SSI is back!

After a 1 year break, things have started moving again with School of Social Innovation! The main highlights are: 1. we submitted a sponsorship application for Helsinki Design Capital 2011 and 2. I met new interesting people, and I have good feelings about what could come out of it!

At Global Service Jam 2011, I met Katja, the starter of Designers for Finland, who has some very similar interests in terms of using design to do good for the society; we were both a bit stuck with our efforts and needed some motivation, so we thought “what better way to get ourselves to move on with our efforts than to get paid for it?”…We met a few times, did some planning, decided on what projects we wanted to take on together, and then sent in the funding application. Fingers crossed, let’s hope we get the funding, and if we do, looking forward to three amazing design jams next year!

Speaking of Global Service Jam 2011, it was a pretty cool event, with a lot of design fun, and a lot to learn in terms of organizing design workshops. And the best part was of course meeting great people: as already said, there I met Katja, who I’m collaborating with now; also, I met Reima – from Palmu – who organized the event; Ritta, from SSI-Sofia we care, was also there. From what it seems, Reima and Riitta are now involved with organizing a design jam themselves, in which I may get involved. Also, I’m hoping we can get them involved in our project, just because they would both be perfect for it. Well, let’s wait and see how things develop!