Tag: Social Innovation

Brianna DiPietro Radicioni is the Associate Director of Content Strategy at Babson College. Her career includes public relations and strategic communications planning for corporations, nonprofit organizations, startups, and thought leaders. She is a proud alumna of Babson.

A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.

Kait Smith Lanthier is the Director, Content Strategy at Babson College and the Managing Editor of Babson Thought & Action. Her writing has appeared in print and online in a variety of outlets including USA Today, Yahoo Shine, YourTango, CosmoGirl, and First for Women magazine. Smith earned her undergraduate degree in journalism and graduate degree in integrated marketing, both from Marist College.

A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.

Kate Sitarz is a contributing writer at Entrepreneurship of All Kinds. As a freelance copywriter and content marketer currently based in Frankfurt, Germany, she writes for a variety of organizations, including TripAdvisor, Zipcar, Mastercard, Thrillist, and KeyBank, among others, covering topics ranging from travel and personal finance to the Internet of things and 3D printing. Her writing has appeared in a variety of outlets, including USA Today, Yahoo Travel, and The Huffington Post. Sitarz earned her undergraduate degree in writing, literature, and publishing from Emerson College.

Shannon Sweeny Curran is the Senior Content Strategist at Babson College. Shannon is a writer, content strategist, and works with current students, alumni, and faculty to tell the Babson story. She is also the co-founder and executive director of the movement company ParadiseMoves. She earned her undergraduate degree in political and social communications from Emerson College and is currently an MBA candidate at Babson.

Cheryl Kiser is the founding Executive Director of Babson College’s Institute for Social Innovation, teaching the power of entrepreneurial leadership and social design principles in creating a more equitable, responsive, and sustainable world. She designs experiential learning opportunities that allow Babson students to develop real-world entrepreneurial solutions to business and societal problems. Cheryl also develops immersive certificate programs for leaders in every sector, from senior social sector leaders to young ESG professionals. Cheryl has a long-standing reputation as a positive disruptor and lives by the mantra, “Find a way to say yes.” A global leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social innovation, she is the co-creator of the BabsonX course, From Corporate Social Responsibility to Social Innovation, and the author of Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Changemakers.