{"id":2676,"date":"2016-04-20T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/six.stimulatingminds.co.uk\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2022-08-31T08:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T08:10:21","slug":"an-introduction-to-social-innovation-for-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/an-introduction-to-social-innovation-for-ngos\/","title":{"rendered":"An introduction to social innovation for NGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although many aspects of innovation, including the ability to creatively problem solve and adapt to changing context, have long underpinned the work of NGOs, it is currently emerging as a new and distinct area of practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At present, there is both scepticism towards, and enthusiasm for, innovation in the sector \u2013 as well as a great deal of confusion about exactly what it is. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SIX worked with Bond, the UK&#8217;s membership body for international development, and Oxfam to demysify what social innovation looks like within NGOs to help build greater common understanding of social innovation across the sector and&nbsp;inspire more impactful innovation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The briefing attempts to define social innnovation in international development, by exploring the contextual drivers, the different types of innovation that exist, and the processes that faciliate it. 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