This document describes an organization called SoundConneXions that aims to support social innovation through cross-sector collaboration. It provides services like workshops, forums, and coaching to help individuals develop social ventures, bring together partners from different industries and sectors, and launch new initiatives that create social, economic, and environmental benefits for communities. The organization's goal is to empower communities and cultivate sustainable social innovations through an inclusive and adaptive approach.
Hands on social innovation: tools for tackling urban deprivationSaffron Woodcraft
The document describes workshops being held by The Young Foundation on May 12-13 about social innovation tools for tackling urban deprivation in Malmö and Copenhagen. The workshops will provide inspiration through case studies and practical social innovation tools and methods, help attendees think differently about the social problems they work on, and discuss putting ideas into practice.
If people are given the right tools and the right environment, will hey spontaneously collaborate and share knowledge? Why do some people find it difficult to share and collaborate? Would incentives and rewards make a difference? These and similar issues are explored in this presentation given at the recent Knowledge and Innovation Network (KIN) Summer Workshop.
Barrow Cadbury Trust workshop, Community Rights Made Real presentationLorna Prescott
Urban Forum, Dudley CVS, and Dudley Metropolitan Council secured funding from Barrow Cadbury Trust for an action research project to test awareness of and appetite for the government's new Community Rights in Dudley. Through surveys, focus groups, workshops, and an Our Society Our Solutions working group, they assessed community group perceptions and involved them in planning local implementation. This led to proposals for a holistic Managing Assets and Services Holistically approach presented to Dudley Council, piloting collaboration between community groups and the council.
The document describes the Opening Doors program, which aims to reduce social isolation and foster social inclusion. The program engages community members at risk of isolation, builds their leadership skills over 6 months of sessions, and supports them in developing community projects. 58 people have graduated from the program, leading to 45 grassroots projects involving over 4,000 community members. Key elements of the program's success include its asset-based, participatory approach and strong multi-organizational partnerships focused on a shared vision of social inclusion.
People culture behavior creating social outcomesJon Ingham
1) The document discusses factors that enable successful and sustainable collaborative platforms and cultures in organizations. It covers topics like developing trust-based relationships, aligning HR practices to collaboration, focusing on important tasks, and executives modeling collaborative behavior.
2) Specific examples discussed include how TSA built trust through transparency, Zappos' employee training process, P&G's principles that allow creativity, and Cisco's use of councils for important goals.
3) The key message is that collaboration requires supportive organizational cultures with factors like trust, aligned processes, challenging work, and leaders who demonstrate collaborative skills.
Demonstrating value with Communities Of PracticeCollabor8now Ltd
How do you demonstrate or even measure the value of collaboration and knowledge sharing? This presentation is based on over 7 years experience gained implementing on-line communities for the UK public sector.
For many years, organizations that have been recognized as best places to work have received that recognition because they have cultures that create the conditions for people to thrive personally and professionally. Cultures in organizations that are good places to work develop environments in which people work together in support of the mission and vision.
Grassroots grantmakers presentation for community matters in newport vermontCommunityMatters
Grassroots grantmaking focuses on empowering community groups and citizens to create positive change from the ground up. It provides small grants and other resources to help people turn their ideas into realities. This approach believes that engaged community members can better address local needs than outside agencies. Grassroots grantmakers include community foundations, giving circles, and other organizations that take a people-powered approach. Their goal is to support collaborative projects led by community members, such as neighborhood cleanups, youth programs, local celebrations, and more. Even small grants can spark new relationships and community initiatives that create lasting impact.
Hands on social innovation: tools for tackling urban deprivationSaffron Woodcraft
The document describes workshops being held by The Young Foundation on May 12-13 about social innovation tools for tackling urban deprivation in Malmö and Copenhagen. The workshops will provide inspiration through case studies and practical social innovation tools and methods, help attendees think differently about the social problems they work on, and discuss putting ideas into practice.
If people are given the right tools and the right environment, will hey spontaneously collaborate and share knowledge? Why do some people find it difficult to share and collaborate? Would incentives and rewards make a difference? These and similar issues are explored in this presentation given at the recent Knowledge and Innovation Network (KIN) Summer Workshop.
