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Transformative Scenario Planning: A Tool For Systemic Change, Adam Kahane
Transformative Scenario Planning: A Tool For Systemic Change, Adam Kahane
Social Space
A leading organiser, designer and facilitator of processes involving tri-sector collaboration, Adam Kahane shares with Social Space on how transformative scenario planning takes scenario planning to a new level and works as a powerful tool for systemic change.
Mapping Out An Age Friendly Singapore: Lessons From Pioneering Work In Ageing And Eldercare, Mary Ann Tsao
Mapping Out An Age Friendly Singapore: Lessons From Pioneering Work In Ageing And Eldercare, Mary Ann Tsao
Social Space
As the Tsao Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2013, Social Space catches up with the indomitable Dr Mary Ann Tsao who explains what it means to be a catalyst for change and how the Foundation will continue in transforming the experience of longevity in the community.
Reconnecting The Non-Profit Organisation With Its Beneficiaries, Sharifah Mohamed
Reconnecting The Non-Profit Organisation With Its Beneficiaries, Sharifah Mohamed
Social Space
Different stakeholder interests may cause non-profit organisations to lose sight of the real needs of their beneficiaries. Sharifah Mohamed shows how design thinking can help them to refocus.
Social Incubators: A Place For Changemakers To Call Home, Jared Tham
Social Incubators: A Place For Changemakers To Call Home, Jared Tham
Social Space
While business incubators are an integral component of the startup ecosystem—by providing a space between the ideation stage and the point where investors are willing to commit funds— Jared Tham finds a dearth of similar structures in the non-profit sector to support fledgling social enterprises and social sector organisations.
Social Innovations In Thailand, Walaiphorn Wajavuth, Amarit Charoenphan
Social Innovations In Thailand, Walaiphorn Wajavuth, Amarit Charoenphan
Social Space
Walaiphorn Wajavuth and Amarit Charoenphanare enthusiastic about the social innovations that are taking place in the Land of Smiles.
Towards Rio 2012 And Collaborative Governance For Sustainable Development, Jem Bendell
Towards Rio 2012 And Collaborative Governance For Sustainable Development, Jem Bendell
Social Space
Since the global Earth Summit in 1992, non-governmental organisations and businesses have made some strides towards sustainable development, but as Jem Bendell explains, governments need to join them.
Hard Truths About Heart Work: An Interview With Jennie Chua, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Hard Truths About Heart Work: An Interview With Jennie Chua, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Social Space
Just as there are calls for leadership to bridge the business and social worlds, there are also calls for new models and inspiration in the nonprofit sector. Social Space catches up with the inimitable Jennie Chua,fundraiser and chairman of the Community Chest, to hear her thoughts on these issues. True to form, Jennie delivers a few hard truths about fundraising and charity in Singapore.
Uncovering The Dirty Secrets Of A Food Paradise: Young Journalists Go Undercover, Estelle Low, Miak Aw
Uncovering The Dirty Secrets Of A Food Paradise: Young Journalists Go Undercover, Estelle Low, Miak Aw
Social Space
Singapore is universally known as a food paradise, but far less is known about the enormous amount of waste generated daily by individuals, supermarkets, food outlets and hotels. 20-something investigative journalists Miak Aw and Estelle Low go undercover to shed light on how much we waste as a nation and why this needs to change.
Storytellers As Philanthropic Champions: An Interview With Claire Chiang, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Storytellers As Philanthropic Champions: An Interview With Claire Chiang, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Social Space
Singapore’s charity sector is undergoing significant changes to enhance management quality, accountability and transparency. But despite these positive changes, Ms Claire Chiang, entrepreneur and philanthropist, argues that Singapore also needs to cultivate a more visionary and global approach to philanthropy. She shares with Social Space her thoughts on storytelling and the need for mentors to champion the most urgent causes of the day.
Civil Society Sector And Political Change: An Interview With Catherine Lim, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Civil Society Sector And Political Change: An Interview With Catherine Lim, Lien Centre For Social Innovation
Social Space
Singapore is a society undergoing transitions. With a burgeoning migrant community, the advent of integrated resorts with casinos and an arguably increasingly effervescent non-profit, civil society sector, Singapore looks to be a society that is rapidly opening up. Yet, as writer and political commentator Catherine Lim controversially proposes, civil society and non-profit activists cannot create change without getting their voices heard and actively participating in the political process. She shares with Social Space, her thoughts on the indispensable ingredients for openness and political engagement in a society that wants to be truly global.
Media And The Non Profit World: A Case-Study On Wwf-Malaysia's Use Of Media Tools To Champion Advocacy, Anita Devasahayam
Media And The Non Profit World: A Case-Study On Wwf-Malaysia's Use Of Media Tools To Champion Advocacy, Anita Devasahayam
Social Space
As issues and campaigns for various causes in the non-profit space have begun to proliferate across Asia, the struggle to remain relevant and gain critical attention is growing. Author Anita Devasahayam discusses how the Malaysian chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature tackled the challenge by devising new media strategies and advocacy campaigns to remain relevant in an increasingly connected and cause-conscious world.
