MetaGood

MetaGood

• The Bad News• The Good News• MetaGood as a social innovation catalyst• MetaGood support during

– Inspiration– Skills– Resources– Execution

• Some Specific Outcomes• Support Us

Contents

The Bad News

MetaGood Problems Within Us …

MetaGood … Lead To Problems Outside Us

MetaGood Old Solutions Are Broken…

MetaGood … And New Ones Have Yet To Reach Scale

MetaGood Deep Change Is Desperately & Urgently Needed…

“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”

Albert Einstein

MetaGood … And We Don’t Have A Lot Of Time

The Good News

MetaGood People Are Listening To Themselves…

MetaGood … And Are Breaking Away From The Noise …

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

WaldenHenry David Thoreau

MetaGood … To Make A Difference

MetaGood As A Social Innovation Catalyst

MetaGood Social Innovation Ingredients …

Social Innovation

Skills

Inspiration

Resources

Execution

MetaGood … And Related Hurdles

Social Innovation

Skills

Inspiration

Resources

Execution

Not having all the required skills for a social innovation project

Uninspired, indifferent or unaware potential volunteers

Lack of financial, technological, political or social resources

“Non-professional” delivery in volunteering based non-profit projects

MetaGood We will facilitate overcoming these hurdles

Social Innovation

Skills

Inspiration

Resources

Execution

Becoming a hub for multi-disciplinary volunteers

Documenting problems or inspiring stories

Board level & advisory support by prominent for profit and non-profit VCs and PE firms, corporate leaders

Execution toolkit including shared spaces for collaboration, project management tools, regular check-ins

Inspiration

MetaGood This Is How People Change …

Get Inspired

Reflect

Envision

Act

MetaGood … Inspiration Is Crucial

Get Inspired

Reflect

Envision

Act

Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it half an hour a day. Why, sometimes, I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.“

--Lewis Carroll

MetaGood There Are Inspiring People Around Us …

MetaGood … and MetaGood will document them …

MetaGood … And Will Spread Their Stories …

B.L.O.G

MetaGood … So That Others Join In Too

Skills

MetaGood More Can Be Achieved With Diverse Skills

Social Innovation Universe

Achievable Through Only Engineering

MetaGood We will create social meeting spaces (online + offline)

MetaGood And Will Facilitate Inspiration, Ideation & Team Formation

Inspiration Ideation Team Formation

Resources

MetaGood

• Knowledge Capital– Resource library with books, online subscriptions to appropriate knowledge resources– Skills directory of volunteers with certain sets of knowledge and skills

• Social Capital – Access to people from*

• Socially investment firms: Acumen Fund• Social innovation organizations: Ashoka Foundation• Policy making organizations: NCERT• CSR programs at companies: Bharti Foundation• Non-Profit Foundations: Premji, Quest Alliance

• Financial Capital– Seed grants to promising proposals**– Proposal making support for 3rd party grants from foundations etc.

* All the organizations named are for illustration purposes only at this point in time** Only from Phase 2 onwards

Knowledge, Financial & Social Resources

Execution Support

MetaGood Online + Offline Project Management & Meeting Facilitation

Some Specific Outcomes

MetaGood The Beginnings Of A Typical Project

30 people attend a BLOG day with a focus on Improving

Governance

A guest filmmaker presents her documentary on how

governance falls through the cracks

18 out of the 30 are interested in brainstorming quick solutions to

this

3 promising projects (low hanging fruits) emerge after the

brainstorm

A team comprising of a software developer, a visual designer and an MBA assembles on the fly (out of

the 18) to build the Web 2.0 portal that is the first solution

BLOG connects these 3 to Ashoka foundation

MetaGood Some Things We Hope To Make Happen (1)

Social Innovation Projects

Volunteer Match Making

Book & Movie Club

Speaker Series

MetaGood Some Things We Hope To Make Happen (2)

Contemplative Breaks

College Outreach Program

Local Community Dialog

Support Us

MetaGood We Believe In A Few Things …

Hope Joy Passion

Caring Love Honesty

Playfulness Self-Belief Shared Meaning

MetaGood … And Need A Few People Who Believe Too

MetaGood Please Reach Out

Nirat BhatnagarM: + 91 9899692572E: nirat@metagood.orgW: www.metagood.org

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