Imagine a global exchange for social entrepreneurs, a combination search engine and social networking tool enabling social change agents from around the world to connect, collaborate and affect change in their communities. Imagine the T.E.D. conference meeting the Burning Man/Cooling Man Project or the Obama campaign meeting the Skoll World Forum.

SuperNova7 Productions (SN7) was created with the vision of building Nebula through open source technology which would allow artists, professionals, students, and social entrepreneurs of all ages to share best and worst practices; access tools, resources, data and research; and seek funding to help execute social impact projects. Social entrepreneurs are segmented into different age groups, expertise, and geographic locations. They are also limited by some of the same issues as individuals, but if social entrepreneurs could unify their fragmented voices then they could organize very much like those who worked on the Obama campaign. Social entrepreneurs by the very nature of their work are involved with interdisciplinary sectors, while attracting diverse skill sets and standing for various social causes. Nebula would allow social entrepreneurs to have all the necessary tools to embark upon some of the daunting problems we face in this world. This user-friendly exchange would be available through the web, handheld devices and in person social networking. Search results would be in real-time which would give users the ability to see projects and ideas in progress around the world. This allows for complete transparency for all stakeholders and the presence of metrics to measure the social impact of initiatives. There would also be a built mechanism to have peer to peer review as seen in Wikipedia to ensure user content for social good.

Nebula is an application that will be used on mobile phones which uses current GPS technology. Nebula would allow social entrepreneurs to track one another around the world while matching Nebula users to other likeminded individuals. Currently, there is no application that allows social entrepreneurs to know of each other existence or the area of work they are involved with. As society’s problems become larger and increasingly serious with irreversible outcomes, Nebula’s mobile application would allow more collaboration with change agents on a global scale. Blackberries and iPhones would be the first wave of mobile devices to carry Nebula as an application. 

SN7 also advocates youth participation in this movement by providing a linkage between entrepreneurs and those more established. This exchange encourages those entrepreneurs with mutual interests to connect, while supporting young entrepreneurs with a critical network of technical knowledge and advice that they regularly may not have access to. SN7 also plans to partner with or host two to four events next year in order to showcase the work of prominent social entrepreneurs/organizations in different U. S. cities. Through this effort, SN7 will aim to broaden exposure, solidify networks, and help entrepreneurs scale up. In its operation, SN7 is creating a unique one-stop-shop for social entrepreneurs which does not currently exist in the marketplace.

Examples of current advocacy and grassroots collaboration projects include partnerships with organizations such as GrassRoot Hoyas, Shine a Light and the India Peace Initiative.

Project Idea:
It’s a Location based Citizen centric Information & knowledge focused Update & alert service through SMS which is free for the members and which is run by a local – social entrepreneur. We are trying to provide ‘One Social Assistant cum  Entrepreneur’ for every 1000 families.

Qualification of Local Social Entrepreneur (Mobile Journalist)
School-college dropped outs
Opportunity less – street wanderer
Socio-politically sadden youths
Financially backwards youths

Reason for the project:
To develop citizens own local-micro media
To amplify citizens voice
To bring them together under a single umbrella to encourage their participation
To update citizens with all latest local happenings on various fronts like social, political, governmental information
To enhance affection and oneness in the society
To empower local school-college dropouts

Scalability:

Self Employment Opportunities to more than 200,000 youths only in India!!!!

Think of opportunities in all developing countries for youths !!!

Modus operandi:
Step 1: Affiliation with SMSONE
A youth with above mention qualification, having good local contacts in the society, gets affiliated with us. He is advised to start Local SMS Newsletter in his area.
Step 2 : Collection of local citizens data
He starts making members for Local SMS Community newsletter by signing a single page Permission Letter from the mobile users.
75 % of residents & around 25 % of businessman’s would be allowed in one Local SMS Community.
This letter confirms members’ willingness to accept the social SMS and allow promotional SMS.
Step 3: Database management
He send the entire data to SMSONE HO where the data is sorted according to Name, Gender, Age, DoB, Profession, Pin code etc.
Step 4 : Training
A one day capacity building training is given to him. SMSONE Values, vision, mission is imparted on him.
Step 5: Actual Implementation
He starts sending free SMS to his members as per their requirement.
Same time, he will start finding local advertisers and start earning money.

