1. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 1
My Our big challenge:
Where next for SIX?
Louise Pulford
2. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 2
What we do
- curate experiences which bring together
practitioners, entrepreneurs, academics, policy makers and private
companies for the benefit of all
- promote learning across sectors, fields and countries
- communicate and disseminate ideas about social innovation
- work with policy makers – specifically the European Commission, for
whom we run Social Innovation Europe
… In order to build the capacities of our members and enables them to
work together to develop resources for social innovators around the world
6. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 6
SIX has a vision of a world where…
Social innovators can easily exchange and
share
—Ideas that work, across sectors and geographies
—Talent, capabilities, skills
—Access to power
—Money, capital and resources
Social innovators are inspired, connected and
supported
7. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 7
Our mission
SIX is a tight global network of
established innovators
exchanging what it takes to solve
social challenges
together
8. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 8
Values and principles
We celebrate solutions (more than heroes)
We engage (more than just inform)
We connect as peers (not in a hierarchy)
We inspire through action (not just words)
We are inclusive (and welcome the unexpected)
11. Slide
SIX : November 2012 - 2013
26 November January April September
2012 2013 2013 2013
SIX SUMMER SIX IS LEGALLY SIX OFFICE IS OPEN The 6th SIX SUMMER
SCHOOL - Adelaide INDEPENDENT AND FUNCTIONING SCHOOL - Seoul
IN LONDON
First Global Council First set of global Executive Board in Second physical
members announced council members place (with 3 members meeting of Global
officially in place. First elected from GC).First Council
meeting secured meeting taken place
Initial/temporary Strategy becomes SIX welcomes 2 new
steering group in place more global – more funders
to guide process to regional nodes
independence established
First funder secured Louise Pulford and Activities planned in SIX Asia reports on 1
existing team contracts Europe, East Asia and year of activity
become employees of New Delhi
SIX 7th SIX Summer School
announced
12. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 12
Global Council members
Change Fusion, Thailand Centre for Social Cisco, Global
Entrepreneurship, Sweden
Fuping Development Institute, DenokInn, Spain Social Innovation Generation,
China Canada
HKICC, Hong Kong Glasgow Caledonian TACSI, Australia
University, Scotland
Lien Centre for Social Nesta, UK Centre for Social Innovation,
Innovation, Singapore Colombia
Hope Institute, South Korea Sitra, Finland City of New York, US
Social Innovation Systems,
Spain
The Young Foundation, UK
Kennisland, SIN, The
Netheralnds
14. About SIX 12/13/2012 Slide 14
How SIX global and the SIX
regional nodes reinforce each
other?
Editor's Notes
Give concrete examples ofTelepresences: [Around the world, around the table>>brings together a community of thinkers who are far apart geographically] “global discussion examining some of the tools and techniques in play in the developing social innovation ecosystem:90 minutes, 6 countries, up to 45 participants and one topic”Leading public sector innovationUrban innovation and citiesSocial Innovation Policy in EuropeInnovation in an ageing societyDesign and Social InnovationSummer Schools: [Asks broad questions, brings broad community together, face to face] Current Summer School is on Growing Pains. The event will ask: how are we growing and sustaining our innovations...our organisations...and the social innovation field? The event is interested in exploring the SIX community's collective wisdom around issues of finance, talent, methods and partnership.Spring School: [Moves to more narrow focus. Accelerates thinking around a problem, pushes it forward] >>‘Innovation and Opportunity in an Ageing Society.’ This event, sponsored by the CalousteGulbenkian Foundation and Cisco, focused on accelerating innovation to meet the needs of an aging society, particularly in the fields of care, technology, and housing and where these intersect.>> ‘Citizen Driven Innovation in the Digital Age’– this gathering gave participants the opportunity to explore how new digital tools are shaping the participation of citizens at a national and international level.
Ends
How can we make social innovation flourish?Failure as part of the innovation life cycleDo it togetherCreate a favourable environment for social innovationAcross sectorsAcross geographical areasBees and the treesAn ecosystemBe generous
