Tag: social impact

From a pool of 180, four social enterprises stood out above the rest in this year’s competition for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, which CASE has the privilege to manage.  One of these four will ultimately be awarded the prize – a $100,000 unrestricted grant to support their achievement of impact at […]

This year CASE celebrated our 20th anniversary, and the 10th anniversary of the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing. This anniversary allowed us to reflect on how our work has evolved over the years to meet the needs to today’s economy, and how we can continue to be even bolder in our efforts and scale […]

Each year, CASE selects a group of Fuqua MBAs to serve as CASE and CASE i3 Fellows.  These students have stood out to us in their passion and commitment to taking a deeper dive into their social impact or impact investing learning with their peers, and in their ability to act as ambassadors for CASE’s work within Fuqua and […]

CASE is excited to bring on a new member to our hard-working and high impact team. Highlights of the position are below. Know a great candidate? Please share the full job description found here. Send questions about this position to case@fuqua.duke.edu. To apply complete BOTH of these steps: Submit an application via the Duke portal […]

Get right what so many organizations get wrong about scale. How can you ensure that you don’t waste your time pursuing a weak scaling strategy that’s unlikely to be funded? How can you demonstrate to internal stakeholders and funders that you’ve taken a robust, strategic approach to scale? How can you make better decisions and […]

Audrey Choi has taken a rather circuitous route to her current role as Chief Sustainability Officer for multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley, with a common thread being a deep curiosity and commitment to learning.

Translating lived experience into innovation to increase access for food allergy consumers Eighty nine million Americans avoid buying at least one of the top-9 allergen food products. Of these 89 million, 25 million have a severe or moderate allergy, 7 million have a mild allergy, 32 million have food intolerances. Twenty-five million are indirect avoiders […]

“Sometimes my tone can sound absolute, but I am still learning and growing,” PolicyLink President and CEO Michael McAfee cautioned as he dove into a conversation with CASE Executive Director Erin Worsham as a part of CASE’s Executive Speaker Series.  McAfee, noted for many accomplishments, is a “catalyst for a new and growing body of […]

From a pool of 130, five social enterprises stood out above the rest in this year’s competition for the Fred Morgan Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, which CASE has the privilege to manage.  One of these five will ultimately be awarded the prize – a $100,000 unrestricted grant to support their achievement of impact […]

One of the benefits of the Duke MBA is that our students have many opportunities to immediately apply their learning to real world challenges outside the classroom.   Students work side-by-side with business and nonprofit leaders through several experiential learning programs, including the Fuqua Client Consulting Practicum, the CASE i3 Consulting Practicum, and Mentored Study.  […]