the role of the crowd in social innovation
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Our
grandparents
generation
Our
parents
generation
- Our -
generation GAME OVER?
What-s the role
of Business?
Through we can achieve the triple bottom line:
Economic Viability
Environmental Quality
Social Equity
Prof. Muhammad Yunus
• Nobel Price Winner
• Board at the Grameen Bank
• Expert in Microcredit
CSR activities? Non Profits? Green Business? 1043 methods to assess Social Return of Investment
Vs.
DKK – Eastern Germany
What is the role of OPENNESS ?
Entrepreneurs NGOs Incubators Scholars GovernmentCitizens
Stakeholders Participation
,
82>4000 >500
3 social entrepreneurs
40 Mentors from 23 countries1 month program
Crowd Mentoring for Social Change
The Shortlisted Projects
Coffee shop dedicated to social entrepreneurs in Cyprus.
▼ Nicosia, Cyprus
Making Spirulina a part of daily diets and utilizing otherwise unusable space
and land to cultivate healthy food.
▼ Bangkok, Thailand
An innovative social enterprise that produces the Village Ambulance to address
the medical transportation needs of rural communities.
▼ Kampala, Uganda
Step 1 - Hangout
Step 2 – Social Business Modeling
Step 2 – Social Business Modeling
Mentors have contributed with plenty of ideas,
feedback and solutions to the projects
Step 3 – Update on the Progress
The challenge shifted from the distribution channels
to the organic certification requirements
Continuous Improvement and faster iterations
Business
Modeling
Lean
Testing
Report
Progress
New
Challenges
Hangout
«The crowdmentoring helped me
to be more structured, and more
accountable: I liked the fact of
having deadlines and I received
precious help from the mentors»
MOOC on social Entrepreneurship
• 20.000 participants from 45 countries
• Combine theory with practice
• Prize to fund the best projects
O v e r 3 0 0 0
c o m m e n t s
i n 2 m o n t h s
P e e r - t o - p e e r
l e a r n i n g a n d
s h a r i n g o f b e s t
p r a c t i c e s
C r o w d - v a l i d a t i o n
o f t h e b u s i n e s s
s t r a t e g i e s a n d
c o n t i n u o u s
i t e r a t i o n
S k i l l s a n d r e s o u r c e s
w e r e a l l o c a t e d
a c c o r d i n g t o
p a r t i c i p a n t s ’ s k i l l s
a n d a t t i t u d e
What’s NEXT?
Piloting
Internal stakeholders
External Stakeholders
The role of the crowd in transforming Democracy
