{"id":20694,"date":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaeuroprogettazione.eu\/diy-a-united-nations-guide-to-tools-for-social-innovation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:06:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:06:33","slug":"diy-a-united-nations-guide-to-tools-for-social-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/diy-a-united-nations-guide-to-tools-for-social-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY, a guide to tools for social innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We resume our column with new suggestions of useful publications in EU projects and funding.<\/p>\n<p>We have mentioned other times how other funders of non-European projects or those belonging to the world of philanthropy use tools and methodologies similar to those used in <strong>European planning<\/strong>.\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By way of example and background, we offer a handbook called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/diy-toolkit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIY &#8211; Development Impact &amp; You<\/a>,&#8221; which is intended as a collection of &#8220;practical tools for bringing to life and supporting social innovation&#8221; and as &#8220;a tool on how to develop, apply or modify ideas capable of achieving excellent results.&#8221; It is produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nesta<\/a> (the UK&#8217;s social innovation agency) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockefellerfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rockefeller Foundation<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>It is available in Italian<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/diy-toolkit.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on this page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structured in the form of practical and well-illustrated fact sheets, it is an excellent addition to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/guida\/guida-europrogettazione\/getting-started-al-lavoro\/valutare-idea-progettuale\/\">\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section of our guide<\/span>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  devoted to <strong>evaluating the project idea<\/strong>, <strong>defining the logical framework<\/strong> and<strong>developing a design<\/strong>. While not strictly devoted to the subject of<strong>europlanning<\/strong> (e.g., it does not deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/modello-quadro-logico\/\">Logical Framework<\/a>), it reviews the main working methodologies used in the construction of <strong>European programs and projects-and<\/strong> served in the past as the basis for creating the body of knowledge now known as &#8220;europlanning.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DIY guide addresses and describes the following topics and tools (many mentioned by our guide and known to insiders):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>looking ahead<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Innovation Flow Chart and Evidence Planning);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Develop a clear plan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SWOT Analysis, Business Model Canvas, Building Partnerships Map and Learning Loop);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Clarify priorities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Experience Tour, Problem Definition, Causes Diagram and Theory of Change);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Taking suggestions from others<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (People Shadowing, Intervi Ew Guide, Question Ladder and Storyworld);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>get to know the working group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (People Connections Map, Target Group, Personas and Promises Potential Map);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Bringing new ideas to life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Creative Workshop, Fast Idea Generator, Thinking Hats and Value Mapping);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>test and improve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Improvement Triggers, Prototype Testing Plan, Experience Map and Blueprint);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>support and implement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Marketing Mix, Critical Tasks List, Business Plan and Scaling Plan).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hard not to find something useful to bring a good project to life, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy reading!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We resume our column with new suggestions of useful publications in EU projects and funding. 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