Author Archives: Kimberly Langsam

MBA summer internships are a time of great discovery, validation, and inspiration – and the Fuqua Summer Internship Fund (SIF) enables students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social sector management without making a significant financial sacrifice.  (Related, …

In India, a farmer commits suicide every 48 minutes. The majority of India’s population (58%, or 800M people), depends on agriculture as the primary income source. Of those individuals, 86% have an average of 0.6 hectares of land (half the …

Originally posted 9.13.21 on ImpactAlpha. NEW: The United Nations Development Programme and CASE at Duke have released a free online training for global enterprises and investors on impact measurement and management for the SDGs.  CASE and ImpactAlpha will launch Optimizing for Impact, a …

My mother immigrated to the United States when her home country of Nicaragua was embroiled in a civil war. She traversed hundreds of miles with my brother – who was only a baby at the time- before entering the U.S. …

As a third-grade teacher in the South Bronx, I witnessed firsthand my students’ dedication to school and their joy of learning. But I also witnessed how the systemic challenges of poverty and the overarching demands of high-stakes testing left many …

Just released—the latest from Scaling Pathways.  Building and empowering a strong team is one of the universal challenges social ventures face—and it only gets more challenging as they scale. And yet, talent is often misunderstood, overlooked, and under-resourced. In People …

This month, Scaling Pathways—a collaboration between USAID, the Skoll Foundation, Mercy Corps and CASE at Duke—released its second paper in the Theme Study Series, “Leveraging Government Partnerships for Scaled Impact.” Emily Bancroft, President of VillageReach, shares strategies and learnings from …

Are you a COO, EVP, or other senior leader helping your nonprofit or for-profit social venture scale its impact? If so, we need your help! CASE is seeking to better understanding the professional development needs of COOs and other senior …

While in college at the University of Colorado, Teju Ravilochan kept thinking about how he could make the world less “unfair,” and how he could use the privilege he possessed to create opportunity for others.   He and two friends ultimately …

Are you a Fuqua MBA student with an idea for changing the world? Wish you had the time, funding, and mentoring support you need to vault that idea forward? Apply for the 2018  CASE Launch Pad ! The CASE Launch …