watching&reading&studying

This will be short.

I was too busy this week, next week looks easy neither, so I apologise and recommend watching&studying&discussing the social good at social enterprises.

I guess you still can find some videos at Mashable's livestream archives here.

You can search social enterprises at DeepDyve that is a professional service, in this case not cheap as well. Only for committed people. You can study here from a wide selection of 32 million articles. Lots of articles in the topic social enterprise as well.

Finally, the best way to discuss what you read about is Guardian Social Enterprise Group at Linkedin. Feel free to join. If you haven't joined Linkedin yet, it is the best time to do it. Linkedin has a free version, so you don't need to worry about your money, you can upgrade later any time.

SocialGood making easy

I would like to review 3 Mashable-SocialGoodSummit videos I have been watching recently. I am still wondering why I still cannot come up with a good business idea... Maybe I am not so creative. This is possible really. Maybe that is not even my task. What about social media?

I have heard in one of the videos that Bill Gates told us social media was not for social good today. If I say it, I cannot sleep two nights :), but his name is Bill Gates. Maybe he is right. I do not know. Social media is just a platform. I could say funnily:

we need more naive and diligent people that are able to engage other people to participate and organise social media in a way supporting social good effectively. I think there are so many developers that they should recruit testers to make more and more people tech-savy in an adequate manner. Just prevent overstatement.

Watching the two persons from Zimbabwe was glamorous. They were so enthusiastic, and optimistic about the future. They told us about a project where furniture was built from billboard. To be honest I could not imagine that, but they showed a photo about a chair that was made by the above mentioned method.

What really made me enthusiastic was the #zerohungerchallange project. They have not only great social impact but great success as well. Everyone who feels empathy should support and donate them.

The Social Good Summit Part1

The Social Good Summit ended 5 days ago, but with the association of livestream.com and Mashable there are 93 videos available here: http://new.livestream.com/Mashable/sgs2013
I am just at the beginning of watching the videos but I am already inspired and motivated by what I heard. I have just watched two videos out of the 93, but I plan to continue. Already at the beginning the speaker announced a Coursera course with the title How to Change the World. You can check it out here. I have already signed up. This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to better understand and change the world.
The sessions are 6 weeks long and starting at January 20, 2014. 
So far for now.
And now, back to the videos!

The Solution Economy and The Social Good Summit #2030NOW

(The blog does not move anywhere, it remains on blogger.)

http://dowser.org/a-quick-guide-to-changing-the-world-seriously/

The six strategies how we can accelerate the solution economy:

1. Change the lens and see the untapped opportunities in life. The oft-neglected poor can become new, viable customers.
2. Problem solvers target the gaps: They look for markets where traditional companies and governments have never been.
3. Consider outside resources to achive end goals.
4. Sometimes the cheapest solutions are the best. Think about ridesharing: 15% improving in ridesharing would save $21billion annually.
5. Consider you purchase as a vote. Yes, a vote for social impact. The public sector can change the line first of all, so I advice you to purchase as you would vote and then we can have impact on governments and large companies to contribute.
6. Measuring what matters is also important. Impact Reporting and Investment Standards can aggregate and compare data.

http://dowser.org/a-quick-guide-to-changing-the-world-seriously/

This is adapted from their new book The Solution Revolution which you can buy at Amazon.

(Yes, this is an affiliate link)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/09/20/the-power-of-innovation-and-technology-to-change-the-world-an-inside-look-at-the-2013-social-good-summit/

The Social Good Summit took place in New York City. I don't know the outcome yet, but I really like their question „How can technology and new media create solutions for the biggest problems facing my community and create a better future by the year 2030?”

The Social Good Summit was held from 22-24 September, and there are tons of information on the internet about it, especially on Mashable.

http://mashable.com/2013/09/24/causes-supporter-network/

Social Good apps

http://mashable.com/2013/09/20/social-good-apps/

Ok, The Social Good Summit is not about apps... Really.

Ericsson's Chef Grunewald tells us that the aim of The Social Good Summit is to enable all to participate in a global conversation.

Kate James (Gates Foundation) says that the event provides a unique opportunity to openly discuss solutions to our biggest development challanges.

Henry Timms' (92Y) goal was to open up the conversation and engage with a new community of thinkers, leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators.

Mr. Kaag (UNDP) said: This year we are hosting events in over 60 countries, including meet-ups, discussing a single topic: what needs to be done now in order to have a better world in 2030 – hence the hashtag #2030NOW.

Read on! It is interesting:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/09/20/the-power-of-innovation-and-technology-to-change-the-world-an-inside-look-at-the-2013-social-good-summit/