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For those activists, journalists, students, and organizations that find it difficult to be heard among the clutter of opinions mounting on the web, the founders of a website called MixedInk.com think the resounding chorus of collaborative expression can be a more powerful tool for making change than the songs of a thousand soloists.
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Created on 03/31/2013 by Maria Segarra
La plataforma uPatient/uClinics unifica los datos médicos y conductuales del paciente y los muestra de una forma fácilmente comprensible. El paciente puede, ahora, aprender de su propia salud y tomar un rol pro-activo en la prevención y el seguimiento. Los procesos del doctor son optimizados, permitiéndole ofrecer tratamientos personalizados.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すOrganization's Country of Operation
Year of launch of the organization
Years in Operation
Operating 1-5 years
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Semifinalista en Rock Health 2011
Ganador en Linktostart 2011
Miembro en Microsoft Bizspark
Miembro en Catalyst Program de Softlayer
Participante en Futuremed 2013
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
El sistema de gestión de la clínica del padre de un co-fundador dejó de funcionar y su hijo, ingeniero informático, desarrolló una solución en la nube. Otros profesionales empezaron a utilizarla al considerar que facilitaba la comunicación doctor-paciente. Los fundadores se dieron cuenta que existía en el mercado una carencia de sistemas integrales y eficientes.
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Medtep - Valorización de los datos del paciente para obtener un seguimiento del tratamiento más eficiente.
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
uPatient y uClinics son las dos caras de la plataforma desarrollada por Medtep que agrega los datos y ficheros médicos, conductuales y contextuales del paciente y los presenta de forma fácilmente comprensible. La solución se basa en la relación tradicional doctor-paciente, pero aprovecha las nuevas tecnologías para facilitar su comunicación y mejorar los resultados de los procesos de prevención y seguimiento. No sustituimos el papel del doctor, sino que al optimizar sus procesos (reducción de visitas no productivas, eliminación de duplicación de datos, etc.), facilitamos que pueda ofrecer un servicio más personalizado, priorizar la prevención y realizar un seguimiento del tratamiento más exhaustivo. El paciente incrementa su adherencia al tratamiento al entenderlo mejor y comprender las consecuencias directas de tomar una medicación correctamente o seguir una dieta específica, entre otras variables.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
A diferencia de otras organizaciones de eSalud que se centran o en el paciente o en el profesional de la salud, nuestra plataforma da un papel central al paciente pero llega a él a través del doctor. De esta forma nos aseguramos que la relación tradicional de doctor-paciente no sólo se mantiene, sino que se vuelve más eficiente gracias al uso de las nuevas tecnologías.
Además, nuestra solución es adaptable a diferentes generaciones y a diferentes patologías ya que se basa en mostrar la información médica de manera más sencilla y en ofrecer funcionalidades (integración con dispositivos y sensores médicos, formularios de seguimiento personalizados) para un mejor monitoreo de una patología o condición.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Trabajamos con plazos, lo que nos permite ir iterando los procesos que seguimos en base a los resultados/feedback que obtenemos al trabajar con diferentes patologías, a nuevas demandas, o a cambiantes factores externos. La plataforma no es un producto estático; ya que continuamente está en proceso de desarrollo para poder adaptarla a las necesidades de las organizaciones con las que colaboramos (organizaciones profesionales, entidades científicas y administraciones públicas).
Dado que trabajamos con una estructura modular, y de nuestra alianza con Softlayer, la escalabilidad de la plataforma facilita la expansión de su uso.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Tres factores centrales de la plataforma son su carácter transversal, escalable y adaptable. Hasta la fecha, ésta ha sido utilizada por pacientes con determinadas patologías crónicas en EEUU y España. No obstante, se prevé que en 1-3 años podrá ser utilizada por todo tipo de pacientes, tanto en países con sistemas sanitarios establecidos, así como en comunidades en las que el acceso a la sanidad es más limitado. En este sentido, es nuestra prioridad estar atentos al contexto global y en constante iteración con médicos y pacientes, con tal de adaptar la solución y determinados aspectos del modelo de negocio a los cambios que se vayan dando en nuestro contexto.
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Realign the incentives in the public healthcare system in mature markets, or
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Chronic care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Follow-up, Long-term care.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
La plataforma nace de la necesidad generalizada en el sistema de salud global de integrar información del paciente que, habitualmente, está atomizada. Esta situación da lugar a una pérdida de información y duplicidad de pruebas, con los correspondientes incrementos de costes y una disminución en la eficacia del servicio al paciente, entre otras consecuencias negativas. Esta situación deficitaria se ha visto negativamente afectada por el incremento en el número de pacientes crónicos, consecuencia del mayor envejecimiento de la población, del cambio de sus hábitos, y por el aumento unitario del correspondiente gasto público (atención, medicación, transporte, etc).
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Start-up and growth (pilot is successful and starting to expand)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.).
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Consultation.
Please describe your solution in more detail
Los pacientes pueden, en uPatient (software del paciente), integrar todos sus datos y ficheros médicos (pruebas médicas, resultados de laboratorio, etc), conductuales y contextuales y hacer el seguimiento periódico de los parámetros que su doctor determina necesarios. Esta información, que se presenta de forma fácilmente comprensible, puede ser introducida por el paciente para ser posteriormente validada por el doctor, o por este último en primera instancia, a través de uClinics (software para profesionales). Si, en alguna ocasión, estos datos se sitúan fuera de los parámetros aceptables, el doctor recibe una alerta y puede gestionar esta nueva situación. El profesional puede proveer el tratamiento preciso y necesario, al momento, eficientemente.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Nuestra visión se basa en el concepto de Paciente Universal, el uPatient. Éste es un paciente que va más allá del Paciente Empoderado, aquel que sólo busca información médica o intercambia impresiones con otros pacientes. El Paciente Universal dispone de toda su información médica sin distanciarse del agente sanitario ni caer en una sobrecarga de información. Tiene más control de su salud a la vez que entiende su rol como corresponsable de su atención sanitaria. Esta mayor independencia y compromiso con su salud y tratamientos médicos le permite mejorar en calidad de vida, que es nuestro principal objetivo.
What is your value proposition?
Queremos posicionar la plataforma como estandarte de un cambio de paradigma en la forma de ofrecer atención sanitaria; personalizada para cada paciente y optimizada desde una perspectiva de uso de recursos y tiempos de respuesta.
La plataforma ofrece, así, ventajas sustanciales para doctor y paciente por igual. Ahora (al reducir el tiempo dedicado a tareas rutinarias, al disponer de todos los datos y ficheros médicos del paciente, etc.), el doctor puede priorizar, personalizar y hacer más eficientes los procesos de prevención y seguimiento que ofrece a sus pacientes. Al mismo tiempo, hacemos que el paciente entienda mejor su salud y le empoderamos al ofrecerle disponer de toda su información médica y conductual unificada.
Who is your customer(s)?
El principal beneficiario de la plataforma es el paciente. uPatient puede ser utilizado tanto en fase de prevención de diferentes enfermedades y mejora del bienestar, como en fase de seguimiento y evaluación continua de enfermedades. Por ejemplo, se están beneficiendo de la plataforma tanto recién nacidos (gestionados por sus padres) como pacientes crónicos de diferentes edades.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Llegamos al paciente a través de las empresas y organizaciones que tradicionalmente han estado relacionadas con él (centros sanitarios, colegios de médicos, asociaciones de pacientes, empresas farmacéuticas, administraciones públicas, clubs y entidades deportivas), dando valor añadido a sus productos y/o servicios. Integramos todos los agentes del ecosistema sanitario, el centro del cual es el paciente.
What are your primary activities?
Nuestra actividad principal es el desarrollo del software agregador de datos. Éstos son mostrados al usuario de una forma fácilmente comprensible. Se ofrece la posibilidad de cruzar estos datos para poder entender mejor la relación existente entre diferentes variables tanto médicas, como conductuales o contextuales (por ejemplo, presión arterial, peso, nivel de actividad física, administración de medicamentos, etc.).
