Ben Metz, the UK director of Ashoka, talked about the emerging ecology of support for social change and innovation in the UK, providing finance ranging from a few thousands pounds for individuals with a simple innovative idea, through to more substantial investments for more mature, larger organisations.
Ben described the work of Unltd, the Princes Trust, the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Social Innovation Camp, and his own organisation Ashoka. In each case, Ben said:
Success is realised through these organisations by placing the individual, the innovator, the entrpeneur, at the centre of the system and designing things around them.
Ben said the people working in the organisations, had strong personal links, and this was leading to development of a UK community of social innovation.
Earlier: Ben on More passion, less paper for social innovation
2 Responses to “Ben Metz on the UK ecology of support for social innovation”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
[...] gave me a chance to catch up with Ben Metz, UK director of Ashoka, who I last met in December when he spoke in Lisbon, at a social innovation conference, about the emerging ecology of support for social [...]
May 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am
[...] positively turgid – so a few of us tried to shake things up, with some result! Have a look here to see my attempt at getting the delegates blood circulating in the after lunch graveyard [...]