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The Social Innovation Camp Team will be making their rounds in Scotland.

We are on a mission! We’re looking for the best ideas for web-based tools that can change stuff that matters.

Over one weekend at the Saltire Centre, Glasgow we’re bringing together some of the best of the UK’s software developers and designers with those at the sharp end of social problems.

Their mission will be to turn six back-of-the-envelope ideas that could change the world into social start-ups - complete with working software. And all in under 48 hours.

Feel like taking part in June? Want to enter an idea?

Come along to our meetup to learn more.

This month Social Innovation Camp's partner is Do the Green Thing. We're interested in how we can use the web to tackle environmental issues. More details will follow shortly.

The Agency Tequila and Agency.com have very kindly donated the venue to us.

Doors will open at 6:30 and we will kick things off around 7.

Once everybody’s gone home, but we’ll be recording the evening in a variety of ways so you can relive it – should you so wish – the next day, or you can check out what you missed if you couldn’t make it.

What to expect at a Social Innovation Meetup:

This month we have partnered with Bettr and given our meetup an education theme. We're interested in how we can use the web to re-organise education. Delib have kindly sponsored this meetup.

1.) Sign up

Let us know you’re coming by signing up on Meetup.com. We’re after a great mix of geeks, social innovators and entrepreneurs. When you sign up to come, please tell us if you’re a ‘geek’ or a ‘social innovators/entrepreneur’ - or just tell us what you’re good at and what you’re interested in. This helps us make the evening tick.

2.) Warm up

Doors will be open from 6.30pm for you to check out the space, grab a drink – for free - and have a chat before the evening gets going.

3.) Kick off with a Show and Tell

Things get going at 7.00pm sharp with some Show and Tell presentations. Each month we’ll be hearing from two or three people who have something interesting to share or are already working on a web-based tool to create social change and are either looking for a hand to get their idea off the ground or have some wisdom to share with others. Absolute minimal demo slides and zero-tolerance on waffle - no more than 10 minutes each and no questions from the audience – save those for later.

4.) Get talking and help out

So by 7.30pm, you’ll have heard the presenters Show and Tell. They’ll either have asked for your help, or they’ll be offering their wisdom. And then it’s your chance to have a really good chat. Go talk to the people who interested you the most.

5.) Take over

So that’s pretty much it from the organisers - have a drink, a chat and enjoy the rest of the evening.

6.) Relive it online

Doors will close up once everybody’s gone home, but we’ll be recording the evening in a variety of ways so you can relive it – should you so wish – the next day, or you can check out what you missed if you couldn’t make it.

What to expect at a Social Innovation Meetup:

1.) Sign up

Let us know you’re coming by signing up on Meetup.com. We’re after a great mix of geeks, social innovators and entrepreneurs. When you sign up to come, please tell us if you’re a ‘geek’ or a ‘social innovators/entrepreneur’ - or just tell us what you’re good at and what you’re interested in. This helps us make the evening tick.

2.) Warm up

Doors of the Hub Kings Cross will be open from 6.30pm for you to check out the space, grab a drink – for free - and have a chat before the evening gets going.

3.) Kick off with a Show and Tell

Things get going at 7.00pm sharp with some Show and Tell presentations. Each month we’ll be hearing from two or three people who have something interesting to share or are already working on a web-based tool to create social change and are either looking for a hand to get their idea off the ground or have some wisdom to share with others. Absolute minimal demo slides and zero-tolerance on waffle, each ‘presentation’ will be facilitated by someone from the Social Innovation Camp team.

No more than 10 minutes each and no questions from the audience – save those for later.

Find out more about the sort of projects, ideas and people we’re looking for to present at Social Innovation Meetups here. Get in touch through our website if you’d like to take part - you have to tell us beforehand if you want to present.

4.) Get talking and help out

So by 7pm, you’ll have heard the presenters Show and Tell. They’ll either have asked for your help, or they’ll be offering their wisdom. And then it’s your chance to have a really good chat. Go talk to the people who interested you the most.

5.) Take over

So that’s pretty much it from the organisers. You can keep chatting or you can go take part in an Open Session. At each Social Innovation Meetup we’ve got space for two informal Open Sessions. From 7.30pm, you can set up your own thing to present, activity to showcase – whatever.

Find out more about what to expect from an Open Session here.

If you want to run an Open Session, get in touch in advance – we can provide chairs, pens, paper etc and help make sure people know what you’re going to be up to.

6.) Relive it online

Doors will close up once everybody’s gone home, but we’ll be recording the evening in a variety of ways so you can relive it – should you so wish – the next day, or you can check out what you missed if you couldn’t make it.