Types of SMS to Citizens
Only 1 message per week is send to the community. The messages are classified as given below.

A
• Government 2 Citizens (G2C)
• Social messages 2 Citizens services
• Community demand messages: alerts : news : reminders :Custom made
• Local News - Community generated content
• Birthday wishes to all members
• Local happenings like cultural programs, lectures, stage shows, religious shows, programs on National Days etc.
• Water & Power shutdowns & due dates
• Telephone bills due dates
• Municipal taxes & due dates
• Road/Traffic congestion/ Road closures
• Local/Municipal/Sate Government /Indian Government important announcements
• Local Social activities like … Eye Testing, Health checkups & different camps
• Climate changing alerts
• Important instructions from the local police
• Emergency medical aid like blood donations solicited etc.
B
• Local shopkeepers' ads
• Local Credit Societies/Co-operative Banks ads/schemes/announcements
• Discount offers from various shops, hotels and establishments
• Local Insurance agents
• Local Car/2 Wheeler dealers/service centers
• New shop openings
• Local Real Estates
• Marriage invitations
C
• Birthday Wishes of/to/for the budding local leaders
• Village Administration/Municipal Committees /Local, Assembly and Parliament elections from the candidates of various political parties as well as independent candidates
• Co-operative Development Society/Co-op Bank/Co-op credit society/ Milk Federation/Sugar Factory and other similar Elections.

Monthly earning for Self Employed Youth
• He earns 1 Cent/message/member by sending A type SMS.
• He earns 3 Cents/message/member by sending B type SMS.
• He earns 3-5 Cents/message/member by sending C type SMS.

Now multiply above cents by 1000 members & by 5 messages per month.

He sends 1 Social : 4 Promotional SMS to earn $ 100-200/month.

Money + Prestige:

The 10-12th failed, school college dropout who was wandering on the streets here and there, now earns handsome money per month. And as a mobile Journalist, community starts respecting him.

So he gets money plus social respect through this idea.

 Uniqueness of Model
• Offer Self-employment to the 10-12th Failed - undergraduate youths without any huge investment.
• Develop a unique media, fruits of which would be shared by all self employed youths.
• Distribute lifelong benefit to self employed youths for one time work.
• Integrate mobile users of all operators.
• Run a location based SMS newsletter.
• Update members through Local News & Happenings speedily.
• Customize SMS services as per the community demands, like emphasis on Spiritual, political or cultural alerts.
• Catch at-source /origin where maximum numbers comes together. i.e. Schools, Political Parties, Spiritual Groups, Agricultural Forums etc.
• Connect entire family with the world.
• Create oneness, affiliation in the Local Community using SMS services.

ClickDiagnostics addresses two main healthcare issues in developing countries: 1. Access to medical specialists in under-served regions; 2. Collection of real-time data for interventions in areas such as maternal mortality, cancer or AIDS.   

ClickDiagnostics connects health workers on the ground, via mobile phone software, to a central server. This model enables the following essential services:
1. Allow doctors on their own time to provide consultations which can later be relayed to the patient.
2. Gather data and upload the data whenever connectivity is available.
3. Convey automatic warnings or actions to field workers.
 

The back-end network is an open system which enables rapid deployment of any new health-related solution (created by ClickDiagnostics or by a third party) that involves mobile phone-based data gathering/dissemination, efficient communication among health-related stakeholders and distributed, centralized human or machine processing. 

ClickDiagnostics provides governments and NGOs an entire “health eco-system”, an end-to-end service chain, containing the following: 1) mobile phone software and inexpensive medical tools for local health-care agents, 2) web-based interface for remote specialists, 3) backend system for data routing, intelligent analysis, quality control and auto-flagging of health hazards, 4) network of “remote” medical specialists, and 5) service quality control through regular monitoring and supervision. 

By providing the technological eco-system, we enable local clinics and even micro-entrepreneurs to disseminate the model where it is needed most, allowing market forces to determine demand and speed growth throughout the developing world.