Barrow Cadbury Trust workshop, Community Rights Made Real presentationLorna Prescott
Urban Forum, Dudley CVS, and Dudley Metropolitan Council secured funding from Barrow Cadbury Trust for an action research project to test awareness of and appetite for the government's new Community Rights in Dudley. Through surveys, focus groups, workshops, and an Our Society Our Solutions working group, they assessed community group perceptions and involved them in planning local implementation. This led to proposals for a holistic Managing Assets and Services Holistically approach presented to Dudley Council, piloting collaboration between community groups and the council.
The document describes the Opening Doors program, which aims to reduce social isolation and foster social inclusion. The program engages community members at risk of isolation, builds their leadership skills over 6 months of sessions, and supports them in developing community projects. 58 people have graduated from the program, leading to 45 grassroots projects involving over 4,000 community members. Key elements of the program's success include its asset-based, participatory approach and strong multi-organizational partnerships focused on a shared vision of social inclusion.
People culture behavior creating social outcomesJon Ingham
1) The document discusses factors that enable successful and sustainable collaborative platforms and cultures in organizations. It covers topics like developing trust-based relationships, aligning HR practices to collaboration, focusing on important tasks, and executives modeling collaborative behavior.
2) Specific examples discussed include how TSA built trust through transparency, Zappos' employee training process, P&G's principles that allow creativity, and Cisco's use of councils for important goals.
3) The key message is that collaboration requires supportive organizational cultures with factors like trust, aligned processes, challenging work, and leaders who demonstrate collaborative skills.
Demonstrating value with Communities Of PracticeCollabor8now Ltd
How do you demonstrate or even measure the value of collaboration and knowledge sharing? This presentation is based on over 7 years experience gained implementing on-line communities for the UK public sector.
For many years, organizations that have been recognized as best places to work have received that recognition because they have cultures that create the conditions for people to thrive personally and professionally. Cultures in organizations that are good places to work develop environments in which people work together in support of the mission and vision.
Grassroots grantmakers presentation for community matters in newport vermontCommunityMatters
Grassroots grantmaking focuses on empowering community groups and citizens to create positive change from the ground up. It provides small grants and other resources to help people turn their ideas into realities. This approach believes that engaged community members can better address local needs than outside agencies. Grassroots grantmakers include community foundations, giving circles, and other organizations that take a people-powered approach. Their goal is to support collaborative projects led by community members, such as neighborhood cleanups, youth programs, local celebrations, and more. Even small grants can spark new relationships and community initiatives that create lasting impact.
Mirjam schöning sens24 - social entrepreneurs - a view from a support organ...SENStation
Country: Switzerland
Speaker: Mirjam Schoening
What is the Problem?
Starting a social enterprise is tough. Sustaining and scaling it is even tougher.
What is the Opportunity?
Having had the privilege of working closely with 200 of the world´s leading social entrepreneurs that are part of the Schwab Foundation´s community for the past 12 years, I can share a few observations and lessons. Some of the key questions are around how to finance a social enterprise, the importance of considering governance questions early on, how do you grow the enterprise and how do you find and retain talent?
NCDD Presentation for CommunityMatters in Newport VermontCommunityMatters
The document discusses strategies for building community through public engagement, dialogue, and deliberation. It outlines challenges such as disconnection and partisan politics, and emphasizes the need for inclusion, shared purpose, and sustained engagement. Asset-based community development and deliberative forums are presented as approaches to identify community strengths, encourage cooperation, and find solutions through respectful exchange of diverse views. Examples from previous community initiatives demonstrate how these principles of public participation can strengthen relationships and foster collaborative action.
Judy Estrin, CEO of JLabs LLC and a serial entrepreneur discusses why innovation is so important and what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Estrin was involved in the development of TCP/IP and is a former Cisco CTO. A Stanford Engineering alum, she spoke at the school's annual eDay event.
This document discusses crowdsourcing and citizen engagement. It provides definitions of crowdsourcing as seeking input from communities to generate ideas and solutions. Examples are given of citizen engagement programs in New York City, San Francisco, and Ottawa that utilized crowdsourcing to generate ideas from citizens. The benefits of crowdsourcing include surfacing new perspectives and empowering citizens. Challenges that can arise include lack of follow through and narrow results from limited crowds.
Introduction to CommunityMatters Workshop in Newport VermontCommunityMatters
The document outlines an agenda for a community meeting in Newport, Vermont on connecting citizens and activating change. The agenda includes introductions, lunch, sessions on tools and approaches for engagement, and a closing. Ground rules are listed to ensure respectful and productive discussion. The context of changing citizen expectations and the need for civic infrastructure is also discussed.
