The last reference I can find to the social capitalist awards is this 2008 edition.
Did they change the name? Did they go away? I wonder if we can find out?
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BAP video
Here is a video BAP made. What are they up to these days?
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What Are We Doing Here Anyway?
When I first started working with Jordi, the idea was that we would work on a project that would make starting or participating in social innovation and entrepreneurship (I’ll call it SEI for the time being, see our Name Struggles post) “activities” a more cohesive and smooth process. I’ve interviewed a few Bucknell students and graduates and I’ve finally started to attempt to use this blog, but where is that actually taking me? What can I actually do that will benefit the community, or at very least the Bucknell community? In David Bornstein’s How to Change the World, it’s mentioned that the problem with people “doing good” is that there are people who know how to make things happen but don’t have the ideas, and people that have great ideas but don’t know how to implement them. In all honesty, I’m not sure which person I am, but perhaps as I continue to rant about how I haven’t done much yet, I will find out.
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What is Social Innovation?
Ask The Experts: What is Social Innovation?
“New solutions to old problems.”
I’m still trying to figure out how to embed a video, but for now, here’s the link to an excellent short video of leaders in the field explaining their interpretations of the term.
source: 2011 Social Innovation Summit
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Name Struggles
I don’t remember when I first heard the terms social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Perhaps it was when I read the book Gaviotas in which some engineers in Columbia are described as making a water pump for a well that uses a children’s see-saw to generate the energy to run the pump. The idea was to use this in developing country schools to improve water quality. It was such an elegant and beautiful solution- I was captivated. The core ideas are so direct and compelling:
social innovation: feasible ideas to solve problems that are urgent and over-looked
social entrepreneurship: sustainable organizations that solve urgent problems. Implicit in sustainable is generating enough resources- people, finance, knowledge, energy- to exist and grow.
Student Stories: Muyambi Muyambi Bicycles Against Poverty
Muyambi touches on several key topics. These include
* Motivation: how a simple tool can make a big difference.
* Logistical hurdles