SocialDesignSite Latest News http://www.socialdesignsite.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:33:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.socialdesignsite.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.socialdesignsite.com SocialDesignSite Latest News http://www.socialdesignsite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=106 SocialDesignSite has conducted three more SoYouKnow events. Two members of the SocialDesignSite team, Glória Costa and Estuardo Calderón moderated 3 events in Portugal: Lisbon and Matosinhos. The first SoYouKnow took place on May 13-15, 2010 at ESAD Design School (http://www.esad.pt/pt/) in Matosinhos, Portugal. It had the participation of one international keynote, Lars Diederichsen from Instituto Meio (http://www.institutomeio.org/), São Paulo, and one portuguese social entrepreneur, Frederico Lucas, founder of Novos Povoadores (http://www.novospovoadores.pt/) . The second day of workshop took place on the coworking space The Hub - Porto (http://porto.the-hub.net/public/)). The participants felt inspired and shared creative design solutions for everyday life problems. The second SoYouKnow workshop was conducted on May 17, 2010 in Lisbon, at the coworking space Betalab (http://www.betahaus.de/). Enhancing the positive outcomes of being involved in a coworking spac, the participants delivered solutions on how to help blind people to be more integrated in society. The third SoYouKnow workshop was conducted on May 20-22, 2010 at FBAUL - Fine Arts University of Lisbon (http://www.fba.ul.pt). We had the participation from Ana Filipa Pias from the voluntary design project Design é preciso (http://www.designepreciso.com.pt/) and Miguel Alves Martins, from Social Entrepreneurship Institution (http://www.ies.org.pt). The workshop had a great feedback from the... Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:46:18 +0100 http://www.socialdesignsite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=384&Itemid=106 On March 18, 2010, SocialDesignSite presented the ongoing research and moderated a discussion on social design at the Kunst Apotheke Salon Session 6 organised by SideBySide Studio (http://www.sidebysidestudio.net/) (I-Wei Li) in Berlin. Kunst Apotheke Salon is open to cultural workers who want to receive critical input, creative stimulation and constructive feedback in a safe and friendly space with international colleagues. A visualisation of the conversation at the salon and the notes of participants will follow. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:41:30 +0100 http://www.socialdesignsite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=381&Itemid=106 our community platform on Ning (http://socialdesignsite.ning.com/) . This platform was created in response to the valuable feedback of our participating projects. Through this platform we seek to offer a convenient and lively communication environment, enhance connections between the members of our community and provide opportunities for sharing, participation and collaboration. Here you can share any kind of information, network with the people you like, provide content, engage in discussions, join and create groups. Feel free to get the most out of this platform – it is here for you to use! We hope that this platform will bring you enjoyable and useful experiences. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:31:11 +0100 http://www.socialdesignsite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=380&Itemid=106 SocialDesignSite was presented at the exhibition DREAM FOR A CAUSE - Social Design between Utopia and Reality from November 4 until December 12, 2009 in Vienna. The event was also the occasion to run a SoYouKnow workshop facilitated by Suk-Han Tang and Glória Costa on November 12, 2009. It invited participants to reflect on social design and focused on the practical issues for a successful social design project. For more information concerning the exhibition please visit this link (http://www.socialdesign.at/) . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:25:58 +0100 http://www.socialdesignsite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=378&Itemid=106 SocialDesignSite is proud to announce that it has conducted two first SoYouKnow events. The first SoYouKnow took place on October 9, 2009 at the Young Crew Workshop (http://www.youngcrew.de/web/workshop_2009_-_berlin_1245672261) in Berlin for young professionals and students in the field of project management. It lasted for three hours and received warm acceptance of the participants. The second SoYouKnow workshop was conducted on October 16, 2009 in Witzenhausen at the “Global Thinking – Local Responsibility (http://www.fh-fulda.de/fileadmin/IFBC/Bilder/2009_Conference/2009_IFBC-Conference_Speakers.pdf)” conference for the students of food business. The event was again welcomed by the audience. SoYouKnow, standing for Socialize Your Knowledge, is an interactive and playful workshop format. During the event the participants have the opportunity to share knowledge, communicate on the topic of soft skills in project management and network with each other. The friendly atmosphere of SoYouKnow creates not only meaningful knowledge exchange, but also ground for dynamic and enjoyable learning. SocialDesignSite team will continue working on the SoYouKnow format. The next workshop will follow on November 13, 2009 in Vienna. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:38:17 +0100