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William Drenttel | Case Studies

Case Study Use: Teaching History and Notes for Educators

Case Study Use: Teaching History

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate MBA
Course: Management 833: Designers Designing Design
When: Winter 2012 (February)
Professors: William Drenttel and Michael Bierut, Senior Faculty Fellows
Case: Project Masiluleke (frog design and Pop!Teach)

School & Location: Kellogg School of Management/McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Level: Graduate MBA and MEM (Master of Engineering Management)
Course: DSGN 490 Design Thinking (MMMprogram)
When: Winter 2012 (January)
Professors: Greg Holderfield, Distinguished Fellow, Segal Design Institute, co-Director MMMprogram
Case: Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate MBA
Course: Management 529: Global Social Entrepreneurship (Program in Social Enterprise)
When: November 2011
Professors: William Drenttel, Senior Faculty Fellow (with Robert Fabricant, frog design)
Case: Project Masiluleke (frog design and Pop!Teach)

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate MBA
Course: Core: Innovators Perspective
When: Spring 2011
Professors: Rodrigo Canales, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior (with Nicholas LaRusso, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation)
Case: Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate Executive Education
Course: Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders Program (AIGA)
When: July 2011
Professors: Rodrigo Canales, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate Executive Education
Course: Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders Program (AIGA)
When: July 2010
Professors: Anthony Sheldon, Lecturer in Economic Development & Executive Director of the Program on Social Enterprise, and William Drenttel, Senior Faculty Fellow
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate MBA
Course: Management 529: Global Social Entrepreneurship (Program in Social Enterprise)
When: Fall 2010 (October)
Professor: Anthony Sheldon, Lecturer in Economic Development & Executive Director of the Program on Social Enterprise
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Level: Graduate MFA
Course: Design in 3-Dimensions. (Program in MFA Design: Designer As Author)
When: Fall 2010 (November)
Professor: Allan Chochinov, Adjunct Faculty (with guest lecturer Anthony Sheldon, Executive Director of the Program on Social Enterprise, Yale School of Management)
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Level: Graduate Program in Design, Stanford Design Program, d.school
Course:  ME 313: Human Values and Innovation
When:  Fall 2010 (September)
Professor: Banny Banerjee, Director, Stanford Design Program, and Associate Professor, Design Group, Mechanical Engineering Department
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location
: Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Level: Graduate - Professional Studies
Course: LDSP5000 – Current Issues in Leadership
When: September 13 - December 17,  2010
Professor: Ronald C. Johnson, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, APSE
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Level: Undergraduate (Seniors) and Graduate MFA Program in Design
Course:  Design 51-407/807: Social Impact by Design
When:  Fall 2010
Professors: Bruce Hanington, Associate Professor and Area Head of Industrial Design, and Terry Irwin, Professor and Head of School of Design
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location
: Kellogg School of Management/McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Level: Graduate MBA Education
Course: MMM Integration Course
When: January 2011
Professor: Elizabeth Gerber, Assistant Professor in the Segal Design Institute
Case: Mayo Clinic – Design Thinking in Health Care

School & Location: Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), Savannah, GE
Level: Graduate MFA
Course: Print Studio II
When: Winter 2011 (January-March)
Professor: Joseph DiGioia
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

School & Location: Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Level: Graduate MBA
Course: Management 833: Designers Designing Design
When: Winter 2011 (February)
Professors: William Drenttel and Michael Bierut, Senior Faculty Fellows
Case: SELCO Solar Energy

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Teaching Notes for Educators

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