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Today we kick off the special series Ashoka U on Teaching Change with an interview with Co-Founder and Executive Director of Ashoka U Marina Kim. Marina shares her passion for change-making, how she got involved in the field as an undergraduate and reflects on the last 10 years since she co-founded the organization. She also discusses her hopes for the field and the upcoming Ashoka U publication Preparing Students for a Rapidly Changing World: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, and Changemaker Learning Outcomes.    Biography Marina’s work in social entrepreneurship dates back over 15 years. She co-founded and leads Ashoka U, which works with colleges and universities to embed social innovation as an educational focus and a strategic approach to aligning the university’s culture, programs, and operations. To date, Ashoka U has worked with over 400 institutions globally. Marina’s writing on institutional change and higher education innovation have been featured in Forbes.com,SSIR.org, and the Diversity &amp; Democracy Journal and Ashoka U has been featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Huffington Post and The New York Times. Marina was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Entrepreneurship, received the post-graduate Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy from Stanford, and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Northampton. Marina holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University. Links www.ashokau.org

Today we kick off the special series Ashoka U on Teaching Change with an interview with Co-Founder and Executive Director of Ashoka U Marina Kim. Marina shares her passion for change-making, how she got involved in the field as an undergraduate and reflects on the last 10 years since she co-founded the organization. She also discusses her hopes for the field and the upcoming Ashoka U publication Preparing Students for a Rapidly Changing World: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, and Changemaker Learning Outcomes.  Biography Marina’s work in social entrepreneurship dates back over 15 years. She co-founded and leads Ashoka U, which works with colleges and universities to embed social innovation as an educational focus and a strategic approach to aligning the university’s culture, programs, and operations. To date, Ashoka U has worked with over 400 institutions globally. Marina’s writing on institutional change and higher education innovation have been featured in <a href="http://forbes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forbes.com</a>,<a href="http://ssir.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SSIR.org</a>, and the Diversity &amp; Democracy Journal and Ashoka U has been featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Huffington Post and The New York Times. Marina was named in the Forbes 30 under 30 for Social Entrepreneurship, received the post-graduate Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy from Stanford, and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Northampton. Marina holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University. Links <a href="http://www.ashokau.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ashokau.org</a>

Episode 38 – Ashoka U on Teaching Change Series with Marina Kim

Colleges and Universities are complex organizations with lots of deep thinkers and multiple stakeholders. Marina Kim has had a lot of practice at working across complex cultural boundaries. The daughter of Korean and American parents, raised by a single mother, summers in Costa Rica, moved to northern England at 10 years old, and then attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Today, Marina is the cofounder of Ashoka U, where they take an institutional change approach to impact the education of millions of students. Ashoka U has three primary programs:  They have a Changemaker Campus designation where, through a rigorous 1-2 year selection process, they recognize colleges and universities that have embedded social innovation as a core value. There is the Ashoka U Commons, where cohorts of institutions work together on specific building blocks of social innovation education. They hold an annual conference called the Ashoka U Exchange.  Key quotes from the interview:   “I feel extremely comfortable adapting to new contexts, new cultures and environments.” “I feel right at home in many different places in the world.” “Millennials are dedicated to success, but the metrics are different.” “Millennials have a lower threshold for work that does not mean anything to them.” “Ashoka has shifted its mission to create a world where everyone can be a changemaker.” “A lot of energy and a lot of fearlessness in the early days.” “We believe that colleges and universities should be the place where people can find their potential to be a changemaker.” “If you have the identity of a changemaker, you’ll take that with you for the rest of your life.” “Lead with your super skill.” “Are you better suited to be an entrepreneur or an intrepreneur?” “She would model it, she would coach us, we would do it and then debrief.” “Give yourself time. If you want to make big social impact…it takes time.”  Resources:  eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: http://tonyloyd.com/socent Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: http://tonyloyd.com/books Ashoka: http://ashoka.org AshokaU: http://ashokau.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshokaU Marina Kim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marinakim

Colleges and Universities are complex organizations with lots of deep thinkers and multiple stakeholders. Marina Kim has had a lot of practice at working across complex cultural boundaries. The daughter of Korean and American parents, raised by a single mother, summers in Costa Rica, moved to northern England at 10 years old, and then attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Today, Marina is the cofounder of Ashoka U, where they take an institutional change approach to impact the education of millions of students. Ashoka U has three primary programs: <ul> <li>They have a Changemaker Campus designation where, through a rigorous 1-2 year selection process, they recognize colleges and universities that have embedded social innovation as a core value.</li> <li>There is the Ashoka U Commons, where cohorts of institutions work together on specific building blocks of social innovation education.</li> <li>They hold an annual conference called the Ashoka U Exchange.</li> </ul> Key quotes from the interview: <ul> <li>“I feel extremely comfortable adapting to new contexts, new cultures and environments.”</li> <li>“I feel right at home in many different places in the world.”</li> <li>“Millennials are dedicated to success, but the metrics are different.”</li> <li>“Millennials have a lower threshold for work that does not mean anything to them.”</li> <li>“Ashoka has shifted its mission to create a world where everyone can be a changemaker.”</li> <li>“A lot of energy and a lot of fearlessness in the early days.”</li> <li>“We believe that colleges and universities should be the place where people can find their potential to be a changemaker.”</li> <li>“If you have the identity of a changemaker, you’ll take that with you for the rest of your life.”</li> <li>“Lead with your super skill.”</li> <li>“Are you better suited to be an entrepreneur or an intrepreneur?”</li> <li>“She would model it, she would coach us, we would do it and then debrief.”</li> <li>“Give yourself time. If you want to make big social impact…it takes time.”</li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li>eBook: Five Key Traits of Successful Social Entrepreneurs: <a href="http://tonyloyd.com/socent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tonyloyd.com/socent</a></li> <li>Try Audible and Receive Two Free Audiobooks: <a href="http://tonyloyd.com/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tonyloyd.com/books</a></li> <li>Ashoka: <a href="http://ashoka.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ashoka.org</a></li> <li>AshokaU: <a href="http://ashokau.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ashokau.org</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/AshokaU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/AshokaU</a></li> <li>Marina Kim on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/marinakim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/marinakim</a></li></ul>

028, Marina Kim, Ashoka U | Every Campus a Changemaker 