We are excited to announce the winner of the Nike-Changemakers Sport for a Better World Football/Soccer Award. Congratulations to the following winner, recognized for using football to affect social change in their community:
Ambassadors in Sport – Hope Academy (South Africa)
On behalf of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Nike, and social innovators worldwide, thank you for your unique participation.
We are excited to announce the winner of the Nike-Changemakers Sport for a Better World Basketball Award. Congratulations to the following winner, recognized for using basketball to affect social change in their community:
CHILD NURTURE AND RELIEF (CHINAR), India
On behalf of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Nike, and social innovators worldwide, thank you for your unique participation.
We are excited to announce the winners of the Nike-Changemakers Sport for a Better World University Challenge. Congratulations to the following winners who led the effort to engage academia in the online open-sourcing process:
University: Freie Universität Berlin
Faculty: Heather Cameron (Freie Universität Berlin)
Students: Jasper Nicholaisen & Jackie Lauff (Freie Universität Berlin)
The thought leadership exercised by University Ambassadors was central to the global discussion on sports and social innovation, as testified to by the hundreds of social innovators with whom you collaborated.
We would also like to extend a special honorable mention to Andrew Aris from the Erfurt School of Public Policy, who successfully pioneered the effort to synthesize classroom curricula with real-time social innovations.
On behalf of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Nike, and social innovators worldwide, thank you for your unique participation.
At Carnegie Sports Group, we realize how difficult it is for a lot of the non-profits in the world to create sustainable resources. Too many of these organizations rely on high cost galas, grants, and giving instead of actual models that create actual resources.
In the summer, we're launching iCSG, an effective and low-cost way for organizations to market themselves and create viable avenues of resources. It's part search engine, part social network, part marketing platform, and entirely, a way to gain another level of searchability and marketability. Member profiles will feature the usual—contact info, organization background, etc, but iCSG will also feature marketing opportunities and in-depth mixed-media content for potential corporate sponsors—it’s the best of what social networks have to offer. It isn’t just a static, stagnant site, but with blogging, video, and interactive capabilities, it becomes a true community, strengthening the connection between organizations and potential sponsors.
With iCSG, we want to make non-profits more easily sustainable and thus, maximize the reach and capability of these really amazing ideas and initiatives. It’s about more than just a noble cause—it’s also about making sure these causes can exist to precipitate change! We'll be up and running soon and there's a quick tour available on our website: www.carnegiesportsgroup.com.
Wishing you all the best,
Jerllin
Jerllin Cheng
Associate
Carnegie Sports Group, LLC
206 East 32nd St. Suite 4RW
New York, NY 10016
212.213.8079
jcheng@carnegiesportsgroup.com
www.carnegiesportsgroup.com
This sounds like a fantastic initiative, with so many grassroots organizations needing to learn how to market themselves and their work, this is really timely! All entrants, I urge you to check it out!
there is a fascinating discussion going on at Al-Dersimspor´s project page concerning their TOC statement and possible expansion of TOC by linking it to social sciences and humanities. It´s actually the beginning of a discussion I was kind of hoping for: How do we relate the "social" and the "entrepreneur" in "social entrepreneurship", and what tools can be useful in creating a self-image and strategy that we as organizations feel comfortable with? Join us, we´d love your input!
I have posted a few of the projects around this competition on their thoughts about TOC, and linked to some outside resources that might help. Since that might actually be helpful for everybody around here, find them at
http://www.theoryofchange.org/
Aspen Roundtable material with nice glossary and overview.
http://www.evaluationtools.org/plan_theory.asp
Theory of change in the larger picture of developing a good project/company profile.
http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/chwtoolkit/PDFs/Logicmod/chapter3.pdf
All-purpose summary of TOC for grantseekers etc.
A helpful book for me was
Gareth Morgan: Creative Organization Theory. A resourcebook. (Sage Books)
- with lots of case studies, including the NP sector, which might be neat for the projects in the "Sport for social change" competition.
A good theory of change statement from one of the projects on cm/Sport for social change can be found at the "Boxgirls Roadwork" entry over here (look at the comment scetion):
http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/2279
Hop it helps, and let me know what you think about TOC and how to aply it to your program.
Jasper Nicolaisen
Free University Berlin
University Challenge
I am Yusuf Saed, I believe that sports can play a vital role for solving disputes and easly bring friendship and peaceful environment among young people and society in general, my experience towards organizing and sports for peace tournaments gives me a chance to know that the conflicts areas can integrated to their by using sports for peace programs like football matches, athletics, basketball and etc. the young people forgets the all disputes and problems among them, the society also becomes more friendship since their young people are playing together.
Regards
Yusuf Saed
Executive Director
SOYDA
Hargeisa-Somaliland
I have recently become aware of the wonderful Charlotte, NC-based program "Street Soccer." Its proven record of success and the passion of its participants is an inspiration for overcoming adversity through the supportive structure of team sports. Thanks to all of the people involved in Street Soccer and all of the fantastic programs highlighted here - you truly make a positive difference in the world every day.
The Kutumb Foundation - www.kutumb.in - is an NGO in New Delhi working with children living in the slums. It organizes 'Goal of LIfe: Soccer with a Cause' each year, in which more than 20 NGOs working with children participate.
