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Citilab Coordenadas: 41°21′36″N 2°03′43″E / 41.36000, 2.06194 (mapa) Citilab-Cornellà es el primer laboratorio ciudadano digital de Europa, un centro de investigación e innovación sobre la Internet social que centra su actividad en la innovación digital ciudadana, con el objetivo de difundir y fomentar la Sociedad de la Información. Orígenes[editar] Tras cuatro años de intensa restauración, en noviembre de 2007 la antigua fábrica de Can Suris de Cornellá de Llobregat inauguró la sede de Citilab. La recuperación de este edificio emblemático del municipio, que ha conservado el carácter de su pasado industrial, es fruto de una apuesta ciudadana que ha sido capaz de sumar complicidades entre las diferentes administraciones, el mundo académico y las empresas.
Resilience Alliance - Resilience Ecosystem resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to tolerate disturbance without collapsing into a qualitatively different state that is controlled by a different set of processes. A resilient ecosystem can withstand shocks and rebuild itself when necessary. Resilience in social systems has the added capacity of humans to anticipate and plan for the future. Humans are part of the natural world. iCats Program - LGT As part of LGT Venture Philanthropy's support to scale proven local solutions, the ICats Program was established to provide additional know-how to social organizations. The program connects social organizations in need of professional know-how, and experts with the desire to apply their knowledge in a meaningful way, thus acting as “Impact Catalysts”. This is how the name ICats came about.
Des acteurs engagés pour une nouvelle façon d’entreprendre Frances Westley, PhD Frances Westley joined the University of Waterloo as the JW McConnell Chair in Social Innovation in July 2007. In this capacity she is one of the principle leads in a Canada wide initiative in social innovation, SiG (Social Innovation Generation), a cross sectoral partnership to build capacity for social innovation in Canada funded by the J.W McConnell Family Foundation, University of Waterloo and the Ontario government. At University of Waterloo she leads a research team dedicated to understanding social innovation, and has designed both graduate and undergraduate curricula in social innovation.
It’s Not How Big It Is – It’s How Well It Performs: The Startup Genome Compass What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90% of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than competition. For the less than 10% of startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Human-Centered Design Toolkit For years, businesses have used human-centered design to develop innovative solutions. Why not apply the same approach to overcome challenges in the nonprofit world? This project, funded by International Development Enterprise (IDE) as part of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, sought to provide NGOs and social enterprises with the tools to do just that. IDEO, in collaboration with nonprofit groups ICRW and Heifer International, developed the HCD Toolkit to help international staff and volunteers understand a community’s needs in new ways, find innovative solutions to meet those needs, and deliver solutions with financial sustainability in mind. The HCD Toolkit was designed specifically for NGOs and social enterprises that work with impoverished communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Community resilience and adaptation Resilient communities are capable of bouncing back from adverse situations. They can do this by actively influencing and preparing for economic, social and environmental change. When times are bad they can call upon the myriad of resouces that make them a healthy community. A high level of social capital means that they have access to good information and communication networks in times of difficulty, and can call upon a wide range of resources. The papers and reports linked to here recognise resilience as being people-centered, and highlight the importance of thinking about the social actors involved and their agency - social dynamics, power and politics. A number of other papers that extend this ideas of community resilience to adapt to change through self-organization and learning can be found from related pages on the site.
Building Resilience in a Changing Climate: CCSOS Climate shocks are on the way. We’ve already spewed so much carbon into the atmosphere that a cascade of worsening crop failures, droughts, floods, and freak storms is virtually guaranteed. You, your family, and your community will feel the effects. Ironically, however, avoiding climate change also has its costs. SNA & ONA Projects, Cases & Research by Orgnet, LLC We have participated in 500+ diverse consulting projects applying social network analysis [SNA] and organizational network analysis [ONA]. We have worked with large, medium, and small businesses, governments, universities, not-for-profits and their funders, and many consulting firms. Organizations, Projects, & Teams Human Capital + Social Capital = [PDF] Managing the 21st Century Organization [PDF] Networks of Adaptive/Agile Organizations [PDF] Human Relationships & Organizational Performance [PDF] Best Practice: Organizational Network Mapping [PDF] A More Accurate Way to Measure Diversity [PDF]Discovering Communities of Practice [Read...]