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the...LiveWorkPlay
Presentation to the Gathering on Person-Centred Practices, October 22-23, Thorold, Ontario.
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the community for people with intellectual disabilities?
Keenan Wellar, MA and Julie Kingstone, MEd
Co-Founders & Co-Leaders, LiveWorkPlay
Starting in 2008, LiveWorkPlay embarked on a journey of “de-programming” by making a shift from congregated programs
to authentic community-based supports and outcomes based
on flexible and individualized person-centered planning.
At the core of this transformation, the agency dramatically expanded the size and scope of its volunteer team. This has changed the organization, it has changed lives, and it is changing the community.
Restart+ Module 6 Sustaining Success and Future Planningcaniceconsulting
Our final module helps you assess what does community regeneration success look like? And how do you evaluate it?
You will also learn that celebrating success is one of the most important things you can do. You will learn about the importance of reassurance marketing, vital as we emerge from the pandemic of 2020.
We provide our last set of practical templates and exercises which you can use to measure the success and impact of your projects and plan for the future for your community regeneration projects.
One Change is a non-profit organization that empowers people to take simple actions to help the environment. It began in 2005 with a light bulb distribution campaign called Project Porchlight. In 2008, Project Porchlight expanded to several new regions, distributing over 2 million energy-efficient light bulbs across North America. One Change was also named a partner of the United Nations Environment Programme. Looking ahead, One Change has plans to launch more campaigns and expand Project Porchlight into additional areas in 2009.
The organization's vision is to create a just society by resolving social divisions and fostering sustainable jobs. It was established as a nonprofit foundation to address unemployment. It supports social enterprises, runs job training programs, and hosts conferences on social entrepreneurship in Asia. It has expanded internationally, running programs in Cambodia, Philippines, and Laos to help underprivileged children. Domestically, it provides grants, loans, and training to social enterprises and youth programs.
The document discusses initiatives in Perth and Kinross, Scotland that aim to engage communities and improve health and social well-being through co-production with local people and organizations. It describes programs like the Healthy Communities Collaborative and Time Banking that bring community members, volunteers, and agencies together to address issues, develop skills, and exchange services to enhance resilience. Evaluation of the programs show increases in social connections, activity levels, and community participation as well as benefits to health.
This document discusses social innovation and building social communities. It defines social innovation as novel solutions to social problems that are more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than existing solutions. Social entrepreneurs play a key role in driving social innovation by taking risks to solve social problems in collaborative and sustainable ways. The document advocates empowering marginalized communities to solve their own problems through social entrepreneurship training so they can create businesses that hire within their communities and become self-sufficient. Some examples of ongoing trials of this approach are described.
Inspiring young citizens to co-create social impact in their communities.
A programme that brings together mentors community stakeholders and young people, along with current up-to-date technologies to conceive an alternative to the conventional youth service.
This document discusses networks and regional development. It describes how networks are sets of relationships that influence communication and collaboration. Smart networks have a core of connected clusters with different perspectives connected to a periphery that brings in new ideas. Case studies show how identifying regional assets like a unique fruit or food can spur tourism and local business if promoted as a regional brand through a collaborative network. Next steps involve exploring ideas in one's interest area and taking small actions like connecting with others to move ideas forward.
Free the Patterns! The Vital Challenge to the Pattern CommunityDouglas Schuler
Patterns and Pattern Languages have been used to design buildings as well as software and devices such as the iPhone. They can be used for "loose coordination" among people working on "wicked problems" such as climate change mitigation and more just and equitable societies.
This document summarizes a conversation on social innovation in building a network society. It discusses the need for new social structures like maverick networks to foster innovation. It also addresses the importance of more effective communication through public consultation and agile policymaking. Failure is seen as necessary for learning and social progress. Small startups like experience platforms and charities can drive social innovation. New forms of storytelling and collaboration hubs are needed to share new ideas and opportunities. The big ideas are new networks, new consultation processes, and new platforms to collaboratively build a network society.
The Kirklees Democracy Commission Cross-Party Working Group discussed place-based based working in Kirklees at their meeting on Wednesday 24th October 2018. These are the presentations used during the meeting.
