Social Innovators Xchange December 2013 Issue

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Social Innovators XchangeDecember 2013

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TRUST QUOTIENT UP in Singapore, Thanks to

GSIForum & GSIFest

GSIForum has been Social Innovation Park’s (SIP) flagship event since 2006. This year

GSIForum adopts the theme of ‘Inclusive Innovation: Trusted Leadership, Business &

Society’ and explores the ‘what’s’, ‘why’s’ and ‘how’s’ of Trust from the perspectives of

leaders of the 3P (Public, People and Private) sectors, towards the objective of improving

our trust quotient collectively and hence becoming a more inclusive society.

In this GSIF2013 Special Edition, we will walk you through the journey of GSIF2013 and

trust that you will definitely not want to miss out the next GSIF!

300 participants

75 speakers & facilitators

60 volunteers

25 countries

SIP’s New Innovations!

The newly inaugurated Social Innovators

Policy shapers Network (SIPN), find out

more on pg 8…

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One year mentorship programme for social

enterprises in collaboration with McKinsey

& Company and other successful business

leaders. Check it out on pg 6 & 7!

Successful launch of two impactful

campaigns by NECDC & Novartis for a

more inclusive society! Read about it on

pg 4…

Last year, Inclusive Art

Concert was launched

during GSIFsetival. This

year, we present it to

our Gala dinner

audience. See more on

pg 12 …

A brilliant performance at

GSIF, find out more on pg 11.

Giving

crates a

new lease

of life!

GSIF Challenge: 100 Ideas to up your Trust

and Inclusiveness Quotient

Mr. Tim Hamons, Founder of Art of awakening, visually recording the main essence of the session into visual

story maps. Delegates were able to refresh all the key ideas that have been shared during the session from

this masterpiece.

Delegates

sharing their

personal trust

crisis and

brainstorming

on ideas how to

overcome them.

For the first time, delegates were challenged to generate100

ideas to increase their Trust and Inclusiveness Quotient at

the forum. Through the various statistics and devices used

by Dr Ilya Farber, Senior Scientist at the Institute of High

Performance Computing, A*STAR, the session became very

lively as the audience was invited to think and work in

groups to generate their own ways to increase trust.

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Impact and Outreach of GSIF

Over the years, GSIF has

amassed a great interest

among people to foster

change for society.

Participants of GSIF were so

inspired by the experience

that they went on to become

our spokespersons in their

network and social media

presence. Till today, we have

approximately facilitated at

least 600 collaborations, many

at a much evolved stage,

others in the process of being

formed!

Left: Mr Joel Leong, General

Manager, NECDC; Mr Heng

Sweet Heat, Minister of

Education; Ms Penny Low,

Founder & President,

Social Innovation Park

(SIP) launching the

Social Innovation

Fund.

This year at GSIF, we saw the launch of the

NECDC $100,000 Social Innovation (SI)

Fund and the Novartis campaign milestone of

The Unforgettables.

With the SI fund launched by North East

Community Development Council (NECDC)

and SIP, individuals and existing social

enterprises are empowered to develop

innovative programmes geared towards helping

the less privileged within the community. Apply

with us now by 31st Jan’14!

The Unforgettables campaign by Novartis is a

social initiative targeted at creating awareness

of age related healthcare and social-care

challenges faced by both healthcare

professionals and caregivers. The programme

strives to mobilize the collective resources of

the people-public-private partnerships, the

young and the old, in driving the pressing

agenda of issues faced in caring for the elderly.

Find out more at

Inclusive Outreach:

The Unforgettables

Campaign reaching

out to the old and the

young…

10,000,000 Views

160,000 Improved Lives

16,000 Participants

2,000 New Ideas

600 Collaborations

One Movement

: GSIFGSIF Media

Coverage

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http://www.unforgettables.com.sg/index.php


Inclusive Innovation: TRUSTED Leadership, Business & Society

The Anatomy of TRUST & Inclusive

Growth

Social Capital @ the Speed of TRUST

From Left: Ms Penny Low, Founder & President, Social

Innovation Park Ltd; Ms Amanda Goh, Managing

Director, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide Pte Ltd;

Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Education Singapore;

