Tag Archives: social impact

Photo courtesy Bob Mical Last weekend, white supremacists descended upon the town of Charlottesville, holding a rally that turned violent and led to the death of three people and more than thirty injured. The events in Charlottesville are another example …

If you’re like many prospective MBA students, you want to make a difference in the world. In fact, Net Impact National’s annual survey found 93% of student respondents think social and environmental issues are very important or essential to the …

This post was written by Kylie Johnston, CASE Fellow, Co-President of the Net Impact Club, and Candidate for MBA, Class of 2017. This year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring …

This post was written by Danny Suits, a second-year Duke MBA student and co-chair of the Net Impact Club SBSI team. This year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative …

This month’s CASE Chat features Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America and co-founder of Teach for All, a global network of independent organizations developing educational leaders and sharing educational solutions across the globe. Teach for All operates in 40 …

Wendy Kopp, Co-Founder and CEO of Teach for All, talks about her work scaling Teach for America and Teach for All, adapting the model to other countries, and what we need in the education space today.

CASE has the honor of an impressive group of thought leaders in the social impact space serving on our advisory council. These social impact leaders provide us with a wealth of insight into what they see going on in the …

This post was written by Zen Dedekind, CASE i3 Fellow and Co-Chair for the 2016-17 academic year. Debra Schwartz, Managing Director of MacArthur Foundation, came to the Fuqua School of Business as part of the CASE Executive Speaker Series. Read about other CASE …

How do social entrepreneurs leap the chasm from idea to sustainable impact at scale? That’s been the question we’ve been obsessed with since the start of CASE. We know that some social ventures are able to achieve dramatic scaling of …

By the nature of our mission, the CASE team spends a lot of time thinking about social entrepreneurship and how we can foster a growing community of social impact leaders and organizations. But what about when we’re not in the …