Following each Institute for Social Innovation, StartingBloc administers program evaluations to all Fellows. From these evaluations, StartingBloc alumni in the consulting industry volunteer their time to analyze the information. Feedback is taken very seriously, and many aspects of our programs have changed because of the feedback we receive. Additionally, we are able to learn about the Fellows’ initial thoughts on the immediate impact of StartingBloc.

With the Institute for Social Innovation at four years old, StartingBloc is beginning to see the real impact of its programs on its alumni. To do this, StartingBloc administers annual surveys to its alumni asking them questions about how StartingBloc affected their lives, and what changes were made because of their experience.

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StartingBloc Fellows are diverse academically, professionally, and culturally. All Fellows are or have been in a leadership position at their schools or work places.

Academic disciplines among Fellows in the 2007 London Institute, for example, ranged from Aeronautics to Accounting, from Fashion to Finance and from Molecular Biology to Management. In total they represent 75 universities, 41 academic disciplines, 25 countries, and 47 languages. 33% of Fellows were demographically underrepresented minorities, 61% were minorities, and 56% were women. The average GPA was 3.55.

The 2007 London Institute Demographics
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