Archives pour le tag social innovation

Catch of the Week #1: Social Isolation vs Social Innovation

Ecrit par activé 20 septembre 2013 sous Posts in English, Social Innovation and Entrepreneuship.

Dernière mise à jour le 26 septembre 2013.

Catch of the Week #1: Social Isolation vs Social Innovation

The Internet will do great things, they said.

It will connect us like never before, they said. Well, it turns out the Internet is doing great things, and it has connected humanity like never before (Skype vs snail mail anyone?) … but with all the articles about Facebook and other social networking sites increasing feelings of loneliness, depression and general unhappiness in many users, it can feel like the promise of the Internet connecting us in amazing new ways is falling flat.

 

Social Isolation vs Social Innovation

Fortunately, this is a tear in society’s fabric that social innovation is seeking ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/129/

Discussions : 1 commentaire

Voyage avec Geeks Gone Global ! / Travel with Geeks Gone Global!

Ecrit par activé 16 septembre 2013 sous 1) Nouvelles I4P, 2) Communauté, 3) Entrepreneuriat et Innovation sociale, Articles en français, News, Posts in English, Social Innovation and Entrepreneuship.

Dernière mise à jour le 17 septembre 2013.

Voyage avec Geeks Gone Global ! / Travel with Geeks Gone Global!

Aimez-vous voyager? Êtes-vous intéressé par l’innovation sociale? Si votre réponse a été “oui” pour ces deux questions, nous avons l'opportunité parfaite pour vous! Imagination for People s'est récemment rapproché  de Geeks Gone Global, une initiative remarquable qui organise des voyages autour du monde ouvert à tous pour découvrir et rencontrer des entrepreneurs sociaux. Leur prochain voyage commence le 1er novembre et couvrira l’Asie de l’Est. N’hésitez pas à en découvrir plus sur ce voyage et à y participer.

Vous ne pouvez pas y aller? Ne vous en faites pas! Des voyages ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/126/

Discussions : Pas de commentaires. Soyez le premier à commenter !

Hybrid Business Models: A feasible way to do business?

Ecrit par activé 27 août 2013 sous Posts in English, Social Innovation and Entrepreneuship.

Dernière mise à jour le 28 août 2013.

Hybrid Business Models: A feasible way to do business?

The hybrid business model has been touted as a way to incorporate the best of both the traditional business world and the non-profit sector. It’s a model that shows up frequently in discussions of social enterprise. At first glance, the model seems like the perfect option for a new social project: coupling the desire to do good of the non-profit sector with the ability to make money (and therefore the ability to fund said social project) of the traditional business sector.

A recent article in the Harvard Business Review however, disputes this idea. The hybrid model highlights one of ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/125/

Discussions : Pas de commentaires. Soyez le premier à commenter !

Love letter to our future intern

Ecrit par , activé 20 août 2013 sous News, Posts in English.

Dernière mise à jour le 20 août 2013.

Love letter to our future intern

Hey you! We’re a Montreal and France based social enterprise looking for a dynamic intern to join our team and become our new Community Manager!

 

What we do? Who we are?

Basically, Imagination for People (I4P) is a free, open-source web platform that provides collaborative tools to social entrepreneurship projects and helps people and organizations connect online.

Our platform is based on 3 simple objectives:

  1. Unite social innovation projects (for profit or non-profit) all across the globe (we now track 1700+ projects in 75 countries, check out our Global Map too!)

  2. Connect the needs of each project (financial, material ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/88/

Discussions : 1 commentaire

New Features on I4P!

Ecrit par activé 2 août 2013 sous News, Posts in English, Social Innovation and Entrepreneuship.

Dernière mise à jour le 2 août 2013.

New Features on I4P!

I4P is unveiling new features! We’re pretty excited to share them with you.

Our key update is the introduction of the ‘needs’ tab on project sheets. Now you can post all the things you need to help your project grow and the I4P network can respond. People can also offer spontaneous help if your project is of particular interest to them. We want to foster positive change around the world. Check out project needs all at once under the ‘Help a Project’ tab or individually on project sheet needs! (Check out some project sheets here)

We’re also working ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/120/

Discussions : Pas de commentaires. Soyez le premier à commenter !

I4P founder on Midi-14h (Noon to 2 p.m.) program

Ecrit par activé 16 avril 2013 sous News, Posts in English.

Dernière mise à jour le 24 mai 2013.

I4P founder on Midi-14h (Noon to 2 p.m.) program

Following the launch of Montréal Créative dedicated to the City of Montreal, and an extension of Imagination for People’s site, Frank Escoubès was invited to do an interview on Channel M’s Noon to 2 p.m. program in Montreal. Frank Escoubès tells how his vast experience in business, more specifically in management consulting, helped him to elaborate the Imagination for People (I4P) project. His professional path led him to work in clusters, collaboration places in the social universe in order to help social entrepreneurs, organizations and communities who wanted to improve their community.

This ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/70/

Discussions : 1 commentaire

Join the discussion on social innovation

Ecrit par activé 3 avril 2013 sous News, Posts in English.

Dernière mise à jour le 3 avril 2013.

Join the discussion on social innovation

You have questions about urban farming, fab labs, using new technologies in developing countries, the most advanced environmental projects or developing so-called smart cities. You question the marriage of market and non-market values in businesses with a social vocation. You want to know more about impact investing concepts, venture philanthropy and complementary currencies.

Imagination for People is launching a new discussion space dedicated to social innovation. It will allow you to join a community of creative citizens with the desire of improving the world we live in. It’s a good way to be with people sharing your interested in ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/83/

Discussions : 3 commentaires

Weekend Readings - Scaling social impact

Ecrit par activé 1 février 2013 sous Posts in English, Social Innovation and Entrepreneuship.

Dernière mise à jour le 6 février 2013.

Weekend Readings - Scaling social impact

Maximizing social impact seems to be on everyone's lips these days. In the past few years, sceptcism towards normal business' ability to address the needs of the world have grown. In the aftermath of the economic crises, more people have rejected the idea of traditionnal profit seeking enterprise and want something more. The Y generation is increasingly seeking alternatives to traditionnal business models, wanting to make an impact on this world. This phenomenon has also been accompanied by critics of the traditionnal non-profit model. Many claim non-profits should learn from enterprises' efficiencies. And while these claims might be unjustified ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/69/

Discussions : 2 commentaires

InnovAfrica: Social innovation in the South

Ecrit par activé 26 novembre 2012 sous I4P Community , Posts in English.

Dernière mise à jour le 4 février 2013.

InnovAfrica: Social innovation in the South

For a second year, Imagination for People is the organization leading the InnovAfrica forum. Our team has been working for a year now to organize this fourth forum taking place in Dakar, Senegal. The event launched, with great success, this morning, with activities taking place through Friday.

More than 100 leaders and innovators of all kind from West Africa working around the common goal of furthering new uses of technological and social innovation for development are reunited in Dakar. They are joined by online participants through the "Réseau Correspondant" working group. The theme this year is «Innovation by Experimentation ...

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/57/

Discussions : Pas de commentaires. Soyez le premier à commenter !

Some mapping links

Ecrit par activé 4 octobre 2012 sous Posts in English, Social Innovation and Entrepreneuship.

Dernière mise à jour le 4 juillet 2013.

Here are some links about innovative mapping that we found interesting. Click on that widget to see more and feel to add new content to the topic.

LINKS

Continuer la lecture

Étiquettes :

Url raccourcie : http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/blog/43/

Discussions : Pas de commentaires. Soyez le premier à commenter !

  • Page 1 sur 2
  • 1
  • 2