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In 2016, SSIR hosted the inaugural Frontiers of Social Innovation, a forum for global leaders. [21] [22] SSIR has also hosted the "SSIR Live!" webinar series since 2009. On 10 March 2021 SSIR hosted a webinar on "Creating Impact in a Volatile World — Lessons Learned from the Front Lines", [23] moderated by Eric Nee, Editor-in-Chief SSIR. The ...
Social innovation includes the social processes of innovation, such as open source methods and techniques and also the innovations which have a social purpose—like activism, crowdfunding, time-based currency, telehealth, cohousing, coworking, universal basic income, collaborative consumption, social enterprise, participatory budgeting, repair ...
Social innovation refers to invention and new problem solving methods not only in non-profits, but also more broadly in how social entrepreneurs seek to address human development challenges, how impact investors think about providing capital to organizations who maximize stakeholder value, and how mission-driven businesses and socially ...
The Global Innovation Fund (GIF) is a non-profit investment fund. It invests in the development, testing, and scaling of social innovations with the potential to have a measurable impact on the lives of those living on less than $5 per day, such as new products, services, business processes, and policy reforms. [ 1 ]
It won the Innovation Interactive Award at SxSW for the New Economy category in March 2016. [9] It won the People's Voice award at the 20th Annual Webby Awards in the Mobile Sites & Apps Best Practices category in April 2016. [10] It was nominated for the Classy Award as One of the Most Innovative Nonprofits and Social Enterprises of 2016. [11]
Human values are considered as having a profound impact on every level of social life: individual, organizational, institutional, societal, and global. [3] As such they provide valuable points of reference for understanding corporate stakeholders, such as shareholders, employees, customers, partners, etc., and catering to their needs through innovation. [4]
The Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) model is a blended finance instrument introduced for the first time in 2016. [1] In the SIINC model, enterprises are provided with time-limited premium payments for achieving social impact, [ 2 ] thus aligning profitability with their social impact and enabling them to attract growth capital. [ 3 ]
In 2013, foundation Google.org conducted extensive due diligence on Kiva and awarded it a $3 million Global Impact Award for the creation of Kiva Labs. [59] In 2012, charity evaluator Philanthropedia awarded Kiva its Top Non-Profit Award based on topic area expert opinions. [60] In 2011, The Economist honored Kiva with its Innovation Award. [61]