Monatsarchiv: März 2007

In the current spring 2007 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, two Skoll Foundation leaders call for a more rigorous definition of social entrepreneurship in the lead article, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” Sally Osberg, president and CEO of … Weiterlesen →

Join leading social entrepreneurs who are gathering this week at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, including: Muhammad Yunus Larry Brilliant Bill Drayton Jeroo Billimoria Susan Collin Marks Jeff Skoll http://www.socialedge.org/

What is really possible in Second Life, regarding “Change”, with a capital C? And especially in my fields of interest: that is intercultural dialogue and conflict resolution. I signed up for SL after the Imagine seminar, but I had some … Weiterlesen →

Hosted by Patrick O’Heffernan (March 2007) In his indispensable book, Migrating from innovation to entrepreneurship (Encore Press, 2006), Jerr Boschee describes the evolution of non profits from dependency – total reliance on grants and gifts, through sustainability with a little … Weiterlesen →

Another social movement is spreading at the moment: THE HUB The Hub is an incubator for social, sustainable innovation. It offers membership of inspirational workspaces in office buildings in major world cities for social innovators to work, meet, learn, connect … Weiterlesen →

Surfing around YouTube I found this video. Very much in the spirit of We Are What We Do, this guy calls us for some small deeds to make a difference and to share those with him, in the form of … Weiterlesen →

Nina, in regards to your question “How can one drive change through awareness creation?”, the following example has build on the fact that enough awareness has been created around climate change in the US and the Empowerment Institute in New … Weiterlesen →

Nina, here is another brilliant change tool that we are currently experimenting with at Pioneers of Change: Appreciative Inquiry ” Appreciative Inquiry is currently revolutionizing the field of organizational development”, writes University of Michigan Professor Robert Quinn, in his acclaimed … Weiterlesen →

So, I started chaordic coaching last week: me being coached with a method based on the chaordic model (assuming that a system is simultaneously chaotic and ordered; Dee Hock, founder of the VISA credit card system coined the term “chaordic”) … Weiterlesen →

KommunikationVeränderungsprozesse Networking Action Research What methods are there to support Change? How can one drive change through awareness creation? What methods are used in this field? We had the U-Process on the conference and read great inputs about reflection and … Weiterlesen →