Darren Sharp's Posts - Urgent Evoke2024-03-28T10:52:33ZDarren Sharphttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/DarrenSharphttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2209261597?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=02974v1bpylys&xn_auth=noMy future selftag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1460902010-05-11T11:26:30.000ZDarren Sharphttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/DarrenSharp
In 2020 I will be living in Australia working hard to collaborate with my fellow change agents to develop solutions to some of our biggest challenges.<br/><br/>I'm changing the world on a daily basis by living more sustainably, growing food at home, sharing resources with neighbours, generating our own electricity, and using rain water tanks.<br/><br/><br/>
In 2020 I will be living in Australia working hard to collaborate with my fellow change agents to develop solutions to some of our biggest challenges.<br/><br/>I'm changing the world on a daily basis by living more sustainably, growing food at home, sharing resources with neighbours, generating our own electricity, and using rain water tanks.<br/><br/><br/>Project H Designtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-11:4871302:BlogPost:1460872010-05-11T11:00:00.000ZDarren Sharphttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/DarrenSharp
I've decided to use <a href="http://www.projecthdesign.org">Project H Design</a> as a social innovation role model. They do really interesting work to help communities develop new systems using cutting-edge design solutions.<br/><br/>I started following them on Twitter @ProjectHDesign and sent them a tweet.<br/>
I've decided to use <a href="http://www.projecthdesign.org">Project H Design</a> as a social innovation role model. They do really interesting work to help communities develop new systems using cutting-edge design solutions.<br/><br/>I started following them on Twitter @ProjectHDesign and sent them a tweet.<br/>The Power of Co-creationtag:www.urgentevoke.com,2010-05-09:4871302:BlogPost:1434472010-05-09T12:00:12.000ZDarren Sharphttp://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/DarrenSharp
I have chosen the following secret to social innovation:<br></br><span><strong><br></br></strong></span><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span><strong><span style="font-style: italic;">Provide skills, not just finished technologies.</span></strong> <span style="font-style: italic;">The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution, rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community throughout…</span></span></div>
I have chosen the following secret to social innovation:<br/><span><strong><br/></strong></span><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span><strong><span style="font-style: italic;">Provide skills, not just finished technologies.</span></strong> <span style="font-style: italic;">The current revolution in design for developing countries is the notion of co-creation, of teaching the skills necessary to create the solution, rather than simply providing the solution. By involving the community throughout the design process, you can help equip people to innovate and contribute to the evolution of the product. Furthermore, they acquire the skills needed to create solutions to a much wider variety of problems. They are empowered.</span></span><br/></div>
<br/>I believe this secret could help me change the world because it's about capacity building & creating meaningful change. Solutions to many of the most pressing problems comes from those experiencing its effects directly. The practice of co-creating a solution is powerful because it recognises the innate creativity and power of experiential knowledge. Anything from incremental improvements to full-blown transformation can emerge from people with first-hand experience of a particular problem. Co-creation also takes local context - cultural, economic and political - into consideration to create more meaningful solutions that have been collaboratively developed by the community in question. <br/>