Posts by Guadalupe de la Mata
12 Thought-Provoking Questions to give you life perspective
Thought-provoking questions are deep inquiries that shine a light on the essence of living and awaken our full potential as human beings. If you would like to maximize the benefits of self reflection, ask yourself questions that provoke your mind and force you to reconsider the way you live and the way you look at the…
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10 Golden Rules of Design Thinking: Promoting collaboration and innovation in your teams
I have “talked” about Design Thinking in this blog many times as a great tool to promote innovation both at company, project and team level. There are toolkits to adapt it to social innovation projects and for educators and for social entrepreneurs. I have used it in different settings, both with students at university and in…
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The Art and Science of Happiness. 10 videos from worldwide experts
A few years ago I started a quest… the quest for inner happiness, and for a sense of well being and balance that would come from within. I wanted to be happy independently of external events and superficial success. I have read all the books about the subject of happiness I have found, listened to…
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Scientific ways to relax in 5 minutes
How To Relax Fast – Scientific Ways To De-Stress Within 5 Minutes Happy Sunday!
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Impact investing going mainstream? Join us at the panel next Friday at the 8th IE Social Responsibility Forum.
There is a crisis out there, but also a lot of people that are thinking of new ways to change the economy for the good and that are implementing them…. Impact investing is one of the ways and is going mainstream! We will be talking about it with key experts at the IE Social Responsibility…
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My 8 favorite trends in the microfinance sector. 2013 Microfinance Week.
Last week I participated in the 2013 European Microfinance Week, one of the main conferences on financial inclusion. It brings microfinance stakeholders together to discuss important developments in the sector and contributes to shaping the global approach to microfinance. This time it gathered 378 participants form 59 countries and focused on the future of the…
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21 Must-read Articles on Happiness
Each of these articles delivers a unique, healthy message concerning the topic of happiness. I’ve read them all… and yes, I think you should read them too. They need no further introduction. Enjoy! The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet. – James Openheim The Art of Smiling How To Be…
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Free for Download: My presentation on how to use DESIGN THINKING to Innovate for Social Change (Human-Centered Design-IDEO)
Today, I want to share with you my latest presentation describing the Human Centered Desing toolkit developed by IDEO. The methodology intends to help international development organisations, NGOs and Social Entrepreneurs to understand the Comunity needs and find innovative solutions that are at the same time economically viable. [slideshare id=9997444] For years, businesses have used…
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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…
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Resources: 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.…
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