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Nuestros partenaires potenciales son los centros sanitarios, colegios de médicos, laboratorios clínicos, asociaciones de pacientes, empresas farmacéuticas, administraciones públicas, y fundaciones.
Nuestros competidores, mayoritariamente ubicados en EEUU y UK, ofrecen soluciones no integrales de gestión para doctores o de digitalización de los historiales médicos para los pacientes.
No obstante, los mayores obstáculos que se podrían plantear para nuestro crecimiento, provienen de organismos internos del país (restricciones o limitaciones de entrada, operación e integración), en el caso de países desarrollados, y de la deficiente vertebración y organización de los servicios de salud pública en los países en vías de desarrollo.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
Otros obstáculos serían los relacionados con el acceso a internet, las limitaciones técnicas de entrada en un sector, o la reticencia en la aceptación de médicos y pacientes, no sólo por la adaptación de procesos médicos a un entorno electrónico, sino por el propio uso y aceptación de ordenadores, tabletas y smartphones.
Sin embargo, y dada la capacidad de integración con otros sistemas y a la verticalidad de la plataforma uPatient/uClinics, ésta se puede adaptar a diferentes contextos tanto en países desarrollados, como emergentes o en vías de desarrollo.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
La continua/creciente colaboración con los diferentes agentes del ecosistema sanitario permitirá ampliar la base de pacientes. Además, con la información agregada de los hábitos de vida de los pacientes (disociada de los datos personales), se podrán elaborar estudios para desarrollar nuevas propuestas de atención médica y sanitaria con el fin de mejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Las características que nos permiten un rápido crecimiento son la escalabilidad y adaptabilidad de la plataforma base. La estructura modular con la que trabajamos, permite una continua mejora y adecuación al creciente número de pacientes, y a las necesidades de los agentes con los que colaboramos. Al operar en la nube, el acceso generalizado y global a internet facilita esta expansión.
What are your key growth objectives?
Nuestros principales objetivos son consolidación en países UE e implantación en EEUU y otros países del continente americano. A largo plazo, entra la prospección e implantación en otros países en vías de desarrollo. Patologías: priorización de enfermos crónicos por razones sanitarias, socioeconómicas y presupuestarias. Colaboraciones: organizaciones y empresas líderes en el ámbito de la salud.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
Corto plazo (18 meses): implantación en 3países UE. Prospección USA/Canadá, Centro/Sudamérica.
Medio plazo (18-36 meses): consolidación en 3países UE. Implantación en 4países USA/Canadá, Centro/Sudamérica.
Largo plazo (> 36 meses): Consolidación en 4países USA/Canadá, Centro/Sudamérica. Prospección e implantación en otros países en vías de desarrollo.
En países donde la sanidad pública se encuantra organizada, serán centrales los partnerships con la tipología de agentes préviamente citados, tanto públicos como privados.
Para lograr los objetivos en países en vías de desarrollo, se intentará llegar a acuerdos de colaboración con entidades nacionales y supranacionales de Coperación al Desarrollo.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
La plataforma depende del efecto positivo que ésta tenga en la mejora de calidad de vida del paciente, consecuencia de procesos de prevención y seguimiento más eficientes. Entendemos que un uso optimizado de los recursos, tanto público como privados, permite ampliar la base de beneficiarios al sistema sanitario.
En esta primera fase, la plataforma uPatient/uClinics está siendo utilizada por pacientes y médicos de la red de Medtep. También estamos actualmente desarrollando y adaptando de la plataforma para las diversas empresas y organizaciones con las que colaboramos. Por ejemplo, estamos trabajando con la Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras (FEDER) en la adaptación de la plataforma a un numero de patologías poco frecuentes.
Por otro lado, tenemos 1600 registros de uClinics presentes en 70países (Europa:43.6%, America:35%, Asia:18.3%, Africa:1.8% y Oceania:1.3%). A finales de abril, todos los usuarios de uClinics, que hasta ahora ha funcionado como software de gestión independiente a uPatient, podrán invitar a sus pacientes a uPatient (la plataforma adquirirá un nuevo nivel), teniendo un efecto multiplicador en el número de pacientes acogidos y en la mejora de su salud.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Aunque hasta la fecha nos hemos basado en el número de beneficiarios, a medida que la plataforma amplie el número de usuarios con uPatient, el impacto social se podrá cuantificar según la enfermedad, y la tipología del paciente en base a sus condiciones socioeconómicas. Por otro lado, se podrá cuantificar el imacto social que los estudios realizados a partir de las bases de datos disociados sobre los hábitos de vida disponibles, permitirán.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Dado que la restricción principal del funcionamiento de la plataforma es el acceso de una región a internet, la solución es extrapolable y extendible a buena parte de los países, en la medida en que la plataforma se adapte a la cultura y necesidades de la población. En el futuro, es previsible que este acceso sea aún más generalizado.
Es por esto que la expansión a nivel geográfico es un punto central en los objetivos fijados.
Aunque, hasta el momento, uPatient se ha utilizado por pacientes en EEUU y España, la plataforma también puede ser útil como sistema de gestión de la información y para generar estudios científicos (con datos médicos disociados) en países en vías de desarrollo.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
En tres años se prevé estar presentes en 3 países de la UE, implantados en USA y en 3 de Centro/Sudamérica y 2 en PVD. El número total de beneficiarios de la plataforma se estima en 1.000.000. Esperamos que el uso más eficiente de los recursos, no sólo mejoren la calidad de vida de los pacientes actuals del sistema, sinó que esta nueva situación permita ampliar la base de beneficiarios de la sanidad tanto privada cómo pública, en todos los países objetivo.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
La constitución de la empresa, en 2011, se hizo con inversión privada de los socios fundadores con la ayuda de un préstamo bonificado otorgado por ENISA (Empresa Nacional de Innovación del Ministerio de Indústria, Energía y Trabajo del Gobierno de España) y una pequeña ronda de financiación de business angels no profesionales.
Hasta la fecha, los ingresos han procedido de uClinics como software de gestión de clínicas (independiente a uPatient) y de contratos de colaboración con diferentes organizaciones especializadas en patologías crónicas concretas. La plataforma se ofrece al paciente de forma gratuita.
En el presente mes de abril, todos los usuarios de uClinics (actualmente, más de 1600) podrán invitar a sus pacientes a uPatient. La implementación de este valor añadido permitirá ampliar la base de clínicas que utilizan nuestra plataforma, con el consiguiente incremento de los ingresos.
Actuales y futuros acuerdos de colaboración con diferentes agentes del sector de la salud, tanto en España como en EEUU, fomentarán el crecimiento de la empresa.
En cuanto a los gastos, mayoritariamente de personal y tecnología, se han mantenido estables y asumibles por la empresa. La alianza con Softlayer da apoyo a la escalabilidad de la plataforma.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Caregivers, Private businesses.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses, Regional government.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses, Regional government.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
El incremento de ingresos está previsto que proceda de dos fuentes:
Por un lado, los usuarios de uClinics podrán utilizar este mismo mes la totalidad de los servicios de la plataforma uPatient. El valor añadido que esto supone a los sistemas de gestión más clásicos, estamos convencidos que representará un aumento significativo de destinatarios y, consecuentemente, de ingresos.
Por otro lado, la firma de contratos con empresas y organizaciones del sector, en función del número de pacientes y exclusividad del mercado/ patología ha de permitir, también, el aumento de ingresos y, por ende, la expansión de la empresa.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
La filantropía es un objetivo importante para la empresa una vez ésta esté implantada y consolidada. Esta situación se prevé a partir de medio plazo y se implantará a través de fundaciones, organizaciones no gubernamentales y los ministerios de Sanidad y de Cooperación al Desarrollo de diferentes países, para así facilitar la maximización del impacto positivo.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
Los objetivos a tres años nos sitúan con una presencia consolidada en 9 países, de los que 3 serían en UE, EEUU, 3 en el continente Americano y 2 en PVD. A mediados del 2016 esperamos haber firmado unos 18 contratos, y llegar a más de 1.000.000 pacientes. Consideramos que estos objetivos son asumibles con crecimientos importantes y sostenidos dada la solidez, versatilidad e itinerancia de la plataforma y su adaptación según las necesidades de estos países, para determinadas patologías y enfermedades.
