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2010
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TEDx Otaniemi – A simulcast of TEDxChange
Simulcast of TEDxChange, The Future We Make On 20th September 2010, Aalto Social Impact was proud to present the first edition of TEDxOtaniemi. TEDxOtaniemi was a free viewing party to watch the simulcast of a very special TED conference: TEDxChange, The Future We Make. Organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with [...]
Notes from the Social Media Atelier, Linda Liukas and Richard von Kaufmann
On 13th of September we had a wonderful workshop with some really wonderful talks and brainstorming sessions. The pictures below show how gripping our speakers were. Our first speaker was Richard and below are embedded his slides. We try to summarize the highlights below but feel free to download the slides and develop the ideas [...]
An Evening with Pekka Haavisto on Darfur & Negotiating the World
On Wednesday, 8th of September, Pekka Haavisto, a member of the Finnish parliament and a Special Envoy for Horn of African and Sudan, gave Aalto Social Impact audience a story-filled view onto Africa’s development, the conflict of Sudan and the hope of negotiating a better world even in conflict torn parts of the world. Mr. [...]
Lecture with professor Howard Gardner and great results from the How to Change the World Course
On Friday, May 28th, Aalto Social Impact was proud to present an interactive lecture with Mr. Howard Gardner, world-renowned Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. The highly anticipated event marked the end of the first semester of Aalto Social Impact’s activities and finale of the first run of the [...]
Signmark at Design Factory
Even if the world comes crashing downAnd even if my luck would turn aroundI stand tall, proud, back against the wall[fold arms across chest] Signmark, Against the Wall On a warm, sunny May evening, the audience that had passively gathered in Design Factory to see deaf rapper Signmark instantly became a sign-rapping flash mob. Likely [...]
Students Social Impact project – Burkina Faso case
You all remember the interactive workshop on project management and team work with a real case, right? Well, it turned out to be such a great workshop and the case pertaining to the orphanage and schools from sister Marie Rose Koné in Burkina Faso, truly raised compassion and interest among the ASI community. Students business [...]
How to Change the World – Students Show How!
Aalto University has been running a pioneering course on social problem solving and real world impact during the spring term of 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. The course is a masters level project work team effort for c. 30 students, who have been introduced to various systemic world problems and who then get their hands dirty [...]
Social impact on a global scale: the UN experience
The Social Impact on a Global Scale event featuring Mari Tiikanen and Mack Ramachandran on their respective UN experience had an excellent turn out! What was intended as a 20 min talk followed by 10 min of Q&A event, manifested itself as a two-and-a-half hour long, meandering, candid, and deep discussion on the state of [...]
Design for Change Finland: the first steps
On Tuesday, the 27th, a team of DFC Finland volunteers (including some representatives of the ASI team), Riitta Toivonen, Anna Keune and myself went to visit Saija Benjamin’s class of 9 year olds at Haaga Peruskoulu, Helsinki. They were a playful but very welcoming bunch! Unsure of what to expect, we screened a few DFC [...]
School of Social Innovation Project Wrap-up
In mathematics, proof by example is not allowed—one can never be sure that there is no counter-example waiting to prove the theory wrong. But for social innovation, example is arguably the only proof from which amazing things are possible. The School of Social Innovation, conceived and run by Malmö University, Sweden, Master’s student Sebi Tauciuc, [...]
