People’s Insights: Volume 1, Issue 23
Dell Social Innovation Platform
crowdsourcing | storytelling | citizenship
Dell social innovation challenge
Source: http://dellchallenge.org
A platform for young social innovators who tackle problems related to
economic development, education, energy, food and sustenance, health
and human rights.
How to enter
Source: http://www.dellchallenge.org/user/register
Individiuals or teams can submit a project page on dellchallenge.org.
Semi finalists have to submit a video pitch and project roadmap. The
final round involves a live presentation and Q&A session in Austin.
Eligibility
http://facebook.com
The Dell Social Innovation Challenge is open to university and college
students around the world. Participants can create project entries.
Awards and mentorship
http://twitter.com
Five grand prize winners chosen by judges bag a total of $105,000.
People's Choice Awards are based on online voting. Category winners
get $1,000. Semi-finalists are mentored by DSIC-Certified mentors.
Judging criteria
Source: http://www.hercampus.com/
The judging criteria are: 1. Clarity of the innovation and significance of
social impact. 2. Demonstration of a high probability of success.
3. Potential impact after winning DSIC.
Mission
Source: http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
The mission is to identify and support promising young social innovators
who dedicate themselves to solving the world’s most pressing problems
with their transformative ideas.
Community building
Source: http://www.dellchallenge.org/users/search/all?filters=1
Users can create a profile with personal information, join an existing
team, find project team members,follow projects, attract support for
personal projects and vote for projects.
Dell and Corporate Citizenship
Source: http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/cr
Dell has undertaken many CSR activities. Glabally, Dell strives to make
"living green" easier for customers and provides underserved youth
access to technology, education and training.
Corporate citizenship through social
innovation
Source: http://ecoimagination.com , http://votegivegrow.com
Several brands are using social innovation to elevate corporate
citizenship. Leading companies such as Shell, Abbott Laboratories, Dow
Corning, and IBM are using various models of social innovation.
More People’s Insights Weekly reports
For more reports, visit: peopleslab.mslgroup.com/peoplesinsights/
Every week, we dive into one topic for discussion on the MSLGROUP
Insight’s Network and discuss insights and foresights, in three key
areas: crowdsourcing, storytelling and citizenship.
CrowdsourcingMahindra Spark the Rise
Storytelling:@MarsCuriosity
Citizenship#Kony2012
Read People’s Lab insights and foresights
The People’s Lab team shares the insights and foresights from the
MSLGROUP Insights Network on the People’s Insights weekly blog and
the People’s Insights Quarterly magazine.
MSLGROUP Insights
Network
50+ MSLGROUP planners
share and discuss inspiring
projects on corporate
citizenship, crowdsourcing and
storytelling.
People’s Insights
weekly blog
We deep dive into
conversations around one
project -- on the MSLGROUP
Insights Network itself but also
on the broader social web -- to
distill insights and foresights.
People’s Insights
Quarterly magazine
Every quarter, we will compile
the best insights from the
network and the blog in the
iPad-friendly magazine, as a
showcase of our capabilities.
For more, visit http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
Coming soon: People’s Insights Annual
Report
In early January 2013 we will publish the People’s Insights Annual
Report, in which we synthesize our insights from throughout 2012 and
provide foresights for business leaders and change-makers for 2013.
People’s Lab: Crowdsourcing Insights &
Innovation
People’s Lab is MSLGROUP’s proprietary crowdsourcing platform and
approach that helps organizations tap into people’s insight for
innovation, storytelling and change.
For more, visit http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
For People’s Lab
solutions, [email protected]
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