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This presentation accompanied my talk on WHY I co-founder Flashpoint Labs, a start up social enterprise inspiring and empowering young people from diverse backgrounds to be creative learners, thinkers and professionals through changemaking photography. The talk can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tST5zVk879Q&feature=share&list=PL2D9EF458E02A81D8&index=39
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(social) upstarts
mickey kovari
aim:
offer my perspective
start you up
motivation and drive
social inequality
social injustice
social change
how and what?
social impact
we are all connected
my wellbeing is inextricable linked to yours and everybody else’s
characteristicstrue grit
generative energy
laser focus
obsessive learner
hubristically ambitious
Photo: EmanueleSilvestro
Photog Frank Baron
Flashpoint Labschangemaking photography
youth development
photo agency
flashpoint labs
a crucial shift replace profit and the profit motive with
wellbeing and a holistic motive.
sweet spot (the why)
purpose
passion
community needs
sphere of influence
what works
holistically conscioussocial
cultural
environmentaleconomic
political
big visionsocial innovators
social enterprises
participatory economics
direct democracy
fair, just, creative and sustainable
START UP NOW!!
1. skill upa. TACSI, SIX, NESTA, Young Foundation,
HDL, OpenIDEO Ashoka, Skoll,b. Social Innovation Thinking
2. find your sweet spot
3. get grit and get to work
Social Innovation Thinking
www.mickeykovari.com
@mickeykovari
