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Social Innovation: From the Community to the Region and Beyond Karen Chapple University of California, Berkeley
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Social Innovation Models of community development Scale and sustainability Towards a theory of social innovation Impact
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Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, 1967
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Philadelphia Mural Arts Program – 1984
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Per Scholas, South Bronx 1995
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Great Communities Collaborative, SF Bay Area, 2006
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Lurín River Basin, Lima, Peru
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Lurín River Basin, Lima, Peru
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Price Charities
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Winners build on existing institutions Microenterprise and Schedule C (CFED, Aspen) Energy Efficiency and MUSH (COWS) Anchor Institutions (Democracy Collaborative) Employment Social Enterprise (REDF)
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Towards a theory of social innovation Social innovation: combine methods, ideas, or institutions in unique ways to create new solutions to social and economic problems Nonprofit governance literature Regional economic development literature – Variation/diversity – Networked, learning region – Role of venture capitalists – Space
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Revisiting the models Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Per Scholas Great Communities Collaborative City Heights
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Impact
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If you don’t start the conversation, nothing will happen. - Per Scholas leader
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