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MetaGood
MetaGood
• The Bad News• The Good News• MetaGood as a social innovation catalyst• MetaGood support during
– Inspiration– Skills– Resources– Execution
• Some Specific Outcomes• Support Us
Contents
The Bad News
MetaGood Problems Within Us …
MetaGood … Lead To Problems Outside Us
MetaGood Old Solutions Are Broken…
MetaGood … And New Ones Have Yet To Reach Scale
MetaGood Deep Change Is Desperately & Urgently Needed…
“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”
Albert Einstein
MetaGood … And We Don’t Have A Lot Of Time
The Good News
MetaGood People Are Listening To Themselves…
MetaGood … And Are Breaking Away From The Noise …
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
WaldenHenry David Thoreau
MetaGood … To Make A Difference
MetaGood As A Social Innovation Catalyst
MetaGood Social Innovation Ingredients …
Social Innovation
Skills
Inspiration
Resources
Execution
MetaGood … And Related Hurdles
Social Innovation
Skills
Inspiration
Resources
Execution
Not having all the required skills for a social innovation project
Uninspired, indifferent or unaware potential volunteers
Lack of financial, technological, political or social resources
“Non-professional” delivery in volunteering based non-profit projects
MetaGood We will facilitate overcoming these hurdles
Social Innovation
Skills
Inspiration
Resources
Execution
Becoming a hub for multi-disciplinary volunteers
Documenting problems or inspiring stories
Board level & advisory support by prominent for profit and non-profit VCs and PE firms, corporate leaders
Execution toolkit including shared spaces for collaboration, project management tools, regular check-ins
Inspiration
MetaGood This Is How People Change …
Get Inspired
Reflect
Envision
Act
MetaGood … Inspiration Is Crucial
Get Inspired
Reflect
Envision
Act
Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it half an hour a day. Why, sometimes, I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.“
--Lewis Carroll
MetaGood There Are Inspiring People Around Us …
MetaGood … and MetaGood will document them …
MetaGood … And Will Spread Their Stories …
B.L.O.G
MetaGood … So That Others Join In Too
Skills
MetaGood More Can Be Achieved With Diverse Skills
Social Innovation Universe
Achievable Through Only Engineering
MetaGood We will create social meeting spaces (online + offline)
MetaGood And Will Facilitate Inspiration, Ideation & Team Formation
Inspiration Ideation Team Formation
Resources
MetaGood
• Knowledge Capital– Resource library with books, online subscriptions to appropriate knowledge resources– Skills directory of volunteers with certain sets of knowledge and skills
• Social Capital – Access to people from*
• Socially investment firms: Acumen Fund• Social innovation organizations: Ashoka Foundation• Policy making organizations: NCERT• CSR programs at companies: Bharti Foundation• Non-Profit Foundations: Premji, Quest Alliance
• Financial Capital– Seed grants to promising proposals**– Proposal making support for 3rd party grants from foundations etc.
* All the organizations named are for illustration purposes only at this point in time** Only from Phase 2 onwards
Knowledge, Financial & Social Resources
Execution Support
MetaGood Online + Offline Project Management & Meeting Facilitation
Some Specific Outcomes
MetaGood The Beginnings Of A Typical Project
30 people attend a BLOG day with a focus on Improving
Governance
A guest filmmaker presents her documentary on how
governance falls through the cracks
18 out of the 30 are interested in brainstorming quick solutions to
this
3 promising projects (low hanging fruits) emerge after the
brainstorm
A team comprising of a software developer, a visual designer and an MBA assembles on the fly (out of
the 18) to build the Web 2.0 portal that is the first solution
BLOG connects these 3 to Ashoka foundation
MetaGood Some Things We Hope To Make Happen (1)
Social Innovation Projects
Volunteer Match Making
Book & Movie Club
Speaker Series
MetaGood Some Things We Hope To Make Happen (2)
Contemplative Breaks
College Outreach Program
Local Community Dialog
Support Us
MetaGood We Believe In A Few Things …
Hope Joy Passion
Caring Love Honesty
Playfulness Self-Belief Shared Meaning
MetaGood … And Need A Few People Who Believe Too
MetaGood Please Reach Out
Nirat BhatnagarM: + 91 9899692572E: [email protected]: www.metagood.org
Thank You