Fw: News from NESTA: help open up the UK's local data, see what working together can really achieve, and check out our case for creative destruction

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my blog --- 2010年8月4日 星期三，NESTA Newsletter <newsletter@nesta.org.uk> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: NESTA Newsletter <newsletter@nesta.org.uk> 主題: News from NESTA: help open up the UK's local data, see what working together can really achieve, and check out our case for creative destruction 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2010年8月4日,星期三,下午6:15 — August 2010 / Visit NESTA.org.uk / About NESTA / Follow us on Twitter Make It Local Enter our 瞿30,000 prize challenge to encourage local government to open up their data to web developers and provide innovative web-based services to the public. Games report The Government has asked NESTA to produce a report into the skills needed for school leavers to fully engage with the UK's games industry. Unleashing co-production We looked at how co-production can be taken from the margins to the mainstream News Schumpeter Comes to Whitehall July 2010 Read our hard-hitting report looking at the idea, first put forward by economist Joseph Schumpeter over 70 years ago, that cuts in public services can lead to increased innovation —Read more Age Unlimited Scotland We've supported 15 novice social innovators from Scotland in their 50s and 60s who have come forward with good ideas for improving the lives of people in their later years. —Read more Small is beautiful July 2010 In this pamphlet we profile ten innovative local projects led by frontline staff and service teams in local government. —Read more Venture Capital July 2010 This report examines how high growth, innovative companies are disproportionately important for economic growth in the UK. —Read more idiscover idiscover Highlands and Islands will launch in Scottish schools in early September. We'll be working in four rural schools to test our learning model which supports young people to develop the skills and attributes they will need in an innovation-driven society. —Read more Events India UK Innovation Forum The Indian Institutes of Technology London Chapter, in association with NESTA and UK Trade & Investment, is organising a 3 day India-UK Innovation Forum. —Read more Driving Innovation in Cities NESTA hosted an event with Manchester City Council and the North West Development Agency about building local innovation systems for economic growth based on the practical experience of the Manchester Innovation Investment Fund partnership. —Read more Announcements Invitation to tender We're looking for a contractor to produce a short report into how companies approach innovation outside their core markets. Apply here Banking revolution "At last a new kind of bank has emerged from the wreckage of the credit crunch". Read Stian's blog Public services blog "We need to change the system so that good ideas spread more naturally". Read Philip's blog Awards Congratulations to Light Blue Optics who were named 16th most creative company in CNBC's list of Europe's 25 Most Creative Companies. Read full article here 1 Plough Place London EC4A 1DE www.nesta.org.uk T +44 (0)20 7438 2500 T +44 (0)20 7438 2501 To unsubscribe from the NESTA bulletin, click here

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