Rea Green - Ch. 7 & 8
One thing you learned (Note: This should be a concept or an idea, not a statement of fact.)
I really liked the concept of creating a door instead of waiting for one to open for you. Sometimes, it feels like there isn’t even a window of opportunity, much less a door, and if you spend more time waiting, you’ll never stop. I thought it was really cool when the authors discussed how some of the most prominent social innovators have created their own door, instead of waiting for one to open for them.
One thing you connected to your own experience. This could be a connection to your internship, to another activity, or even to something you’ve observed in the news.
I always learn much better when I am told a story. I can memorize stories much better than I can statics or quantitative facts, which is why I tend to remember these sections of the book the most. In the seventh chapter, the authors discussed the history of MADD, and I found this to be really interesting. They explained even more how MADD had a larger outreach rhan they ever would have expected. One of these ideas was that of Red Ribben Week. I distinctly remember us celebrating this when I was in elementary school. I thought it was super interesting that a tragedy led to so many people being educated. It is amazing to learn about organizations that start with a strictly social justice reason, and end up being a nation wide event, one that I can remember vividly from my childhood.
One question you have
I am still confused about ther idea of cascades and scales, and how it applies to social innovation. Could we talk about this more?