https://carikeller.com/blog daily 0.75 2019-07-22 https://carikeller.com/blog/blog-post-title-three-8xw7r monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://carikeller.com/blog/blog-post-title-four-3ztey monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://carikeller.com/blog/Blog Post Title One-p3b2d monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://carikeller.com/blog/blog-post-title-two-pnyg3 monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://carikeller.com/blog/innovateraleigh monthly 0.5 2019-07-22 https://carikeller.com/blog-1 daily 0.75 2020-07-19 https://carikeller.com/blog-1/innovateraleigh monthly 0.5 2019-07-26 https://carikeller.com/blog-1/blog-post-title-three-wrt2f monthly 0.5 2019-07-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d390468029b1f00013e7c79/1564017777387/code+for+durham+2.jpg Blog - My Takeaways from Civic Spark Day https://carikeller.com/blog-1/blog-post-title-two-6cbzd monthly 0.5 2019-07-26 https://carikeller.com/blog-1/innovatorsjourney monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3906adaee1620001c5f488/1595160123471/iih+me.jpg Blog - The Innovator’s Journey: From Problem to Impact Photo Credit: Cari Keller M&E conversation with Afya Research (including Joy Noel Baumgartner & Jennifer Headley of the Duke Evidence Lab) https://carikeller.com/blog-1/where-the-magic-happens monthly 0.5 2020-05-17 https://carikeller.com/blog-1/undp1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e0b7cd2c5d0000167860b/1564347274394/stip.jpg Blog - UNDP Development Design Thinkers Part I: Becoming Design-Ready Citizen Experts in Štip, Macedonia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e0bd0a801a90001c6fbbc/1564347348318/undp+hub.jpg Blog - UNDP Development Design Thinkers Part I: Becoming Design-Ready https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e0c46a801a90001c70064/1564347469458/undp+tweet.jpg Blog - UNDP Development Design Thinkers Part I: Becoming Design-Ready https://carikeller.com/blog-1/undp-amp-its-development-design-thinkers-part-ii-becoming-design-driven monthly 0.5 2019-07-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e0f22784ad800018c0f76/1564348219388/design+process.jpg Blog - UNDP Development Design Thinkers Part II: Becoming Design-Driven Example of a Human-Centered Design Process (Credit: Design Kit) https://carikeller.com/press daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e8af0ed67f10001696e53/1564379894546/african-3988949_1920.jpg Press https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d35e265c8680c0001b5c74c/1558965382740/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05-copy.jpg Press https://carikeller.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-07-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d35ed498492d80001353d21/1558965382740/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05-copy.jpg Contact https://carikeller.com/about daily 0.75 2021-03-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d35f7d08492d8000137b3f2/1563817967801/DSC01548-square.jpg About https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d35f68e507d150001da2682/1558965382740/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05-copy.jpg About https://carikeller.com/work daily 1.0 2021-03-31 https://carikeller.com/work/teaching monthly 0.5 2020-09-16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5f141690cd0e0c7efbca6acd/1595154881310/storytelling.PNG Work - Teaching - Storytelling for Influence In this 5-week IDEO U course, I help learners refine their storytelling skills so that they can engage and inspire others to action. Photo Credit: IDEO U https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d360a1f3bc9200001f2cdfb/1564356710328/sug.jpg Work - Teaching - Startup Garage While working as staff at Stanford Business School in 2015, I assisted the teaching team of this intensive, hands-on, project-based course for one semester. In this sought-after course, seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs show student teams how to design and test new business concepts that address real-world needs using design thinking. My role was to bring a social impact perspective to those teams interested in social innovation. Over the course of the semester, I had the special opportunity of working with MBA Candidates pursuing social entrepreneurship, like Ashley Edwards, who is now Founder & CEO of MindRight (a tech nonprofit empowering youth of color to heal from trauma) and a 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur. Photo Credit: Stanford GSB https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d360ee63bc9200001f40365/1564356989881/download_20190108_092022+%281%29.jpg Work - Teaching - Introduction to Entrepreneurship In 2019, I joined the NCSU Department of Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship as an Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship. This is an exciting opportunity to teach at a top-ranked, undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the US. As a member of the MIE faculty, I design and teach a 300-level course that leads undergraduates through a series of design challenges focused on value creation within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo Credit: Cari Keller https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5f142684292a6e40163baafb/1595156108580/certificate2.jpg Work - Teaching - Foundations in Creative Leadership “Leadership today is not about knowing all the answers, but turning uncertain conditions into growth opportunities.” In this 15-week IDEO U certificate program, I help learners build the creative confidence necessary to lean into and guide others through uncertainty. Photo Credit: IDEO U https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d360d1b42b5000001a21bf9/1564356759006/CCC.PNG Work - Teaching - Cultivating Creative Collaboration In this 5-week IDEO U course, I help learners harness the power of diverse perspectives and creative thinking to push past the obvious, safe solutions to the truly innovative. Photo Credit: IDEO U https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d360d8b42b5000001a2336e/1564356772776/i4i.PNG Work - Teaching - Insights for Innovation In this 5-week IDEO U course, I help learners develop empathy for their customers and surface insights for creating products and services customers want and need. Photo Credit: IDEO U https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5f141a3d4b808c140f6aedff/1595154868633/leading.PNG Work - Teaching - Leading for Creativity In this 5-week IDEO U course, I help learners shift their organization’s culture by tapping into beliefs and behaviors that support creativity. Photo Credit: IDEO U https://carikeller.com/work/projects monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5ec1438a789a161a50b13227/1589724058007/social+impact+jobs.jpeg Work - Projects - Building A Force for Good What work would you do for free? For