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Impact Innovators Challenge

Welcome to the Impact Innovators challenge! Ready to become a creative problem-solver? This challenge will guide you on a journey of innovation, teaching you to find solutions for everyday problems in your community. Get started on this journey, gather all the tools, and put them into practice to earn your Impact Innovators badge!

You will be contributing to:

Take this challenge and you will be able to:

  • Identify issues in your community that you are passionate about.
  • Generate innovative solutions to these issues using design thinking.
  • Strengthen your critical thinking as you explore different solutions to problems.
  • Develop successful project plans, put them into action, and reflect on them.

In case you didn't know…

  • Problem solving and critical thinking are important characteristics for entrepreneurs and changemakers. 
  • Project planning is critical step for any successful project.
  • Engaging the community in co-designing solutions is much more likely to lead to an impactful project.
  • Being flexible and open to change is important. Entrepreneurs often need to adapt their ideas based on feedback and new information.
  • Creating visual diagrams of your thoughts can help organize your ideas and see connections you might have missed.

8 steps to digital badge success

  1. Agree with your Leader on the activities and community project you want to do.
  2. Complete a minimum of 5 activities from our activity bank (next page).
  3. Answer the reflection questions after each activity.
  4. Complete your community service project related to innovation and entrepreneurship. 
  5. Reflect with your Adult Leader on your experience during the challenge and how your project is making a positive change.
  6. Share your project story on sdgs.scout.org.
  7. Wait up to a week for the feedback email.
  8. Congratulations on a job well done! Your digital badge is in your account.

 

Let’s choose some strategic-thinking activities and be on our way to making a difference!