Network

frog is a member of the Global Growth Company (GGC) community, a group of more than 200 rapidly growing multinational companies that are reshaping the global economic landscape. The GGC was created in 2007 to recognize and support the next generation of industry leaders as they navigate new geographies, markets, cultures, and regulatory systems to become a global force in social and economic development.

frog serves as the lead design and innovation partner with UNICEF on a major mHealth initiative to improve maternal and infant health and welfare in urban Malawi and rural Zambia. The project is part of frog’s Mobile Mandate platform. UNICEF was created by the United Nations in 1946 to provide food and healthcare to children affected by World War II. It now provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

frog partnered with The Economist to conduct a day of design research for its conference series The Ideas Economy: Ideas That Press Forward. The research was conducted at the New York event, Human Potential 2010, where our designers looked at conference going and the idea of human potential. The Ideas Economy conference series is a part of The Economist Newspaper Company, publishers of the popular publication. Events take place around the world.

frog serves as the lead design and innovation partner of PopTech, a social-innovation network and thought-leadership forum. Together with international medical experts and aid workers, we explore new ways of using mobile technologies to close the gaps in knowledge and human resources that have crippled efforts to address the HIV/AIDS and TB epidemics in Africa. Project Masiluleke is the signature program of this partnership.

frog is a sponsor of Design Ignites Change, a program that encourages talented high school and college students to use the power of design to address social issues in their local communities through substantive public projects. A major component of the initiative is a mentoring program through which college and university students, educators and creative professionals, work with underserved high school students to develop projects that will benefit their own communities.

frog is an official content partner of PSFK. The New York based trend spotting website republishes frog's featured articles from design mind. The website receives over a million readers each month from the design, digital, marketing and technology industries.

frog is an official sponsor of Telco 2.0 New Digital Economics conferences in New York and London. Telco 2.0 is a London-based research firm focusing on innovative business models for the telco industry. It cultivates a strong network of decision-makers and runs several industry conferences, some of which in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.

frog is a longtime sponsor of the South by Southwest Interactive festival, the host of its annual opening party, and a regular participant in its panel discussions and presentations. In 2008, we designed and developed the official SXSWi online community hub, offering users direct access to event videos, images, and news. Our 2010 party featured augmented reality portable potties, an RFID-tracked bar, and a “Woofie Wall” that tracked partygoers' interactions.

frog is an official sponsor, along with Cap Gemini and others, of the i7 Summit.The i7 summit is an annual invite-only conference that gathers 250 select attendees from MNCs, large European corporations, start-ups, VCs, and academia for a two-day dialogue on “Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Society.”

frog and Greennovate joined forces in an open initiative called MaGiC, Made GREEN in China. The initiative was launched in Sept 2009 with a mission to inspire China’s youth to develop a China that is green and healthy for themselves and future generations. Greennovate is a social enterprise established in 2007 that raises environmental awareness and solutions for sustainable development for businesses and communities in China.

frog partnered with LRN to develop the Reinvent Business hackathon. Since 1994, LRN has helped over 20 million people at more than 700 companies working together in over 100 countries simultaneously navigate complex legal and regulatory environments, foster ethical, winning cultures and inspire principled performance in their operations. LRN’s combination of practical tools, education, and strategic advice helps companies translate their values into concrete corporate practices and leadership behaviors that create sustainable competitive advantage.