SMWLDN in Rewind: Heroes of Social Innovation, supported by Nokia
Monday's talk at the Business & Enterprise Hub at Hub Westminster started with a keynote from Peace One Day founder, Jeremy Gilley, followed by Frontline SMS founder Ken Banks, in which they explored the people and organisations that are harnessing the opportunity the technology provides to overcome social challenges, the heroes of social innovation.
The rise of social media and social technology has demonstrated its power to revolutionise industries, change governments and empower social movements. In a very literal sense, the power to connect and collaborate is quite literally changing the world. Mobile technology and social networks enable groups to self-organise and campaigns to gain worldwide momentum.
From global campaigns to national and hyper-local initiatives, mobile technology and social networks are helping to provide foundations for social innovators and social enterprises.
Catch up with what our panelists had to say with the livestream below.
Twitter Coverage #SMWHEROES
"You build a house one brick at a time" the power of one person's idea combined with social media #smwheroes peaceoneday.org
— chrisdate (@chrisdate) September 24, 2012
@jeremygilley "If you get the people involved, the government will follow." #SMWHEROES -PR
— SocialMediaWeek LDN (@smwldn) September 24, 2012
Social innovation on the scale of @peaceoneday blows my mind. Proper amazing #smwheroes
— Dominic Campbell (@dominiccampbell) September 24, 2012
Liking @kiwanja’s idea of ‘reluctant innovation’ (see Wired article). Feels familiar #smwheroes
— Dominic Campbell (@dominiccampbell) September 24, 2012
What is success in social innovation? @jeremygilley says "measurement is everything, sets the benchmark." #SMWHEROES -PR
— SocialMediaWeek LDN (@smwldn) September 24, 2012
" Relationships are what change behaviours." #SMWHEROES - PR
— SocialMediaWeek LDN (@smwldn) September 24, 2012
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