social innovation

JackTheDonkey.com is growing up nicely

David Katz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:11:53 -0400

I hope this finds you well.

I wanted to reconnect to give you an update in the life of JackTheDonkey.com.

Overall….I like to think that Jack is now getting up to speed.

The overall functionality of the site has increased to the point, where “the experts” are now calling this a legitimate social network…one that just so happens to be doing good with your time online for the charity of your choice! (to the tune of 1.1 cents EVERY impression donated by JackTheDonkey.com to your choice of 23 charities from across Canada, The US and now The UK).

Mozilla Service Week: Volunteerism for the Gen Y Geek

Gregory Ferenstein — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:17:02 -0400

Want those hours of time spent surfing Facebook to make a difference in the world? No joke, here’s your chance: Mozilla, the parent organization behind the Firefox web browser, is sponsoring a “Service Week” September 14th – 21st. There’s a whole slice of the population who lack basic technological know-how…and, desperately want assistance. Service Week is a chance to bring the wonders of the internet to everyone from Seniors who want to open an email picture of their grandchild to non-profits needing a Facebook fan page.

US Heath care reform: “Freedom to innovate”

Zorina Galis — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:10:34 -0400

How about this reply to the ‘what’s in it for me?’ question on everyone’s mind when it comes to the US health care reform: “

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Forcing Social Innovation

Brian Reich — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:12:10 -0400

The White House has created an Office of Social Innovation, and a $50 million Social Innovation Fund, to "identify the most promising, results-oriented non-profit programs and expand their reach throughout the country." As the White House blog explained in early July:
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Our Lives Just Changed. Forever. And For The Better.

Mike Wittenstein — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:53:13 -0500

Obama wins. America gets a new service innovation capability.

It took only seconds after McCain's concession last night for e-mails to start arriving from Brazil, Malaysia, and Europe. The most significant one, in my opinion, was the one I got from President-elect Obama. In it, he said "I'll be in touch soon about what comes next."

Innovation

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Social Issues: From Costs to Profits

Dwi Muhtaman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:24:38 -0400

Now you have to pay all of your social ignorance. They claim, you pay. They demonstration to talk and pay. They protest, you set it free with you annual budget post. Is it you want to do all the time? Is that the way you think you will settle all your social relations? For how long you can stay that way? How much you spend in terms of monetary as well as non monetary expenses, every day,every month or every year...

Why don't you try a better way.

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Social Innovation for Innovative Companies

Dwi Muhtaman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:53:58 -0400

Natural resources in developing countries do not grow in vacuum space. Government often not see people in natural resources site concessions since the government set the site in a table long way from where the people live. In fact, in a remote areas, it contains people wherever mostly you go as companies. The companies understands but mostly not really take social aspect into account. They do not consider them as an important factor in investment.

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Encouraging Innovation: How Can We Do It Better?

Rip Empson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:46:42 -0400

In Tuesday’s New York Times, there was a story about how entrepreneurs have been getting into the game of buying undervalued websites, revamping them, and then selling them for a profit. Read it here.

Innovation

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Meet The KaosPilots.NL

Dennis Bout — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:10:02 -0400

The KaosPilots Netherlands, international school for new business design and social innovation, has announced an open day that will be hold on Saturday, April 26th. The event will take place at the headquarters in Rotterdam.

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It Takes One (www.outlookforchange.ca)

Tom Lawrence — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:06:22 -0400

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Innovation Hothouses (www.outlookforchange.ca)

Tom Lawrence — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:03:08 -0400

Innovation is hot. Books, courses and “management gurus” trumpet the
need to develop the creative potential of employees. Innovation is cast
as an essential ingredient for organizational survival in turbulent
environments. Innovative “learning organizations” are ones which
facilitate the generation of new ideas from the entrepreneurial energy
of their people. For those on the front-line, the challenge is how to
organize our people and systems so that we can generate and exploit new
ideas. The latest research from a team of scholars in the UK - Anand,

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