Case Study: Cisco achieves global social innovation impact with Skild

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Cisco wanted to mobilize tech-driven solutions to positively impact 1 billion people by 2025 but didn’t have a blueprint for running a large-scale innovation challenge. They partnered with Skild, using Skild’s turnkey challenge solutions to plan and produce the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge beginning in 2016.

Skild delivered an end-to-end challenge platform and production services that attracted entrants from 126 countries, awarded $2.25M in prize money to 63 winners, and generated 500M+ media impressions; alumni such as ZzappMalaria, Continuum Ag, and Remora illustrate the program’s measurable impact in accelerating tech for social and environmental outcomes.

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Tae Yoo

Senior Vice President