The Social Innovation Camp was first created and run in the UK.
Now we’re helping other people to run their own in other parts of the world: the founding team in London are helping out, but each version of the Social Innovation Camp is unique.
If you’re interested in running your own, here’s how to start:
1.) Drop us a line. We have a ‘how to’ guide to running your own Social Innovation Camp. Before you even think seriously about running your own, you need to read it. So please do get in touch – it’s absolutely the first thing you need to do.
2.) Be really certain you have access to the skills and funding you need to run a Social Innovation Camp. Remember this isn’t a barcamp or an unconference. It’s a method for social innovation and it takes the form of a call for ideas and team building competition followed by a hack-weekend which takes about four months to run properly – it’s a full-time job for one person during that time. You need to be well connected into both the technical and social worlds to run one well.
3.) Please steal nicely. Our logo and all the text on this site are under our copyright. Please don’t use them without crediting us – it’s only polite. Even if you use them in translation. Similarly, please link to this site and include details on your website about us and the history of Social Innovation Camp.
We’ll be linking to other Social Innovation Camps here, but if you’re after further information or you want to get involved, please contact them directly.
Check out whether there’s going to be one coming to a place near you:
Social Innovation Camp Central and Eastern Europe
The Central and Eastern European Civil Society Forum were the first to run a Social Innovation Camp outside of the UK. They brought the Camp to Bratislava, Slovakia in September 2009.
Check out their site for further details: http://sicamp-cee.net/
Social Innovation Camp Australia
The Australian Social Innovation eXchange held their first Social Innovation Camp weekend 5th-7th March 2010.
All the details can be found here: http://www.asix.org.au/sicamp
Social Innovation Camp Caucasus
Led by Open Society Georgia Foundation, a coalition of partners are bringing Social Innovation Camp to the Caucasus from 8th-10th April 2010.
Details are here http://sic-caucasus.net or drop Anna Keshelashvili a line: annake(AT)gmail(DOT)com.
Social Innovation Camp South Korea
Run by The Hope Institute, Social Innovation Camp South Korea is kicking off from 18th-20th June 2010.
Social Innovation Camp South Azerbijan
Run by Transitions Online, Social Innovation Camp South Azerbijan is taking place in September 2010.