Categoria: social innovation
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Pandemia tirou mundo de rota suicida do sistema econômico tradicional, diz Nobel da Paz
O vencedor do Prêmio Nobel da Paz Muhammad Yunus vê a crise causada pelo coronavíruscomo uma oportunidade para o mundo redesenhar o sistema econômico tradicional, que, segundo ele, havia colocado a humanidade em uma rota suicida. “Tínhamos acabado de começar a década da última chance”, disse o economista em entrevista por email. Segundo Yunus, o aquecimento global atingiu seu…
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Como o analfabetismo funcional influencia a relação com as redes sociais no Brasil
Três entre cada dez brasileiros têm limitação para ler, interpretar textos, identificar ironia e fazer operações matemáticas em situações da vida cotidiana – e, por isso, são considerados analfabetos funcionais. Eles hoje representam praticamente 30% da população entre 15 e 64 anos, mas o grupo já foi bem maior: em 2001, chegou a 39%, de…
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Empathy: the secret ingredient in innovation
Business solutions can be discovered by putting users at the centre of empathy maps “Empathy is inbuilt. Our brains are wired to mirror the emotions of others. But we filter our understanding through the biases we carry.” What makes a new business idea succeed? We know that only 10 per cent of new businesses survive,…
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Why Nonprofit Sustainability Means Doing Business Differently
During my tenure as an executive director of a nonprofit, I often heard funders say, “You need to do business differently.” This usually came after funding cuts to an already lean budget. Frustration would follow, as I knew how efficiently we operated and wondered how we could do it differently. Now I train nonprofit leaders…
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Toronto Women’s Forum aims to foster collaboration and empowerment
Speakers at the two-day conference include World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. Vicki Saunders is founder and CEO of SheEO, a Toronto-based non-profit aimed at funding female entrepreneurs. (DAHLIA KATZ) A two-day conference is coming to Toronto with the goal of advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Women’s Forum for the Economy…
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TRANSFORM lança concurso internacional de inovação social
A iniciativa britânica procura projetos inovadores e que criem impacto nos agregados com baixos rendimentos dos países em desenvolvimento na África subsariana e no sul da Ásia. O software de gestão do concurso é português. O TRANSFORM quer descobrir ideias que dêem resposta às necessidades dos agregados de baixos rendimentos de países em desenvolvimento para,…
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Opinion: Innovative finance doesn’t mean reinventing the wheel
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala // 27 April 2018 A more prosperous, secure, sustainable, and fair future for 2.4 billion people. That is the shared vision of leaders from 52 nations in London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, as they come together to discuss how to build on strengths in the face of global challenges,…
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Innovation at UNICEF: Do it for the kids
Cynthia McCaffrey, director of the Office of Global Innovation at the United Nations Children’s Fund. Photo by: UNICEF SAN FRANCISCO — Ask about the leaders in innovation for international development, and you are likely to hear about the United Nations Children’s Fund, in part because it launched its innovation unit ahead of most of its…
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Working to end Malaria by 2030 and funding for Health Security innovations
Malaria remains a health security threat for many in our region. Today at the Malaria Summit High-Level Panel Discussion at CHOGM in London, I announced three new initiatives as part of our goal to eliminate malaria in the Indo-Pacific by 2030. In July 2018, Melbourne will host the first Malaria World Congress (MWC) to boost…
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Harvard Business School Announces New Venture Competition Semifinalists in Student Business and Social Enterprise Tracks
On-campus Finale on April 18 will include finalists vying for $315,000 in prizes BOSTON—On Saturday, March 25, seventy-one Harvard Business School (HBS) student-led teams pitched their startups to 84 judges in the first round of the HBS 2018 New Venture Competition Business Track, managed by the School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Fifteen semifinalist teams were…
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