Mr Oliver Tonby, Managing Partner, South East Asia,

McKinsey & Company; Ms Annie Koh, Vice President,

Office of Business Development and External Relations,

Singapore Management University; Mr Nicolas Hazard,

Chairman, Le Comptoir de l’Innovation; Vice-chairman,

GROUPE SOS

From Left: H.E. Thomas Kupfer, Ambassador of Switzerland,

Embassy of Switzerland; Ms Angie Kim, Managing Director,

Novartis Singapore Pte Ltd; Ms Penny Burtt, Head of Client

Service Risk Asia and Head of Public Affairs and External

Relations for Southeast Asia, McKinsey & Company; Prof

David Chan, Professor of Psychology, Director, Behavioural

Sciences Institute, Singapore Management University; Prof

Kriengsak Chareonwongsak, President, Institute of Future

Studies for Development

From Left: Mr Ang Hak Seng, Chief Executive Director, People's

Association; Ms Ann Lavin, Public Policy, Google; Mr Chaly Mah

Chee Kheong, CEO, Deloitte Asia Pacific; Mr Ole Ruch, Regional

Director Asia Pacific, Airbnb; Mr Nicholas Fang, Executive

Director, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

GSIF TRUSTed Plenaries

Our Delegates taking a High Five moment to hype up their energy

level!

Top & Bottom Right : Stimulating questions from

the ground.

Bottom Left: Our Energetic Emcee Mr Paul Dunn,

Chairman B1G1, hosting GSIF for the 2nd year.

TRUST was the keyword of GSIF 2013. What is trust, how do we

measure trust, and most importantly, how do we increase trust?

These were just some of the big questions that our plenary speakers

tackled as we increasingly live in a world of trust deficits. Our

Plenary Speakers flew from all over the world to discuss topics and

issues and impact cross-sector collaborations to foster a climate of

Trust, and ultimately ensure lasting social impact and social goods.

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The Blind Audition: The Voice of

Trust and our funky judges’ chairs

Ms Cassie Lim, Founder of Be

Movement, giving a testimonial

of how GSIF has helped her

publication take off.

MOS Sim Ann giving a commentary

speech after witnessing The Voice of

Trust.

Unveiling the Faces

behind The Voice of

Trust – Our Judges

From Left: Ms Callie Liew, Founder, HSR Global Limited , Ms Chen-Ai Loh, Senior Vice President, Institutional Banking

Group, DBS Bank , Ms Jocelyn Chng, Managing Director, Sin Hwa Dee Foodstuff Industries Pte Ltd , Mr Ben Phee,

Group Managing Director, Phee Group Holdings Ltd , Mr Roger Koh, CEO, Chen Fu Ji International F&B Group Ltd

Enhanced Social Innovators Accelerator

(SIA) TrackThis year saw eight social enterprises vying for the chance to participate in the SIA track.

Ultimately, five were successful and they went through gruelling sessions with their mentors

over the course of two days to improve their business models and elevator pitches. Their final

pitches were much improved and certainly heartening.

The mentorship programme will last for one year, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company

and other successful business leaders, with regular meet-ups to monitor the entrepreneurs’

progress and help to fast-track growth of these social enterprises.

“All the participants who had given a pitch at ‘The Voice of Truth’

have very good social objectives… Alone, they may not have the

network and access to resources. But within our group, we have

mentors with diverse experiences from both the public and private

sectors. This is where we as mentors can contribute our inputs and

share with them.”

Ms Chen-Ai Loh, Senior Vice President, Institutional

Banking Group, DBS Bank

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Successful social entrepreneurs getting

up close and personal about their own

journey of setting up a social enterprise.

The biggest takeaway from the session?

It may be the toughest of ventures but

ultimately it is the worthiest of all. And

you fail many times before you succeed,

but persist, persist, persist.

Our SIA Track participants receiving

personalised mentoring from their

mentors, McKinsey & Co and leaders

from other companies.

Tell it, Don’t Sell it!

Our SIA Track participants brainstorming on

ideas to refine their elevator pitch.

Mr Patrick Liew (left) in his element as lead facilitator of

the SIA Track with many years of experience in the

business industry. To his right, a satisfied (or relieved?)

SIA Track participant after her pitch.

- Joyce Ling, Life Architects LLP (A Social Enterprise)

Mr Desmond Kok (Left), Board of

Director, Social Innovation Park (SIP),

explaining the concept of SEED – a new

urban farming project initiated by SIP to

the mentors.

“I think the first mentoring session was awesome. I learnt and gleaned so many interesting

areas for my aspiring social entrepreneur start up…The second mentoring session was

even more useful. We had so many mentors and it was very inspiring. “

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Over the two days, participants

learned about social innovation

happening around the world,

generated ideas to help

policymakers better understand the

concept of social entrepreneurship

and networked with delegates from

eight different countries.

