InnovAfrica: Social innovation in the South
For a second year, Imagination for People is the organization leading the InnovAfrica forum. Our team has been working for a year now to organize this fourth forum taking place in Dakar, Senegal. The...
View ArticleLooking back at 2012
2012 was a busy year for Imagination for People. During the year, new partnerships were created,platform development advanced quickly and new mandates were issued to us – but it looks like 2013 will be...
View ArticleWeekend Readings January 25th
We all know how the weekday drill goes: too much work, no time to read. We've therefore prepared a round up of our favourite reads this week on social innovation and social entrepreneurship. Defining...
View ArticleWeekend Reading February 8th
The Arab Spring helped us realize the power of social media. Today, it is central to much development work and is used to respond more effectively to crisis situations. Social media allows the...
View ArticleWeekend Readings - Failing as a Social Entrepreneur
We seldom want to talk about our failures, and yet, it is a crucial process. Every entrepreneur fails, including social entrepreneurs. Like a child who will fall before learning to walk and then run,...
View ArticleI4P founder on Midi-14h (Noon to 2 p.m.) program
Following the launch of Montréal Créative dedicated to the City of Montreal, and an extension of Imagination for People’s site, Frank Escoubès was invited to do an interview on Channel M’s Noon to 2...
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Announcing new features on Imagination for People
Things are moving on Imagination for People ! Improvements and new features have just landed on the I4P platform: A much cleaner project search space with many new filters (tags, langues, etc...)....
View ArticleThe way we view business isn't viable anymore
Frank Escoubès, founder of Imagination for People wrote a recent article for Huffington Post France in which he argues for a change in the way we view business. Which got me thinking about the way we...
View ArticleHarnessing the power of internet to create something good
I've always been fascinated by the paradox of social platforms such as facebook. On the one side, it allows us to be better connected, on the other it does have the nasty tendency of pulling us apart...
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