Understanding the Value of Social Innovation Labs

UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION LABS The 3 most common types HEALTH SERIC of challenges confronted by social innovation labs are in: U Labs begin prototyping and testing solutions VS as early as two U U By contrast, a traditional planning based approach can take a year to implement its first pilot EXPERIMENTATION ALLOWS SOCIAL INNOVATION LABS 12 TO LEARN AND Months Months months program. ADAPT QUICKLY. Deep Dive into a Scalable Solution Labs focus on creating scalable solutions, which can be applied to challenges in different fields Illiteracy isolates vulnerable groups and blocks them from important information and services. When Khmer speakers in Cambodia were unable to get critical information to improve their livelihoods, the social innovation lab INSTEDD worked with locals to find a solution. to amplify their impact. That solution, Verboice, has been used by groups around the world to place over 2 million calls. It is used to spread critical information and build resilient communities around the world. Community disaster response in the United States Spread farming practices via radio broadcasts in Cambodia Will track Ebola and Prenatal screening via mobile in Kenya other infectious disease outbreak in Liberia and West Africa Resources: http://verboice.instedd.org http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/current-work/innovation/sodial-innovation-labs ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION #rflabs EDUCATION