Even as AI dominates the tech conversation, some communities in the U.S. and elsewhere are working diligently and creatively to secure high-speed internet. On June 26 come meet Matthew Rantanen who partners with Indigenous communities to address broadband infrastructure gaps and pioneer solutions. Speaking with Matthew will be technology policy expert Sascha Meinrath, a longtime collaborator. #AshokaFellows #WelcomeChange RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gidaiVyY
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🎙 A must-listen podcast featuring Ashoka's CEO and Founder Bill Drayton from The Innovator's Journey. #Ashoka #changemakers
🌐 What does it take to change the world? Bill Drayton is best known for spreading the practice of ‘social entrepreneurship’ as a way to tackle complex global problems. Now he and his colleagues at @Ashoka are promoting the idea of EVERYONE as a #changemaker. 🌟 In this podcast the archetypal social entrepreneur shares his story, from his deep family roots in anti-slavery campaigns and social activism, through his own childhood in Manhattan, to his early-adulthood travels to India in a VW microbus. There he learned the Gandhian philosophy of non-violence that influenced the US civil rights movement and that underpins his ideas for the ‘culminating revolution’ he advocates today. Listen now on Spotify via www.tijourney.com or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll discover how Drayton, together with colleagues at Ashoka and their network of Ashoka Fellows, and raising up a new generation of #changemakers. The full episode is here: https://lnkd.in/eGT26Qeq 🎧 You’ll hear about: ✅ The impact of family culture, early experience of enterprise, and valuable career experiences including McKinsey & Company ✅ Drayton’s interaction with key C20th figures including Rustin Bayard of the US Civil Rights movement, and later President Jimmy Carter ✅ How to achieve personal and social change, for the good of all, by using the skills of conscious empathy Want to change the world for the better? The story and ideas of Bill Drayton and Ashoka are a great place to start. Ashoka: https://lnkd.in/eGeqKyGi #podcast #Innovation #careers #SocialEntrepreneurship #futureofwork #AshokaFellows #EveryoneaChangeMaker #nonviolence Rachel Fauber ❖ Jonathan Winter
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We have the power to influence new ways of decision-making inside our organizations that prioritize a thriving society and planet. This requires changing the underlying architecture that guides how decisions are made in the first place. Ashoka Changemaker Companies has partnered up with Unblock, an organizational change consultancy, to explore embedding sustainability and societal impact into core business. Together, we explore three areas of an organization's underlying decision-making architecture that can be "hacked" to guide decisions at scale: - organizational strategy: identify trade-offs to set priorities - measurements: embed non-financial metrics - governance: include underrepresented voices at the table (yes, that includes social entrepreneurs!) A world where everyone feels powerful to contribute to positive impact requires optimizing our organizations. We can't tackle new, complex problems with old ways of working! Read the full article in The CEO Magazine Global to learn more and tell us how you are doing it. https://lnkd.in/erSr7rKj
How to Implement Sustainability at Scale
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When, on 15 March 2020, 1,800 New York City schools went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 1.1 million students were expected to stay at home. Within days, the city’s Department of Education procured 321,000 iPads for children without the means for digital learning at home. Then, within a very short time, parents and teachers at all schools agreed to trust each other about who was going to be present at school and when. Cities should always be at the forefront of true participation, where all are capable of contributing to solving the challenges around them. Read Sascha Haselmayer’s* full article in The CEO Magazine Global, and join us at the #ChangemakerSummit for more deep dive on #trueparticipation. *Ashoka Fellow, founder of City Mart, and partner at Ashoka Germany. https://lnkd.in/dsAMkp5T
A City that Listens Can Change the World
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Launching, leading and growing a social venture can be challenging, and navigating legal complexities is often a hurdle facing innovators and social entrepreneurs. Some of the most common questions we see our #AshokaFellows asking include, How do I form a new legal entity in a new country? What are the legal implications of some of the most common financing mechanisms? Ongoing, we'll be sharing legal resources for our Ashoka Fellows and social entrepreneurs through our pro-bono partnership with the Association of Pro Bono Counsel - APBCo. If you're navigating the legal complexities of your social venture, stay tuned.
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Rescue rats, insurance pilot in India & toys that are color-blind accessible
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Scaling a social innovation and growing a business don’t follow the same dynamics. Scaling a #socialinnovation frequently means aiming for systems change. 🚀 Yesterday, we hosted an introductory workshop with our partner Steelcase on what systems change is and the importance of deeply understanding the root causes of social problems in order to create deep, equitable, and lasting positive #impact. Are you also interested in learning about #systemschange in practice? Join our masterclass: https://lnkd.in/dYhPVqep And check out our self-paced and facilitated learning journeys here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dSztXcF3
On Thursday, June 27, our Better Futures Community is hosting a virtual workshop in collaboration with Ashoka. This introductory 2-hour workshop provides participants with essential frameworks and practical tools to train their systems-thinking muscles and develop impactful strategies for creating positive social change. Attendees will explore problem and systems analysis and learn ways to collaborate with diverse stakeholders for effective systems change. Register soon as there is limited space available: https://bit.ly/3RyZRnK #webinar
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Read insights in Forbes from Stephanie Brobbey in conversation with Njideka U. Harry on how wealth holders can build a regenerative economy. #AshokaFellows #WelcomeChange Read the interview: https://lnkd.in/gn9QHSVW
Leveraging Private Capital For A Just Economy
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Broadband may be invisible but it sure matters for basic connectivity and a range of essential functions, from natural resource management to disaster preparedness to health care and participation in the economy and democracy. Explore all of this with Matthew Rantanen (Cree, Finnish & Norwegian), a new Ashoka Fellow who is building up an Indigenous workforce of IT technicians and broadband experts (described below) committed to closing the access gap and extending high-speed broadband to their communities in the U.S. Check the full convo with Sascha Meinrath here: https://lnkd.in/gS42TZ2D #AshokaFellows #WelcomeChange
Indigenous | Technologist | Researcher | Developer | Ashoka Fellow | Listener | Educator | Entrepreneur | Gatekeeper
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