To read more about it, visit http://kutumb.in/goal_of_life.html
New award opportunities announced in the "Sport for a Better World" competition, including awards focused on soccer, basketball, women in sport, and the best innovation from a Nike employee. Enter and showcase your innovation by January 8th, 2008 to qualify. More details here: http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/4067
In this time of sexualized images of girls and women, opportunities for other forms of movement such as sport for girls and women need to be provided/emphasized so that girls and women, regardless of context, can feel strong in their bodies and know they are participating in an activity that is valued world wide..
We at Duke University are excited to serve as University Ambassadors for this important competition and have enjoyed reading the entries over the last month. As University Ambassadors, our job is to provide feedback to entrants and direct entrants to sources of information that might help their endeavor. While we look forward to commenting on individual entries over the next month, we thought it might be helpful to post a general comment to provide feedback to everyone on common themes as well as specific ways to address the judging criteria. In each comment, we’ll also connect you with resources that can help you further.
1) Innovation
As we read the entries, we were inspired by the personal stories that have led to many of these innovative programs. It is important that each applicant realize that social change is at the heart of this contest. Equally important, this contest focuses on using sports as a vehicle for change and a connector of people. To make the best case for your entry, we encourage each applicant to ensure that they emphasize why your program is innovative. To that end, use every space possible to describe your program. Don’t leave anything blank.
2) Impact
In our collective past experience, one of the best activities than any social program – old or new – can go through is Social Impact Assessment. The two best tools that help social entrepreneurs to start thinking about impact are: Theory of Change and the Impact Value Chain (also called Logic Model). Theory of Change can be defined as a way of thinking about how the activities of your venture lead to ultimate social outcomes. It is usually one sentence that describes your impact. (Example: If people in affected countries are provided with malaria nets and instructed on how and why to use them, the incidence of malaria will decrease and personal well-being will increase.)
Most good programs measure themselves on how many people are served or how much money is raised for their mission. In the Social Value Chain, these are called “outputs.” While these are important, great programs reach beyond just outputs and attempt to measure social change or “outcome.” The Social Value Chain/Logic Model helps you think about these ultimate social outcomes and how your outputs relate to them.
Especially since the deadline has been extended, we strongly encourage each applicant to consider developing a Theory of Change statement and Logic Model to show not only its outputs (how many served), but provide as much detail as possible on your program’s intended impact and outcomes. While we recognize that outcome research is costly, even anecdotal outcomes or proxy data (using a similar program’s research study) can be helpful to show your ultimate impact.
For more information on Theory of Change, go to:
http://www.evaluationtools.org/plan_theory.asp
http://socialvc.net/_uploads/documents/live/THEORIESOFCHANGE.doc
For an example of a Theory of Change statement, go to:
Teach for America: http://www.teachforamerica.org/mission/theory_of_change.htm
For more information on Impact Value Chain/Logic Model, go to:
http://www.managementhelp.org/np_progs/np_mod/org_frm.htm
http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub3669.pdf
3) Scale
Changemakers exists to find good programs all over the globe, assist them in becoming great programs, and scaling them across the globe. This presents an important question - How do you know how and when to scale? Duke University’s professor, J. Gregory Dees, has written a lot of this topic and we thought we’d share some of his insights. You can find a link to his full report and other resources below.
First, what is scaling? It is about spreading your program into other geographic locations to achieve greater impact. You can scale deeply (focus on a small, more distinct geography) or scale widely (focus on wide distribution and larger geography). Second, how do I know when to scale? This is a more complicated question that will require careful analysis of not only your program’s readiness to scale, but also market analysis to identify unmet needs in other geographic areas. Third, what should I scale? Each program has a unique core that sets its program apart from others. It is important to assess your program and identify this core and what is most important to transfer to future scaling efforts. The Changemakers competition is an excellent vehicle for this analysis. It is also important to be flexible – not every aspect of your program will work in other geographies. Fourth, how should I scale? The answer to this question is different for everyone. In most cases, organizations find like-minded partners who are interested in bringing the program to their community. This is often desirable because these partners have community-relevant expertise.
For more detailed information on Scaling Social Impact, go to:
http://www.caseatduke.org/knowledge/scalingsocialimpact/index.html
If you have specific questions on this posting, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Sincerely,
Paul Bloom
Senior Research Scholar of Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
Duke University – Fuqua School of Business
Suzanne Steffens
CASE Scholar
MBA Student, Class of 2008
Duke University – Fuqua School of Business
naw a days sport become popular through out the country,thanks for those elit athlets like haile,kenenisa,meseret,derartu,gete and others.even if there are a lot of problems in the country,most peoples are either participate in different activities or passing their time by watching DSTV`S. this is what i observ the role of sport for better world.
i do not understand haw to participate in this program ,i have got the adress from my friend still naw i become confused, so will you tell me haw to be active participant? how can i put my signature?
DEAR SIR/MADAM.
MY NAME IS BERNAED FETRIE PRESIDENT OF FIST OF IRON WEIGHTLIFTING CLUB GHANA, REPRESENT GHANA IN ALL AFRICA GAME 2003 IN NIGERIA. AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP/OLMPIC QUALIEFIERE 2004 TUNISIA
COMMONWEALTH GAME 2006 AUSTRALIA.
