crowdsourcing | storytelling | citizenship
People’s Insights: Volume 1, Issue 23
Dell Social Innovation Platform
Dell social innovation challenge A platform for young social innovators who tackle problems related to economic development, education, energy, food and sustenance, health and human rights.
Source: http://dellchallenge.org
How to enter Individiuals or teams can submit a project page on dellchallenge.org. Semi finalists have to submit a video pitch and project roadmap. The final round involves a live presentation and Q&A session in Austin.
Source: http://www.dellchallenge.org/user/register
Eligibility The Dell Social Innovation Challenge is open to university and college students around the world. Participants can create project entries.
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Awards and mentorship Five grand prize winners chosen by judges bag a total of $105,000. People's Choice Awards are based on online voting. Category winners get $1,000. Semi-finalists are mentored by DSIC-Certified mentors.
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Judging criteria The judging criteria are: 1. Clarity of the innovation and significance of social impact. 2. Demonstration of a high probability of success. 3. Potential impact after winning DSIC.
Source: http://www.hercampus.com/
Mission The mission is to identify and support promising young social innovators who dedicate themselves to solving the world’s most pressing problems with their transformative ideas.
Source: http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
Community building Users can create a profile with personal information, join an existing team, find project team members,follow projects, attract support for personal projects and vote for projects.
Source: http://www.dellchallenge.org/users/search/all?filters=1
Dell and Corporate Citizenship Dell has undertaken many CSR activities. Glabally, Dell strives to make "living green" easier for customers and provides underserved youth access to technology, education and training.
Source: http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/cr
Corporate citizenship through social innovation Several brands are using social innovation to elevate corporate citizenship. Leading companies such as Shell, Abbott Laboratories, Dow Corning, and IBM are using various models of social innovation.
Source: http://ecoimagination.com , http://votegivegrow.com
More People’s Insights Weekly reports Every week, we dive into one topic for discussion on the MSLGROUP Insight’s Network and discuss insights and foresights, in three key areas: crowdsourcing, storytelling and citizenship.
Crowdsourcing
Storytelling:
Citizenship
Mahindra Spark the Rise
@MarsCuriosity
#Kony2012
For more reports, visit: peopleslab.mslgroup.com/peoplesinsights/
Read People’s Lab insights and foresights The People’s Lab team shares the insights and foresights from the MSLGROUP Insights Network on the People’s Insights weekly blog and the People’s Insights Quarterly magazine.
MSLGROUP Insights Network
People’s Insights weekly blog
People’s Insights Quarterly magazine
50+ MSLGROUP planners share and discuss inspiring projects on corporate citizenship, crowdsourcing and storytelling.
We deep dive into conversations around one project -- on the MSLGROUP Insights Network itself but also on the broader social web -- to distill insights and foresights.
Every quarter, we will compile the best insights from the network and the blog in the iPad-friendly magazine, as a showcase of our capabilities.
For more, visit http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
Coming soon: People’s Insights Annual Report In early January 2013 we will publish the People’s Insights Annual Report, in which we synthesize our insights from throughout 2012 and provide foresights for business leaders and change-makers for 2013.
People’s Lab: Crowdsourcing Insights & Innovation People’s Lab is MSLGROUP’s proprietary crowdsourcing platform and approach that helps organizations tap into people’s insight for innovation, storytelling and change.
For more, visit http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com
For People’s Lab solutions, contact pascal.beucler@mslgroup.com