Sidney | April 28, 2009
When I checked my email the other day I noticed that Debra Worthy was following me on Twitter. My mouth dropped in surprise almost like the time I learned that @God was following me, but this time it was my sister. A baby boomer who began to actively use the Internet a year or so [...]
Elizabeth Johansen | April 8, 2009
As IDEO builds its focus in Social Impact work – working with under served and disadvantaged communities, at home and abroad – we are hosting a series of labs with entrepreneurs and organizations who are working in this space. The labs are one-hour pro-bono working sessions with members of IDEO’s design community, to help problem [...]
Social Innovation ChatterThis blog covers the issues of our world community and the people whose innovative ideas will bring about sustainable solutions for the good of all. The word “Uplift” is used as a metaphor for “sustainable” social change. Uplift was borrowed from the ideology of “racial uplift” espoused by twentieth century civil rights leaders that sought new approaches to social change in their pursuit of racial equality. Similarly, today's innovators seek new approaches to social change that will uplift the human race.