I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE MY ORGANIZATION TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS GREAT SPORTING ORGANIZATION.
HOPE TO HERE FORM YOU SOON.
BETS REGARED
BERNARD FETRIE
PRESIDENT
FIST OF IRON
WEIGHTLIFTINGCLUB GHANA.
I had the fortunate oppørtunity to work with Hoops 4 Hope in 2000. Each day we would show up at a new location and help build or clean up existing basketball courts that in many cases would be filled with broken class. Unfortunately this is all too common and this is where Hoops 4 Hopes delivery of used basketball ball shoes comes in really handy. If it is all possible to vote in this competition, I vote for Hoops 4 Hope as I have seen a direct positive result in the kids that have gone through the system.
Hoops 4 Hope is a unique combination of a dream and a reality. Mark Crandall, the founder, travels halfway across the world to bring the joy of summer and play to a world where kids don't have much and are in need of healthy outlets. Like the Peace Corps did a generation ago, Hoops 4 Hope shows the difference an individual can make.
Our whole family has been involved in helping Mark to support and grow his dream for the kids in South Africa to be able to learn to play safely together. He has been a true inspiration to our son for the past fifteen years and deserves all of our support and all the support Nike can give. He will be a true ambassador for the ideals for which your company and your program wants to promote.
Dear Friends , I thought you all might be interested to learn about this upcoming conference in 2008. Look forward to seeing you all there !
Kindest regards, Eli
“To remember is to resist:” * 40 Years of Sport and Social Change, 1968-2008 University of Toronto, May 20-22, 2008 40 years after Mexico City, Paris, and Prague, and 80 days before the Beijing Games, the Faculty of Physical Education and Health, the Centre for Sport Policy Studies and New College at the University of Toronto are pleased to host a three-day conference on sport and social change to be held in Toronto, Canada, on May 20-22, 2008. www.idrottsforum.org/push/Sport_ and_Social_Change_conference_CFP.pdf
Eli A. Wolff
Manager, Research & Advocacy
Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Northeastern University
e.wolff@neu.edu
We've just added a new feature that will allow you to track all the comments posted for your entry on your website, blog, etc. To use this feature, go to your entry page and download the "Spring Widget" located at the top right of your entry. (To download the the widget, click on "options"). You can use this widget by posting on your website or blog for your community and supporters to track.
Check out this article about the new Air Native N7 shoe - its an amazing example of a social venture started by one of Nike's purest examples of a social intrapraneur: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU16525092007-1.htm
The proceeds from this shoe will go to support sport programs that aim to bring positive change to Native youth in the United States.
I have organise alot of sporting events and competition for young people in Cameroon to fight against HIV and for social inclusion.Cameroon being one of the best country for football in Africa,alot of young people are interested in different sporting activities.For them,it is the fastest way to become RICH.
I love this topic so much.Looking forward to it.
sports for social development can do so much on so many levels, especially when the appropriate synergy is achieved between collaborating agencies. i've been working with people living on the street, place to place, or in publically financed shelter ages 14-50 in the us for the past five years and we have spent four using sports, particularly soccer. i am so happy to see this competition open. well done!
I'm a supporter of Ashoka, working to bring social entrepreneur fairs to the high school level. However, this Nike-sponsored program challenges my impression of what Ashoka stands for...or against. I recently saw an inspiring short video called ESPN: St. John's and Nike at http://www.myspace.com/behindtheswoosh. Leslie Kretsu and Jim Keady have the type of courage and conviction that I didn't know still existed in the U.S., by experiencing first-hand the abusive conditions under which Nike's Indonesian workers live. Tiger Wood's endorsement fee could support 700,000 people - what he makes in 1 second would buy a worker a house. Yet Nike puts funds into marketing, like this program, that are extracted from fair wages. What incremental good could this money do that's been taken from the world's poorest workers?
I heard about this video through fairtradesports.com, a company that sells adult-made, fair-trade balls and apparel, and gives all their profits to help at-risk children around the world. Please watch this video and help me understand how Nike and not Fair Trade Sports is congruent with Ashoka's mission.
Tereza, I share your concerns about corporate responsibility - and in this case about Nike. I did a little research on the videos about Jim Keady and his lawsuit against Nike that you reference here and I found that Keady's lawsuit against Nike was dismissed for lacking legal merit, and for his acting in bad faith (see http://www.redmen.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=29.
I do think questions and concerns about corporations' social responsibility are important and I look forward to learning more about this subject. Changemakers' work with Nike is part of Ashoka's long-term vision to help bridge the business and citizen sectors when businesses are willing to learn to invest in systemic social change.
Ofra Balaban chairperson - CHEN - Patient Fertility assosciation, Israel
Israel, Uganda & Kenya are in the same regional part in ICSI - the roof organization for fertility associations. We are planning a10 years old children foorball cup in Israel to be in early April 2008 we think that sport in genral and children playaing football specifically can promote the attitude to fertility problems. My city Holon, Israel is the children city and we wish it to come true.