This document provides guidance on developing a social media strategy for non-profit organizations. It emphasizes the importance of having a clear strategy and outlines key elements to consider, including setting goals, choosing appropriate platforms, cultivating online communities, creating engaging content, and measuring results. Community engagement and storytelling are presented as important aspects. The document also promotes MyCharityConnects as a free resource for non-profits to learn about technology and social media.
How to build a successful community of practiceSarah Loat
This document provides guidance on building successful communities of practice. It discusses that communities are repositories for information and experts on a particular subject. Successful communities have passionate leaders who share their time and expertise with members. It recommends community leaders regularly share knowledge and promote discussion. It then describes various roles that support communities, such as sponsors, knowledge managers, and moderators. It provides tips on using different community tools like blogs, microblogs, wikis, and events to engage members. It stresses the importance of peer support among community managers and evolving communities to promote collaboration.
No Yin Without Yang: Community Needs Civic Intelligence to be CompleteDouglas Schuler
This was presented at the Community Now conference at the Jewish Museum in Berlin in February 2015. http://community-infrastructuring.org/wp-content/uploads/Community_Now_Program.pdf
The document summarizes a 4-hour virtual global conference with 153 total registrations from 30 countries. It discusses the 7 web collaboration tools used, conference design and flow, sessions on various collaboration topics, and early conclusions about convening virtual conferences in a cost-effective way while requiring new facilitation skills to optimize engagement in an online environment.
This document outlines a presentation on reimagining collaboration through virtual means. It discusses how today's issues require collaboration on a larger scale. It also explores how the internet and technology have enabled more open and widespread collaboration. The presentation advocates for establishing common frameworks, building trust through processes, and taking advantage of the unique aspects of virtual collaboration in order to achieve levels of collaboration previously not possible.
Mirjam schöning sens24 - social entrepreneurs - a view from a support organ...SENStation
Country: Switzerland
Speaker: Mirjam Schoening
What is the Problem?
Starting a social enterprise is tough. Sustaining and scaling it is even tougher.
What is the Opportunity?
Having had the privilege of working closely with 200 of the world´s leading social entrepreneurs that are part of the Schwab Foundation´s community for the past 12 years, I can share a few observations and lessons. Some of the key questions are around how to finance a social enterprise, the importance of considering governance questions early on, how do you grow the enterprise and how do you find and retain talent?
NCDD Presentation for CommunityMatters in Newport VermontCommunityMatters
The document discusses strategies for building community through public engagement, dialogue, and deliberation. It outlines challenges such as disconnection and partisan politics, and emphasizes the need for inclusion, shared purpose, and sustained engagement. Asset-based community development and deliberative forums are presented as approaches to identify community strengths, encourage cooperation, and find solutions through respectful exchange of diverse views. Examples from previous community initiatives demonstrate how these principles of public participation can strengthen relationships and foster collaborative action.
Judy Estrin, CEO of JLabs LLC and a serial entrepreneur discusses why innovation is so important and what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Estrin was involved in the development of TCP/IP and is a former Cisco CTO. A Stanford Engineering alum, she spoke at the school's annual eDay event.
This document discusses crowdsourcing and citizen engagement. It provides definitions of crowdsourcing as seeking input from communities to generate ideas and solutions. Examples are given of citizen engagement programs in New York City, San Francisco, and Ottawa that utilized crowdsourcing to generate ideas from citizens. The benefits of crowdsourcing include surfacing new perspectives and empowering citizens. Challenges that can arise include lack of follow through and narrow results from limited crowds.
Introduction to CommunityMatters Workshop in Newport VermontCommunityMatters
The document outlines an agenda for a community meeting in Newport, Vermont on connecting citizens and activating change. The agenda includes introductions, lunch, sessions on tools and approaches for engagement, and a closing. Ground rules are listed to ensure respectful and productive discussion. The context of changing citizen expectations and the need for civic infrastructure is also discussed.
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the...LiveWorkPlay
Presentation to the Gathering on Person-Centred Practices, October 22-23, Thorold, Ontario.
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the community for people with intellectual disabilities?
Keenan Wellar, MA and Julie Kingstone, MEd
Co-Founders & Co-Leaders, LiveWorkPlay
Starting in 2008, LiveWorkPlay embarked on a journey of “de-programming” by making a shift from congregated programs
to authentic community-based supports and outcomes based
on flexible and individualized person-centered planning.
