Insight to Impact: Designing Social Projects with Purpose

Join us for an inspiring sharing session hosted by Dr. Agnes Pranugrahaning, M.A, where we explore how research and Design Thinking can help shift social impact initiatives from top-down programs to community-owned, sustainable change.

In this session, you’ll discover practical approaches to translating field research and lived experiences into meaningful program design. Dr. Agnes will share how bottom-up innovation can strengthen impact, foster local ownership, and create solutions that truly respond to community needs.

This session is ideal for practitioners, researchers, NGO professionals, social entrepreneurs, and anyone working in social impact who wants to design more inclusive, effective, and lasting programs.

What you’ll gain:
-Practical ways to turn field insights into actionable program strategies
-Tools from Design Thinking applied to social impact and community work
-Perspectives on advocating for bottom-up innovation within organizations
-Inspiration to co-create solutions with communities, not just for them

Come ready to learn, reflect, and exchange ideas on how we can design social impact that lasts — starting from the ground up