I feel so happy that iam contributing ideas to how sports can create social change. Well let me share with you the experience in Uganda. As you may be aware the nothern part of the country has been experiencing war for the last 15 years. This means the soical life of most people in this region is characterised with hate, rejection, and revenge. The majority of children have been seeing war and death and mostly face psychological nightmares. So to promote social change using sports is the ideal. Games like football, netball, volley, pool table can contriubute to rebuild social skills and interraction. The element of isolation will be reduced and again new social cycles and friends will be created. Most times the sporting events bring happiness and excitement which are true rewards of interaction. When this is achieved eventually social social change, transfromation, and a new spirit of belonging is attained. This happens mainly because minds will shift from hink about the efects of war to winning games and winning fans's hearts.
I was privileged to help bring a team of homeless men from New York City to participate in the "1st Homeless Streetsoccer World Cup," which took place in Graz, Austria in 2003 with 16 participating countries and the "2nd Homeless Streetsoccer World Cup," in Gotenberg, Sweden in 2004 with 26 participating countries. The mission of the event was to raise awareness of homelessness on a global level. It was an extraordinary event and showed that the universality of sports, indeed, leveled the playing field. These participants wearing their national colours became citizens and athletes of the world come to compete and get to know each other, transcending their challenging circumstances. The vehicle of sports gave them a way to renew their confidence and self-esteem and following these world cups, statistics found one-third of the participants went back to school, got jobs or got homes. Our USA team was enlightened to find other countries' homeless citizens have far less than they did and gathered up all their new traveling clothes and gave them to the younger Brazilian boys. My foundation was also privileged to provide free echocardiograms to respectively, 16 and 26 countries of athletes to identify cardiovascular risk factors and prevent Sudden Cardiac Death. I captured this life changing experience in a screenplay as art, too is a universal language. I am delighted this competition exists to further social change through athletics. Thank you!
Arista, Founder
The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists
www.chadfoundation.org
aristastar@aol.com
I've been fortunate to have gone on two placements on to Grenada and one to Zambia using sport as a tool for development. I'm going to a youth conference in Namibia in September of this year on Sport for Development and can't wait to meet some passionate leaders. Here in Canada we are also thinking of way of connecting with social innovators using sport as a way to develop communities and social inclusion
I'd love to connect to this initiative. Keep me posted!
hi,
just wanted to let you know that we have started a branch of Hoops4Hope in Canada which is receiving amazing support across the country. Our volunteer representative Rick Gill played professional basketball in South Africa amongst other places and is doing an amazing job there to do events, raise equipment and funds to support our important programs in southern Africa. If you are interested please let me know. Thanks for your interest in using sport to develop people and communities.
best, Mark
Mark Crandall
Hoops 4 Hope
hoops4hope@mac.com
www.hoopsafrica.org
Yes I agree as I have a son who has a difficult time in school but does exceptionally well in sports even though he has cystic fibrosis. . .go figure. I would like to get involved with this project as I am currently a graduate student in Social Science and believe social change for the better is attainable for all.
Robyn Boyd, Medical Technologist (ASCP)
Clinical Laboratory Scientist and Educator
Amb. Abayomi Rotimi Mighty
This is a great opportunity for us (Change Makers) to bring out very creative ideas and initiative that would effect great changes globally. I have an initiative that has to do with football. will drop it after the briefing about this programme by september. I believe in a better World!! I believe in the achievements of the MDGs. Regards from Nigeria.
Abayomi Rotimi Mighty
Executive Director
Creative Innovations
Nigeria.
Sounds like a very exciting endeavor. I've been working on projects related to Sports for Social Change in Africa (www.gypafrica.org and www.girlskickit.org), and lookoing forward to the details about the competition in September.
WOW! 3 years ago when I started my business it was in fact called SSC, otherwise known as Sport for Social Change. Since then it has changed to CreatiVision. CreatiVision is a program that helps other find their paths in life by challenging the traditional methods of learning as well as developing character. The main method in which I have been helping others learn, especially all those "hyper-active" kids that have appeared on the scene since the discovery of ritalin, has been through sport. I think that sport has many amazing qualities and can't wait to hear what other people are doing in the field of sport to change the status of the world.
Sincerely,
Shawn MacDonell
CreatiVision: Helping others add a pulse to their passion
819.777.1707
220 Laval
Gatineau, QC
J8X3J7
Please visit http://www.changemakers.net/node/2553 regularly for updates.
Tito Llantada
Changemakers.net
Competition Manager
We are excited to announce the winner of the Nike-Changemakers Sport for a Better World Football/Soccer Award. Congratulations to the following winner, recognized for using football to affect social change in their community:
Ambassadors in Sport – Hope Academy (South Africa)
On behalf of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Nike, and social innovators worldwide, thank you for your unique participation.
Sincerely,
The Changemakers Team
We are excited to announce the winner of the Nike-Changemakers Sport for a Better World Basketball Award. Congratulations to the following winner, recognized for using basketball to affect social change in their community:
CHILD NURTURE AND RELIEF (CHINAR), India
On behalf of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Nike, and social innovators worldwide, thank you for your unique participation.