At the core of this transformation, the agency dramatically expanded the size and scope of its volunteer team. This has changed the organization, it has changed lives, and it is changing the community.
Restart+ Module 6 Sustaining Success and Future Planningcaniceconsulting
Our final module helps you assess what does community regeneration success look like? And how do you evaluate it?
You will also learn that celebrating success is one of the most important things you can do. You will learn about the importance of reassurance marketing, vital as we emerge from the pandemic of 2020.
We provide our last set of practical templates and exercises which you can use to measure the success and impact of your projects and plan for the future for your community regeneration projects.
One Change is a non-profit organization that empowers people to take simple actions to help the environment. It began in 2005 with a light bulb distribution campaign called Project Porchlight. In 2008, Project Porchlight expanded to several new regions, distributing over 2 million energy-efficient light bulbs across North America. One Change was also named a partner of the United Nations Environment Programme. Looking ahead, One Change has plans to launch more campaigns and expand Project Porchlight into additional areas in 2009.
The organization's vision is to create a just society by resolving social divisions and fostering sustainable jobs. It was established as a nonprofit foundation to address unemployment. It supports social enterprises, runs job training programs, and hosts conferences on social entrepreneurship in Asia. It has expanded internationally, running programs in Cambodia, Philippines, and Laos to help underprivileged children. Domestically, it provides grants, loans, and training to social enterprises and youth programs.
The document discusses initiatives in Perth and Kinross, Scotland that aim to engage communities and improve health and social well-being through co-production with local people and organizations. It describes programs like the Healthy Communities Collaborative and Time Banking that bring community members, volunteers, and agencies together to address issues, develop skills, and exchange services to enhance resilience. Evaluation of the programs show increases in social connections, activity levels, and community participation as well as benefits to health.
This document discusses social innovation and building social communities. It defines social innovation as novel solutions to social problems that are more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than existing solutions. Social entrepreneurs play a key role in driving social innovation by taking risks to solve social problems in collaborative and sustainable ways. The document advocates empowering marginalized communities to solve their own problems through social entrepreneurship training so they can create businesses that hire within their communities and become self-sufficient. Some examples of ongoing trials of this approach are described.
Inspiring young citizens to co-create social impact in their communities.
A programme that brings together mentors community stakeholders and young people, along with current up-to-date technologies to conceive an alternative to the conventional youth service.
This document discusses networks and regional development. It describes how networks are sets of relationships that influence communication and collaboration. Smart networks have a core of connected clusters with different perspectives connected to a periphery that brings in new ideas. Case studies show how identifying regional assets like a unique fruit or food can spur tourism and local business if promoted as a regional brand through a collaborative network. Next steps involve exploring ideas in one's interest area and taking small actions like connecting with others to move ideas forward.
Free the Patterns! The Vital Challenge to the Pattern CommunityDouglas Schuler
Patterns and Pattern Languages have been used to design buildings as well as software and devices such as the iPhone. They can be used for "loose coordination" among people working on "wicked problems" such as climate change mitigation and more just and equitable societies.
This document summarizes a conversation on social innovation in building a network society. It discusses the need for new social structures like maverick networks to foster innovation. It also addresses the importance of more effective communication through public consultation and agile policymaking. Failure is seen as necessary for learning and social progress. Small startups like experience platforms and charities can drive social innovation. New forms of storytelling and collaboration hubs are needed to share new ideas and opportunities. The big ideas are new networks, new consultation processes, and new platforms to collaboratively build a network society.
The Kirklees Democracy Commission Cross-Party Working Group discussed place-based based working in Kirklees at their meeting on Wednesday 24th October 2018. These are the presentations used during the meeting.
This document provides guidance on developing a social media strategy for non-profit organizations. It emphasizes the importance of having a clear strategy and outlines key elements to consider, including setting goals, choosing appropriate platforms, cultivating online communities, creating engaging content, and measuring results. Community engagement and storytelling are presented as important aspects. The document also promotes MyCharityConnects as a free resource for non-profits to learn about technology and social media.
How to build a successful community of practiceSarah Loat
This document provides guidance on building successful communities of practice. It discusses that communities are repositories for information and experts on a particular subject. Successful communities have passionate leaders who share their time and expertise with members. It recommends community leaders regularly share knowledge and promote discussion. It then describes various roles that support communities, such as sponsors, knowledge managers, and moderators. It provides tips on using different community tools like blogs, microblogs, wikis, and events to engage members. It stresses the importance of peer support among community managers and evolving communities to promote collaboration.
