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Social Innovation 1:Social Innovation 1: Innovative Solutions to Innovative Solutions to

Social IssuesSocial Issues

Kim Alter Managing Director, Virtue Ventures LLC

Visiting Fellow, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford

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Social innovation is driven by a Social innovation is driven by a social concern or issue… social concern or issue… in in other words, other words, the social the social

concern is the opportunity.concern is the opportunity.

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Process Innovation

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Technology InnovationTechnology Innovation

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Innovative Solutions to Social Innovative Solutions to Social ConcernsConcerns

Video case: Marin Burt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAuSoafjJNQ

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Discuss video caseDiscuss video case

• What are the social issue(s) that Martin Burt sought to solve?

• Who is effected by this social issue(s)?

• What is the cause of the social issue(s)?

• How did Burt seek to solve this social issue?

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Social Issue IdentificationSocial Issue Identification

• What is your social concern/issue?

• Who does this issue effect?

• What is the causes?

• What are the drivers that perpetuate the issue?

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Social Innovation 2 :Social Innovation 2 : Designing Your Solution Designing Your Solution

Kim Alter Managing Director, Virtue Ventures LLC

Visiting Fellow, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford

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Share Short Summary ofShare Short Summary ofyour Social Issueyour Social Issue

•What is it? •Who does it effect? •What are the causes? What are the drivers?

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Brainstorm solution Brainstorm solution

• Big ideas for how to solve the social issue?

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VisionVision

• What does success (or impact) look like?

The vision is the image of successfully solving the social concern or issue.

BRAIN STORM!!

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Vision

Its 20 or 30 years after you started your social innovation…

What does success (or impact) look like?

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GettinGetting from g from here here to to there.there.

Here

The Road MapThe Road Map

ShortTerm

THERE(long term)

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Creating Your MapCreating Your Map1. Preconditions – what must

happen if our vision of success is to be realized?

2. Categorize preconditions• Short term • Mid term• Long term

3. Outcomes - state preconditions of success as measurable outcomes

4. Assumptions – what are the main assumptions behind outcomes?

Includes changes to…

• Conditions• Institutions • Relationships• Capabilities• Attitudes• Behaviors • Policy

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Roadmap DiagramRoadmap Diagram

Mid Term Outcome

Short Term Outcome

Short Term Outcome

Time

Long Term Outcome

Long Term Outcome Vision

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

IndicatorsOf Success

Source: Keystone Accountability (www.keystoneaccountability.org)

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Stepping Stones on the Stepping Stones on the RoadRoadPrecondition

Restated as outcome

Main assumptions

Indicator to validate

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Your Roadmap to ChangeYour Roadmap to Change

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Your change strategy Your change strategy

• Example from Fundación Paraguaya

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Who else is Who else is involved?involved?

Families

Farmers

Communities

Workers

Government

Local Industry

Women

Institutions

Policy Makers

Environment

Men

Big Business

Funders

Ecosystem is the network of actors in a defined context who, Consciously or unconsciously, influence what happens in that context.

Global

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Ecosystem and impactsEcosystem and impacts

Video case: Biomass Electrification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K79tX7I2Y98

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Ecosystem Map Ecosystem Map Positive influence similar purpose & values

Positive influence but different purpose & values

Your visionoutcomes

Neutral effect (– or +) in future

Negative influence similar purpose & values

Legend

to

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Ecosystem Strategies Ecosystem Strategies

Avoid Compete Align Collaborate Partner

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Analysis of the Change You Analysis of the Change You Create Create

Systems ChangeTransforming processes, policies, structures

Your visionoutcomes

Individual ChangePersonal Transformation

Relationship ChangeTransforming Relationships

Cultural ChangeTransforming collective patterns of thinking & acting

Source: Philip Thomas of the Generative Change Community (www.generativedialogue.org)

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ImpactImpact

Local business -Opportunities

Women -Gender roles

Community -EmpowermentChildren -Education

Environment -Renewable

Farmers -Markets

Local NGO -Engagement

Workers -Employment

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Pulling it together Pulling it together

What’s your Theory of Change?What’s your Theory of Change?• A ‘theory of change’ is an underlying

theory which explains why a particular strategy or mode of working will be effective, and how it be executed in its context to help reach a desired goal or Vision.

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From Theory to PlanningFrom Theory to Planning

• What five actions/activities will you take in the next six months to move your social innovation agenda forward?