Disruption in the social sector

How digital media change the work of NGOs and Social Entrepreneurs

Zeppelin Universität, 2. Mai 2013

Dr. Joana Breidenbach

Hamburg

1965 ´80 ´82 ´83 ´89 ´95´93 ´98´94 ´06 ´11´13´08

Kelly

College

UK

Munich

Anthropology

Stephan

Geneva

´92

Lilian

Vico

PhD

Cultural Globalisation

Capetown

Ina

Sydney Pál

World-Trip

JOANA

2004 ´09

born

Berlin

UC Berkeley

London

Trendscouting

Trend: Online Fundraising

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Digital Media change the way projects get financed. They make the „long tail“ visible and many small donations support lot‘s of small projects, cutting out a number of NGOs acting as middlemen.

Marketplaces aggregate many small donors

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1 Mio donors support 340.000 classrooms

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Direct cash transfers: Cutting out the middle men

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Trend: Network-Organisations

Digital Media challenge the organisational structures and high overheads of established CSOs.

The MoveOn Effect

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Awesome „Foundation“ going viral

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KaBOOM! Open Source Innovation

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Trend: Mapping

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Crowdsourcing information and aggregating it on maps improves interventions in humanitarian crises.

Mapping post-electoral violence

Open Source adaptation

The benefit of platforms – think beta

Trend: Trade not Aid

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Many promising impulses for social progress come from outside of the traditional social sector, from companies and social entrepreneurs creating ecoystems for new wealth.

Mpesa: banking the unbanked

Micro Insurance: Kilimo Salama

Mitigating risk is often inefficient and costly

Farming advice increases productivity

Trend: Partnering

Big Players are not innovative. Start-ups lack the capacity to scale. When they get together, innovations have a chance to grow and produce significant impact.

RefUnited cooperates with Red Cross

Ushahidi: Collaborations with UN & others

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Thank you very much.

Dr. Joana Breidenbach

Founder and CEObetterplace lab

Anthropologist & Author

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