Transitions Within The Ecosystem Of Change, Willie Cheng
Transitions Within The Ecosystem Of Change, Willie Cheng
Social Space
The ecosystem paradigm provides a framework to understand and influence the forces of change facing the nonprofit sector. In this extract from the forthcoming book, “The World That Changes The World: How philanthropy, entrepreneurship and innovation are transforming the social ecosystem,” Willie Cheng describes the social ecosystem framework, its change enablers and macro-trends.
The Market And The Social Economy: Can The Twain Meet?, Willie Cheng
The Market And The Social Economy: Can The Twain Meet?, Willie Cheng
Social Space
Can the different paradigms of the market and social economy be reconciled? Willie Cheng suggests that the current remaking of both economies offers an invaluable opportunity.
Innovation: Not For The Non-Profit?, Sharifah Maisharah Mohamed
Innovation: Not For The Non-Profit?, Sharifah Maisharah Mohamed
Social Space
Is innovation a foreign language in the social sector? Sharifah Maisharah Mohamed studies the innovation conundrum in the non-profit world.
Mergers And Acquisitions In The Non-Profit Space, Jared Tham
Mergers And Acquisitions In The Non-Profit Space, Jared Tham
Social Space
Mergers and acquisitions are a given in the for-profit sector, but at least in the local nonprofit sector they are rare. Jared Tham believes this should not be the case.
A Funding Challenge For Charities: Getting The Right Mix, Yew Kee Ho, Gregory Tan
A Funding Challenge For Charities: Getting The Right Mix, Yew Kee Ho, Gregory Tan
Social Space
The current financial crisis has sparked many new challenges for charities with regards to the inflow of charity dollars. Ho Yew Kee and Gregory Tan examine current income sources of 37 institutions of public character (IPCs) in Singapore and urge charities to revisit their current funding mix.
Promoting Third Sector Leadership: Letting A Thousand Flowers Bloom, Filippo Addarii, Ben Rattenbury
Promoting Third Sector Leadership: Letting A Thousand Flowers Bloom, Filippo Addarii, Ben Rattenbury
Social Space
How do we foster leadership and social innovation in the third sector? Filippo Addarii and Ben Rattenbury share a European method through the peer-led Euclid Network.
Philanthropy: Giving Meaninfully, Gerard Ee
Philanthropy: Giving Meaninfully, Gerard Ee
Social Space
Helming one of Singapore’s more prominent non-profit organisations, the National Kidney Foundation, at a time when public confidence has been severely shaken, is a feat that requires more than just heartwarming feelings of goodwill. As the giving climate in Singapore gives way to donor fatigue and a degree of scepticism, Gerard Ee tells Social Space the kind of philanthropic acts that he thinks will bring local charity to the next level.
More Than Just Tugging At The Heartstrings, B. Joon Park
More Than Just Tugging At The Heartstrings, B. Joon Park
Social Space
If you are a non-profit organisation and thinking about starting a social enterprise in Singapore, B. Joon Park has some start-up tips.
The Charity Ecosystem, Willie Cheng
The Charity Ecosystem, Willie Cheng
Social Space
The non-profit sector is slowly moving from an era of ‘Just Doing Good’ to one of ‘Doing Good Well’. Willie Cheng argues that this new era requires the various components of an effective and self-sustaining charity ecosystem – regulator, capacity builders, charities, beneficiaries and the community (individuals, corporations, media and government) – to be in place and functioning properly.
Tracing Singapore's Social Sector, Sharifah Maisharah
Tracing Singapore's Social Sector, Sharifah Maisharah
Social Space
How has the face of Singapore’s social sector changed through the shifting landscape of state provision? Sharifah Maisharah looks at the evolution of the social sector pastiche starting from colonial rule in 1819.
Resuscitating A Healthcare Charity, R Akhileswaran, Seet Ai Mee
Resuscitating A Healthcare Charity, R Akhileswaran, Seet Ai Mee
Social Space
When government funding policies change, voluntary welfare organisations that depend largely on subsidies to run their services can find their survival at stake. Dr R Akhileswaran and Dr Seet Ai Mee present the case study of HCA Hospice Care.
When Is A Voluntary Code Not Voluntary?, Yuen Teen Mak
When Is A Voluntary Code Not Voluntary?, Yuen Teen Mak
Social Space
Many countries have adopted the ‘comply or explain’ approach to raise standards of corporate governance in listed companies. The approach has now found its way into the charity sector in Singapore. Mak Yuen Teen highlights some misconceptions about the voluntary nature of the approach and provides suggestions for its effective implementation.
Social 'Service-Innovation', Usha Menon
Social 'Service-Innovation', Usha Menon
Social Space
How can not-for-profit organisations move away from a traditional grant-seeking model to one that can catalyse and value-add the sector at large, beyond just meeting basic needs? Usha Menon thinks Youth for Causes might provide just that model.
Why Being A For-Profit In The Non-Profit Sector Makes Sense, Carolyn Seah
Why Being A For-Profit In The Non-Profit Sector Makes Sense, Carolyn Seah
Social Space
In 2007, the Lien Centre for Social Innovation was commissioned by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports to study the social enterprise space in Singapore for the first time. Carolyn Seah summarises the study’s findings.