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Welcome to the Social Edge update! We know that the Theory of Change is a methodology designed to create social change, writes friend and frequent contributor Charles “Hipbone” Cameron. But we should also remember that the Theory of Change might offer us something bigger -possibly a holistic in-sector strategy rather than simply an in-house tool. Think of the Theory of Change as a methodology that you can use collaboratively; not driven by one social venture’s particular point of view, but in such a way that similar projects can align their individual theories of change with other players working in the same issue area. Is your Theory of Change helping you avoid duplication of effort to ensure greater overall impact at the level of the issue? Is this simply an academic exercise, or a powerful real-time cross-sector development tool? Join Charles "Hipbone" Cameron in the conversation. Then follow Dhaval Chadha in Rio as he is deeply immersed “in the madness of innovation in citizen sector organizations and social enterprises,” and Sam Goldman in Haiti, where D.Light Design is providing thousands of solar lanterns for earthquake relief. While Stephen Goldsmith tries to overcome a tendency to maintain the status quo in government and to “open up space for breakthrough civic accomplishments,” David Connelly, a Kiva Fellow based in Peru, reminds us that Kiva is not monolithic: “The variety of options and the ability to exercise choice is one of Kiva's most exciting features” to deliver on its own theory of change. Speaking of theories of change: don’t forget to watch Alvin Hall’s Guide to Good Business. After looking into Riders for Health, IDE-India and Marine Stewardship Council, Alvin Hall wonders how Apopo is bringing change to Africa by training heroic rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis. Jonathan C. Lewis concludes: “Poverty is a collaborative problem. But the only certain truth about collaboration is that it starts among leaders of vision and shared trust. We do business with people we trust.”
Join this Week's Live Discussions  Theory of Change: A Collaborative Tool?
Your Theory of Change can simply be an in-house tool, or an in-sector methodology that you can use collaboratively to avoid needless duplication of effort. Join Charles "Hipbone" Cameron as we discuss how to get greater impact at the level of the issue.
Mobile Networks for Social Entrepreneurs
Distributing market information to farmers, offering banking services to the unbanked, improving access to quality healthcare or simply providing a sense of community: Vodafone’s R&D Stephen Wolak looks into real-world mobile solutions for social entrepreneurs. Technology and Social Innovations
Ashoka’s Rosa Wang just got back from Hyderabad where she attended Tech4Society. Join her in a conversation about the challenges and successes of technological innovation to serve the poor. The Personal Bottom Line
Where do you fit on a three-axis graph with X=social, Y= financial and Z=personal? SVT Group’s Sara Olsen wonders what your personal bottom line looks like. Death by Definitions
Social investment, mission-related investment, or impact investing? Rod Schwartz answers: "Let’s spend our time growing the sector and leave it to future generations to decide what to call what we did." What do you think? The Fetishization of Metrics
If the value of social entrepreneurship is not reducible to simple quantitative terms, how do we define and capture the impact we are having? Join Charles (Hipbone) Cameron in the conversation.
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