Talent Match

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This idea looked at how to unlock the often unrecognised potential in young people who are at risk of commiting crime/ anti social behaviour. The idea of a dragon’s den format in which young people who have shown themselves to be talented in a self-taught or informally learned discipline are invited to access unique mentoring opportunities. We match the young people with the most open minded and life-experienced CEOs who are willing to work with them to unlock and develop latent talent for future good.

Lynchpins / Social Reporters

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This idea was around how to rejuvinate democracy from the bottom up, and how to go about doing this in a more disruptive way than through the ‘usual channels’. We looked at possibilities of supporting existing ‘lynchpin’/local activists to engage online as social reporters. This would mean arming them with the skills to interview and record their locale in a meaningful way, and to make their issues visible to others using self-broadcasting web-based approach.

You might want to check out socialreporter (David Wilcox’s blog) for further thoughts on the social reporting.

IpsosMori’s socio-political influencers work around how influence works in participative context is also relevant here.