How Are We Leading The Way?

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Boston College: Brighton Campus

2101 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA

How are we Leading The Way? will be an opportunity for social sector leaders and partners to discuss social innovation among social sector organizations in Massachusetts. The event will bring together participants of the Leading the Way report, organizations that are seeking to learn from master social innovators, and public sector participants interested in social innovation.

Social Innovation Training

April 13, 2013

9:00am-5:00pm Bogota, Colombia

CSI co-director Dr.Stephanie Berzin will present a training on social innovation to Fe Y Alegria.

Social Impact Bonds:" Paying for Success"

April 18th 12:30 to 2:00pm

McGuinn 5^th floor lounge

Come hear how innovation is changing the landscape of funding of the future.

Panel Presentation: : Edward Dolan, Commissioner of the Department of Youth Services; Caroline Whistler, partner at Third Sector; and Tom McKenna, the Executive Director of Roca.

Cradles to Crayons

April 22,2013

7:00PM Devlin Hall Room 008

CSI welcomes Lynn Margherio,Founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons-an organizaton that provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play.

Social Innovation Day

April 8, 2013

Social Innovation Day 2013 will give Social Innovation and Leadership students an opportunity to experience Social Innovation firsthand.Through interactive experiences and activities,students will develop their own innovative solutions.

More Than Words

February 7, 2013

1:00PM McGuinn Room 334

CSI welcomed three representatives from More than Words, an organization that empowers youth who find themselves in the foster care system, court-involved, homeless or out of school how to take charge of a business who shared their experience of running a successful and sustainable social enterprise.

Social Innovation Dialogue

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Social Innovation and Leadership Program students will engage in a dialogue about social innovation with Guest Ben Gidron of Ben Gurion University.

The Social Innovation Experience

MARCH 20, 2012
1:00-5:00 p.m.
2101 Commonwealth Avenue

First-year Social Innovation and Leadership Program students come together for an experiential social innovation learning opportunity. Innovation Day focuses on four sessions to help students develop a plan for social innovation. These activities integrate some of the processes used in the GSSW Social Innovation Lab model.

Social Innovation Lab: Rapid Prototyping Day

MARCH 13, 2012
9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
2101 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd floor

The Social Innovation Lab at Boston College welcomes selected agency leaders to a day-long meeting aimed at developing a prototype to respond to their identified social problem. Agency leaders will work collaboratively to address pressing issues and identify possible solutions. 

The Social Innovation Symposium

FEBRUARY 1, 2012
6:45-9:00 p.m.
The Heights Room, Corcoran Commons

The Graduate School of Social Work and the Boston College Capstone Program hosted the first Social Innovation Symposium at Boston College. Sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Arts, the event included a panel of social innovators: Earl Phalen, CEO of Reach Out and Read; Jim Laughlin, director of communications of Life is Good; and Eric Scharwz, co-founder and CEO of Citizen Schools. 

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