SOCAP strives to offer diverse content across the spectrum of business and capital innovation advancing social and environmental impact. SOCAP Open is a public submission platform that helps us source suggestions directly from our community. As in past years, SOCAP16 will include interactive sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and storytelling opportunities. By proposing a session idea and/or voting, we invite you to add your unique voice to the conversation.
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Increasing the impact of social change dollars: lessons from the marriage of science and politics
Brandyn Keating, Stronger U.S.
From Uber to Solar City, companies have adopted the data science and organizing principles used by one of the biggest, most successful start-ups of our time: the Obama campaign. Increasingly, randomized controlled experiments are used to increase ROI, fuel innovation and accelerate change in a variety of contexts, while organizing principles are used to bring that innovation to scale and strengthen organizations. Examples include a group that figured out how to achieve 20 years of opinion change with one 20 minute conversation! You'll learn to adapt these principles to increase the impact of your own project or investment.
activism, data, innovation, leadership, research, scaling
Panel
Not Applicable
David Broockman, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University Graduate School of Business*
Dave Fleischer, Executive Director, Leadership LAB of the Los Angeles LGBT Center
Brandyn Keating, Founding Executive Director, Stronger U.S. and Stronger U.S. Education Fund; formerly, Obama for America 2008 and 2012
Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only
Hahrie Han, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California Santa Barbara*
Virginia Escobar-Millacci, Researcher & Program Director, University of California Berkeley*
*Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 4-15
Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting. - JUNE 16-28
Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP16 Content Team. - JUNE 29
Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