Sincerely,
The Changemakers Team
We are excited to announce the winners of the Nike-Changemakers Sport for a Better World University Challenge. Congratulations to the following winners who led the effort to engage academia in the online open-sourcing process:
University: Freie Universität Berlin
Faculty: Heather Cameron (Freie Universität Berlin)
Students: Jasper Nicholaisen & Jackie Lauff (Freie Universität Berlin)
The thought leadership exercised by University Ambassadors was central to the global discussion on sports and social innovation, as testified to by the hundreds of social innovators with whom you collaborated.
We would also like to extend a special honorable mention to Andrew Aris from the Erfurt School of Public Policy, who successfully pioneered the effort to synthesize classroom curricula with real-time social innovations.
On behalf of Ashoka’s Changemakers, Nike, and social innovators worldwide, thank you for your unique participation.
Sincerely,
The Changemakers Team
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Tito Llantada
Changemakers.net
Competition Manager
Fantastic! I feel really honored. It was fun and I learned a lot - thanks to Nike, Ashoka and the whole Changemakers community!
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Jasper Nicolaisen
Free University Berlin
University Challenge
Jasper - you rocked it! Thanks for bringing the Theory of Change convo to so many entrants!
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Tyler Ahn
Changemakers
Hello All:
At Carnegie Sports Group, we realize how difficult it is for a lot of the non-profits in the world to create sustainable resources. Too many of these organizations rely on high cost galas, grants, and giving instead of actual models that create actual resources.
In the summer, we're launching iCSG, an effective and low-cost way for organizations to market themselves and create viable avenues of resources. It's part search engine, part social network, part marketing platform, and entirely, a way to gain another level of searchability and marketability. Member profiles will feature the usual—contact info, organization background, etc, but iCSG will also feature marketing opportunities and in-depth mixed-media content for potential corporate sponsors—it’s the best of what social networks have to offer. It isn’t just a static, stagnant site, but with blogging, video, and interactive capabilities, it becomes a true community, strengthening the connection between organizations and potential sponsors.
With iCSG, we want to make non-profits more easily sustainable and thus, maximize the reach and capability of these really amazing ideas and initiatives. It’s about more than just a noble cause—it’s also about making sure these causes can exist to precipitate change! We'll be up and running soon and there's a quick tour available on our website: www.carnegiesportsgroup.com.
Wishing you all the best,
Jerllin
Jerllin Cheng
Associate
Carnegie Sports Group, LLC
206 East 32nd St. Suite 4RW
New York, NY 10016
212.213.8079
jcheng@carnegiesportsgroup.com
www.carnegiesportsgroup.com
Jerllin,
This sounds like a fantastic initiative, with so many grassroots organizations needing to learn how to market themselves and their work, this is really timely! All entrants, I urge you to check it out!
Best,
Tyler Ahn
Changemakers
www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
approaches we very much appreciate in the changemakers model, especially during the online voting stage, so please vote for your top projects.
Hi everyone,
there is a fascinating discussion going on at Al-Dersimspor´s project page concerning their TOC statement and possible expansion of TOC by linking it to social sciences and humanities. It´s actually the beginning of a discussion I was kind of hoping for: How do we relate the "social" and the "entrepreneur" in "social entrepreneurship", and what tools can be useful in creating a self-image and strategy that we as organizations feel comfortable with? Join us, we´d love your input!
Starts here:
http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/4193#comment-3928
Jasper Nicolaisen
Free University Berlin
University Challenge
Hi all,
I have posted a few of the projects around this competition on their thoughts about TOC, and linked to some outside resources that might help. Since that might actually be helpful for everybody around here, find them at
http://www.theoryofchange.org/
Aspen Roundtable material with nice glossary and overview.
http://www.evaluationtools.org/plan_theory.asp
Theory of change in the larger picture of developing a good project/company profile.
http://www.publichealth.arizona.edu/chwtoolkit/PDFs/Logicmod/chapter3.pdf
All-purpose summary of TOC for grantseekers etc.
A helpful book for me was
Gareth Morgan: Creative Organization Theory. A resourcebook. (Sage Books)
- with lots of case studies, including the NP sector, which might be neat for the projects in the "Sport for social change" competition.
A good theory of change statement from one of the projects on cm/Sport for social change can be found at the "Boxgirls Roadwork" entry over here (look at the comment scetion):
http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/2279
Hop it helps, and let me know what you think about TOC and how to aply it to your program.
Jasper Nicolaisen
Free University Berlin
University Challenge
"Competing for Change" article in the Stanford Social Innovation review: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/competing_for_a_change/
Tito Llantada
Changemakers.net
Competition Manager
I am Yusuf Saed, I believe that sports can play a vital role for solving disputes and easly bring friendship and peaceful environment among young people and society in general, my experience towards organizing and sports for peace tournaments gives me a chance to know that the conflicts areas can integrated to their by using sports for peace programs like football matches, athletics, basketball and etc. the young people forgets the all disputes and problems among them, the society also becomes more friendship since their young people are playing together.
Regards
Yusuf Saed
Executive Director
SOYDA
Hargeisa-Somaliland
I have recently become aware of the wonderful Charlotte, NC-based program "Street Soccer." Its proven record of success and the passion of its participants is an inspiration for overcoming adversity through the supportive structure of team sports. Thanks to all of the people involved in Street Soccer and all of the fantastic programs highlighted here - you truly make a positive difference in the world every day.
