Sounds ConneXions is a social innovation organization dedicated to educating the public about social innovation and social entrepreneurship and supporting creative connections between idea formation and support, asset based networking, and creating new ways to do work in the world.
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Sound ConneXions supports social innovation
1. Vision To support the design, creation and cultivation of scalable and sustaining social innovations that empower communities and provide financial, social and ecological benefits
2. Terms and Definitions Social innovation Strategies and ideas that meet social needs and strengthen civil society Can take place within or between government, for-profits, nonprofits and communities Social Enterprise An organization that generates social value while operating with the financial discipline, innovation and determination of a private sector business For-profit/nonprofit partnership, nonprofit, B Corporation Social entrepreneur One who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture using triple bottom line principles Produces financial, social and ecological benefits
3. The Landscape Positive examples are creating wide spread curiosity and excitement about social innovation Lack of formal mechanisms to support social entrepreneurs and enterprises Proliferation of social change agents competing for same resources Nonprofits increasingly require models and support for financial sustainability Lots of valuable assets struggling without the ability to connect, coordinate and collaborate Collaborative methods are needed to create and scale social innovations Lack of knowledge, skill and formal mechanisms to support grass roots involvement
6. Sound ConneXions DNA Change Makers Symposium Sound ConneXions Community Forums Asset Matching Self Assessment Public Events Launch Pad Concept & Resource Commit Social Business Concept
18. Cultivating Social Innovation Chapters Developing a global CoP to foster promising practices for social innovation Chicago – June Nashville - June Others: N.Carolina, St. Louis
19. Contact Information Iris Lemmer, iris@soundconnexions.com 425-241-5611 James Lemmer james@soundconnexions.com 425-241-5911 Lucy Garrick lucy@soundconnexions.com 206-335-5635