Our global online community counts on with more than 65,000 users, has identified more than 5,000 innovative solutions and it has granted over USD 35 millions leverage the social change worldwide. In order to continue growing in our vision – Everyone a Changemaker – we want to know how Changemakers is generating social impact in our global community:What is your idea of social impact? How do we measure or capture the social impact from the exchanges, collaborations, problems solving dynamized by our community members action?
We did a pilot trying to identify entrant’s feedback about CM impact through the Gamechangers competition. We sent a survey to the 91 entrants from LA region and we got 33% of answers. We want to share with all of you our preliminary results:
Entrants believe that the main benefits from CM are:
76% - To be part of a community with the same interests, getting to know other initiatives and sharing ideas.
30% - Get visibility and recognition for their work.
6% - Get contact with potential partners in a democratic environment
6% - Develop an idea and take into action
6% Didn’t find any benefits
Entrants believe that the main impact that CM could generate is:
30% Visibility of best practices in a global community
26% Generation of collaborations between other entrants.
16% Connections between different sectors and opportunities democratization.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and your feedback ...
We love hearing about how being a part of Changemakers can lead to further opportunities. We hope you'll all share your "Changemakers Impact" stories with us...such as this one that just came in:
Newsdesk.org, a finalist in the Changemakers and WeMedia "The Power of Us" competition, has received a $25,000 grant from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation. "It absolutely was a result of that contest,” said editor Josh Wilson. “Thank you very much for helping make that connection!”
The organization will use the grant to develop a non-profit, public interest news syndication service called News You Might Have Missed, and hire full-time staff. The service will focus on important but overlooked news stories and local coverage in underserved communities.
Congratulations to Newsdesk.org! Let's hear more stories like this -- feel free to post them right here on the Changemakers Group.
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Our global online community counts on with more than 65,000 users, has identified more than 5,000 innovative solutions and it has granted over USD 35 millions leverage the social change worldwide. In order to continue growing in our vision – Everyone a Changemaker – we want to know how Changemakers is generating social impact in our global community: What is your idea of social impact? How do we measure or capture the social impact from the exchanges, collaborations, problems solving dynamized by our community members action?
We did a pilot trying to identify entrant’s feedback about CM impact through the Gamechangers competition. We sent a survey to the 91 entrants from LA region and we got 33% of answers. We want to share with all of you our preliminary results:
Entrants believe that the main benefits from CM are:
Entrants believe that the main impact that CM could generate is:
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and your feedback ...
Localization Team
We love hearing about how being a part of Changemakers can lead to further opportunities. We hope you'll all share your "Changemakers Impact" stories with us...such as this one that just came in:
Newsdesk.org, a finalist in the Changemakers and WeMedia "The Power of Us" competition, has received a $25,000 grant from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation. "It absolutely was a result of that contest,” said editor Josh Wilson. “Thank you very much for helping make that connection!”
The organization will use the grant to develop a non-profit, public interest news syndication service called News You Might Have Missed, and hire full-time staff. The service will focus on important but overlooked news stories and local coverage in underserved communities.
Congratulations to Newsdesk.org! Let's hear more stories like this -- feel free to post them right here on the Changemakers Group.