Los ingresos serán mayoritariamente de empresas y laboratorios privados, que serán complementados con contratos con las administraciones sanitarias y entidades internacionales de Cooperación al Desarrollo, públicas.
Por otro lado, esta expansión se llevará a cabo gracias a aportaciones de socios privados del sector norteamericanos y europeos.
Created on 03/21/2013 by changingworlds
Changing Worlds is an educational arts nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster inclusive communities through oral history, writing and art programs that improve student learning, affirm identity and enhance cross-cultural understanding.
Each year, our combined school-based, teacher professional development, traveling exhibits and community outreach programs engage more than 14,000 participants in the Chicago area; 80% of the families we serve are from low-income households and 84% are of African American and Latino backgrounds.
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Manager of Earned Revenue, Marketing and Communications
団体の所在国
United States, IL, Cook County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
United States, IL, Cook County
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Changing Worlds' Serve 2Gether
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Changing Worlds is an educational arts nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster inclusive communities through oral history, writing and art programs that improve student learning, affirm identity and enhance cross-cultural understanding.
Each year, our combined school-based, teacher professional development, traveling exhibits and community outreach programs engage more than 14,000 participants in the Chicago area; 80% of the families we serve are from low-income households and 84% are of African American and Latino backgrounds.
Our innovative approach integrates culture, family and community histories with writing and the arts to help participants explore their own backgrounds, promote peace and learn about others while strengthening their academic and arts learning skills.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Changing Worlds’ top three organizational priorities in the next year are as follows:
1. Strengthen and expand our earned revenue structure.
2. Explore new strategies to incorporate technology into our school and community-based programs.
3. Design and implement new data management systems.
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
In Chicago, 54 elementary and high schools are on track to shutter their doors in the fall. Displaced students will be transferred to neighboring schools, located in the city’s most high crime areas, where youth maybe at risk of increased exposure to violence.
Changing Worlds has been preparing to address a rapidly growing demand for services that build inclusive communities. In 2012 we increased our partnerships by 100%, but had to turn away 70% of schools that requested our support because we did not have the necessary unrestricted financial resources.
Support from American Express will help bolster our ability to reach schools with the greatest need for our programs, engaging students in experiences that can impact social emotional learning, academic achievement, creativity and cultural awareness.
Your support will drive enhancements to our earned revenue structure, as we seek to learn best practices and gain experience in conducting market analysis, developing messaging strategies, creating market profiles and establishing performance measures. This will lead us to balance our dependence on grants and individual contributions and more effectively focus on our mission.
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Dedicating the necessary time and resources to ensure the collaborators can achieve its mutual goals.
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Fostering an environment where all partners are respected and valued for their contributions.
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Ensuring that all partners are committed to achieving the agreed upon goals and outcomes.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will focus on developing strategies for new market research and customer acquisition in connection with Changing Worlds’ earned revenue products and programs. These organizational areas include our traveling exhibit, greeting cards, an activity resource guide for teachers and additional programs. The resources and expertise from American Express will be used to help develop strategies to identify new customers that are located beyond Changing Worlds’ regional network in the Chicago area.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Changing Worlds is in the start-up phase of developing our earned revenue structure. In 2012, the foundation of this area was developed and included defining staff roles, developing strategies and reviewing our fee-for-service products. The area is entirely staff-driven.
While Changing Worlds has not previously worked with a marketing consultant, we have a history of partnering with professionals on projects that include programs, strategic planning and technology planning. Recently, we worked with a communications agency, which provided design services for our annual report.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Develop a market / customer acquisition framework to help guide and train Changing Worlds’ staff.
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Develop sales, marketing and communication strategies that can be maintained by Changing Worlds.
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Learn and apply best practices in testing Changing Worlds’ products with intended audiences.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 2012, Changing Worlds restructured its development department to transition a team member into a new role to oversee and formalize an earned revenue structure of our programs. The focus was to create standard practices, policies and profit margin scales for programs that include traveling exhibits, in-school and after-school programs, community outreach workshops and products such as greeting cards and an activity resource guide for teachers.
With nine months into the fiscal year, this change led to a 131% increase in earned income compared to the year prior. This directly contributed to enabling us to allocate the necessary resources to support some of Chicago’s most underserved schools, and reach our goal to double our school partners by 100%.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
To build on past success, Changing Worlds will leverage support from American Express to strengthen our portfolio of fee-for-service programs and products, helping us to maximize earned revenue efforts and diversify our funding sources. We see the partnership informing our efficiency in learning about the needs and desires of potential customers and developing tailored approaches that introduce our programs and products as solutions that address their needs. We also seek to improve our efficiency in cultivating new partners around the country, while providing our staff with supportive structures that can increase productivity.
Co-creating this framework will serve as a valuable training opportunity for our team, which can be leveraged in areas such as donor relations and communications.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/17/2013 by seattlekaranja
We at popit4aprofit are tying to make a difference in our community in Seattle, Washington. We are teaming up with local business to try to help give resources for teens so that they can become leaders in the future.
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We at popit4aprofit are tying to make a difference in our community in Seattle, Washington. We are teaming up with local business to try to help give resources for teens so that they can become leaders in the future.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Our next priorities in the next year is to expand our website, so that students take advantage of the resources they have when it come to organizations trying to help them. Also, we want to work with more businesses so that we can help them get more community constumers and so that they build relations with the community. Another, is to get sponsors for our website so we don't have to worry about the financing for our website.
Need #1
Staffing Capabilities
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need help trying to access staff recruitment, we are willing to recruit computer programmers from colleges so that we can work with them.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Our website isn't really a product, it's more of a service we try to get students engaged in programs, internships, and networking events so that they can have good exposrue in the real world.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have worked with other entrepreneurs in my neighborhood, we have made a similar website for internet entrepreneurs, and we have expirience with the service we are providing.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
3.
Increase in Community Engagement
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We haven't started our solution, because we need American Express executives to try to help us with our venture.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We see popit4aprofit expanding to different states and continets. Who wouldn't want to learn more about internships, programs, and organizations in their community to be involved in?
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Created on 03/16/2013 by Andrew Ng
Orchive is an online platform that provides the foundation for users to post first-hand accounts of local news. It’s valuable to the users because it offers clean, un-biased news that’s commonplace in mainstream news agencies. The venture can achieve sustainable success because it’s marketable to a wide demographic, and a revenue model can be generated through the use of advertisements.
Created on 03/12/2013 by JustinaSharp
Things that go on the internet stay on the internet, like footsteps on the moon. I give a workshop/assembly at various schools, events ,or other youth groups where we discuss social media, your personal image, and how it's going to affect your future.
Created on 03/9/2013 by Alex Blum
We deliver a solar-powered system for phone and internet service in rural locations. In conjunction, we offer software to maximize the efficacy of this technology with microloans and emergency medical records for smart phones. As a result, aid organizations have a suite of effective tools for alleviating poverty and offering health, economic, and educational opportunity to regions they serve.
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Emergency Responder Care and EMR for Panama's Indigenous Ngobes
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
68% of the world's population lives without access to internet.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
A solar-powered unit with a cellular repeater, battery, charging strip, and a smart phone. By installing these units, people in remote locations can access the internet and phone service.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
In Panama, a boy has just cut his calf with a machete and is bleeding profusely. Rather than die, his father can call a doctor that can arrive with medical care. As he arrives, the doctor can also provide first aid guidance to the father.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
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Created on 03/9/2013 by Alex Blum
We deliver a solar-powered system for phone and internet service in rural locations. In conjunction, we offer software to maximize the efficacy of this technology with microloans and emergency medical records for smart phones. As a result, aid organizations have a suite of effective tools for alleviating poverty and offering health, economic, and educational opportunity to regions they serve.
Created on 03/9/2013 by Alex Blum
We deliver a solar-powered system for phone and internet service in rural locations. In conjunction, we offer software to maximize the efficacy of this technology with microloans and emergency medical records for smart phones. As a result, aid organizations have a suite of effective tools for alleviating poverty and offering health, economic, and educational opportunity to regions they serve.
