Sentences with phrase «promote social innovation»

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Qiming drives innovation and growth of business enterprises and promotes overall industry advancement and social development.

Schwab Foundation works closely with the World Economic Forum to promote leading models of sustainable social innovation.

The Mamfe Methodist Girls» SHS did not only place 5th in the finals for their innovation in the area of Social Responsibility Business (SRB), but also won a gold medal for their innovation towards the achievement of the United Nations (UN) SDG 8, which talks about promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

PRESS RELEASE - Mar 10 - OculusAI, a provider of image rejection services for online dating and social networks, has been selected by The Swedish Institute (SI), a public agency that promotes interest in Sweden around the world, as one of the 20 hottest innovation companies in the country.

Innosight Institute is a not - for - profit, non-partisan think tank whose mission is to apply Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen's theories of disruptive innovation to develop and promote solutions to the most vexing problems in the social sector.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

«MailChimp supports artists, people, and organizations not only through their funding but also in their pledge to invest in those who promote the arts as a means of expression, innovation, or social change» says Veronica Kessenich, executive director of Atlanta Contemporary.

supports artists, people, and organizations not only through their funding but also in their pledge to invest in those who promote the arts as a means of expression, innovation, or social change» says Veronica Kessenich, executive director of Atlanta Contemporary.

Others like Jane McGonigal, author of Reality is Broken, prefer using game mechanics in the real world to promote innovation and positive social behavior.

I helped lead the Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory (sponsored by NCI / NIH / OBSSR) since its inception in 2004 and I currently co-chair an NCI sponsored working group (Cognitive, Affective, and Social Processes in Health) designed to enhance the impact of innovations in basic behavioral and social sciences on the design, evaluation, and dissemination of intervention strategies to promote healthful behSocial Processes in Health) designed to enhance the impact of innovations in basic behavioral and social sciences on the design, evaluation, and dissemination of intervention strategies to promote healthful behsocial sciences on the design, evaluation, and dissemination of intervention strategies to promote healthful behavior.