SIPN, inaugurated by SIP during GSIF this year, aims to connect policymakers with leaders

in the people and private sectors to seek collaborative solutions to socio-economic-

political challenges, and enhance the works of social entrepreneurs and innovators through

the establishment of a positive policy framework.

Participants giving a round of self-introduction. Top (from left):

Dr Victor Tong, Senior Scientist, A*Star; Mr. Baey Yam Keng,

Member of Parliament, People Action Party; Ms. Ng Yeen Seen,

Senior Vice President, Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute

Right (from left): Dr Ilya Farber, Senior Scientist, A*STAR and

Mr. Joel Leong, General Manager, North East CDC

It is heartening that many of the participants have made a personal commitment to enhance social innovation

within their own capacity and network. They will be presenting the report card of their progress and

achievement in the next GSIF. With the new friendships and mutual TRUST forged, we are looking forward to

witnessing collaborations among our participants to build a more inclusive, sustainable and better world.

Cross borders and sectorial (i.e. People, Public and Private) sharing of social innovation. From left: Prof Kriengsak

Chareonwongsak, President, Institute of Future Studies for Development; Ms. Sumiko Hatakeyama, Project Officer, Political & Economic

Department, Asia-Europe Foundation; Ms. Ann Lavin, Public Policy, Google; Mr Jordan Isac, Corporate Communications Manager, OUE; Ms.

Chloe Huang, Assistant Director, Ministry of Social and Family Development; Mr. Nicholas Fang, Executive Director, Singapore Institute of

International Affairs

Social Innovators Policy shapers Network (SIPN)

Ms. Penny Low

sharing the purpose

and aspiration for

inaugurating this

network.

Left: Dr Rick Goh, Director of the Computing Science

Department, A*STAR and Ms Shannen Fong, Head of Corporate

Relations, Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore

Top: Mr.

Christoffer

Erichsen, CEO and

Co-Founder,

Scope Group

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MasterClasses & Big Ideas! Lab

TRUST is no longer an abstract

term with the Trust Equation in a

class conducted by the Managing

Partner (South East Asia) of

McKinsey & Company, Mr Oliver

Tonby.

Check out the fomula and assess

your level of trustworthiness.

Resilience and Self-

TRUST was the story in

the session - Leading with

an Inner edge

Do you trust yourself? Do you trust your friends and vice versa? Do you trust

institutions? Do institutions trust you? Do institutions trust one another?

Delegates got to explore Trust from the 5 different levels in the various sessions.

Here are some of the snippets:

Session on Inclusive Branding by

Mr. Andrew Bryson, Mr. James

Cook and Ms. Chandni Jain, where

the Brand Share study released by

Edelman just recently this year, was

applied to a real-life case study of

SIP, to driving trusted brands and

hence increasing consumer trust.

In the session - Driving

Trust across Key

Stakeholders, our

panel of experts from

the 3P sectors

identified Trust drivers

that are pertinent to

building trust and

fostering greater tri-

sector collaborations.

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How can the 3P sectors come together to promote greater TRUST and inclusiveness among

the elderly, their families, professional caregivers and Society? These were the key issues

explored in our session, Inclusive Innovation: The Unforgettables Campaign.

What used to be a community practice has now

become a billion-dollar business model.

Mr. Ole Ruch from Airbnb (left) and Mr. Moh

Hon Meng from Estatebuzz (right) shared how

the sharing economy, with its emphases

on shared access to resources and information

and TRUST is taking the world by storm.

As a healthcare

industry partner in

Singapore, Novartis

believes that

patients are central

to their mission of

caring and curing.

“We strive to focus all our actions on the improvement of patients’

lives.” said Angie Kim, Managing Director of Novartis

Singapore Pte Ltd.

Led by Frog consultants, in Ideas for a

better World, our experts, Mr. Steve

Boswell, General Manager, Frog (Left),

Mr. Ramakrishna NK, Co-founder &

CEO, Rang De (Middle) and Mr. David

Moreno, CEO, Coowry Ltd (Right)

share about ideas and insights on how

we could improve financial accesses and

opportunities to the bottom of the

pyramid. Delegates were also taken

through an ideation process using Frog

methodology to generate innovative

solutions to bring about greater financial

inclusivity to the world.

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A poster display for the

Unforegettables Campaign


What are our volunteers saying?

