Live talk | Tech for Good Pills

How can we use technology to benefit our lives, our planet and our society? To understand what “tech for good” is and how it works, let’s hear from its protagonists. Starting from January 2021, every second and fourth Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (CET) join Nesta Italia live on Facebook and Youtube to discover projects, initiatives and use cases of technologies applied to benefit the people and the planet, considering both positive and critical aspects.

Giacomo Mariotti (Tech for Good Lead, Nesta Italia) together with professionals from the international scene will explore latest trends and possible future developments, to enhance confrontation and unexpected collaborations between innovators from different fields

The interviews will be in English, after the live the videos will be available on our Youtube Channel with Italian subtitles available.

Agenda (in progress)

12th January 2021 | Massimiliano Costa, Head of Share The Meal Initiative

26th January 2021 | Toby Mather, Founder & CEO Lingumi

9th February 2021 | Dhruv Ghulati, Founder Factmata

23rd February 2021 | Sonja-Maria Ignatius, Founder & CEO Kausal

9th March 2021 | Miriam Redi, Senior Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation

23rd March 2021 | Alessandro Piscopo, Senior Data Scientist, BBC

To stay updated on the events, sign up on Eventbrite.

Torino Social Impact joins REVES

Starting from 2021 Torino Social Impact becomes part of REVES, the first European organization based on partnerships between local and regional authorities and territorial actors of the social economy.

Under Social economy REVES considers cooperatives, mutual societies, associations, foundations and, more in general, all those organisations asserting the “primacy of individual and of social objective over capital, the voluntary and open membership, the democratic control by membership, the combination of interests of members/users and the general interest, the defence and application of the principle of solidarity and responsibility, the autonomous management and the sustainable use of most of surpluses”.

REVES MEMBERS are those local authorities or social economy organisation that are presently developing or are willing to develop policies to promote social and solidarity based economy, for a most fair, inclusive, participative and responsible society; a network of social innovation in terms both of methods and procedures based on co-construction and shared capacities of the members and their territories.

http://www.revesnetwork.eu/wp/ 

Social Tech Lab – Laboratory of technological and social innovation

A program by Nesta Italia, realized with the support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo in the context of Torino Social Impact.

The Social Tech Lab is a three-year program developed to promote the knowledge, the development and the application of social impact technological solutions by the entities of the territorial system, the local populations, the investors and the enterprises, in order to accelerate the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Marco Zappalorto (CEO, Nesta Italia) and Daniela Gregnanin (Head of Mission Accelerate Innovation, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo) present the Social Tech Lab in this article on the Nesta Italia blog, in which they illustrate how the program was born, what needs it intends to respond to and the methodology that will be applied in the implementation of research and planning activities.

To stay updated on the developments of the Social Tech Lab you can visit the official website.

IMPACTWARE – Our journey to develop social impact skills

Description

Impactware is the original, systemic and multidisciplinary program dedicated to social impact designed by Cottino Social Impact Campus. Just like a software is the set of languages and logical components enabling the functioning of a machine, Impactware is the set of concepts, tools and languages enabling individuals and organizations to design and build a (new) world oriented towards social impact.

  • It is the program that introduces and develops vision and action for social impact.
  • It is the program to generate and strengthen specific skills to manage and transform organizations with a vision oriented towards social impact.
  • It is tailor-made and customizable according to individuals’ and organizations’ needs.

Highlights:

  • HYBRID: theoretical and practical knowledge.
  • INTERNATIONAL: Faculty, testimonials, case studies.
  • INNOVATIVE: research and methods.
  • OPEN AND INCLUSIVE: Impactware classes are learning communities where Faculty and participants generate new knowledge together.

Impactware is made of 4 modules, with clear and well-defined objectives:

EXPLORE: Build your Impact Vision
It offers a multi-disciplinary basic knowledge on social impact. The aim of the module is to enable you to develop an Impact Vision, a theoretical-practical horizon to structure your own path towards social impact actions.

UNDERSTAND: From Impact Vision to Impact Goals
It is devoted to realizing the Impact Vision in a personal and organizational goal through the acquisition of specific tools: from the Theory of Change (ToC) and design thinking to social impact management and evaluation, in order to define your own Impact Goal.

DEFINE: From Impact Goals to Impact Action
It is the advanced module to design your own impact action, making it effective and participated.
It combines both theoretical and structural phases to define your own impact action.

CHALLENGE: From Impact Action to Impact Transformation
This is the space for individual and organizational transformation, where you will be exposed to disruptive impact experiences which will drive you to make your action tangible in the world and in society.

How it works

  • Full Program: 4 modules, 70 hours
  • Single modules: Explore, Understand, Define, Challenge
  • Customizable journey: ad hoc editions for your organization

For whom

Impactware is held twice a year. The Spring edition is dedicated to young professionals, neo-entrepreneurs and start-up funders; the Autumn edition is for entrepreneurs, senior managers in various company functions (CSR, Change Management, Strategy, HR), both from the profit and nonprofit world.

For those who want to play a role in creating a new vision of the world.
For leading organizations from theory to practice through the identification of a social impact path.

Discover Impactware