No Yin Without Yang: Community Needs Civic Intelligence to be CompleteDouglas Schuler
This was presented at the Community Now conference at the Jewish Museum in Berlin in February 2015. http://community-infrastructuring.org/wp-content/uploads/Community_Now_Program.pdf
The document summarizes a 4-hour virtual global conference with 153 total registrations from 30 countries. It discusses the 7 web collaboration tools used, conference design and flow, sessions on various collaboration topics, and early conclusions about convening virtual conferences in a cost-effective way while requiring new facilitation skills to optimize engagement in an online environment.
This document outlines a presentation on reimagining collaboration through virtual means. It discusses how today's issues require collaboration on a larger scale. It also explores how the internet and technology have enabled more open and widespread collaboration. The presentation advocates for establishing common frameworks, building trust through processes, and taking advantage of the unique aspects of virtual collaboration in order to achieve levels of collaboration previously not possible.
Perspective on virtual collaboration benchmark.pptLucy Garrick
This document summarizes a benchmark study on virtual collaboration in organizations. The study found that (1) many organizations are piloting or starting to use virtual collaboration technologies but struggle with user adoption and engagement. (2) Barriers to collaboration include difficulties engaging people and a rigid emphasis on risk management. (3) Planning processes focus more on tactics than strategy. The report provides details on the qualitative and quantitative research conducted, including sectors interviewed and tools used. It concludes that organizations need to adapt quickly to thrive in a globalized world.
This document outlines 10 lessons about digital scholarship based on 10 short videos. The lessons include: 1) digital scholarship is not just for "geeks" but involves knowledge sharing, creation, and networking; 2) researchers are caught between traditional publishing norms and the potential of digital tools; 3) interdisciplinarity is facilitated by digital networks; 4) everyone can now broadcast as a public scholar; 5) teaching must adapt to the attention economy; 6) digital tools allow rethinking research methods; 7) new skills are required to use digital tools; 8) digital changes will impact fields even if ignored; 9) digital tools enable alternatives to traditional practices; and 10) the benefits of open digital systems should not be overlooked due to
This document summarizes research on challenges of global virtual collaboration and how leaders can address them. The research included 110 qualitative interviews and observations in 3 international companies, as well as surveys of 1376 virtual employees in 7 companies.
Key challenges included: temporal dispersion causing isolation; cultural/linguistic differences affecting communication styles; and technological issues like internet breakdowns.
To address these, leaders should create guidelines for response times; involve distant members in meetings; consider work-life balance; implement cultural awareness training; increase awareness of how language impacts media use; invest in infrastructure; limit and personally address members in meetings; and communicate clear goals using a flexible leadership style. Developing skills like cultural awareness, patience and open-
This document discusses open education in Europe through 2030. It begins by defining different types of "openness" in education, from open classrooms to open educational resources. Next, it examines the history of open education through different waves starting in the 1960s. The document then outlines tensions between learner-initiated and externally guided education. Several scenarios for open education in 2030 are presented, ranging from fully guided to self-directed learning. The document concludes by noting the scenarios are not mutually exclusive and openness can take different forms depending on the sector and learner needs.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses becoming a changemaker by spotting social problems and finding solutions. It emphasizes that every graduate can be a changemaker through their career decisions. It also discusses Ashoka, a foundation that supports social innovators with new solutions to global issues. Finally, it outlines a changemaker certificate program consisting of 6 units focused on understanding social change and developing skills like problem solving to create social ventures.
Community Organisers - Civil Society Innovation Network 23 Jan 2012LGIU
This document provides an overview of Locality, a merger of two community organizations with over 100 years of combined history. It discusses Locality's work supporting current and aspiring community groups. The document also summarizes the Community Organizing program, including its roots stretching back to the late 1800s, and outlines plans to train 500 community organizers over three years to empower citizens and communities. Timelines and progress updating the training and hosting of organizers are also included.
The document provides an agenda and overview for a leadership and administrative dynamics course. It covers topics such as strategic planning, SWOT analysis, logic models, vision and mission statements, ethics, knowledge management, and communities of practice. Key elements of effective vision and mission statements are outlined. Different leadership styles and cultures are discussed. The principles of knowledge and ethics in leadership are also reviewed.