The Kutumb Foundation - www.kutumb.in - is an NGO in New Delhi working with children living in the slums. It organizes 'Goal of LIfe: Soccer with a Cause' each year, in which more than 20 NGOs working with children participate.
To read more about it, visit http://kutumb.in/goal_of_life.html
New award opportunities announced in the "Sport for a Better World" competition, including awards focused on soccer, basketball, women in sport, and the best innovation from a Nike employee. Enter and showcase your innovation by January 8th, 2008 to qualify. More details here: http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/4067
Tito Llantada
Changemakers.net
Competition Manager
In this time of sexualized images of girls and women, opportunities for other forms of movement such as sport for girls and women need to be provided/emphasized so that girls and women, regardless of context, can feel strong in their bodies and know they are participating in an activity that is valued world wide..
Dear Innovators,
We at Duke University are excited to serve as University Ambassadors for this important competition and have enjoyed reading the entries over the last month. As University Ambassadors, our job is to provide feedback to entrants and direct entrants to sources of information that might help their endeavor. While we look forward to commenting on individual entries over the next month, we thought it might be helpful to post a general comment to provide feedback to everyone on common themes as well as specific ways to address the judging criteria. In each comment, we’ll also connect you with resources that can help you further.
1) Innovation
As we read the entries, we were inspired by the personal stories that have led to many of these innovative programs. It is important that each applicant realize that social change is at the heart of this contest. Equally important, this contest focuses on using sports as a vehicle for change and a connector of people. To make the best case for your entry, we encourage each applicant to ensure that they emphasize why your program is innovative. To that end, use every space possible to describe your program. Don’t leave anything blank.
2) Impact
In our collective past experience, one of the best activities than any social program – old or new – can go through is Social Impact Assessment. The two best tools that help social entrepreneurs to start thinking about impact are: Theory of Change and the Impact Value Chain (also called Logic Model). Theory of Change can be defined as a way of thinking about how the activities of your venture lead to ultimate social outcomes. It is usually one sentence that describes your impact. (Example: If people in affected countries are provided with malaria nets and instructed on how and why to use them, the incidence of malaria will decrease and personal well-being will increase.)
Most good programs measure themselves on how many people are served or how much money is raised for their mission. In the Social Value Chain, these are called “outputs.” While these are important, great programs reach beyond just outputs and attempt to measure social change or “outcome.” The Social Value Chain/Logic Model helps you think about these ultimate social outcomes and how your outputs relate to them.
Especially since the deadline has been extended, we strongly encourage each applicant to consider developing a Theory of Change statement and Logic Model to show not only its outputs (how many served), but provide as much detail as possible on your program’s intended impact and outcomes. While we recognize that outcome research is costly, even anecdotal outcomes or proxy data (using a similar program’s research study) can be helpful to show your ultimate impact.
For more information on Theory of Change, go to:
http://www.evaluationtools.org/plan_theory.asp
http://socialvc.net/_uploads/documents/live/THEORIESOFCHANGE.doc
For an example of a Theory of Change statement, go to:
Teach for America: http://www.teachforamerica.org/mission/theory_of_change.htm
For more information on Impact Value Chain/Logic Model, go to:
http://www.managementhelp.org/np_progs/np_mod/org_frm.htm
http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub3669.pdf
3) Scale
Changemakers exists to find good programs all over the globe, assist them in becoming great programs, and scaling them across the globe. This presents an important question - How do you know how and when to scale? Duke University’s professor, J. Gregory Dees, has written a lot of this topic and we thought we’d share some of his insights. You can find a link to his full report and other resources below.
First, what is scaling? It is about spreading your program into other geographic locations to achieve greater impact. You can scale deeply (focus on a small, more distinct geography) or scale widely (focus on wide distribution and larger geography). Second, how do I know when to scale? This is a more complicated question that will require careful analysis of not only your program’s readiness to scale, but also market analysis to identify unmet needs in other geographic areas. Third, what should I scale? Each program has a unique core that sets its program apart from others. It is important to assess your program and identify this core and what is most important to transfer to future scaling efforts. The Changemakers competition is an excellent vehicle for this analysis. It is also important to be flexible – not every aspect of your program will work in other geographies. Fourth, how should I scale? The answer to this question is different for everyone. In most cases, organizations find like-minded partners who are interested in bringing the program to their community. This is often desirable because these partners have community-relevant expertise.
For more detailed information on Scaling Social Impact, go to:
http://www.caseatduke.org/knowledge/scalingsocialimpact/index.html
If you have specific questions on this posting, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Sincerely,
Paul Bloom
Senior Research Scholar of Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
Duke University – Fuqua School of Business
Suzanne Steffens
CASE Scholar
MBA Student, Class of 2008
Duke University – Fuqua School of Business
naw a days sport become popular through out the country,thanks for those elit athlets like haile,kenenisa,meseret,derartu,gete and others.even if there are a lot of problems in the country,most peoples are either participate in different activities or passing their time by watching DSTV`S. this is what i observ the role of sport for better world.
i do not understand haw to participate in this program ,i have got the adress from my friend still naw i become confused, so will you tell me haw to be active participant? how can i put my signature?
