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1. Social innovation: the opportunity & imperatives © Raaya Design, 2010

2. innovations which have a social purpose =social innovation

3. Loans for the poorest people Nobel prize winner Grameen Bank improves lives of millions - $ 92 M in rev and 25000 employee worldwide

4. Child rights and you Campaigns advocating against child abuse and labor, providing education and support to millions of children

5. Lighting one home at a time While saving the planet! Solar powered lamps that enable transition from kerosene to solar lamps

6. Fighting the malaria demons Saving lives through developing low cost mosquito nets and numerous life impacting innovations

7. Let children be children The best gift we can give to children is the ability to play – we’ll be surprised to learn how many of them cannot.

8. Education institutes lead the way… Universities such as Stanford are leading the way in enabling cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary social innovation

9. Opportunities galore From buy one donate one to technology innovation to product design to arts and crafts and food distribution

10. The rise of the emerging markets Emerging markets have created opportunities for products, services and communication design

11. Choose your goal Choose a practical, viable goal; assign objectives advocate your cause and align your efforts to them

12. The climate emergency Opportunities to impact through design, architecture, energy innovation and business models.

13. Get involved Donations, volunteer, find a job, partnerships, profits with a purpose or social entrepreneur.

14. Ask for support and guidance Many non-profits provide Fellowship programs, grants and training support for social-entrepreneurs.

15. $ 50 M fund announced for social innovation Transforming troubled schools, training workers for green jobs or helping low-income families access health care

16. Human Centered Design Tool kit, by Ideo A great tool for a structured guide in researching and designing social projects.

17. Get inspired … by TED Unique multi-disciplinary repository of great thinking and achievements from around the globe

18. Look at the BIG picture A innovation for a local community today can become a global solution tomorrow.

19. Do your HOMEWORK! Get in the field and experience the problems that you are trying to solve

20. Take a step-by-step approach Conceptualize, Prototype, Test and Re-iterate… every step is critical