TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial: Social Innovation (July 2012) JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Chris McPhee A1 - Stephen Huddart KW - charities KW - community sector KW - nonprofit KW - social entrepreneurship KW - social innovation PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/573 IS - 7 U1 - Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston. He has over 15 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. U2 - The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation Stephen Huddart is the President and CEO of The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation in Montreal, where he has worked for the past nine years. The Foundation's mission is to engage Canadians in building a society that is inclusive, sustainable and resilient. Stephen's past endeavours include documentary filmmaking in Latin America, owning and operating a jazz cafe in Vancouver, and working as a humane educator with the British Columbia SPCA. He serves on the boards of ArtsSmarts, Philanthropic Foundations Canada, and the McGill Faculty of Religious Studies. He has a Masters Degree in Management from McGill University. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Evergreen Brick Works: An Innovation and Sustainability Case Study JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Seana Irvine KW - environmental education KW - evergreen KW - green building KW - LEED KW - nonprofit KW - social innovation AB - Technology is rapidly being deployed to advance social innovation that creates lasting change. This case study of Evergreen Brick Works explores how Evergreen is leveraging the power of its unique new campus as a showcase for advancing sustainability-related behavioural change along with new and emerging state-of-the-art technologies to advance its mission. The ultimate success of these technologies will be in their ability to engage larger numbers and greater diversity among participants, and in their ability to translate new insights into on-the-ground change in their communities. The article also identifies that the need for an organizational network mindset is as important as the technologies to achieve these changes. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/577 IS - 7 U1 - Evergreen Seana Irvine is Evergreen’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the management and coordination of Evergreen’s 100+ staff, driving key strategic directions, and leading and facilitating operational plans and processes. Seana was an original team member in the development and start-up of Evergreen Brick Works, helping drive program strategies in tandem with the design process. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies (Planning) and serves on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Stories to Evidence: How Mining Data Can Promote Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Michael Lenczner A1 - Susan Phillips KW - Ajah KW - charities KW - community sector KW - data mining KW - funding database KW - nonprofit KW - social innovation AB - Being a director at a nonprofit organization often means making guesses instead of properly informed decisions. One source of the “information fog” is fragmented funding. Nonprofit organizations have multiple types of funders, most of whom are not their direct beneficiaries. Predicting funder behaviour is therefore more of an art than a science. Planning for the future, setting goals, and making decisions all suffer in the nonprofit sector because of a lack of timely and accurate information. This article examines the opportunities to use newly available digitized information to address this information deficit. It shows how the rich, variegated and fast-changing landscape of information available online can be collected, combined, and repurposed in order to deliver it in actionable forms to decision makers across the nonprofit sector. This information can significantly improve planning decisions and enhance the effectiveness of the sector. The article concludes that a cultural shift is required in order for the nonprofit sector to exploit the opportunities presented by digital information. Nonprofits and funders are enjoined to increase their numeracy and to find creative ways to use data as part of their evaluation, planning and decision making. Researchers need to be adventurous in their use of quantitative information and specifically should employ linked datasets in order to explore previously unanswerable research and policy questions. The producers of data need to collect and publish their information in ways that facilitate reuse. Finally, funders need to support a variety of projects that seek to exploit these new opportunities. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/575 IS - 7 U1 - Ajah Michael Lenczner is a Montreal-based entrepreneur who works in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. He has worked on community technologies since 2000, community data since 2003, and on open government data since 2005. He co-founded Ile Sans Fil, CivicAccess.ca, Montréal Ouvert, serves on the board of several nonprofits, and is a frequent partner in academic-community collaborations. He is the CEO and founder of Ajah, a company that builds online tools for the Canadian nonprofit sector. U2 - Carleton University Susan Phillips is Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where she has led the creation of Canada’s first Masters in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership. Internationally recognized for her research in this field, Susan is currently co-editing the Routledge Companion to Philanthropy, the first international handbook in philanthropy, and she is beginning a major SSHRC-funded comparative study of community foundations. She is a frequent advisor to nonprofits, foundations, and governments. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Platformation: Cloud Computing Tools at the Service of Social Change JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2012 A1 - Anil Patel KW - charity KW - cloud computing KW - nonprofit KW - Platformation KW - sharing imperative KW - social innovation AB - The following article establishes some context and definitions for what is termed the “sharing imperative” – a movement or tendency towards sharing information online and in real time that has rapidly transformed several industries. As internet-enabled devices proliferate to all corners of the globe, ways of working and accessing information have changed. Users now expect to be able to access the products, services, and information that they want from anywhere, at any time, on any device. This article addresses how the nonprofit sector might respond to those demands by embracing the sharing imperative. It suggests that how well an organization shares has become one of the most pressing governance questions a nonprofit organization must tackle. Finally, the article introduces Platformation, a project whereby tools that enable better inter and intra-organizational sharing are tested for scalability, affordability, interoperability, and security, all with a non-profit lens. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 2 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/580 IS - 7 U1 - Framework Anil Patel is an Ashoka Fellow and Executive Director of Framework, the charity that runs the Timeraiser. The Timeraiser is part volunteer fair, part silent art auction, and part night on the town. To date, the Timeraiser has generated 100,000 volunteer hours, engaged 6,500 Canadians to pick up a cause, worked with more than 350 agencies in need of skilled volunteers, and invested $580,000 in the careers of Canadian artists. In the decade ahead, Anil will be focused on how nonprofits and funding organizations can share critical information online and in real time. ER -