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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
06/28/2016
The BOSEbuild Bluetooth Speaker, designed with makers in mind, is meant to be modified and customized.
06/02/2016
This year's Maker Faire Bay Area proved just how positive, inspiring, and supportive the DIY community is. Read on to...
06/01/2016
In its fourth year, Maker Faire Hannover had over 16,000 people and over 200 exhibits and 800 makers. Here's a...
05/18/2016
At Maker Faire this weekend, come meet the Makers from the Department of Energy and the National Labs and talk...
03/11/2016
Something wonderful happens when you give communities the tools to create, that's why inclusion is so important for the Maker...
02/29/2016
Dale is excited to announce his return to CEO after about 18 months of serving as Executive Chairman of Make:'s...
11/04/2015
Makeblock founder, Jasen Wang, talks about the growing role of the Maker Movement in China.
10/30/2015
Earlier this week Case Western Reserve University unveiled thinkbox, their new seven-story makerspace in Cleveland, Ohio. A local high school...
10/23/2015
Paris will soon be home to the first European location of TechShop, a San Francisco-based makerspace.
10/14/2015
Core77, a network serving cutting-edge designers, will host their Designing Here/Now Conference next week in Los Angeles.
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