@article {573,
	title = {Editorial: Social Innovation (July 2012)},
	journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2012},
	month = {07/2012},
	pages = {3-4},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	address = {Ottawa},
	keywords = {charities, community sector, nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, social innovation},
	issn = {1927-0321},
	doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/573},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/573},
	author = {Chris McPhee and Stephen Huddart}
}
@article {577,
	title = {Evergreen Brick Works: An Innovation and Sustainability Case Study},
	journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2012},
	month = {07/2012},
	pages = {21-25},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {Technology is rapidly being deployed to advance social innovation that creates lasting change. This case study of Evergreen Brick Works explores how Evergreen is leveraging the power of its unique new campus as a showcase for advancing sustainability-related behavioural change along with new and emerging state-of-the-art technologies to advance its mission. The ultimate success of these technologies will be in their ability to engage larger numbers and greater diversity among participants, and in their ability to translate new insights into on-the-ground change in their communities. The article also identifies that the need for an organizational network mindset is as important as the technologies to achieve these changes.},
	keywords = {environmental education, evergreen, green building, LEED, nonprofit, social innovation},
	issn = {1927-0321},
	doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/577},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/577},
	author = {Seana Irvine}
}
@article {575,
	title = {From Stories to Evidence: How Mining Data Can Promote Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector},
	journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2012},
	month = {07/2012},
	pages = {10-15},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {Being a director at a nonprofit organization often means making guesses instead of properly informed decisions. One source of the {\textquotedblleft}information fog{\textquotedblright} is fragmented funding. Nonprofit organizations have multiple types of funders, most of whom are not their direct beneficiaries. Predicting funder behaviour is therefore more of an art than a science. Planning for the future, setting goals, and making decisions all suffer in the nonprofit sector because of a lack of timely and accurate information.

This article examines the opportunities to use newly available digitized information to address this information deficit. It shows how the rich, variegated and fast-changing landscape of information available online can be collected, combined, and repurposed in order to deliver it in actionable forms to decision makers across the nonprofit sector. This information can significantly improve planning decisions and enhance the effectiveness of the sector. 

The article concludes that a cultural shift is required in order for the nonprofit sector to exploit the opportunities presented by digital information. Nonprofits and funders are enjoined to increase their numeracy and to find creative ways to use data as part of their evaluation, planning and decision making. Researchers need to be adventurous in their use of quantitative information and specifically should employ linked datasets in order to explore previously unanswerable research and policy questions. The producers of data need to collect and publish their information in ways that facilitate reuse. Finally, funders need to support a variety of projects that seek to exploit these new opportunities.
},
	keywords = {Ajah, charities, community sector, data mining, funding database, nonprofit, social innovation},
	issn = {1927-0321},
	doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/575},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/575},
	author = {Michael Lenczner and Susan Phillips}
}
@article {580,
	title = {Platformation: Cloud Computing Tools at the Service of Social Change},
	journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2012},
	month = {07/2012},
	pages = {36-41},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {The following article establishes some context and definitions for what is termed the {\textquotedblleft}sharing imperative{\textquotedblright} {\textendash} a movement or tendency towards sharing information online and in real time that has rapidly transformed several industries. As internet-enabled devices proliferate to all corners of the globe, ways of working and accessing information have changed. Users now expect to be able to access the products, services, and information that they want from anywhere, at any time, on any device. 

This article addresses how the nonprofit sector might respond to those demands by embracing the sharing imperative. It suggests that how well an organization shares has become one of the most pressing governance questions a nonprofit organization must tackle. Finally, the article introduces Platformation, a project whereby tools that enable better inter and intra-organizational sharing are tested for scalability, affordability, interoperability, and security, all with a non-profit lens.},
	keywords = {charity, cloud computing, nonprofit, Platformation, sharing imperative, social innovation},
	issn = {1927-0321},
	doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/580},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/580},
	author = {Anil Patel}
}
