| Greetings! The growing challenges we face in reducing poverty and creating healthier societies increases the urgency for us to come up with more effective approaches to deliver services, manage our organizations, and ultimately to make a deeper impact in the communities we serve. Innovation is a process of change that creates a new dimension of performance. In this issue we highlight some initiatives and resources on the topic of innovation. Over the coming months, the Impact Alliance will explore the role of innovation in scaling social impact, with special attention on how leaders are opening their organizations to let their great ideas flow out and new ideas flow in. Read more below about open innovation and join us in the exploration to come. Best regards from the Impact Alliance. |
| OECD Policy Issues Papers on the Business Symposium on Open Innovation in Global Networks | | Based on case studies from 59 companies in twelve countries, this document shows the practical aspects of open innovation strategies in companies, helping highlight barriers that may need to be addressed by policy makers. Read more... |
| Creating High-Impact Nonprofits | | This article posted on the Stanford Social Innovation review takes a look at twelve high-impact non profits and shows that real social change happens when these organizations find creative-innovative ways to enlist the help of others. Read more... |
| Using Emergence to Take Social Innovation to Scale | | This article focuses on the idea of emergence and its life cycle- "as networks grow and transform into active, collaborative communities, we discover how life truly changes, which is through emergence." Read more... |
| Online Philanthropy Markets: from 'Feel-Good' Giving to Effective Social Investing? | | Keystone's new report examines the rapidly expanding phenomenon of online philanthropy markets and details the opportunity that they have to create the informational basis for results-oriented giving and serving... Read more... |
| Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition | | "Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention." Find out what exactly a social entrepreneur is and what it does. An interesting article calling for a more rigorous definition of social entrepreneurship. Read more... |
| News | Results of the Latin American Regional JAM Between December 11th and 12th 2007, the Regional Learning Program (PAR, for its acronym in Spanish) held an online JAM on instruments, tools, and experiences related to the evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and governance at the sub national level with experts from around the regions of Latin America. The Jam methodology is designed to promote online debate around specific topic and involve the participation of a group of diverse actors. The Latin American JAM achieved the involvement of 40 different participants from 10 different countries in the region. (resource available only in Spanish) Read more... 2008 Global Development Marketplace (DM2008- Sustainable Agriculture for Development initiative This World Bank led grant program is accepting proposals until March 21, 2008. Read more... Social Innovation Competition 2008 Receives 874 Applications This contest organized by the ECLAC with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation received applications from 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Read more... A happy birthday for many! HelpArgentina has began a new initiative on how to donate. A very simple idea that allows you to give to all your guests and yourself the pleasure to donate. Read more... |
| Events | Scaling Up for Social Impact: 2008 Training Series Five one-day workshops hosted by Pact Capacity Building Services Group (CBSG) Read more... The MDF- East & Southern Africa Training Courses for 2008 MDF- ESA is a regional training and consultancy organization with its regional headquarters based in Arusha, Tanzania. Read more... The fourth European course on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Open innovation from April 17-23, 2008 based on New Business Creation for Corporate and Start-up Entrepreneurs in Deurne, The Netherlands... Read more... International Institute of Rural Reconstruction - International Course on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation from April 7-25,2008. This course is intended for development leaders and executives who design and manage community-based development programs... Read more... Responsible Supply Chain Conference - Spark innovation through social and environmental practices on April 22, 2008 from 9:00 am to 6:00pm at Stanford University. Read more... |
Quick Links | OPEN INNOVATION.EU This platform responds to the need for information regarding open innovation. It intends to contribute to the development and knowledge diffusion of the concept of open innovation in the European business community. It is supported by Henry Chesbrough, the originator of the term Open Innovation, and is part of www.openinnovation.net a broader worldwide network focusing on OI. |
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