Social Innovation

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• My favourite things from 2009

  
  Paul Miller — Authority: 91
  Films Moon - Duncan Jones’s debut is just stunning. I’ve watched it again on DVD now and there are so many clever bits you don’t notice first time around. Also best original soundtrack for quite some time by Stourbridge’s finest Clint Mansell. It’s been adopted as favourite coding music at Everything HQ. ...
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• Debates on the blogs

  
  The School for Social Entrepreneurs — Authority: 115
  Who said Xmas was a time of winding down? Hundred things to finish by the 23rd....and being bombarded with tweets about Rage Against the Machine and snow. Grrrr. So, a brief post to point to a couple of great debates...
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• The rise of the Indian American (Flashback 2009)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 732
  By Arun KumarWashington, Dec 17 (IANS) If Indian Americans had helped transform India-US ties into a “strategic relationship” in the Bush era, 2009 was a year of consolidation as Barack Obama set out to build bridges around the world.Wary at first about the new president’s perceived leanings towards Pakistan, ...
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• Into the future. . .with impact

  
  Larry James' Urban Daily — Authority: 129
  Thanks to the fact that we host a large AmeriCorps team (350 members), I was invited to attend the 32nd Annual Governors Nonprofit Leadership Conference rolled out here in Dallas last week.  I was particularly intrigued by the presentation made by Andrew Wolk , founder of Root Cause and noted social ...
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• Is Collaboration or Competition Better for Innovation?

  
  Blogging Innovation — Authority: 138
  by Stephen Shapiro At the Open Innovation Summit last week, I had a lively conversation with a few individuals. The debate was about which model of open innovation is most effective - competitive or collaborative. Kevin Boudreau and Karim Lakhani wrote an excellent article earlier this year in the MIT Sloane ...
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• From “I Blog” to “We Blog”

  
  Innovate2Uplift.net — Authority: 103
  As many of you know, I’ve been transitioning to a new post as the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, a start-up community foundation serving the eight-county South Jersey region.  The transition is “for the most part” complete although there are still unopened boxes at my new home ...
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• 2010: The Year of Open Streams & Fax Machines

  
  e-Patients.net — Authority: 491
  I started writing this post while watching a livestream of the LeWeb09 conference in Paris and finished it while watching a livestream of TEDxSV . Open Streams are of many kinds and shapes. They are completely changing how we consume information, news & entertainment. .. It could be a joke ...
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• Social Innovation: You Deserve An Award!

  
  Realizing Your Worth — Authority: 109
  The Financial Times-Justmeans Social Innovation Awards launched in early 2009 to an overwhelming response from the corporate community. The collaboration demonstrates one of the most successful partnerships of traditional media and social media in the name of social innovation. The Social Innovation Awards ...
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• NetSquared White Paper: Building Community to Foster Social Innovation

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 131
  Here at NetSquared we are proud, honored, and in awe every day of the very special global community made up of local groups and their networks, the ties between local groups around the world, and the project teams from all over the globe focused on innovations that help us make the world a better place. ...
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• AUTO CRC

  
  Faint Voice — Authority: 106
  AutoCRC – Smarter Safer Cleaner The Auto CRC website with some useful material on Electric vehicles and vehicles of the future.
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• Foresight

  
  Faint Voice — Authority: 106
  Some very good tolls for scenario thinking and on the Future! Foresight Home Foresight’s role is to help government think systematically about the future. We use the latest scientific and other evidence combined with futures analysis to tackle complex issues and help policymakers make decisions affecting our ...
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• New Social Venture Seed Fund

  
  Campus Entrepreneurship — Authority: 118
  Technology Underwriting Greater Good, a new seed fund for social ventures targeting teenagers has been created by venture capitalists in New England. TUGG was highlighted by Brian Gormley at the Venture Capital Dispatch Blog at the WSJ. From his blog post, “We wanted to look at this [as] more of a movement than ...
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• Indias First Innovation Czar and the Creation of an Innovation Eco-System

  
  SPICY IP — Authority: 473
  Dr Sam Pitroda, a leading innovator, entrepreneur and thought leader was recently appointed as Indias first Innovation Czar , a post curiously titled as the “Infrastructure, Innovation and Information” adviser to the Prime Minister. Perhaps this the first step towards having a full fledged Ministry of ...
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• Philanthropy and the economic crisis

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 135
  Asian American Giving , philanthropy journal ; Council on Foundations ; NYT pages on philanthropy Charles Bronfman And Jeffrey Solomon: Don’t give like Santa Claus’s cause — short-term gifting — just doesn’t cut it in this recessionary time of deep, long-term need Just to be clear, we believe that ...
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• Canberra Coworking is finally here!

  
  Nathanael Boehm — Authority: 114
  Rohan Mitchell Ben Hamey, Donna Spencer and myself met with Jordan from Response Driven Marketing (RDM) out at Mitchell today to discuss the sub-leasing of a portion of RDM’s office for use as a coworking space. After much enthusiastic discussion and planning we arrived at the conclusion that it’s definitely a ...
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• Design thinking for real-world solutions

  
  Perspectives on Innovation — Authority: 115
  InnoCentive was recently mentioned in the Stanford Social Innovation Review article titled Design Thinking for Social Innovation by Tim Brown and Jocelyn Wyatt. This is an interesting read; it talks about the value of “Design Thinking” for nonprofits to help them develop solutions for social problems. Design ...
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• The Great Give Get Offer…

  
  the hub Halifax — Authority: 103
  On Tuesday, November 17th, Dale Zak submitted the first iPhone application – Meet Me Here on behalf of a new business called Apps4Good. The Give: When you purchase the Meet Me Here application, the proceeds will benefit Phoenix Youth , who offer ten programs and services that support at-risk and homeless ...
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• Top 10 podcasts for social entrepreneurs

  
  The School for Social Entrepreneurs — Authority: 115
  Following on the back of the top 10 blogs for social entrepreneurs, I thought I might add to that with some podcast links. Ive been travelling a bit of late (currently on my way to Leeds) which, in addition to...
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• Today’s Pick: 2009 INDEX:Award Winners

  
  MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada — Authority: 114
  Filed under: Social Innovation , Todays Picks December 2nd, 2009 by Helen @ MaRS INDEX:Award for social innovators The INDEX:Award claims to be the world’s “biggest design award” program with a total annual prize value of 500,000 euros.  Sponsored by the Denmark-based INDEX: organization, ...
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• Sparkseed Social Innovation Calls for Undergrads

  
  Campus Entrepreneurship — Authority: 118
  Just received an update from Sparkseed , a social venture fund/accelerator that provides “offers a comprehensive program for collegiate social innovators.” Ten students will be chosen to participate  Sparkseed Innovators receive: Six months of comprehensive support, including: Mentoring from entrepreneurs ...
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