geek + heart = social innovation
02 May 2009 | Estimated reading time: < 1 minutes
Not long until the call for ideas for the wonderful Social Innovation Camp Scotland closes. Friday 22nd May to be precise.
Essentially the SIcamp weekend is all about using the net and technology for positive social change. They need the help of a huge range of people – from software developers through to business experts, from digital media lawyers to people with expertise in solving social problems – to help make the selected ideas a reality.
I could waffle on all day about how great an idea SIcamp is but the nicely animated video below does a far better job of explaining the concept.
I just need to think of an idea now…
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