“...It was wonderful to have the chance to interact with volunteers from different universities and

understand why they volunteered at GSIF. I really enjoyed attending the different sessions and my

favorite is SIP Fellows: Recipes for Success. Their experiences on setting up a social enterprise are

very motivating and insightful. A learning point from the speakers is that they always have a positive

mindset- perceiving mistakes as chances to do better. “ - Madeline Tai

I trust you because...

“Being a volunteer in GSIF benefits me a lot. Besides expanding my social network, the

leaders have taught and given me many opportunities to practice different skills, which

fulfil the SIP mission: educate , empower and enhance.” - Wendy Liu Yunxin

Our long time volunteers, Mr. Darren Chin and Ms. Wong

Pei Shan who have being part of GSIF for five and three

years respectively taking a TRUST shot together.

Delegate to Performer

Last year, Ms Aurora Lui – Hamons

was a delegate at GSIF and this year,

she returned extremely confident and

took the centre stage through a

stunning performance of The Climb

by Miley Cyrus.

The wall of trust was erected to get people thinking

WHY we trust each other and HOW trust is

formed.

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Gala Dinner and Inclusive Art Concert

The gala dinner was held at Mandarin

Orchard Singapore and we were

honoured to have Deputy Prime

Minister (DPM), His Excellency Teo

Chee Hean, as Guest of Honour. The

funds that were raised will be channelled

towards fostering greater community

cohesion and enhancing social

innovation.

We would like to thank all our partners,

volunteers, speakers, delegates and

friends for your generous support and

contribution.

Top: Ms Lily Goh, Founder of Extraordinary

Horizon, leading the audience in her song signing

performance of Heal the World. DPM H.E. Teo and

Mr Chiew Kin Huat signing to the song .

Middle: (Left) Guzheng performance put up by

Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN)

and (Right) Band performance by Benjamin,

Elizabeth and Ron Tan from the Inclusive Art

Movement.

Bottom: Band performance by GSIF 2012

volunteer, Jean Tan and her friends. One of the

songs performed was the theme song for GSIF,

'Something More', penned by Jean to celebrate

those who have dedicated their lives and genius to

better the world, and to urge many others to find

their true selves in doing the same.

SIP has been providing a platform for aspiring

artists to showcase their talent in our yearly

Inclusive Arts Concert.

From Left: Son and daughter of Dato’ Low Tuck Kwong,

DPM H.E. Teo, Ms Penny Low and Mr Chiew Kin Huat.

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GSIF Festival @Vivo City

Keep Calm &TRUST me CampaignEntirely volunteer driven, the keep Calm & TRUST me Campaign was launched to get people thinking about

how they could become more trusted by people who matter to them. You can find out more photos and

the pledges made on our GSIF Facebook page.

In moving from a mindset of

limitations to possibilities,

GSIFestival 2013 is designed

to facilitate and showcase

examples of how the public,

private and people sector

can build trust and address

the challenges of a tight

labour market by employing

marginalised individuals.

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Testimonials of GSIF

I particularly enjoyed the sessions organised under the Policy

Shapers Network, where I could find many committed and like-

minded policy influencers willing to contribute their experience

and knowledge to create a better policy environment.

Sumiko Hatakeyama (Ms), Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

(GSIForum 2013 Speaker)

About GSIF I can say there aren’t many who do this kind of thing. Topics in the forum are

very different from other conferences. The topics are at a heart level, that is the most distinct

factor of GSIF.

Leah Tan, DBS (GSIForum 2013 Delegate)

Thank you very much for the opportunity to attend GSIF and be

able to present Coowry to such a distinguished audience and be

able to share our views with people that shared our view to give

a twist to current payment methods, facilitate financial inclusion,

digital inclusion and to give the tools to the poor to capitalise

their assets, let it be their talent, their skills, their labour or their

savings.

David Moreno, Coowry (GSIForum 2013 Speaker)

Over the last few years, a greater culture has really been fostered

for social entrepreneurship and social enterprise. There are a lot

more active and sustained partnerships with private, public,

academia and government. I do think platforms like GSIF help

advance these conversations about the industry at large in

Singapore.

Amanda Goh – Managing Director, Edelman Singapore (GSIForum

2013 Plenary Speaker)

Social Innovation is the call of 21st Century yet I do not know of

any such program such as GSIF in South East Asia addressing this

issue.

