About Me
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- Sami Nerenberg
- A San Francisco native, I am 5/8 educator and 5/8 social entrepreneur. Trained as an industrial designer at the Rhode Island School of Design, I have continued my quest for meaningful work at the intersection of design/social impact/education. This has led me to teaching at Pratt Institute, Brown University's Community Environmental College and at my alma mater, where I founded the advanced studio, Design for Social Entrepreneurship, as the youngest adjunct faculty. After working for Design that Matters and purchasing the urls, designforamerica.com/org on the night of the 2008 presidential elections, I am now the Director of Operations for Design for America (i.e. dream job). (The views expressed in this blog are solely my own and do not reflect the views of DFA)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Support Change
It is now OUR responsibility to create the United States of America that we want to see. Support change.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Overlap 08
This weekend, I had the wonderful honor of attending a conference called the Overlap. This conference brought together 50 leaders in design, business, innovation and sustainability to talk about effective "processes" for creating positive change.
This conference was indubitably like none other. More like a retreat or gathering, the structure was centered around intimate presentations followed by group dialogue. It was everything I could have hoped for and more.
I entered the conference with the hopes of meeting some of my role-models and left with a room-full more to look up to.
Pictured Above From Left to Right, and Top to Bottom:
Deb Johnson
Peter Nicholson
Chhaya Bhanti
Steve Varon
James Burling Chase
Sami Nerenberg (that's me!)
Majora Carter (yes, I was just talking about her too!)
I was SO thrilled to be around so many amazing and inspiring people!!
This conference was indubitably like none other. More like a retreat or gathering, the structure was centered around intimate presentations followed by group dialogue. It was everything I could have hoped for and more.
I entered the conference with the hopes of meeting some of my role-models and left with a room-full more to look up to.
Pictured Above From Left to Right, and Top to Bottom:Deb Johnson
Peter Nicholson
Chhaya Bhanti
Steve Varon
James Burling Chase
Sami Nerenberg (that's me!)
Majora Carter (yes, I was just talking about her too!)
I was SO thrilled to be around so many amazing and inspiring people!!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Overlap Reflections
Favorite Quotes:
"Let me build on what you're saying." -GK
"These problems are not to be solved but to be evolved." -Steve V.
"Caring is core." -Heather
"Mock it up before you fock it up." -Deb J.
"We don't need to give up 9/10ths of our things, we just need to live 10 times more efficiently." -Cameron
"I'm just a farmer, I plants seeds of thought and grow fields of gold." -Steve V.
"Return to a question, not a problem." -Mike
"Stop treating the framework of capitalism as a playground for profit." -Mike
"Rational Activism." - Mike
"Show me a big problem, and I'll show you a big opportunity." -Farhad
"Try not to always rub the same spot." -Manuel
"Not awareness but persuasion." -Cameron
"We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, but are borrowing it from our children." -Craig
References I learned of:
Edward DeBono- structured creativity
Google Enterprise - google for business
Humanitarian Dream - Dalai Lama carrying the Olympic torch
The Climate Change Project
Tactical Technology Collective -demystifying technology for non-profits
Howard Odum- American Ecologist
GTD -Getting Things Done- for over-achieving OCDers. :-)
World Resources Institute- intersection of the environment and human needs
Judy of the Woods
Gapminder - statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
FabLab- MIT technical outreach
Taproot Foundation - Do it pro bono
The Business Genome Project
PSR- Physicians for Social Responsibility
Path101- Career Finding
Books Recommended:
Green to Gold -How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage
The Botany of Desire- A plant's-eye view of the world
The Speed of Trust- The one thing that changes everything
Linked- The New Science of Networks
"Let me build on what you're saying." -GK
"These problems are not to be solved but to be evolved." -Steve V.
"Caring is core." -Heather
"Mock it up before you fock it up." -Deb J.
"We don't need to give up 9/10ths of our things, we just need to live 10 times more efficiently." -Cameron
"I'm just a farmer, I plants seeds of thought and grow fields of gold." -Steve V.
"Return to a question, not a problem." -Mike
"Stop treating the framework of capitalism as a playground for profit." -Mike
"Rational Activism." - Mike
"Show me a big problem, and I'll show you a big opportunity." -Farhad
"Try not to always rub the same spot." -Manuel
"Not awareness but persuasion." -Cameron
"We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, but are borrowing it from our children." -Craig
References I learned of:
Edward DeBono- structured creativity
Google Enterprise - google for business
Humanitarian Dream - Dalai Lama carrying the Olympic torch
The Climate Change Project
Tactical Technology Collective -demystifying technology for non-profits
Howard Odum- American Ecologist
GTD -Getting Things Done- for over-achieving OCDers. :-)
World Resources Institute- intersection of the environment and human needs
Judy of the Woods
Gapminder - statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
FabLab- MIT technical outreach
Taproot Foundation - Do it pro bono
The Business Genome Project
PSR- Physicians for Social Responsibility
Path101- Career Finding
Books Recommended:
Green to Gold -How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage
The Botany of Desire- A plant's-eye view of the world
The Speed of Trust- The one thing that changes everything
Linked- The New Science of Networks
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