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Ryerson U Live blog: Social Innovation Summit

Emma Dillabough reports from the social innovation summit. Running for its first year, the summit brings together social innovaters, giving them a chance to try and make a difference. Whether in the Dip or Dive stream, participants will have to try and solve an issue plaguing today's society. Divers will be looking at youth for social change and Dippers will help innovative companies tweak their business plan.

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checking in at the @RyersonU Social Innovation Summit #SISummit2015 Students and Social Innovation makes for a great mix @be_yconic

by jaime Morrison via twitter 2/7/2015 2:44:47 PM
Jessica Machado and Linh Nguyen (left to right ), acting MCs are starting the event.

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 2:54:22 PM
Wendy Cukier, vice president research and innovation at Ryerson University, is speaking.

by Emma Dillabough edited by Ryerson Journalism 2/7/2015 2:56:58 PM
First speaker is Dr. Wendy Cukier. VP research & innovation @innovate_ru. Here to talk about social innovation.

by JelenaBelieveIt via twitter 2/7/2015 3:01:58 PM
Cukier is talking about the power of education for women in impoverished countries.

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 3:04:32 PM
"There are no shortage of ideas: the problem is people often lack the knowledge and confidence to make change," said Cukier.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 3:06:20 PM
"If you want to be a change maker you have to accept that perfection is the enemy of the good enough and sometimes to be good enough is good enough," said Cukier.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 3:11:09 PM
Next up is Ryan Lock, director of office for social enterprise for the government of Ontario. Apologies for the blur.

by Emma Dillabough edited by Ryerson Journalism 2/7/2015 3:16:54 PM
#SISummit2015 kicks off and we have 24hrs of social innovation happening on Ryerson campus! @RUSocialVenture http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QEymNIQAAdClH.jpg

by darsan_s via twitter 2/7/2015 3:20:30 PM
Ryerson's Social Innovation Summit & Hack is on! Passion meets purpose, and entrepreneurship no longer rings as a dirty word #SISummit2015

by SonyaWho via twitter 2/7/2015 3:20:58 PM
Anshula Chowdhury is part of a company that tries to help bring social innovation forward. She's speaking.

by Emma Dillabough edited by Ryerson Journalism 2/7/2015 3:22:46 PM
When you leave impact reporting to the last minute... you won't be able [to get the resaults you want] - Chowdhury

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 3:26:14 PM
Collectively as a community we need to chose the issue that makes the most sense to us - Chowdhury

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 3:28:31 PM
Dave Wilkin, Ten Thousand Coffees. And someone's hair. Wilkin is a keynote speaker.

by Emma Dillabough edited by Ryerson Journalism 2/7/2015 3:31:00 PM
.@dwilkin speaking at the #SISummit2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QHY8AIcAAYt-6.jpg

by Kexin Zhang via twitter 2/7/2015 3:31:41 PM
"Biggest challenge: the first steps we take toward social innovation"@10kcoffees #SISummit2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QHS3dCEAMBKO2.jpg

by Mohammadali Saremi via twitter 2/7/2015 3:31:51 PM
On the way to the #SISummit2015 to speak about ways #entrepreneurship can make a deep impact. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QGQX5CYAMe8sC.jpg

by RyanONeilKnight via twitter 2/7/2015 3:32:53 PM
Ask yourself less about are you an entrepreneur, and more about what is a problem and what keeps you up at night - Wilkin

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 3:33:20 PM
The social economy is about changing behaviours, says Anshula Chowdhury - CEO, Social Asset Measurements #SISummit2015

by RU a Changemaker via twitter 2/7/2015 3:35:30 PM
Now opening keynote: Dave Wilken of @10kcoffees. #SISummit2015 @RUSocialVenture @RUaChangemaker http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QHI-4CMAAMFFI.jpg

by shanleyEM via twitter 2/7/2015 3:35:55 PM
Don't get into a place where you are so stuck trying to figure out all the answers. - Wilkin

by Emma Dillabough edited by Ryerson Journalism 2/7/2015 3:37:38 PM
For Wilkin connecting innovative youth with the opportunity to see their idea in action is an important issue.

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 3:46:31 PM
How do we change peoples fear of police when they come into the community - Burale

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 4:22:19 PM
How do we innovate the civic engagement - Burale

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 4:24:20 PM
My social challenge is how can we redesign the decision process? - Burale

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 4:26:02 PM
Coming up next!

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 4:27:11 PM
Ryan Knight about the youth of today: "There's no shortage of great ideas."

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 4:29:11 PM
"If we can take care of a person's basic needs, they will then be able to focus," says Knight.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 4:31:33 PM
"We're taking people that have an issue and letting them help other people that have issues," says Knight.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 4:32:47 PM
Dale Roy from SKETCH says it's 8 thousand square feet of creative space.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 4:36:20 PM
SKETCH is a place for youth with hardships to innovate.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 4:38:49 PM
"So often when you look at the big problems in the world it becomes overwhelming," said AJ Tibando.@ajtibando

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 5:18:11 PM
Stake holder maps are being drawn. They're symbolic of showing that everyone is involved in the problems/solutions of our world.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 5:20:27 PM
by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 5:24:45 PM
by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 5:25:09 PM
Excited to be leading a #dip workshop @ the #SISummit2015 w/ @zbocka !! @RUaChangemaker @RUSocialVenture @my_SoJo @bodhiproject

by Ta Ra via twitter 2/7/2015 5:25:52 PM
@alexgill with tomorrow's leaders exploring their passions @ruachangemaker #sissummit2015 @RUSocialVenture http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9Qe96QIUAA_CNE.jpg

by Allison Urowitz via twitter 2/7/2015 5:26:00 PM
All the worlds at this table are connected because everyone at the table has now met.

by Emma Dillabough 2/7/2015 5:29:28 PM
"It made me realize that knowing one person leads you to knowing so many more," said a participant.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 5:30:44 PM
Participants speaking about their social map about who she is. @karleneff

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 5:38:25 PM
Here's a look at an attendee's map. Jelena Lazarevic is in doing her masters of communications at Ryerson.

by Emma Dillabough edited by The Ryersonian 2/7/2015 5:45:27 PM
Delegates are still wondering what the dress code is. Here's myself @SonyaWho @l4nguyen modelling #SISummit2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QltNXIEAEAapO.jpg

by Jessica Machado via twitter 2/7/2015 5:51:21 PM
@ajtibando @mustefaJ it's all about context #SISummit2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QlZkPCUAAL0W5.jpg

by SocialInnovationHub via twitter 2/7/2015 5:52:58 PM
"Dinosaur Turing to a dragon"
- one of our dippers
#SISummit2015 @RUaChangemaker http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9Qjb6XIMAALgnm.jpg

by Mohammadali Saremi via twitter 2/7/2015 5:53:15 PM
Attention changemakers: there are cupcakes and cinnamon buns. This is not a drill! #SISummit2015 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9QnapcIIAMwvQe.jpg

by RU a Changemaker via twitter 2/7/2015 5:54:45 PM

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