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SOCIAL INNOVATION MENTOR ADVICE

What is transformative resilience, and why social innovators need it?

Transformative resilience is about using our challenges, stresses, and losses as a spring board to propel us forward, says Ama Marston, co-author of “Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World”.

Human Grid: a project focusing on the groups of people that ‘weave’ the social fabric of their cities.

This time we interview Stathis Haikalis from Human Grid. Human Grid is a project focusing on groups of people that ‘weave’ the social fabric of their city.

Giving access to essential health care, education, and economic opportunities by building 250 footbridges over impassable rivers and served over 1 Million communities around the world, insightful interview with Avery Bang the President & CEO of Bridges to Prosperity.

    Almost 1 billion people around the world don't have safe access to critical resources like health care, education, or employment due to an impassable river. With a single innovation, Bridges to Prosperity can impact households across multiple...

How to engage social innovators, heritage experts and local communities in bringing cultural heritage in new digital and modern contexts: insights from the president of Idrija 2020 Association

HeritageLab project was a 2018 Winner of the European Social Innovation Competition. Below you can watch a very inspiring video interview with Matevž Straus.

The Ecosystem of Social Innovation in Mexico: current developments and challenges Interview with Dr. Victor Guadarrama

How does the social innovation ecosystem look like in Mexico? At the Academy we interview Dr. Victor Guadarrama, who provides us with valuable insights!

Climate action coin: reinventing money to accelerate decarbonisation

The survcoin is a dedicated climate action coin which rewards users for their carbon footprint reduction efforts. Check it out at Social Innovation Academy!

Everyone is a Changemaker, an interview with Ashoka’s CEO and Chair Bill Drayton.

Ashoka identifies and supports the world's leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new frameworks to build an "everyone a changemaker world."[1] To date, Ashoka has selected more...

Cherie White – Exploring Think For The Future (TFTF) focus on social impact evidence

Cherie White is the founder of Think for the Future, a social enterprise that was established in 2012 to use a data-driven approach to tackle social and emotional barriers to learning. They work in partnership with national organisations to provide schools with...

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