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United States, AZ, Scottsdale, Maricopa County
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すName Your Entry
Emergency Responder Care and EMR for Panama's Indigenous Ngobes
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立ち上げ（試験的な運営を開始している）
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We deliver a solar-powered system for phone and internet service in rural locations. In conjunction, we offer software to maximize the efficacy of this technology with microloans and emergency medical records for smart phones. As a result, aid organizations have a suite of effective tools for alleviating poverty and offering health, economic, and educational opportunity to regions they serve.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Implement more internet access units
Begin Microloans
Spread Awareness
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need help engaging with organizations and governments that could benefit from our technology. We are overworked and understaffed and simply can not take advantage of the opportunities we know exist.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Since we have only started implementing our system as one integrated whole, we have not.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
2.
Expanded Internet and Phone Access in Developing Nations
3.
Microloan System Implementation
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have been serving the Ngobe Indigenous Community in Panama for over three years and have seen over 25,000 patients. We have collected extensive medical records. Additionally, our project has recently agreed to a partnership with Digicel, a major telecom company in Panama.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We hope to expand worldwide, bringing internet access and the benefits that accompany it to every individual on earth. By integrating the data we yield, we can produce better educational, medical, and economic outcomes.
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We deliver a solar-powered system for phone and internet service in rural locations. In conjunction, we offer software to maximize the efficacy of this technology with microloans and emergency medical records for smart phones. As a result, aid organizations have a suite of effective tools for alleviating poverty and offering health, economic, and educational opportunity to regions they serve.
Created on 03/8/2013 by Tutudesk UK
Tutudesk UK supports the South African organisation the Desmond Tutu 2015 Tutudesk Campaign Centre. The aim of the organisation is to provide portable school desks, Tutudesks, to children in Sub Saharan Africa where over 95 million school children don't have the benefit of a classroom desk. This affects handwriting, literacy and overall academic performance.
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United Kingdom, WSM, London
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
South Africa, GT, Kyalami
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Tutudesk UK supports the South African organisation the Desmond Tutu 2015 Tutudesk Campaign Centre. The aim of the organisation is to provide portable school desks, Tutudesks, to children in Sub Saharan Africa where over 95 million school children don't have the benefit of a classroom desk. This affects handwriting, literacy and overall academic performance.
The Tutudesk product is an innovative solution that ensures a child has a writing surface whether they are sitting on a chair or the floor. We have a financial sustainable business model through corporate sponsorship and I am creating a new funding stream through UK retail.
To date over 1 million desks have been distributed. The Campaign's objective is to distribute a further 20 million desks to 20 million children by 2015.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Tutudesk UK was established in 2012 and all the elements required to launch should be in place by the end of March. Our top 3 priorities are:
- Hold a launch event to raise the profile of the Tutudesk Campaign in the UK
- Raise a minimum of £2m through sponsorship contracts (funding mainly comes from sponsors who can print their logo on the desk as a way to engage with the local community)
- Launch the retail of Tutudesks via Amazon, and also begin retailing in a physical store in time for Christmas
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Opportunity Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
The 1 million desks that have already been distributed by our South Africa office have mostly been funded through corporate sponsorship. A company has the opportunity to print their logo and educational content on the desk. This provides a unique opportunity to engage not only with the students and teachers, but also with the whole community. At the end of the day each child carries their Tutudesk home to do their homework on and, on average, 10,000 Tutudesks would be seen around 25 million times in the course of one year.
Tutudesk UK's goal for 2013 is to raise a minimum of £2m through sponsorship agreements. American Express employees could best support by creating a priority list of targets, developing a strategy for each target and identifying the best way to approach them. For example, Company X plans to launch their soap brand in Zambia. Sponsoring Tutudesks would advertise the brand within priority communities, the educational content on the Tutudesk could teach children about the importance of hand washing and the associated PR will raise the profile more broadly across the country and beyond as required. Send their head of Africa a Tutudesk and proposal.
1.
For Tutudesk, my top priority is to ensure that the partner is appropriate for the brand e.g., no tobacco sponsors
2.
Content expert - I want to work with partners who can share their expertise in a certain area
3.
Shared values - I want to work with partners who are excited to work with Tutudesk and can see benefits in the opportunity
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Tutudesk UK has three main areas of activity: sponsorship, retail of Tutudesks and charitable fundraising. The support from American Express would focus on sponsorship, however this is the most significant part of the business. The other two areas are brand new and the plan is to grow them slowly in the UK.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
As part of my work so far we have thought about the sectors that we should target for corporate sponsors and the different ways in which they can benefit from the opportunity. We have researched a few companies, however most of the conversations to date have developed from meeting key individuals at conferences. This research will be an opportunity to step back and prioritise our targets, rather than relying on who attends specific events. Tutudesk UK hasn't work with any outside consultants before.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Prioritised list of corporate sponsors
2.
An understanding of how achievable the £2m target is and whether it should be revised either up or down
3.
A relationship with American Express, which we could look to build on in the future
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
To date, our South African office has provided over 1 million Tutudesks to children across 24 countries in Sub Saharan Africa. A recent independent impact report surveyed 426 teachers, who have been responsible for 16,000 students that have been using Tutudesks for a minimum of 2 years. The research showed a wide range of benefits including improvements in both the speed and legibility of handwriting, better concentration and motivation and higher rates of homework completion.
Beyond the direct beneficiaries, many governments have expressed their support for the distribution of Tutudesks in their country. In addition, sponsors have also realised benefits e.g., Maq washing powder saw a 30% increase in sales from distributing Tutudesks in a particularly competitive market.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Tutudesk UK is at a start-up stage, just about to fully a launch its activities in the UK. Once we have secured our first few corporate sponsors we expect to expand the team and develop our other activities - retail and charitable fundraising. Support from American Express will help to fast track our work and ensure that we are on track to achieve our target of providing 20 million more Tutudesks to 20 million children by the end of 2015.
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Created on 03/7/2013 by Alex Blum
We deliver a solar-powered system for phone and internet service in rural locations. In conjunction, we offer software to maximize the efficacy of this technology with microloans and emergency medical records for smart phones. As a result, aid organizations have a suite of effective tools for alleviating poverty and offering health, economic, and educational opportunity to regions they serve.
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United States, AZ, Scottsdale, Maricopa County
Organization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
[次の中から選択してください]
Year of launch of the organization
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Our partner The Floating Doctors' Founder Dr. Benjamin Labrot has been a CNN Hero of The Week and has garnered several other awards and grants. See more at floatingdoctors.com. Additionally, Alex Blum won a competition through The Global Poverty Project to meet Bill Gates (http://www.globalcitizen.org/Content/Content.aspx?id=216a7c43-2e3c-4b43-...) and was named a 2013 Front Line Scholar for TEDMED (tedmed.com).
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
I returned from The Peace Corps in Panama in May 2012. Over the next few months I learned about all the incredible possibilities that mobile technology made possible. Quickly, it became evident that before phone applications could help, a sustainable telecom solutions would have to be implemented in the area. As a result, I started designing what became the Broadband Global Access Network Unit.
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Emergency Responder Care and EMR for Panama's Indigenous Ngobes
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
Our Broadband Global Access Network is a solar-powered system connected to batteries, a cellular repeater, a charging strip, and light. Once we provide phone access to these remote locations on the Kusapin Peninsula in Panama, we can use the GPS from the smartphones we provide to see where an emergency is taking place. As we dispatch a medical professional to the location, a person can provide first-aid guidance to the caller. Additionally, the phones will allow for more efficient communication, planning, and follow-up care for patients. All of the other benefits that connection to the internet provides will be included as well. Finally, we will be able to collect data in real-time that can be shared with health workers throughout the world from remote regions. We will lease these units to non and for-profit organizations, offering a suite of services suitable to each organization's needs. This revenue will allow us to implement microloans and EMR systems via phone apps to these communities. We will have the ability to collect data and distribute microloans to people and organizations throughout the world in short fashion.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Our ability to supply internet access to such a remote region and The Floating Doctors boat-based care system makes it possible to respond and treat people in very inaccessible locations. We also intend to combine multiple parts from several sectors into a hybrid model that combines hard infrastructure, phone app design, microloans, and EMR. In this age of technology, why should we have to pick one when the ease of implementing all as a cohesive whole only makes each component part more effective?
