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Dale Dougherty
DALE DOUGHERTY is the leading advocate of the Maker Movement. He founded Make: Magazine 2005, which first used the term “makers” to describe people who enjoyed “hands-on” work and play. He started Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006, and this event has spread to nearly 200 locations in 40 countries, with over 1.5M attendees annually. He is President of Make:Community, which produces Make: and Maker Faire.
In 2011 Dougherty was honored at the White House as a “Champion of Change” through an initiative that honors Americans who are “doing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.” At the 2014 White House Maker Faire he was introduced by President Obama as an American innovator making significant contributions to the fields of education and business. He believes that the Maker Movement has the potential to transform the educational experience of students and introduce them to the practice of innovation through play and tinkering.
Dougherty is the author of “Free to Make: How the Maker Movement Is Changing our Jobs, Schools and Minds” with Adriane Conrad. He is co-author of "Maker City: A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities" with Peter Hirshberg and Marcia Kadanoff.
Latest from Dale Dougherty
02/24/2022
The Kyiv Maker Faire producers talk about this "strange day" from Ukraine.
02/23/2022
In Make:V76, Mike Senese wrote an article, titled “Flight Trainer,” in our Made on Earth section. It was about the...
02/03/2022
Maker’s knowledge is the unique understanding of a thing by the person who made it. Author and Make: contributor Bill...
01/13/2022
Join the Conversation at RespiraCon II “So how are we going to end this thing and then prepare better for...
12/23/2021
Here are some of the best things we worked on at Make: - the cool makers we meet and the...
12/16/2021
Authors of "Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero", Julie Legault and Dr. Justin Pahara talk about making genetic engineering part of...
11/23/2021
FabLab ICC is located at Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas. It’s a small town of less than 10,000 people...
11/15/2021
Making stuff, engaging in some form of material practice, is essential for students who are to become innovators, says Dr....
11/01/2021
At Kent State University, the Design Innovation Hub is a central resource on campus that provides makespace access and connects...
10/21/2021
Makerspaces are becoming a fixture on college and university campuses. In fact, there are often multiple makerspaces on campus. At...
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