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Sports venues using wind energy:
http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/playbook/2007/11/12/patriots-to-use-wind-energy-at-gillette-stadium/
Tito Llantada
Changemakers.net
Competition Manager
I had the fortunate oppørtunity to work with Hoops 4 Hope in 2000. Each day we would show up at a new location and help build or clean up existing basketball courts that in many cases would be filled with broken class. Unfortunately this is all too common and this is where Hoops 4 Hopes delivery of used basketball ball shoes comes in really handy. If it is all possible to vote in this competition, I vote for Hoops 4 Hope as I have seen a direct positive result in the kids that have gone through the system.
Jason Baseden
Hoops 4 Hope is a unique combination of a dream and a reality. Mark Crandall, the founder, travels halfway across the world to bring the joy of summer and play to a world where kids don't have much and are in need of healthy outlets. Like the Peace Corps did a generation ago, Hoops 4 Hope shows the difference an individual can make.
Our whole family has been involved in helping Mark to support and grow his dream for the kids in South Africa to be able to learn to play safely together. He has been a true inspiration to our son for the past fifteen years and deserves all of our support and all the support Nike can give. He will be a true ambassador for the ideals for which your company and your program wants to promote.
Wycliffe Mboya Ngoya
CEO and the Director
Sacrena Sporting Organization
P.O.Box 138-40123
Kisumu-Kenya
Tel:+254 724 799 727
email:sacrenakenya@yahoo.com
email:wycliffemboya@yahoo.com
skype name:sacrenakenya
Dear Friends , I thought you all might be interested to learn about this upcoming conference in 2008. Look forward to seeing you all there !
Kindest regards, Eli
“To remember is to resist:” * 40 Years of Sport and Social Change, 1968-2008 University of Toronto, May 20-22, 2008 40 years after Mexico City, Paris, and Prague, and 80 days before the Beijing Games, the Faculty of Physical Education and Health, the Centre for Sport Policy Studies and New College at the University of Toronto are pleased to host a three-day conference on sport and social change to be held in Toronto, Canada, on May 20-22, 2008. www.idrottsforum.org/push/Sport_ and_Social_Change_conference_CFP.pdf
Eli A. Wolff
Manager, Research & Advocacy
Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Northeastern University
e.wolff@neu.edu
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Thanks, Tito Llantada
Fascinating article on innovative social investing around sports for the 2012 Olympics: http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/27984.htm
Check out this article about the new Air Native N7 shoe - its an amazing example of a social venture started by one of Nike's purest examples of a social intrapraneur: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU16525092007-1.htm
The proceeds from this shoe will go to support sport programs that aim to bring positive change to Native youth in the United States.
I recommend checking out these Sports Illustrated stories on climate change and sports.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/07/eco.snow/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/06/eco0312/index.html
If anyone has any other story links or socially conscious sports journalists in mind, please let me know.
Best,
Dana Frasz
Changemakers
I have organise alot of sporting events and competition for young people in Cameroon to fight against HIV and for social inclusion.Cameroon being one of the best country for football in Africa,alot of young people are interested in different sporting activities.For them,it is the fastest way to become RICH.
I love this topic so much.Looking forward to it.
Hello Capec,
Are you considering entering the competition? It sounds like you have some great projects going!
Dana Frasz
sports for social development can do so much on so many levels, especially when the appropriate synergy is achieved between collaborating agencies. i've been working with people living on the street, place to place, or in publically financed shelter ages 14-50 in the us for the past five years and we have spent four using sports, particularly soccer. i am so happy to see this competition open. well done!
Lawrence Cann
www.streetsoccerusa.org
I'm a supporter of Ashoka, working to bring social entrepreneur fairs to the high school level. However, this Nike-sponsored program challenges my impression of what Ashoka stands for...or against. I recently saw an inspiring short video called ESPN: St. John's and Nike at http://www.myspace.com/behindtheswoosh. Leslie Kretsu and Jim Keady have the type of courage and conviction that I didn't know still existed in the U.S., by experiencing first-hand the abusive conditions under which Nike's Indonesian workers live. Tiger Wood's endorsement fee could support 700,000 people - what he makes in 1 second would buy a worker a house. Yet Nike puts funds into marketing, like this program, that are extracted from fair wages. What incremental good could this money do that's been taken from the world's poorest workers?
I heard about this video through fairtradesports.com, a company that sells adult-made, fair-trade balls and apparel, and gives all their profits to help at-risk children around the world. Please watch this video and help me understand how Nike and not Fair Trade Sports is congruent with Ashoka's mission.
Tereza, I share your concerns about corporate responsibility - and in this case about Nike. I did a little research on the videos about Jim Keady and his lawsuit against Nike that you reference here and I found that Keady's lawsuit against Nike was dismissed for lacking legal merit, and for his acting in bad faith (see http://www.redmen.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=29.
I do think questions and concerns about corporations' social responsibility are important and I look forward to learning more about this subject. Changemakers' work with Nike is part of Ashoka's long-term vision to help bridge the business and citizen sectors when businesses are willing to learn to invest in systemic social change.
Ofra Balaban chairperson - CHEN - Patient Fertility assosciation, Israel
Israel, Uganda & Kenya are in the same regional part in ICSI - the roof organization for fertility associations. We are planning a10 years old children foorball cup in Israel to be in early April 2008 we think that sport in genral and children playaing football specifically can promote the attitude to fertility problems. My city Holon, Israel is the children city and we wish it to come true.
