Social Innovation Generation
December 2009
Video: Platformation & Partnership Ecology
Stephen Huddart from McConnell Foundation provides an overview of the Partnership Ecology model and the Platformation project.
November 1, 2010
Report: Patterns, Principles, and Practices in Social Innovation
Explores various dimensions of the field of social innovation and discusses the evidence of its existence and its growth throughout the world. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
October 29, 2010
Report: Primer on Social Innovation: A Compendium of Definitions Developed by Organizations around the World
A reference tool to help understand social innovation, social finance, and the vocabulary used to discuss the two. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
December 2, 2010
Video: Global congratulations for the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance
On November 30, 2010 the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance released their report and recommendations for the growth of the impact investment marketplace in Canada. Pioneers in impact investing and social innovators alike from around the world offered these words of encouragement and congratulations.
December 8, 2010
Report: Mobilizing Private Capital for Public Good
Outlines seven actions that Canada needs to undertake, in parallel, to mobilize new sources of capital, create an enabling tax and regulator environment, and build a pipeline of investment-ready social enterprises.
February 2010
Publication: On Not Letting a Crisis Go to Waste: An Innovation Agenda for Canada's Community Sector
Explores some of the implications of the economic downturn for Canada’s community sector and argues that new models and approaches are urgently required to ensure the community sector's health and to maintain Canadians’ well-being.
November 2006
Publication: Accelerating our Impact: Philanthropy, Innovation and Social Change
Contributes to an emerging body of knowledge and reflective practice on the role of funders in supporting innovation and social change.
May 2010
Video: Scaling Out for Scaling Up: Pathways for System Change
Frances Westley showcases a typology of community sector organizations and offers insights about their methodologies for scaling up.
October 29, 2010
Report: Funding Social Innovation: How Do We Know What to Grow?
Explores systems change, scaling social innovations, and the role funders can play in these processes. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
May 2010
Video: Vickie Cammack on Tyze
Keynote speech by Vickie Cammack, President and CEO of Tyze. Tyze creates personal, private, secure, online networks that strengthen relationships and address isolation.