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
The Floating Doctors and I have worked in this region of Panama for over three years. We have official approval from tribal leadership and community support for this project. Additionally, Digicel, a major telecom company in Panama, has already agreed to help support and advise the project. Alex Blum also speaks the indigenous language. Our knowledge of the area also allows us to help facilitate the organization of several artisan and food businesses that are already in existence in the region. By connecting these groups their success will increase significantly.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Our extensive experience working in developing nations has taught us that nothing goes according to plan. By working collaboratively with the local leadership that we have grown our relationships with over several years, we are confident that we can overcome and challenges that may arise.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
We have no way of communicating with the population we serve in the case of emergency. By bringing phone and internet access to the region we can overcome this and provide other significant benefits as well.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Start-up and growth (pilot is successful and starting to expand)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, Redesign of the public healthcare system for more efficiency (in terms of processes, structure etc.), New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare).
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training, Community financing.
Please describe your solution in more detail
With a solar panel, cellular repeater, batteries, charging strip, and a smart phone, we can bring internet and phone access to remote areas in Panama that The Floating Doctors serve. As a result, not only will the Indigenous Ngobes living there have increased connectivity, but we will be able to treat and respond to medical emergencies that we currently have no manner of being notified of.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Our overall vision is a world with access to information and communications as well as all the benefits that come with those capabilities. To begin, we wish to bring basic mobile phone and internet service to rural Panama to provide emergency responder medical care. This can then be expanded to deliver microloans via phone, like Kiva Zip, to increase their economic and, therefore, educational opportunity as well. Finally, we can use this technology to collect solid EMRs that will have incredible value for research in tropical medicine.
What is your value proposition?
Our innovative system, integrating technology, medical expertise, and financial opportunity makes it possible to deliver access to the basic health, economic, and educational opportunities every human being is entitled to. For little cost, we can deliver a sustainable method of making this a reality. From day one, we can provide emergency medical care for over ten thousand individuals who currently lack it. Furthermore, by working with Peace Corps workers and local leaders that we already know, in addition to our monthly visits for our pre-existing medical work in each of the selected communities, we can maintain and optimize these systems if, and when, unexpected challenges arise.
Who is your customer(s)?
Our customers are other international medical organizations interested in learning how to reproduce a similar system and people interested in offering microloans to individuals with little other opportunity. By deducting a small percentage of the loan for maintaining the system, we can sustainably continue this service for the foreseeable future.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
The relationships we have forged with fellow organizations working in similar circumstances has allowed us to develop an understanding and knowledge of their work. They aren't customers so much as friends and colleagues that we hope to share and learn from. Microloan customers could come from pre-existing services we would happily partner with like Kiva Zip or Remitly.
What are your primary activities?
Our primary activities are implementation, training, and optimization of our Broadband Global Access Network System, medical care for coastal communities (80% of the world's population lives within five miles of a coast), and microloan implementation.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
In the region of Panama where we work no one else provides any service like this whatsoever. More broadly, organizations like Doctors without Borders, Inveneo, and Kiva provide components of our more integrated system. We see organizations such as this as peers that we can work with to more quickly serve those in need.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
The biggest challenge would be education and adoption of this new technology by the local Ngobe people. However, since we have worked in the area for over three years, see each community on a monthly basis already, and speak the indigenous language, we do not foresee this being a big challenge.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
After successful implementation in Panama, we have already held discussions with Watsi.Org to scale our system to the other organizations they partner with. Additionally, since the Floating Doctors already work in Haiti and Nicaragua as well, we could quickly expand to these regions.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s), New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
All of the components of our business, mobile technology, Floating Doctors healthcare, and microloans, already exist. By combining them together we can increase their collective impact and grow quickly while helping those in need of these opportunities.
What are your key growth objectives?
Our growth objectives are to be profitable within one year with microloan revenue, expand to consulting for partnering organizations, and be integrating medical data and best practices from organizations throughout the world.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
6 months: 10 Broadband Global Access Network Units Installed, serving 30,000 Ngobe Panamaians.
1 year: Microloan system connected to initial 10 units. 20 More units being installed in Haiti and Nicaragua. Monthly revenue from microloans: $10,000
2 Years: 30 Units with microloans, 30 more units installed with partnering organizations. Monthly revenue from microloans and consulting: $25,000
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
To date, we have used one BGAN unit to provide phone service to about 3,000 individuals in remote Panama. We have also started receiving investment and attention from media and Venture Capitalist for our novel method.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We measure impact by the number of people we put in touch with phone and broadband usage, the number of successful emergency calls, and revenue. In the coming future we will also measure the number of EMR profiles we log and the number of dollars flowing through out phone app for microloans.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes, our solutions are designed to adapt to the specific needs of individuals living in remote areas worldwide. Even in Panama, we are using different energy production methods for different locations. Anywhere, even remote parts of the US, that lack access to the benefits of phone and broadband could benefit from our innovation.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Over the next three years we intend to install at least 500 units, connect 500,000 people to phone and internet, deliver microloans for new business ventures, and have at least 5,000 emergency responder cases successfully executed.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
To begin, we received grant money from Digicel, a telecom company in Panama, and will soon receive money from the Panamanian Government as well. From there, we intend to implement microloan connectivity and deduct a 1% service fee for maintaining the Broadband Access Units. This will likely allow us overhead for expansion. In addition, by partnering with watsi.org, we can offer the same system to their partnering organizations and charge a consulting fee as well as a % of their income from microloans. Our innovative model and the possibility of collecting valuable medical data will also allow us to apply for grants from foundations and offer sponsorship opportunities to private businesses.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses, Other beneficiaries.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
財団, NGO.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
財団, NGO, Private businesses, 国家.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
We can charge a 1% service fee for microloans passing through our technology.
We can charge a .5% service for microloans passing through the technology we set-up for partnering organizations. In addition, setting up these systems for partners can be charged as a consulting fee as well.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Though we are open to philanthropic donations that can tax-deductible donations to The Floating Doctors, it is not an essential component of our business model.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
Service fee from microloans. Consulting fee for partnering organizations.
Created on 03/5/2013 by PacificCommuter
We are trying to take our product to market and find other interested charities who could be interested in engaging with a younger donor pool.
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We are trying to take our product to market and find other interested charities who could be interested in engaging with a younger donor pool.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1 Message & Brand Strategy: To clearly articulate your mission, describe programs/services, and develop a differentiated positioning from the market
2 Digital Marketing Strategy: To optimize digital channels (e.g., mobile, search engines, blogs, social media) and digital marketing to achieve your objectives
3 Consumer/Audience Acquisition: To develop strategies for identifying and engaging important new clients or audiences
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We want to refine who we are and what we're doing.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
I feel like we have a great product developed and created in Canada and I’d like to keep in being developed and made in Canada (not have to cheap out and outsource the development to the US or Argentina).
I believe partnering with Amex will allow us to have much strong productivity improvements as we work to measure the value and market validation of the product. It’ll be nice to have you and other validate what we’ve created. We’d really like to increase our capacity and figure ways to scale this product and figure out how to most strategically commercialize what we’ve created.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We haven't worked with outside consultants yet.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
See more charities benefitting from the App
2.
See more people using the App. More jobs for Canadians to develop and promote the app.
3.
See the App raising LOADS of support and awareness for charities
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We've seen over 3,000 users engage with the gamification of charity.
We've seen over 1200 users invest financially into charity through the game
We've seen over 500 users follow up to engage with the charity directly because of the app.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We'll see 300,000 users engage with the App.
We'll see 120,000 users invest financially into various charities through the game
We'll see over 100,000 users follow up to engage with charities directly.