Wycliffe Mboya Ngoya
CEO and the Director
Sacrena Sporting Organization
P.O.Box 138-40123
Kisumu-Kenya
Tel:+254 724 799 727
email:sacrenakenya@yahoo.com
email:wycliffemboya@yahoo.com
skype name:sacrenakenya
I feel so happy that iam contributing ideas to how sports can create social change. Well let me share with you the experience in Uganda. As you may be aware the nothern part of the country has been experiencing war for the last 15 years. This means the soical life of most people in this region is characterised with hate, rejection, and revenge. The majority of children have been seeing war and death and mostly face psychological nightmares. So to promote social change using sports is the ideal. Games like football, netball, volley, pool table can contriubute to rebuild social skills and interraction. The element of isolation will be reduced and again new social cycles and friends will be created. Most times the sporting events bring happiness and excitement which are true rewards of interaction. When this is achieved eventually social social change, transfromation, and a new spirit of belonging is attained. This happens mainly because minds will shift from hink about the efects of war to winning games and winning fans's hearts.
Moses Kiwanuka Kasaato
Occupational Therapist
Uganda
I was privileged to help bring a team of homeless men from New York City to participate in the "1st Homeless Streetsoccer World Cup," which took place in Graz, Austria in 2003 with 16 participating countries and the "2nd Homeless Streetsoccer World Cup," in Gotenberg, Sweden in 2004 with 26 participating countries. The mission of the event was to raise awareness of homelessness on a global level. It was an extraordinary event and showed that the universality of sports, indeed, leveled the playing field. These participants wearing their national colours became citizens and athletes of the world come to compete and get to know each other, transcending their challenging circumstances. The vehicle of sports gave them a way to renew their confidence and self-esteem and following these world cups, statistics found one-third of the participants went back to school, got jobs or got homes. Our USA team was enlightened to find other countries' homeless citizens have far less than they did and gathered up all their new traveling clothes and gave them to the younger Brazilian boys. My foundation was also privileged to provide free echocardiograms to respectively, 16 and 26 countries of athletes to identify cardiovascular risk factors and prevent Sudden Cardiac Death. I captured this life changing experience in a screenplay as art, too is a universal language. I am delighted this competition exists to further social change through athletics. Thank you!
Arista, Founder
The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists
www.chadfoundation.org
aristastar@aol.com
I've been fortunate to have gone on two placements on to Grenada and one to Zambia using sport as a tool for development. I'm going to a youth conference in Namibia in September of this year on Sport for Development and can't wait to meet some passionate leaders. Here in Canada we are also thinking of way of connecting with social innovators using sport as a way to develop communities and social inclusion
I'd love to connect to this initiative. Keep me posted!
hi,
just wanted to let you know that we have started a branch of Hoops4Hope in Canada which is receiving amazing support across the country. Our volunteer representative Rick Gill played professional basketball in South Africa amongst other places and is doing an amazing job there to do events, raise equipment and funds to support our important programs in southern Africa. If you are interested please let me know. Thanks for your interest in using sport to develop people and communities.
best, Mark
Mark Crandall
Hoops 4 Hope
hoops4hope@mac.com
www.hoopsafrica.org
Yes I agree as I have a son who has a difficult time in school but does exceptionally well in sports even though he has cystic fibrosis. . .go figure. I would like to get involved with this project as I am currently a graduate student in Social Science and believe social change for the better is attainable for all.
Robyn Boyd, Medical Technologist (ASCP)
Clinical Laboratory Scientist and Educator
Amb. Abayomi Rotimi Mighty
This is a great opportunity for us (Change Makers) to bring out very creative ideas and initiative that would effect great changes globally. I have an initiative that has to do with football. will drop it after the briefing about this programme by september. I believe in a better World!! I believe in the achievements of the MDGs. Regards from Nigeria.
Abayomi Rotimi Mighty
Executive Director
Creative Innovations
Nigeria.
Sounds like a very exciting endeavor. I've been working on projects related to Sports for Social Change in Africa (www.gypafrica.org and www.girlskickit.org), and lookoing forward to the details about the competition in September.
WOW! 3 years ago when I started my business it was in fact called SSC, otherwise known as Sport for Social Change. Since then it has changed to CreatiVision. CreatiVision is a program that helps other find their paths in life by challenging the traditional methods of learning as well as developing character. The main method in which I have been helping others learn, especially all those "hyper-active" kids that have appeared on the scene since the discovery of ritalin, has been through sport. I think that sport has many amazing qualities and can't wait to hear what other people are doing in the field of sport to change the status of the world.
Sincerely,
Shawn MacDonell
CreatiVision: Helping others add a pulse to their passion
819.777.1707
220 Laval
Gatineau, QC
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Wycliffe Mboya Ngoya
CEO and the Director
Sacrena Sporting Organization
P.O.Box 138-40123
Kisumu-Kenya
Tel:+254 724 799 727
email:sacrenakenya@yahoo.com
email:wycliffemboya@yahoo.com
skype name:sacrenakenya
I'd love to get involved in this initiative. Please let me know what opportunities exist... Thanks!