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Learning about Social Innovation: The SiG Knowledge Hub

When Social Innovation Generation (SiG) launched in 2006, the global conversation about social innovation was between relatively few players. In 2013, you can track considerable amplification; the most encouraging aspect of this growth in social innovation activity is that millions of people around the world want to dedicate time and energy to solving complex social and environmental challenges. The conversation has now deepened into the ways we can most effectively achieve impact and scale.

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It's About Making Things Happen

One of my favourite things to do when I am in an airport is to cruise the bookstores and catch up on the latest publications.  I often indulge in buying a book if the title and table of contents speak to me.  Recently, on a trip home, I picked up The Impact Equation by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. 

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Community Governance for Collective Impact: The key to the “Whole” Community Ownership

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Pathways to Change: Six Theories about How Policy Change Happens

Pathways to Change: Six Theories about How Policy Change Happens is a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand the public policy process and how to impact it.  Author Sharon Stochowiak outlines six common theories or pathways for policy change – summarizing some underlying assumptions; typical activities and outcomes; and, some tips on practical applications for each theory. 

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Citizens Celebrate An Incredible Victory

A handful of local farmers started a movement to protect Ontario's farmland and water from a $22 billion US-based Hedge Fund who planned to convert 2,300 acres of unique silt loam potato fields into an aggregate quarry that would dig more than 200 feet below the water table.

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Pushing the Right Policy Levers

Policy Horizons has recently published a very interesting article about policy levers. How can we make our community change efforts more impactful? One way to do this is to be aware of the policy levers and use them to your advantage to create scaled community change.

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