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Created on 02/17/2013 by Amber Dunlap
1-Won is using the world's game of soccer to promote the human connection we all have to each other and to awaken a sense of purpose and passion in people of every race, gender, social status, and background and it all starts with the sale of a pair of yellow shoelaces for cleats - one shoelace in the pair goes to the buyer, the other goes to a player in need of soccer support.
Created on 01/15/2013 by vijay_sharma
GSK's Rural India initiative is a unique program that reaches out to small Indian villages, creating a viable, sustainable and high growth business while improving the health and well being of the community at large - through programs that are integrated and embedded in the community structure of these villages.
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I built my career over several years, as a sales and marketing professional in India’s largest FMCG company before deciding that I needed to change track – four years ago, I entered the unconventional, complex and unchartered terrain, where few people dare to go: building businesses in Rural India. And there’s been no looking back – working in Rural India gives one the unique thrill of setting up new businesses from scratch, while positively impacting life in the rural communities.
At GSK, I head the Rural business for the Consumer Healthcare division (makers of several nutritional products, including Horlicks.) We are a team of young passionate people who have been handpicked to set up this business. What drives us is the aim of winning the love and respect of the communities we serve.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
* Passion for creating new businesses
* A strong desire to make a positive impact on society
* An ability to push for change
* Unconventional and creative thinking
* The ability to see the larger picture – to find holistic solutions and go beyond the brief.
* The ability to create a vision
* The persuasive communication skills to communicate that vision and excite others.
* A rather special quality – which we Indians refer to as ‘Jugaad’ – the ability to find creative, frugal innovative solutions and workarounds
* A strong sales and marketing background
* A wry sense of humor that keeps me and my team going when things go wrong, as they often do.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
Additional countries or regions
The business is rolled out in eight states of India - West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and A.P.
Industry
Consumer Products
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
India has the dubious distinction of ranking at Number 2 when it comes to Malnutrition. This is one of the biggest health problems that the country faces and is particularly severe in rural areas - specifically when it comes to child and maternal malnutrition.
A World Bank study over three decades suggests that the issue is not one of food insufficiency alone. In fact it is largely due to weak health infrastructure in these areas, lack of awareness and the prevalence of unhealthy practices.
An organization like GSK Consumer Healthcare – with its rich understanding of consumers and the space of nutrition - is extremely well-placed to participate and make a difference to this issue.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
-Creating a sustainable distribution system for improved access of nutritional products in hitherto untouched markets. Doing this through the appointment of micro-distributors in each village which not only enhances livelihood to these individuals but also ensures that the products are available in these remote villages.
-In these villages where we build micro distributors we also create an ecosystem aimed at improving the awareness of health issues in these communities which addresses important segments including the medical community, schools, mothers and children. This program ensures sustainability by involving various members of the rural communities in propagating the messages around health, making it a way of living.
- This ecosystem is created around our brands in order to create fuel for business growth.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
The key factors are:
* The approach of building a business with the main focus on a larger goal: impacting the overall health of rural communities.
* Innovation in execution at various levels – an altogether new distribution model, and non-traditional modes of brand awareness such as using folk music, folklore and so on.
* The involvement of community members to propagate the messages themselves.
*A culture of experimentation, scaling up fast, learning from failures
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
Over the last 1.5 years, the Rural India business was set up by appointing 7000 rural distributors. These micro distributors ensure access of nutritional products to over 10,000 villages.
- Horlicks Mission Health is a program running in 4400 villages in the country and entails the following:
*Launch in every village through key stakeholder meeting where we build commitment towards the movement.
* Each month, a set of activities are conducted in the village at schools, public health platforms and village doctor. These activities have a distinct theme and health messages are delivered through the format of stories, games and local traditional folk music-based songs.
- In schools, students are involved through songs, stories and games. There is also a ‘’Sehat ke Sipahi’’ (The Health Police) program where students become health messengers and create awareness amongst the community. These student are well respected for this in the community and thereby the students self esteem grows - likening one as a real 'hero'.
- Through public health networks (Anganwaadis), a ‘Mothers workshop’ is run for pregnant/nursing mothers. The idea is to create the realization – traditionally unknown – that a mother must first take care of herself. This messaging, and useful, practical tips around healthcare are embedded in stories and traditional songs. Each mother also gets her free health check up done.
Each moth the village doctors receive information around the treatment of prevalent diseases, as well as knowledge of various medicines - thus building their capability.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
In the private sector, Unilever’s Project Shakti, ITC e-choupal are large base of pyramid businesses and work with community engagement. In the healthcare sector, there are a few initiatives which are attempting to find innovative solutions through a partnership approach. However, all of them focus on the curative aspect of health, rather than preventive. It is well understood that for a lasting health impact, the focus on prevention is the key.
The government sector, with its National Rural Health Mission, is perhaps the largest and most active player in this segment.
We are only strengthening the efforts of other players,The idea of ‘competition’ in the traditional sense of the term is rendered irrelevant. Our intiative is an integrated solution for both business and community.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I’ve spent a long time working in rural areas, and it is usually when I’m on a market visit in a remote village that the most insightful revelations take place.
The first time that we launched our Health Mission program, I watched as a young mother listened to a song that we had created – about how a mother owes it to her unborn child to take the best possible care of her own health. It was as I saw a tear rolling down her cheek, and yet a resolve in her eyes that I realized that we can make a huge difference to people’s mindsets, attitudes and practices towards health. The importance of women, especially mothers, in any community cannot be overlooked– especially when it is a question of lasting change.
It is also through personally seeing the excitement and willingness of young school children to participate in our health awareness programs that one knows we’re creating health ambassadors – as we scale up operations, the future of several thousand villages will be shaped by them.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Our products are now available in over 10,000 villages in the country. The Horlicks Mission Health has been rolled out to 4400 villages and by end of 2013, will reach out to 7000 villages.
Currently, over 350,000 kids and 110,000 mothers are spoken to every month as a part of our program. Over 5000 village registered medical practitioners are getting new educational material each month.
Over 95,000 new outlets are stocking and selling our products and there is business gain as well.
The above are more input parameters and we will now be putting out a detailed research on ground to understand the impact on the health indicators as we roll the model to more villages. This will give us a good sense of the final impact these programs are creating.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
Over the next 3 years, we aim to reach out to over 35,000 villages and serve a population of 120 million people. The Horlicks Health Mission will touch over a million school children, 500,000 expecting mothers and 20,000 village doctors.
The positive impact of these programs will need to be ideally measured through recording baseline health indices in these villages over a stretch of time. The sheer number of people touched by our programs indicates that the impact will be huge in the medium and long term.
Apart from this, through a ‘’Village Level Enterpreneur’’ program, we intend to further enhance our access to products directly to homes by appointing underprivileged women who will go door-to-door with our products. These entrepreneurs will be the natural owners of Horlicks Mission.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The rural business and the movement that we’ve created is clearly gathering strength and scaling up very quickly in an upward spiral.As with any business that scales up so quickly, the issues are likely to be :
-Quality of people – maintaining a high quality workforce at a much larger scale will be a challenge. Therefore, training and reward systems will need to be thought through, experimented with and scaled up quickly.
-Monitoring and Control – since the operations are going to be so large in scale, it will not be easy to monitor what is happening at the ground level in each village. Mobile-based solutions and technology will play a huge role in ensuring we get timely information, and these are already being put in place.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
The benefits that we’re creating for GSK are :
*Ensuring access to a large number of far flung villages through a sustainable distribution network, so that our products find new consumers.
*A very strong communication channel and platform to reach out to millions of rural consumers in otherwise media-dark markets.
*Creating programs that help brands win the hearts of consumers.
*Increased health awareness leading to improved consumption and penetration of our nutritional products.
