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Social(i)Makers: Social Innovation Academy

Are you inspired to make a change? Do you wish to become involved in shaping a better future? Are you passionate for new ideas and creative collaboration with others?

If your answers are YES, then check out Social(i)Makers project’s education platform and enroll to  Social Innovation Academy!

What you will learn

  • How to enter the stage of social innovation and understand its true nature
  • How to take your indivdual role in the social innovation play as a citizen and consumer
  • How to become an entrepreneurial actor for social good
  • How to explore and test your impact acting skills
  • How to collaborate to boost your social innovation performance
  • How to investigate how much impact you really have on your audience
  • How to ideally fund your social innovation
  • How to shape the framework of your innovation script through collaboration and co-creation.

The course builds on the strong expertise of the Social(i)Maker partners, which spans the entire scope of social innovation – from becoming an active citizen to creating, funding and implementing your own solutions to the societal challenges of today. See more info on the project and partners here.

 

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Initiatives to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic countries

Report Social entrepreneurship and social innovation – Initiatives to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic countries presents the results from a survey of initiatives to support social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic Region. The survey addresses the challenges faced by the Nordic countries with regard to maintaining and further developing social welfare. The Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR) has put these challenges on the agenda on a number of occasions. In autumn 2012 the Norwegian Presidency organised a Nordic seminar on social entrepreneurship. One experience from this seminar was that there are different types of initiative and support for promoting social entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries, so there should also be a potential for mutual learning.

The survey shows that there is a broad spectrum of initiatives in the Nordic countries.
Examples of the following types of initiative were surveyed in all the countries: Funding, advice/competence development, incubation, network
building, research & development, education, increasing visibility, lobbying, legal framework, strategic development work and safeguarding business interests.
The survey also reveals that most respondents have key initiatives that are followed up by other initiatives in order to support the key initiative.
All respondents ticked at least two types of initiative, most more than two, with some replying that they offer all types of initiative.
Both the material collected and the data for each country contained most examples of advice/competence development, increasing visibility
and network building. Initiatives focusing on advice/competence development include different types of course and other training, conferences,
workshops, guidance and advice provided through board membership.
Network building involves the creation of fixed structures around defined networks (network associations), ad hoc groups set up in various organisations, and the use of workshops and seminars. Increasing visibility is about several of the same activities and various forms of
knowledge sharing.

Download the full survey here.

Källa: Social entrepreneurship and social innovation – Initiatives to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic countries

 

Porównanie koncepcji wsparcia rozwoju ekonomii społecznej w Polsce

Zapraszamy do zapoznania się z kompleksową publikacją „Porównanie koncepcji wsparcia rozwoju ekonomii społecznej na poziomie regionalnym i krajowym na podstawie wieloletnich regionalnych planów działań na rzecz promocji i upowszechnienia ekonomii społecznej oraz rozwoju instytucji sektora ekonomii społecznej i jej otoczenia w regionie oraz projektu Krajowego Programu Rozwoju Ekonomii Społecznej”, powstałą w ramach projektu “Partnerstwo na rzecz instytucjonalizacji ekonomii społecznej” w ramach Działania 1.2 PO KL.

Publikacje powstały w ramach prac Zespołu ds. Rozwiązań Systemowych w Zakresie Ekonomii Społecznej i grup tematycznych.

 

Polecamy zwłaszcza rozdział: 2.3 i 2.4, w których dokonano ciekawego porównania systemów koordynacji działań na rzecz ekonomii społecznej wraz z identyfikacją podmiotów odpowiedzialnych za zarządzanie i koordynację tych działań.

Publikacja dostępna jest tutaj: Porównanie koncepcji wsparcia rozwoju ekonomii społecznej

 

This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region.

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Four types of Impact

As social entrepreneurs we have become quite familiar with the term impact, as it’s the way we bring our mission vision statement to life and create change in society. Across all the different types of organizations and their relevant impact, there are 4 distinct types of impact that can be observed according to the MetaIntegral framework.

4 impacts

The MetaIntegral framework clarifies the 4 types of impact being

  • Clear impact
  • High impact
  • Wide impact
  • Deep impact

Clear Impact

“One of the most common forms of impact is Clear Impact, which measures change in stakeholder performance. Many businesses and organizations include various metrics to assess this area of impact (e.g., skill assessments, analytics, observation tools, and various KPIs). What all these metrics have in common is the focus on objective criteria to track behavior and performance.”

Clear impact

High Impact

“The other main form of impact is High Impact, which measures change in stakeholder systems (e.g., supply chains, cash flow, customer engagement) . Many businesses and organizations include various metrics to assess this area of impact (e.g., environmental impact assessments, financial impact assessments, input indicators, and various KPIs). What all these metrics have in common is the focus on interobjective or systemic criteria to track organizational and market dynamics.”

High impact

Wide Impact

“Over the last decade it has become more common for organizations to include Wide Impact, which measures change in stakeholder relationships. With forms of network analysis and social mapping there have emerged various metrics to assess this area of impact (e.g., 360 Assessments, relationship mapping, interviews, and social impact assessments). What all these metrics have in common is the focus on intersubjective criteria to track the quality and quantity of relationships and their influence.”

Wide Impact

Deep Impact

“Arguably, one of the most important forms of impact is Deep Impact, which measures change in stakeholder experience. There is a growing awareness among many businesses and organizations that this form of impact needs to be included. Various metrics are used to assess this area of impact (e.g., self-evaluations, psychometrics, satisfaction surveys, and happiness inventories). What all these metrics have in common is the focus on subjective criteria to track somatic, emotional, and psychological dimensions of experience.”

Deep impact

Knowing that there are different kinds of impacts and which your organization is most likely to focus on, enables your organization to be clearer on areas to develop with regards to growth practices as well as what measurements are best to use to track your impact in your given area.

For more information on the MetaIntegral framework and its applications, there are Youtube videos available as well as an online course.

Statements in “ “ are direct quotes from the MetaIntegral website as well as the included images.