Presented during the 2019 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute at Waynesburg University by Paul Niebrzydowski (Solutions U). This workshop taught students to create modules to engage in thinking about social change.

1. Paul Niebrzydowski, PhD
Story Fellow
Solutions Journalism Network (SJN)
Inspire curiosity, cultivate empathy, motivate action
with stories about what’s working in the field of social change.

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5. Quiz Time!:
In the last 20 years, the
proportion of the world’s
population living in extreme
poverty has …
A. Almost doubled
B. Remained more of less the same
C. Almost halved

6. Question 2:
There are 2 billion children in
the world today, aged 0 to 15.
How many children will there be
in the year 2100, according to
the UN?
A. 4 billion
B. 3 billion
C. 2 billion

7. How many of the world’s 1 year-
old children today have been
vaccinated against some
disease?
A. 20 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 80 percent
Question 3:

8. Question 4:
Worldwide, 30 year-old man
have spent 10 years in school,
on average. How many years
have women of the same age
spent in school?
A. 9 years
B. 6 years
C. 3 years

9. Final question:
How many people in the world
today have some access to
electricity?
A. 20 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 80 percent

10. How did you do?
1. C (almost halved)
2. C (3 billion)
3. C (80 percent)
4. A (9 years)
5. C (80 percent)

12. ccelerating the diffusion of
olutions stories into society
in turn, building demand for
ore solutions reporting

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33. 0+ Story Collections on a wide-range of topics.

35. Teaching Collections on:
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mate Change Solutions
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37. 500 educators 130 courses
5,208 students
49 Institutions
Anthropology
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Communication
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Philosophy
Sociology Public Policy
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COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY
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40. “By reading so many case studies
week after week of ordinary people
who are coming up with
nnovative solutions, students came
to see themselves as potential
agents of change.”
Scott Sherman
Transformative Action Institute

43. Self-efficacy: A person's belief his
or her ability and capacity to
accomplish a task or to deal with
the challenges of life.
Agency: The capacity of an actor
to act in a given environment.
Self-Perceived Knowledge
Conversation
Trust in the media

44. Students tell us that they use
SolutionsU to …
hink creatively
ream about their future
tep out of their comfort zone
ecome a more globally engaged citizen
nd their own place in the world of social change
hallenge their current ideas and open their mind
pply theories they studied in class in a hands-on way
nderstand how to make significant changes to existing systems

47. herine Noble-Goodman Paul Niebrzydowski
versity Partnerships Manager Story Fellow
herine@solutionsjournalism.org paul@solutionsjournalism.or
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