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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
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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
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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
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