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The Changemaker Certificate: ocial Innovation from Theory to Practic Tim Curtis Senior Lecturer October 2014

Changemaker social innovation theory to practice Oct 2014

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The Changemaker Certificate:Social Innovation from Theory to Practice

Tim CurtisSenior LecturerOctober 2014

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What is social innovation?Foucault 1969 “under what conditions does a word come to mean what it signifies for us today?”

• Innovation –imitate & re-define, not entirely new– Innovation studies– Technological change– That which classical economics cannot explain– Marx’s destructive creativity of capital– Schumpeter’s creative destruction

• For whose benefit does this innovation operate?

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What is ‘social’?• Some form of positive impact on society– Whose positive impact? Ethics– What impact, how significant?

• A genre of problems that are socially constructed or socially mediated

• Innovation employing ‘social techniques’

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SI as an academic field• A shift in academe from ‘social enterprise’– Not just about the business– Not just solitary hero entrepreneurs– About the processes and about the problem

• Popularised by Michael Young, Young Foundation, New (Times) (and Blue) Labour, Geoff Mulgan and Skoll Centre, Oxford

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SI as a political actAs opposed to what?State welfarismPrivate wealth & philanthropyCivil society voluntarism

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Principles of SI• Addresses state/social/capital market failures• Structural inequalities/contradictions and

uneven development• Super complex- wicked issues• Power of crowds- indigenous solutions and

leadership• Slow innovation

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Tacking SI for granted• Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities• Rochdale Pioneers, Co-operatively owned

organisations• Toynbee Hall University/Social Action Centres• The Clapham Sect, abolition of slavery• Sierra Club and Rachel Carson, enviromentalism• Feminism and womens suffrage• Paolo Freire, emancipatory pedagogy • Community organising, Saul Alinsky

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So much for the theory, lets meet some people

Who are Changemakers?

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What do these two people have in common?

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What about Suzi Rees of iDid Adventure?

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Changemaker Behaviours• Communication• Problem solving• Team work• Planning and Organising• Adaptability

• Integrity• Independence• Empathy• Leadership

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/top-ten-skills.htm

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Multiple Outcomeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo-kvh1w60w 1.Spotting the first problem- homeless people2.Developing a response- a coat3.Finding the underlying ‘root causes’- homelessness4.Tackling structural problems- employment5.Widen impact- self worth

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6 Units, Bronze, Silver, Gold1. Understanding social change, innovation & entrepreneurship, 2.Understanding me- my, empathy, my personal assets, skills and resources and my innovation orientation 3.Understanding society, communities and social problems- through voluntary action, scientific research, employment or experience4.Solving problems- through innovation, ideation and decision-making skills5.Venture planning- either business, product planning, event creation, performance or media campaigning to achieve mainstreaming6. Communicating the venture- marketing and media, personal and organisational branding

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Features

• Designed, written and delivered by students• The best of social innovation learning &

teaching• Online community & practical activities• Free to students and University staff• Handbook available for print • Unique LifeHack tool

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Start the conversation#listitliveit

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www.northampton.ac.uk/changemaker