About : Community
Our Community
A hub of investors, social innovators, and advocates, collaborating to grow impact and accelerate change.
Innovators
Innovators are passionate about an issue in their community, and have developed a creative solution. Take action:
- Enter competitions to share your ideas, gain global attention, and win cash prizes.
- Build a changeshop to broadcast your success and discover new resources.
- Connect with members of the community to draw on their talents and resources to fulfill your organization's needs.
Jacqui Cutts is building changeshops to grow her projects
By early January 2012, she completed 5 offers-needs connections, 38 goals, 6 project milestones, and uploaded four impact reports for her projects.
Advocates
An advocate is anyone who is inspired to support the work of innovators. Take action:
- Explore solutions that speak to your passions and interests.
- Find changeshops that can use your support and talents.
- Sign up to help a changeshop reach its milestones.
Andre Blackman promotes innovators on Changemakers and other social media
He says: “Changemakers aligns perfectly with what I'm about these days--encouraging innovation and new ideas to flourish . . . getting connected with the tools and resources they need."
Investors
Investors discover new solutions and provide resources and funding to grow their impact. Take action:
- Launch a collaborative competition to discover new investment-grade innovations.
- Create a community changeshop to foster collaboration between innovators focused in your area of interest.
- Gain insights from our strategic advisory services.
Paul Basil, founder of Villgro Innovations Foundation, is funding innovations through changeshop
Villgro is offering a $10,000 grant for an initiative that demonstrates, by its activities on changeshop, potential for significantly improving the lives of the rural poor in India.
Where the Community Interacts
Changeshops
Changeshops allow anyone to share an idea or offering; seeking skills, talent, and support; or invest in systems-changing solutions.
Community Changeshops
Community changeshops are clusters of changeshops focused on one topic, where innovators can find special funding offers, and where advocates and innovators can spur rapid innovation and collaboration.
Competitions
Changemakers collaborative competitions engage new communities around social challenges, opening opportunities to solve problems. Competitions source innovative solutions from every part of the world, engage participants from every level and sector of society.