me, it’s helping great talent find great work. I love this matchmaking. It’s what drives me as an educator - seeing people find their way to the best work of their lives. I scout and post #socialimpact jobs that shouldn’t be missed. It’s a tiny project with a big goal - our world needs more changemakers! If you’d like to subscribe to these opportunities (I send out 30+ per month), you can find them at A Force for Good. :) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5eca65e702f4af1d186e7182/1590322704733/impact+bmc.PNG Work - Projects - Impact Business Model Canvas While working at Stanford Business School in 2015, I had the opportunity to work at the Center for Social Innovation and collaborate on the early blueprint for what is now the online Impact Business Model Canvas, a tool that helps students visualize, evaluate, and refine their business model to achieve both social and financial value. What excites me about this tool is that it helps social entrepreneurs articulate a clear and compelling story of social impact - something that can be challenging to do when you’re in the weeds of building your social venture. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e4b5ff29e4f00017990b8/1564363622030/public+service.jpg Work - Projects - GovForward! GovForward! was the flagship initiative of a consulting firm I co-founded in 2009 as a former public servant interested in spurring public sector innovation. I designed GovForward! to provide a context for innovation in Government, one that would engage stakeholders in virtual communities of practice where collaborative problem solving and knowledge creation could take place as stakeholders worked to address pressing social issues. GovForward! sought to have a positive impact on service delivery and policy creation at federal, state, and local levels. Its community was meant to be an intergenerational, cross-sectoral, multi-disciplinary group of professionals committed to changing how Government works for the people. Unfortunately, they never showed up! The project failed, because it wasn’t user-centered. The silver lining - my design thinking journey began! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3f2f8f47fbca0001d3b0f4/1564422038169/undp+dschool.PNG Work - Projects - UNDP d.School I joined UNDP in August 2011. Two months later, I found myself starting a design thinking revolution. It started with the launch of a virtual community of practice I called UNDP d.School. This was a simple endeavor, but never easy. With few resources and shaky support in a dispirited environment, I started a simple conversation about design and innovation. From there, I brought a hairy vision to life, built an community of intrapreneurs, identified champions, advised and educated, pitched, designed, and tested, and then told compelling stories to gain the rights to keep going. In the end, we developed a first-of-its-kind partnership and innovation curriculum with NESTA, which we tested with 100+ staff from 19 Country Offices across Europe and Asia. https://carikeller.com/work/experiments monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5ec13956cf4bbe0d08d55931/1589721444811/new-life-next-exit.jpg Work - Experiments - Global / Mobile Life In Fall 2013, my husband and I started designing our lives. We figured out what was important to us and implemented a nomadic plan to chase it. This required leaving traditional employment behind and stepping fully into the future of work. At turns, this life is breathtaking and daunting; we always have a learning curve. But it’s an invigorating way to live - discovering the world while pursuing meaningful work - so we jump in with both feet and learn our way forward. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3e4e0cb4df1000014592f9/1564364307956/Graphic-Novel-Collage.png Work - Experiments - Hybrid Graphic Novel (maybe?) I’ve been immersed in two social trends lately - global migration and climate change - and find myself in the early stages of writing a fictional story that explores the intersection of these topics. My initial thinking as I undertake this experiment is that I'm writing a hybrid graphic novel for young readers. I’m attracted to the idea of a hybrid novel - print + curated digital material - because I’d enjoy creating a deep, dimensional reading experience. My vision is that it will become an international bestselling and award-winning work, used widely as education material, made into a critically acclaimed film, inspiring global conversation that spurs healing for people and the planet. Go big or go home, I say. :) https://carikeller.com/work/communities monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3f2154126d850001d789d6/1564418393260/eclinic.jpg Work - Communities - NCSU Entrepreneurship Clinic This is another program I was proud to be a mentor for. The E-Clinic is an award-winning hub that integrates research, teaching, and real-world experience, providing a place where faculty, students, and entrepreneurs can teach, learn and build the next generation of Raleigh businesses. I joined its community of mentors to build long-lasting relationships with students by sharing entrepreneurial insights. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3f235b485ac600010c0ce7/1564418916001/airbnb.png Work - Communities - Airbnb Superhosts I’ve been a member of the Airbnb community since 2015. I started as a guest and graduated to host when I bought my first home. I love the idea of ‘belonging anywhere’ and there is little that I enjoy more than helping others experience the same. Being an exceptional host to others, particularly people you don’t know, is hard work but offers SO much learning and opportunity for connection! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3f1d50b919d80001b41074/1564417398164/small+Cari+at+sif.png Work - Communities - NCSU Social Innovation Fellowship In 2019 I was proud to be a mentor in this yearlong, team-based, co-curricular learning experience that enables NC State’s young social entrepreneurs and innovators to consider more fully their impact on humanity and our planet. As a a mentor, I showed up with real-world perspectives and a commitment to helping students find connections and resources for their ideas and personal development. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e18f8e803c0001b4c177/t/5d3f1de8701cda000128b870/1564417521341/download_20171030_144345.jpg Work - Communities - StartingBloc Fellowship In 2017 I became a StartingBloc Fellow to take my leadership practice to the next level. This beautiful fellowship is comprised of people committed to something bigger than themselves, people wanting to show up with and for others over the long-haul, people representing a wide spectrum of identities, and people who are entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, mid-career pivoters, new grads, and bridge-builders committed to working between sectors to make real change happen.