You’ve dipped your toes into social media: you’ve got a Facebook page, Twitter feed, YouTube channel, and CEO blog set up.
But now what?
Back up.
Social media is about free and open conversations online but your organization still needs to have a plan of action. Take a hold of your communications plan and start afresh.
This workshop is for organizations that dipped (or maybe dove headfirst) into social media, but are now wondering what the next steps are and how they can make their social media investment more focused and worthwhile.
Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- Knowledge of how social media is changing the way nonprofits operate and what it means to be a networked nonprofit
- Tips on how to determine which social networks your organization’s key audiences are using and how to create a social media strategy
- Information on receiving buy-in from staff, management, and boards
Presentation from the second of two workshops run by Social Life and Cisco about using digital technology to build resilient communities in Chicago's South Side.
Vibrant Communities Canada: Measuring Impact Social Finance
This document summarizes the Vibrant Communities Canada initiative, which aimed to reduce poverty through local multi-sector collaboration. It discusses:
1) The initiative was launched in 2002 by three national partners to test an experimental approach to poverty reduction through local action guided by five principles.
2) Thirteen communities participated as "Vibrant Communities" to build collaborations across sectors including government, business, non-profits and citizens with lived experience.
3) Evaluating the comprehensive initiative's impact proved challenging due to its emergent nature, attribution issues, and differences across sites. Developmental evaluation accommodated these challenges by focusing on communities' evolving theories of change.
UoN Changemaker campus presentation June 2104Tim Curtis
This document outlines the University of Northampton's focus on social innovation and changemaking. It discusses delivering entrepreneurial skills and social inclusion through social enterprise. It also mentions that while not every graduate will start an enterprise, everyone can be a changemaker. The document introduces Ashoka, a foundation that supports social innovators, and notes the university is part of the AshokaU consortium. It lists six principles of changemaking and provides examples of terms and student programs like a Changemaker Certificate and Sustainability Changemakers initiative.
(20 minutes) Presentation that conveys my thoughts on how my role as a senior coordinator in the University of Georgia Center for Leadership and Service might contribute to developing civic leaders for the future. Addresses the critical outcomes I believe are necessary in leadership and civic education program curricula.
This document discusses starting a Community of Practice (CoP) for the Community Ecology Institute (CEI). It provides background on what CoPs are, including that they are groups who share a passion for a domain and learn from each other. It then outlines key aspects of starting a CoP, such as deciding the domain, creating space for community, managing knowledge, and governance. Next steps proposed are to decide if a CoP fits CEI's goals, identify potential practice areas, approach partners, and set up governance and tools. A sample list of potential CoP partners is also included. The document closes with additional resources on social change, imagination, innovation and collaboration.
Soccnx III - A social revolution... "Can I control that?"LetsConnect
Speakers: Femke Goedhart
Company regulation versus personal individuality, how do you get your employees to be responsible partners in a Social Business and how do you weigh freedom versus restriction? The whole Social Business idea is based on the idea of each individual having an intrinsic value to the organization that isn't necessarily linked to its role within the organization alone. This begs the question of how to tap this resource without losing control and how to implement and regulate the changes that are going to be needed. How much of this can you regulate (top-down) and how much do you allow to evolve (bottom-up)? Do you set up predefined structures and communities (pushing) or allow users to instigate the community building, opening up the floor to free input and self-empowerment? This session will highlight the difficulties and choices a company will face while making the transition into a Social Business and offer ideas and guidelines on how to do so.
SOCCNX III: A social revolution can i control thatFemke Goedhart
This document discusses social business and how organizations can systematically engage employees, customers, partners, and suppliers to maximize co-created value through strategies, technologies, and processes. It contrasts traditional hierarchical business structures with more open and collaborative social approaches. The benefits of social business for attracting talent, improving morale, reducing risk, fostering innovation, and driving performance are outlined. The document also discusses different types of social media users, considerations for governance, etiquette, and how to support and positively guide user behavior through training and leadership rather than strict rules.
Gavin Prendergast(ACON) talks about the challenges of achieving effective health promotion engagement with a geographically dispersed population. This presentation was given at the AFAO/NAPWA Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference in May 2012.
