The most adaptive, agile organizations and individual are leveraging what they do best to take advantage of global, seismic shifts in media, technology and society.  The disruptive force of social media is connecting governments and social innovators, enabling crowd sourcing and generating a measurable impact of society and government while inspiring individual government workers and agencies to fight the bureaucracy from within. This session will explore these connections and opportunities in through the following:

• The Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge is all about identifying a need, solving a problem, and sharing local knowledge so that other cities and citizens can benefit from the insight and actions of their peers.  Our speaker will provide an overview of this initiative and share inspiring success stories from cities throughout the U.S.
• Social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value.  Our social entrepreneurship speakers will provide a wealth of insight on their key initiatives and how they are being facilitated by social media.

Speakers: 

• Mark Drapeau, Ph.D. – Director of Innovative Engagement (Public Sector), Microsoft
• Matt Segneri—Team Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge
• Pat Fiorenza – Senior Research Analyst , Gov Loop

Moderator:   Mike Tackett, Managing Editor, DC @BloombergNews