The CSI Sandbox Series kicks off with three events at the Centre for Social Innovation through the fall of 2009. Each event is meant to provoke and engage, as we investigate what social innovation looks like. We have been doing, thinking, convening and collaborating around social innovation, but haven't had a lot of time for reflection and sharing... The Sandbox Series is our first foray into some of the ideas that are changing the world. We are starting with some of the ideas that we have been working on, but intend for this series to be about stuff that we are doing, you are doing, ideas, models and prototypes... a safe place to play, experiment, explore and just have fun thinking about how we can make this world a better place. We would love to have you join us!
Here's the fall line-up:
Trends in Social Innovation
Friday, October 16
12:00pm-2:00pm
$50 ($20 for CSI Memmbers)
includes lunch
What does social innovation look like? What are the key drivers that are leading social change? And how can we leverage these trends? Tonya Surman will launch CSI's Sandbox Series by providing an overview of some major trends in social innovation, including the hybridization of the marketplace, web-inspired transformations, and the ongoing quest for happiness. This presentation will provide a framework for understanding social innovation and a discussion of how we can actively create the conditions for its emergence. Join us for a conversation, debate and exploration of the field.
Network Evaluation: Exploring How to Better Listen to and Cultivate Networks
Friday, November 13
12:00pm-2:00pm
$50 ($20 for CSI Members)
includes lunch
Many of us are investing heavily in network development as a strategy for changing the world. We feel intuitively that it is working - after all, collaboration is good, right? But how do we really know if it's working? How do we, track, defend, rationalize or prove that a network approach is the right approach for our project? And perhaps most importantly, how can we learn to do it better?
In 2008, the Centre for Social Innovation partnered with the Millennium Scholarship Foundation to undertake a year-long study exploring these very questions. Working with some of Canada's brightest network thinkers and practitioners, we poked and prodded the issue, exploring the unique character of "network evaluation" in an effort to improve our own practice. Join us as we reveal our findings, acknowledge our challenges, and enlist your insight. Our goal is to refine the practice of network stewardship by better understanding how we can evaluate our network experiences.
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The Constellation Model of Governance
Friday, December 11
9:30am - 12:30pm
$100 ($50 for CSI Members)
includes breakfast
Inspired by complexity theory and open source thinking, the Constellation Model provides a framework to help organizations collaborate. The organizing model emphasizes the role of small, self-selecting action teams that operate interdependently, supported by a Stewardship Group. Leadership rotates fluidly among partners, where each partner has the freedom to lead a constellation that matches its profile and skills. The result is a shift from strained partnerships to open and effective collaborations.
This organizing model is a true social innovation. Initially created and refined with the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment, the Constellation Model has been replicated and adapted to support the work of a dozen groups. Join Tonya Surman, creator of the model, as she explains how the model works and takes on your collaboration challenge!
This is an ideal workshop for groups that are exploring what kind of a collaboration might work for their project or for learners exploring new models of organizing.
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