* An example where business and societal impact are integrated.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
While the Rural business is seen as a separate business model which is well funded and invested, it is extremely well entrenched in the overall business. The support from the organization is drawn through the following areas -
a. Sales support – The sales division supports by ensuring supplies to these markets – in fact, the Rural network is built on the existing distribution network.
b. Research & Development support through their know-how and work on innovations needed specifically for these rural markets.
c. Product support – through the creation of low-unit, affordable packs designed specifically for these markets to increase access.
d. GSK’s Pharmaceutical division knowhow is used for inputs to the Registered Medical Practioner Program
e. Senior leadership encouragement.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Unlike most start-ups – the Rural business of GSK has proved to be a profitable venture ( and then some!) in the first year of operation itself. The Health Awareness program is funded through the incremental revenues generated by the business. However, the scale of our ambition going forward will necessitate the need for funding, and we intend to pursue this through a partnership approach, specifically in the areas of Research ( to measure the impact on actual health parameters of the participating villages), and Health Infrastructure development ( in the platforms of schools and hospitals and health care providers)
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
Partnership at every level is proving to be the key to this business’s success.
At the grassroots level - in every village that we go to, we partner with local village level representatives – these are the key stake holders such as school principals, elected representatives of the village, doctors and so on.
Within the organization, a collaboration has been created between the Consumer Healthcare and Pharmaceutical divisions, to leverage each others strengths.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
Apart from the funds, time, knowledge from various parts of GSK within India and globally – the most important support provided to us has been the Free Hand that we’ve got to run this business as an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, innovative business. The space to create has been provided by the organization, and this is a primary reason for the early success that we’ve seen, which has beaten our initial growth ambitions.
Created on 01/14/2013 by Deepa Vidya Kumar
See Me! is an initiative that will allow people living with disease to visually document their lives through photography, and connect with employees of pharmaceutical companies who can keep the patient at the center of every decision they make on the job.
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I'm currently working as an Operational Excellence Expert at GSK Biopharmaceuticals, and I'm a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
I have a deep belief that that the world can be better place for those who are inflicted with medical conditions - and that I can be part of the solution in a small way. Specifically, I feel that there is a need to connect the community of which I'm a part (the pharma/biopharma community) to those for which we make our products.
I draw on an extended network of people both internal and external to GSK for ideas, inspiration, and support. They share this same belief, and are also the kind of people who know
Company Country
United States, PA, Conshohocken, Montgomery County
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
United States, PA, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Additional countries or regions
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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
Today, the further upstream of the supply chain we sit within GSK, the smaller the connection to our patients we have. By having limited visibility of our patients, we not only lose sight of their needs and desires, we also
a. remain uneducated / uninformed about the everyday challenges and triumphs of our patients
b. lose sight of what our true purpose is in this area of our lives.
c. don't have the opportunity to build trust with our patients, beyond just letting our products speak for themselves.
This is a significant undesirable effect that does not adequately prepare our company for a future in which each of us can directly see the impact that our specific job function, within the context of our supply chain, has on our patients.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
A societal shift within GSK needs to occur, where 'Focus on the Patient' should change from being a vision to being a tangible thing. By having an innovative and fun way to connect with the patient, we can start to link our every day tasks and projects to the 'big picture'.
My aim is to bring GSK's employees and patients together with a unique approach - photography. This is the means to exhibit the dignity of our patients, and the realities they face every day living with the disease they have been diagnosed with. It is also a way to literally bring visibility of our patients to the people who work across our supply chain.
Specifically, my proposal is to give a group of patients a camera for a few months, and ask them to document their lives.
Scope of project:
Duration: 3 months of documenting on camera
Patient group: Type 1/Type 2 Diabetes
Location: Philadelphia and surrounding areas.
GSK Employees directly involved: R&D/GMS Biopharmaceuticals in Upper Merion GSK
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
To my knowledge, we have yet to launch a project like this within GSK that brings our employees closer to our patients in a way that is visual, emotional, and close to home.
I also believe that the industry as a whole can adopt this model - I'm focusing on Diabetes, since the product we are seeking approval for next year treats this disease. However, the same can be done for any person living with any disease.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
- Open to contestants with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. They do not need to currently be taking any GSK medications.
- Contest open from the time period of 3 months.
- Judged by a panel of photographers (mix of people who work at GSK and external) and announce winners.
- Semi-finalists will get to showcase their work at GSK Biopharm's internal tiered meetings or staff meetings.
- Finalists - will get to showcase 1 of their favorite photos at an event. (such as the annual Step Out Philly Walk for Diabetes in October),
- Overall contest winner - will get to showcase 2-5 photos at an event (such as the annual Step Out Philly Walk for Diabetes), and will get to speak. Will also get their photographs auctioned off to raise money for Diabetes research. They will also be invited to speak at GSK to employees.
- All others who entered - will have a chance to connect with each other through social media. (Facebook and/or webpage to be created where contest entrants can build a support group - online or even in person), and also get involved with other offshoot opportunities (examples described below).
The idea is that through PDCA, this contest would run annually for patients, w/ continuous improvement.
This format allows for participation from both patient and employee, keeping the patient's life on the forefront of employee's minds and building relationships that help the employee keep the patient at the heart of every decision made at work. It also increases the support network of people living with the disease - thereby strengthening relationships with each other.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
I have done several web searches and I haven't been able to find a similar program within a pharmaceutical corporation such as GSK. The American Diabetes Association offers a place on their webpage for patients to upload photos depicting a 'day in the life of' living with Diabetes. This is done in conjunction with CVS, where a $1 donation will be made by CVS for each photo uploaded.
The challenge this could pose to See Me! would be around redundancy. Diabetes patients who participate in the ADA / CVS photo upload program may not be inclined to participate in something similar on a local level with GSK.
What differentiates my proposal though is that fact that See Me! is not intended to be used to raise charitable funds. Its purpose is to drive connections between patients and employees.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I first got this idea about a month ago when I started to think of ways to bring the focus of our value stream / supply chain on to our customer (our patients). As an amateur photographer, I often scour the internet looking for powerful images from other photographers from which I can draw inspiration, creativity, and knowledge of the world. In doing so, I've often come across powerful images from various photographers, showing the life of people living with various medical conditions. These images are moving; and in just one frame you can see a little snippet of someone else's life, and you instantly wish you could reach out and talk to that person. I wanted to do something similar within our own community, but instead of having professional photographers take pictures of people facing the challenges of living with a disease (in this case, Diabetes), I wanted to put the camera directly into patients hands and go from there.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
To date, it is still just a proposal - and it has not been implemented yet.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
I do not know if there would be any financial impact as a result of my project, however what I do see is there being a cultural shift within GSK (Biopharmaceuticals) in having a tangible way to focus on our patients. I sincerely hope that this project will inspire other similar projects around GSK that may involve activities other than photography. As a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, the first and foremost principle I've been trained on is identifying value through the eyes of our customers. In 1-3 years I hope having this visibility of our customers (and they having visibility of us), we can fully define what 'value' is to our customers, refine how our company should be positioned for the future, and keep them in the center of every decision we make in the organization.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
I see several barriers to this project. A couple that I will list are the following:
- Logistics on carrying this out - resources, funding, time, planning
- Change Management - even if the contest is a success, how will employees respond to having this discussions around our patient? How will they make a personal commitment to focus on our patients?
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
The specific benefit that this project will create is to put the patient at the heart of every decision that is made on the job. This is sometimes an intangible benefit, however it is an important one as it underlies everything we do as a company.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
Funds: To be decided
Time: This project will be one that fits into the current ‘Focus on the Patient’ initiative within our company. All projects associated with that are completed by dedicated people who carve our time in their busy schedules, and will be vetted by management before doing so.
Knowledge: For photography skills, there are several hobby photographers within the Biopharmaceutical divisions of GSK who are passionate about keeping the focus on our patients.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Funding is to be decided.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
Our company is committed to focusing on the person who is also our customer and patient. Across the network there are several people who share this focus, and will be resources to pull upon should this project proceed further.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
Internally, I have discussed this project with several employees who share my vision. This proposal will be vetted by them for an initial feasibility assessment before I share it with the next level of management.
É crescente o número de instituições, nas mais diversas áreas sociais, culturais e ambientais, que desconhecem as opções de patrocínio e/ou convênios para manutenção das mesmas. Por outro lado o governo disponibiliza redução fiscal para as empresas que se comprometem com os projetos que foram aprovados pelos órgãos competentes. E as empresas ignoram os incentivos fiscais ou não possuem profissionais experientes para habilitar tais empresas a participarem do trâmite de patrocínio dos projetos das instituições. Instituições sem gestão.