Rekha Mody, Global Women Forum (GSIForum 2013 Speaker)

Working as a GSIF2013 intern gave me the opportunity to appreciate the dynamism and

energy of SIP, which draws on a cadre of professional volunteers, in addition to its full time

employees, in its commitment to “Educate. Empower. Enhance” At SIP, I was given

opportunities that most others interns do not have access to - the ability to direct media

outreach; the opportunity to lead meetings with confirmed and potential partners amongst

many others.

Anirudh Sivaram, Yale University (GSIForum 2013 Intern)

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SpecialThanks

Photo-

graphersAlan Ng

Darren Chin

Jason Elpheus

Johnny Li

Kim Ong

Gala Dinner Sponsors

SIP Team, Core Volunteers and Supporters

An extraordinarily BIG thank you and heartfelt gratitude to Dr Stephen Riady, for your

immeasurable and unwavering support and believe in our cause to build a more inclusive, sustainable and

better world.

Adeline Tan

Alvin Chia

Amanda Mah

Calvin Tan

Chandni Jain

Chiew Kin Huat

Chong Wee Cheong

Desmond Kok

Dora Heng

Dr Illya Farber

Dr Rick Goh

Dr Victor Tong

Esperanza Canlas

Jeanette Kwek

Koh Juay Meng

Kwok Wai Khong

Lau Qian Qi

Lee Bok Guan

Lee Yong Han

Leona Leong

Lim Chin Boon

Lim Eng Kiat

Loh Chen-Ai

Melvin Yong

Michelle Khoo

Nashvia Alvi

Noelle Kuah

Ooi Peng Ee

Pang Lim

Pang Lim

Forum Partners

Tan Thoo Cheng

Terence Lee

The entire SIP@SIM

Chapter, especially

Thiagu Thevar

The Yale Interns,

especially Anirudh

Sivaram

Tim Hamons

Wan Pak Khiong

Wang Hong Jun

Wayne Koh

Wong Peishan

Wu Xiaoting

Yang Xinyi

Festival Partners

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Abundance Development Pte Ltd

Broadway F&B Management Pte Ltd

Chang Cheng Group Pte Ltd

Clean Solutions Pte Ltd

Dato's Low Tuck Kwong DSSA

J'Diam Trading Pte Ltd

Loyang Tua Pek Kong

Prime Supermarket Ltd

Punggol 21 CCMC

Sinmah Poultry Processing Pte Ltd

The Singapore Buddhist Lodge

Unique Gas Solution Pte Ltd

Wan Pak Khiong

Patrick Liew

Patrick Pang

Paul Dunn

Penny Burtt

Penny Low

Ram Sivaram

Rena Pua

Roger Liew

Roger Wang

Samuel Ng

Sean Poh

Shahzada Dawood

Soh Sue Ping

Tan Shumin

Ai Muay Management Pte Ltd

Ang Mo Supermarket Pte Ltd

Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Bai-Quo Pte Ltd

Bao Kang Enterprise

British American Tobbaco

Calvin Yeo Kia Seng

Chow Ying Hoong

F&N Foods Pte Ltd

FBL M&E Pte Ltd

Gan Hup Lee (1999) Pte Ltd

Gold Kili Trading Enterprise (S) Pte Ltd

Group Interior & Construction Pte Ltd

Hilltop Contractor Pte LTd

Huang Kee Buidling Maintenance Pte Ltd

Les Enterprise

Lian Beng Group Ltd

Mingtak Pte Ltd

Natuzi Trading Pte Ltd

Novena Foundation Pte Ltd

Ong Joo Joo Joo Food Industries Pte Ltd

Platts Trading (S) Pte Ltd

Punggol Coral RC

Punggol Cover RC

Punggol Gardens RC

Punggol Meadows RC

Punggol Meridian RC

Punggol North Community Sports Club

Punggol Oasis RC

Punggol Oceanus RC

Punggol Periwinkle RC

Raymond's Math & Science Studio Pte Ltd

Sin Leong Lee Coffee Pte Ltd

Sin Yuan Hong LP Gas Pte Ltd

Sing See Soon Floral & Landscape Pte Ltd

Starlight Stainless Steel Pte Ltd

Systematic Air-Conditioning Pte Ltd

Tan Hee Nam PBM

Tan Soon Huah Gas Supply Pte Ltd

Titan Facilities Management Pte Ltd

Union Energy Corporation Pte Ltd

Gold Partners

Knowledge Partners

Supporting Partners

Venue Partner

Apex Partner

Platinum Partner


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Gao Danni

Jordyn Arndt

Joyce Ling

Mohamed Faizal

Nicholas

Sean Kong

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