Innovation Insights

Teen Talk Foster Youth reflects on their time as a part of Launch’s first cohort and their takeaways from a training on storytelling.

Launch partner Healthy Teen Network shares highlights from their annual national conference, which included for the first time an Innovation Showcase that enabled innovators to share their innovations and connect with each other.

Launch faculty recently held a listening session to hear perspectives from people working in teen pregnancy prevention and adolescent health. Launch faculty member Courtney, who leads Launch recruitment, shares takeaways from the session, which will inform Launch’s strategy moving forward.

After they won the Audience Choice Award at Demo Day last month, we sat down with EmPOWERing K.I.N.G.S. (Knowledge Instills Next Generational Success) to talk about their curriculum and mentorship program to empower young Black men, their learnings from Launch, and their advice for future Launch teams.

Shwetha, who co-leads Launch’s training team, shares a recipe to follow to create a 10-minute pitch.

Ahead of teams pitching at the first Launch Demo Day, Launch faculty share practical tips for developing and delivering a pitch.

Cohort 1 team Teen Health Research, which is working on an innovation called Let’s Talk, shares how their goal of financial sustainability reflects their mission of social impact.

Launch is excited to welcome five new teams working on an exciting range of innovations to improve adolescent health.

Cohort 1 team Peer Health Exchange discusses how they work with youth to create and distribute their innovation, selfsea.

Reina, a Research Scientist at iRT (innovation Research & Training) shares how her team’s research background provides a strong foundation for learning new skills for market testing.