In an effort to continue encouraging social innovation in Indonesia, the Social Innovation Mentoring Program (SIMP) Batch 3 held an Upscaling Class session that presented a renowned resource person from IPMI International Business School, Dr. Ir. Amelia Naim Indrajaya, MBA, who is familiarly called Bu Lilia. The event took place online and attracted participants from all over Indonesia, 5/7.
SIMP is a social innovation mentoring program with Ivan Ahda designed and organized by Maxima Impact Consulting for young professionals and individuals who have created mid-level social innovation programs. The program was attended by 47 participants aged 21 to 45 from 18 provinces in Indonesia. The selected participant is a social activist who has a high passion for being a catalyst for change in the fields of education, social, environmental, economic, and business.
In the SIMP mentoring series, the Upscaling Class session is a special opportunity for SIMP participants to expand their knowledge of social innovation from various perspectives, one of which is business. Presenting Mrs. Lilia who is actively engaged in communication, leadership, interpersonal skills, and sustainability mindset. She is an academic and professional with an international background who is currently a lecturer in Managerial Communication and Good Corporate Governance at IPMI Institute as well as the Head of the Center for Sustainability Mindset and Social Responsibility at IPMI which is part of the PRME Working Group for Sustainability Mindset.
In this webinar, Mrs. Lilia delivered material on the basics of a business approach in building a social innovation model. Not only that, she also discussed various challenges and solutions in conducting sustainable social innovation with a business approach for various fields of innovation. Through case study examples and inspiring stories delivered interactively, Mrs. Lilia showed the different benefits of sustainable social innovation by implementing a business approach.
Mrs. Lilia closed the session with a powerful motivational statement, encouraging SIMP participants to continue innovating and making a positive impact through their social projects. “Combining business principles in social innovation allows us to create changes that are not only impactful but also sustainable,” she said.
Muthiah Nurul Izzati F, SIMP Project Manager, expressed the importance of the Upscaling Class session for SIMP participants. “By presenting lecturers who are experts in the field of sustainability, it also provides systematic learning for SIMP participants which hopefully can help them in designing projective social projects,” she said.
As one of the requirements in SIMP, participants already have a social innovation collaboration project design between mentees in the region which is planned to be implemented in July 2024 under the title Social Innovation Prototype (SIP). The SIP session is a prototype of social innovation collaboration between SIMP Batch 3 mentees as a form of implementation of the materials that have been learned. It aims to provide a learning platform for the participants and assist them in creating a sustainable positive impact in their respective fields.
The Upscaling Class session is expected to inspire and equip SIMP participants with the knowledge and skills needed to create positive and sustainable social innovations. SIMP remains committed to serving as a capacity building platform for young professionals in Indonesia, preparing them to become catalysts of change in their respective fields.
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