
90% of the students from this geographic location not being ready
for kindergarten (as measured in 2013).
Before beginning Studio C, the team believed that the secluded
nature of the housing development was the main factor to low levels
of pre-K (Head Start) enrollment. The inital question they had
was:
How might we increase access to transportation so that Head
Start enrollment increases?
DEEP DIVE: STUDIO C + HEAD START
1. THE PROBLEM
When the group began the Design Thinking process through Studio
C, they were almost certain that the barrier that they were
confronting was transportation. They were encouraged to get out and
talk with people to test this assumption.
Through engaging the community, they uncovered that there were
more fundamental barriers to pre-K enrollment than they initially
thought. It emerged that the primary barrier was that parents
thoughtthat pre-K would involve their children sitting at desks all
day, and they believed that their children were too young to be
away from their parents during the day. With these new insights,
the team stepped back and asked;
How might we shift parents attitudes about pre-school to
increase enrollment in Head Start?
2. THE JOURNEY
3. THE RESULT
ABOUT THE TEAMThe Housing Authority of Covington (HAC) & The
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission (NKCAC) attended
Studio C in 2014.
NKCAC provides the Head Start program for families in Northern
Kentucky to ensure kindergarten readiness for their communities,
while HAC provides diverse housing opportunities and programs that
encourage self-suciency.
Thanks tothe Studio C experience, more young children will be
ready for
Kindergarten!
Because of the methods Design Impact introduced,the team was
able to gain new understanding abouttheir users. The team developed
several ideas to answer this question, and eventually selected a
fewtwo-generational approaches to test with parents and
children.
The HAC and NKCAC doubled and then tripled the number of kids
enrolled in Head Start!
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Please consider giving a gift to DI this year to help us advance
design and innovation in spaces that otherwise cannot aord it.
to the many people who have helped us bring design and
innovation practice to where its needed most.
EXPENSES$474,005
INCOME
DESIGNING-IN-ACTION$ 398,836
RUNNING THE SHIP$ 40,545
SPREADING THE WORD$ 21,907
RENTING THE SPACE$ 12,717
$531,328
EARNED INCOME$ 239,987
GRANTS$ 231,167
IN-KIND DONATIONS$ 55,095
INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS$ 5,079
FINANCIALS
We are grateful Aaron SwickAmazon SmileAnnie E. Casey
FoundationAscend InnovationsCarol Ann and Ralph V. Haile / US Bank
FoundationCenter for Creative LeadershipCenter for Nonprofit
ManagementChildren Inc.Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical
CenterCincinnati Interfaith CommmitteeCincinnati MadeCindy
TrippCollective Impact ForumCommunity MattersDAAP CaresDanielle
KokachakDavid Singleton and Verna WilliamsEconomics for Compassion
InitiativeEducation MattersFindlay MarketFirst BatchFord Motor
Company FundGateway Community and Technical CollegeGavin
DeVoreLeonardGE Matching FundGeo and Kristen Zoeckler
Global Citizen LeadersGlobal Language ProjectGreater Cincinnati
STEM CollaborativeGreater Dayton Area Hospital AssociationHughes
STEM High SchoolJerad RainesJoiner Family Fund of The Greater
Cincinnati FoundationJulianna Boehm
PhotographyKaleidoscopeKatherine CreasonKathleen and Michael Krug
Fund of The Greater Cincinnati FoundationKJV & Associates
CPALighthouse Youth ServicesLiving CitiesLyden FoustMatt and Marcia
KornauMetroLabsMiami UniversityMike BakerMount Mary UniversityNeil
KellyOver-the-Rhine Community CouncilPartners for a Competitive
WorkforcePowerhouse FactoriesPro Bono Partnership of Greater
CincinnatiProcter & Gamble
Project ConnectPublic AlliesRachel GrinerSolar TintSt. Francis
Seraph - Sarah CenterSuccess by SixThe Greater Cincinnati
FoundationThe Health CollaborativeTurner Winget Family Fund of The
Greater Cincinnati FoundationUnited Way of Greater
CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati Center for Community
EngagementUniversity of Cincinnati DAAPUniversity of Cincinnati
School of Social WorkVera SoperW. K. Kellogg FoundationWe Have
Become VikingsWE School / iFeelZooMates
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A special shout out to Kaleidoscope for six years of shared
space, project collaboration, and generous donations of time and
talent!
While the majority of our work is based in our hometown of
Cincinnati, we recognize the importance of having a global
perspective. Through our travels, weve strengthened our own
knowledge and learned valuable lessons about specific regional
needs, other expert approaches, and points of collaboration on
issues that aect us all. Here are some places we have published
that newfound knowledge.
Stanford Social Innovation ReviewPublic Interest Design Practice
Guidebook, Ch. 20Core 77 Designing Here/NowLiving CitiesNashville
Nonprofit Review
is the total number of miles our team travelled this year to
build meaningful partnerships and expandthe reach of our design
education.
FUN FINANCIAL FACTSWe have almost doubled our budget over the
last year! Here are more quick facts about how far weve come.
OUR FIRST YEAR$63k budget1 source of incometeam of 2
GLOBAL VOICE
NOW$511k budget (704% growth)21 sources of income team of 13
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