Making Dutch society smarter some strategies and lessons for creating social change Joeri van den Steenhoven Summer school on Social Innovation 29 July 2008
Jan 27, 2015
Making Dutch society smartersome strategies and lessons for creating social change
Joeri van den Steenhoven
Summer school on Social Innovation
29 July 2008
railway track
responses
challenges
social value
researchmaking dutch society
smarter
economic prosperity
designing change
interventions
projects
learning
vision
reflection
transfer
action
themes
NGO
17 people
thinktank
Amsterdam
1999
Network
no core funding
mixed finance
catalyst
MissionMissionMissionMissionMissionMission
VisioVisionn
InterventionInterventionLearningLearning
ActioActionn
Spin offsSpin offs
Digital Pioneers
163 projects funded
Project leader sessions
1132 applications
active learning
Digital Pioneers Academy
network
web-based social initiatives
seed capital
social investment fund
coachingcivil society
media
active learning
15 rounds
82% alive after 5 years
2 million users each month
Chatting with Kids Phone
Ouders.nl
Geluids.net
15.000 euro
32.000 euro
open source
open content
grant from Dept. of Media
onetime funding
Kafkabrigade
each institution works from its own perspective, no one sees total picture
contra-analysis
putting citizen at centre
narrative
research & intervention
action plan
personal healthcare budget
the smallest possible step with the greatest possible
result
marriage
not less rules, but smarter
fighting unnecessary bureaucracy
collective performance review
case method
multi-problem families
youth care
immigrant entrepreneurs
services for chronically ill
school drop outs
solving the case,structural solutions,transferring method
social entrepreneurship
creative economy
smart schools
current work
open content
good government
Academics without borders
Belgians do it better
Creative Challenge Call
Breakthrough Classroom
Innovators Network
Kafkabrigade
Public Access
Regional research
Memory channel
Images for the future
Creative Commons NL
Creative business models
Digital Pioneers
Mediawisdom map
Education Pioneers
Dutch Heroes
P2P Fusion
some lessons
think big
inspiration
then make it smaller
share everything (but do not give it away too
soon)
create a brand
choose your intervention
analyse the challenge
there are always more smart people outside your organisation
connection
be open
if you allow others to take credit,
you can achieve anythingnetworks
visionary
practical
it’s all about creating a dynamic that is larger than yourself
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