{"id":55335,"date":"2020-12-22T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amigos805.com\/?p=55335"},"modified":"2020-12-22T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T23:37:39","slug":"csu-channel-islands-business-faculty-member-receives-national-award-for-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amigos805.com\/csu-channel-islands-business-faculty-member-receives-national-award-for-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"CSU Channel Islands Business faculty member receives national award for case study"},"content":{"rendered":"

CSU Channel Islands Business faculty member receives national award for case study<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Maria Ballesteros-Sola Courtesy photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

CAMARILLO \u2014\u00a0<\/b>Anybody who would like a motorized toy car modified for kids with disabilities can learn to build one through a project started by a University of Delaware (UD) Professor of Physical Therapy Cole Galloway, PhD. His social enterprise is called \u201cGoBabyGo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a researcher, I\u2019m fascinated with this,\u201d said CSU Channel Islands<\/a> (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Management Maria Ballesteros-Sola, who holds a doctorate in business administration. \u201cIt\u2019s not a business, it\u2019s not a nonprofit. Go Baby Go\u2019s founder is growing a social movement with no internal structure and it\u2019s working.\u201d<\/p>\n

A business case study about GoBabyGo! earned an \u201cEthics Case Award\u201d recently from the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) for Ballesteros-Sola and co-author, UD Assistant Professor of Social Entrepreneurship Stephanie Raible, Ph.D.\u00a0 Entitled \u201cGoBabyGo!: Scaling a Social Movement around Mobility,\u201d the entry competed with more than 150 entries from across the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very proud, but I was even happier for Cole because we were broadcasting his story and fight to the whole of NACRA and beyond,\u201d Ballesteros-Sola said. \u201cWe are helping to raise awareness about GoBabyGo\u2019s mission and impact!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ballesteros-Sola has always been a champion for businesses and other endeavors that manage to\u00a0 do societal good while remaining financially sustainable. GoBabyGo! intrigued her because of Galloway\u2019s ability to grow and expand the reach of the project without a business plan or any sort of infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Galloway, who teaches full-time at UD, founded GoBabyGo! as part of a research project. By holding workshops and sharing his \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d blueprint, he has now trained volunteers in more than 40 communities across the U.S. and now has satellite chapters all over the world including Spain, Poland, Israel, Canada, Brazil and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe started to get calls from parents in tears saying \u2018I want one of these for my child,\u2019\u201d Ballesteros-Sola said. \u201cHe just used word-of-mouth. It was very organic, happened without a legal structure or a board of directors. It was a very intriguing approach to growth. All you had to do was contact him and he would send you the blueprints and guidelines to organize your own GBG workshop \u2014anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Galloway created his first GoBabyGo! car after his research showed that a child\u2019s independent mobility helps develop cognitive, social, motor, language and other developmental skills. Being pushed in a stroller or carried did not carry the same benefits as a child having control over his or her own exploration. So Galloway bought toy motorized cars and modified them so children with various disabilities could drive them and enjoy the cognitive and motor skills that develop with movement.<\/p>\n

The cars are relatively inexpensive to modify\u2014between $100 and $200, depending on what\u2019s required.<\/p>\n

Parents and other organizations heard about GoBabyGo! and wanted to build their own motorized cars, so Galloway developed a web site interested parties could visit in order to contact a volunteer or start a local program: http:\/\/www.udel.edu\/gobabygo\/contact-list.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Ballesteros-Sola and Raible have submitted their award-winning paper to an academic journal and will present the story of this social enterprise at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USABE) conference in January and to others interested in how to create their own social movement around mobility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis story is amazing,\u201d Ballesteros-Sola said. \u201cEvery time I talk to Cole, I cry. He sees mobility as a human right. He\u2019s an activist and an advocate. These kids don\u2019t have a voice, and he\u2019s decided \u2018We are going to be the voice for these kids. The flavor of what we do– the rhythm of it is much more like a civil rights movement.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

About California State University Channel Islands \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>CSU Channel Islands<\/a> (CSUCI) is reimagining higher education for a new generation and era. We are an innovative higher education institution that enables students to succeed and thrive \u2013 serving as an engine for social and economic vitality that provides the intellectual resources necessary for a thriving democracy. With more than 7,000 students, 1,200 employees and 14,000 alumni, CSUCI is poised to grow in size and distinction, while maintaining one of the most student-focused learning environments in public higher education. Connect with and learn more by visiting www.csuci.edu<\/a> or CSUCI\u2019s Social Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Anybody who would like a motorized toy car modified for kids with disabilities can learn to build one through a project started by a University of Delaware (UD) Professor of Physical Therapy Cole Galloway, PhD. His social enterprise is called \u201cGoBabyGo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a researcher, I\u2019m fascinated with this,\u201d said CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Management Maria Ballesteros-Sola, who holds a doctorate in business administration. \u201cIt\u2019s not a business, it\u2019s not a nonprofit. Go Baby Go\u2019s founder is growing a social movement with no internal structure and it\u2019s working.\u201d<\/p>\n

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