Archive for October 2013
Second European Social Innovation Competition
Do you have an idea to fight high unemployment? Do you think you could improve the working conditions of people stuck in low-paid jobs – whether because of their gender, age, social status or handicap? Do you know how to enhance opportunities for the 27 million Europeans currently out of work? Then the second European…
Read MoreResources: Social Innovation Articles and Reports
Here you can find some key articles and documents about Social Innovation Strategic Collaboration Between. Nonprofits and Businesses. James E. Austin. Harvard Business School http://www.utexas.edu/courses/streeter/393T19/JAustin.pdf Nambisan, S. “Platforms for Collaboration”, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2009. Howaldt, J./ Schwarz, M. “Social Innovation: Concepts, research fields and international trends”, IMO international monitoring, 2010. “Let’s hear those ideas”. The Economist.…
Read MoreThe Science of Happiness: try this and make you and other people happier!
“Psychologists have scientifically proven that one of the greatest contributing factors to overall happiness in your life is how much gratitude you show.” ~ Soul Pancake One month ago I wrote about the impact of gratitude in our happiness and proposed you a GRATITUDE CHALLENGE during 21 days. I have done it now for 30 days and…
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