SOCAP OPEN is now closed. Thank you to everyone for participating and helping build a great SOCAP13. See the 2013 winners below! The top 23 entries are all coming through to SOCAP.
The financial transaction on true peer-to-peer platforms can be a gateway to personal and community level benefits that transcend the simple exchange of money. On a personal level, peer-to-peer platforms connect people based on passions, with the potential to align them to have greater good in the …
The emerging paradigm of networks couldn’t be more perfectly timed, given that the Age of Crisis is upon us. While the utility of networks is still in its infancy, the paradigm is fueling an unprecedented period of social innovation, with cooperation and reciprocity as the driving values. …
Today, activists for social and environmental change inhabit two very different spheres. The first is the virtual sphere, where individuals from all over the world come together to think about broader issues and themes of global concern. The second is the physical world, where activists tackle local …
How we can use the financial leverage of private equity, the management leverage of worker ownership, and the business leverage of “lean and green” enterprise to grow prosperous, resilient, sustainable businesses and regional economies?
People always talk about success stories, but most entrepreneurs don’t create the perfect company first time round. That is why we learn more from their failure than from their success. Four entrepreneurs will share in 10 images (40 seconds each) their failure: what was their original business …
How can you better understand the impact of your portfolio or validate your investment mandate? Once collected, what do you really do with impact data? What insights are revealed from comparing your portfolio to a larger benchmark group? And are there any trends in tracking social and …
Conflict is a powerful tool and leaning into the thorny space of interpersonal conflict in teams is critical for new ideas to emerge. Proactively managing conflict in teams is also a skill that takes a life-time to master. This interactive session will explore the balance between extreme …
Money, money, money. There is need everywhere. We want to raise a new generation and mobilize the youth! We want to provide jobs for women! We are training future leaders! And on and on. Each beautiful, each worthy. Against a backdrop of mounting social issues and game-changing …
The rampant consumerism that defines our culture is nearly indistinguishable from that practiced in the local church. Join Brian Boitmann & Lon Wong as they explore how their organizations actsofsharing.com and unstash.com have been helping people live more collaboratively through decreasing consumption, cultivating intentional communities, and caring …
Innovation is actually an improbability — the neuroscience of how we think stacks the decks against it. And yet, innovation is the cornerstone of this country’s identity, and the darling of contemporary business. The film, Listening Between the Lines, explores how creative teams can employ the four …
Important 2015 Dates
- June 7th: Final day to submit an idea.
- June 8th – June 19th: Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting.
- June 20th – June 29th: Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP15 Content Team.
- June 30th: Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