The Young Foundation is a UK-based nonprofit that brings together insight, innovation, and entrepreneurship to address social needs. Founded by social entrepreneur Michael Young, it develops new ideas into sustainable organizations through research, advisory work, and social ventures. The foundation partners with organizations through its Social Entrepreneur in Residence model to accelerate the adoption of scalable social ventures in health and social care, supporting ideas from concept to mainstreaming. It is currently working with Midland Heart on a partnership to select four ventures over 18 months in areas like homelessness, learning disabilities, mental health, and older people.
Our Say Our Way Empowering Young People Ssjenstabler
Presentation I created and delivered as part of a seminar for other Registered Social Landlords in the North East. Highlights the benefits of Youth Involvement and the engagement model of the Project I Coordinate. (More information available upon request)
Join Kirstin Beardsley, Marketing & Communications Manager at CanadaHelps, and Kara Golani, Nonprofit Training Associate at CanadaHelps, for a morning of social media strategy training.
Back to Basics: Developing a Social Media Strategy for your Organization
You’ve dipped your toes into social media: you’ve got a Facebook page, Twitter feed, YouTube channel, and CEO blog set up. But now what?
Back up.
Social media is about free and open conversations online but your organization still needs to have a plan of action. Take a hold of your communications plan and start afresh. This workshop is for organizations that dipped (or maybe dove headfirst) into social media, but are now wondering what the next steps are and how they can make their social media investment more focused and worthwhile.
Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- Knowledge of how social media is changing the way nonprofits operate and what it means to be a networked nonprofit
- Tips on how to determine which social networks your organization's key audiences are using and how to create a social media strategy
- Information on receiving buy-in from staff, management, and boards
This document discusses communities of practice and how they evolve through different lifecycles. It begins by providing background on communities of practice and how they were first observed among groups of technicians sharing expertise. The document then discusses the emerging paradigm of communities having lifecycles that include planning, initiating, launching, driving toward self-sufficiency. Barriers to their evolution like lost momentum are also examined, along with tips for reversing trends like providing resources and recognizing contributions. The document presents two case studies, one of a community in an Italian bank and another of a virtual online community, to illustrate successful communities. Mantras for structuring and sustaining communities through variety and breaking monotony are also shared.
Social sustainability is overlooked in mainstream sustainability debates. What does it take to create new communities that work socially, as well as economically and environmentally?
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A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
This presentation was provided by Rebecca Benner, Ph.D., of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, for the second session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session Two: 'Expanding Pathways to Publishing Careers,' was held June 13, 2024.
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
THE SACRIFICE HOW PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS STUDENTS ARE SACRIFICING TO CHANGE T...indexPub
The recent surge in pro-Palestine student activism has prompted significant responses from universities, ranging from negotiations and divestment commitments to increased transparency about investments in companies supporting the war on Gaza. This activism has led to the cessation of student encampments but also highlighted the substantial sacrifices made by students, including academic disruptions and personal risks. The primary drivers of these protests are poor university administration, lack of transparency, and inadequate communication between officials and students. This study examines the profound emotional, psychological, and professional impacts on students engaged in pro-Palestine protests, focusing on Generation Z's (Gen-Z) activism dynamics. This paper explores the significant sacrifices made by these students and even the professors supporting the pro-Palestine movement, with a focus on recent global movements. Through an in-depth analysis of printed and electronic media, the study examines the impacts of these sacrifices on the academic and personal lives of those involved. The paper highlights examples from various universities, demonstrating student activism's long-term and short-term effects, including disciplinary actions, social backlash, and career implications. The researchers also explore the broader implications of student sacrifices. The findings reveal that these sacrifices are driven by a profound commitment to justice and human rights, and are influenced by the increasing availability of information, peer interactions, and personal convictions. The study also discusses the broader implications of this activism, comparing it to historical precedents and assessing its potential to influence policy and public opinion. The emotional and psychological toll on student activists is significant, but their sense of purpose and community support mitigates some of these challenges. However, the researchers call for acknowledging the broader Impact of these sacrifices on the future global movement of FreePalestine.
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(A Free eBook comprising 3 Sets of Presentation of a selection of Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Thinking Problems to exercise both the mind and the Right and Left Brain. To help keep the mind and brain fit and healthy. Good for both the young and old alike.
Answers are given for all the puzzles and problems.)
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The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
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This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.