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Created on 01/10/2013 by Nikon
Pullapproach identifies profitable business models that create social impact, analyzes what makes them successful and attracts them to other regions using advanced technology that integrates human insight. Through data mining, modeling and crowd sourcing, we develop regions and scale businesses.
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Our team brings together experts in business development, international development and technology who are passionate about creating impact.
After his 8 years of professional experience in research and industry, with a focus on Innovation, Data Mining, Entrepreneurship and Biotechnologies, Nikon is driven to combine scientific and business-oriented methodologies to innovate the enterprises of tomorrow. He completed his PhD from Cambridge University in Computational Neuroscience.
The rest of the Pullapproach team includes: Robin Rahe - MBA & Product Development, Jose Luis Arteche - Big Data and Carlos Hernandez Corbato - PhD & Data Mining, Hector Calleja and Irene Chinchilla - Design. Our advisors are Pablo de Manuel Triantafilo, Luis Gonzalez Blanch, Ester Botica and Jose Sanz.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
I have been developing the Global Incubator technology for entrepreneurs since August 2010. Seeing a need for regional development agencies and other international actors to pull tailored social enterprises into their region, I co-proposed a spin-off called Pullapproach.
Since July 2012, we have been testing and developing our prototype with a large non-profit agency in Latin America. As CEO, I am responsible for establishing strategic goals and coordinating efforts between the core Pullapproach team and Global Incubator in order to co-develop technology that measures social impact and is based on complex models. Prior leadership experiences equip me to identify opportunities, establish vision for the team and to build long-term partnerships with key stake holders.
Company Country
United States, CA, Mountain View
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
Additional countries or regions
Latin America, Europe, and U.S.
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立ち上げ（試験的な運営を開始している）
The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
Pull business models with social impact to a region
Imagine that tomorrow you wake up and have been put in charge of stimulating economic and social development in Chile. How would you start? You believe that the best approach is to use business models that are both profitable and impactful. The world is full of great initiatives that solve local problems with sustainable business models. But, how will you find and implement such models in Chile in order to create jobs, activate local economies, and improve education? How could you actually align different agencies and stakeholders on the desired goals and coordinate future steps? How could you demonstrate to public and private investors beforehand how these business models would lead to measured social impact and profitable outcome?
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
How we identify, relate and recommend business models
1 We discover business models through our partnerships with social incubators as we help them to foster profitable social ventures.
2 We analyze current development models and recommend tailored strategies to development organizations using expert opinion in conjunction with our technology.
3 We identify opportunities to overcome development challenges that are both feasible and generate high impact for the specific challenge.
4 We tie together local challenges, feasible opportunities, and business models through our relational database to recommend a roadmap that will that will resolve specific issues in a financially sustainable way.
5 We offer an array of business development and collaboration tools to launch these businesses and to foster communication between entrepreneurs, experts and engaged citizens.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
Our parent company (Global Incubator) is focused on large, profitable businesses and start-ups. We build upon this by measuring their social impact, adding new social enterprises and by using crowd sourcing and experts to analyze where initiatives can have the biggest impact. We use technology to reverse typical regional development processes by pulling in companies tailored to a region´s needs instead of pushing a generic solution to different regions.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
Case Study: Socialab Regional Innovation
Problem:
Before launching as Socialab, the Centro de Innovación Social struggled to manage the growth of its contests and to capitalize on synergies across offices spread throughout the continent.
Solution:
- It is very easy to compare what is happening in each country, even as the communities grow, because the ecosystems are centralized.
- With support from Pullapproach, Socialab has run 4 competitions in 3 countries simultaneously, amassing a community of 16,000 members.
P: Socialab hosts many incredible conferences and events to investigate development challenges but not all of its members can attend due to timing or geographic constraints.
S: - Problem definition continues online, extending the conversation to others and maintaining an ongoing debate.
P: Socialab´s communities were created based solely on the country divisions, making it difficult to test ideas or to get feedback from more homogeneous groups of people.
S: - Smaller groups can be created across countries, joining people together based on similar roles, areas of interest, and other factors.
P: The Socialab values of transparency and mentorship were not being honored because basic software limited them from sharing ideas and comments openly.
S: - The Socialab website and platform are linked so that business proposals are instantaneously shared with the community where entrepreneurs, mentors, and community members pose questions and recommendations. More than 1,000 initiatives have been reviewed in the past 4 months.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Many organizations tackle pieces of the value chain: 1) identify social enterprises (UpSocial), 2) provide acceleration tools to entrepreneurs(many turn-key examples), 3) offer open innovation tools to define challenges, (Open Ideo)
Frequently, efforts to classify businesses with social impact are done manually and are limited in scope in language, whereas we offer a meta solution that identifies many initiatives from around the world.
We are different because we deliver the entire process thanks to the technology and business tools developed by our parent company. Ultimately, we are not competitors with these organizations because we offer to partner with them as technology specialists and implement development and entrepreneurial initiatives.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Global Incubator was founded on a principle that I fully subscribe to: entrepreneurs can change the world. This broad scale impact that entrepreneurship can have is especially powerful when experienced firsthand.
Although I did not have one specific ¨aha!¨moment, I became involved with Global Incubator because our social values are completely aligned. We have worked together for the past years to create leading software technology for entrepreneurs. Now that the technology is so advanced, it seemed the perfect opportunity to re-purpose the platform for customers specifically interested in business-driven impact. From my personal interest in social entrepreneurship, I have seen frequent attempts to publicize and promote successful social entrepreneurs. However, due to language barriers, differences in format and a range of other factors, these attempts too often cannibalize a shared purpose. Pullapproach aims to reverse that and to revolutionize regional development.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We operate in 3 countries and have a database of profitable business models with a social impact for more than 10,000 companies. Through our technology more than 7 social enterprises have gotten seed funding and start-up space to further improve and scale their businesses.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
We are currently developing long-term partnerships with our clients
and partners. These relationships will determine the size of our impact.
We connect regions in need of sustainable development solutions with brilliant entrepreneurs who have devised such solutions but face barriers to scaling into
those regions.
We have customized our services for the following segments:
1 Government agencies at local, regional and national levels that invest in development and
promote entrepreneurship.
2 Multinational companies who want to align their core values with regional development
opportunities and to foster social ventures.
3 Development Organizations including think-tanks, NGOs and for-profit organizations
dedicated to promoting global social and economic development.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Within the segment of clients interested in profit-driven impact, there are many sub-sectors. Certain clientele require a relatively longer time to approve new projects. They face internal policies that prevent fast decision making.
Luckily, these clients represent only a fraction of those interested in scaling social businesses. So, we are establishing and strengthening our relationships with clients who have immediate needs and are faster to implement our services. This approach allows us to continue talks with the clients who need more time for project approval while still acquiring new clients and enhancing our database.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
1. Pullapproach serves the needs of an entirely different market segment than Global Incubator´s. We focus on organizations concerned with international development, social impact, and profitability. We have identified a way to bring together all stakeholders of regional development, an untapped vertical for GI.
2. We enhance the core tools and add new functionalities for measuring impact which can be further developed for traditional business clients.
3. We fulfill the social mission of Gl to make the world better through technology.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
The platform and tools were designed based on consultations with more than 250 leading
incubators in over 20 countries and from analysis of 1200 entrepreneurial tools. Our base technology is valued at $3.5 million.
In addition to the use of this technology, Pullapproach may use up to 80 hours of consultation per month from Global Incubator staff to adapt the platform. By developing this technology over 3 years, the staff have developed expertise in creating software tools for a many types of clients. Moreover, Pullapproach collaborates with Global Incubator´s extensive network of clients with whom we tests various service packages and delivery options. The Global Incubator board of directors also provides feedback on business development and provides introduction to potential clients.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
The arrangement stated above will continue for the rest of the fiscal year. At that point, we must demonstrate that future revenue from signed customer contracts will be used to offset at least half of the costs of personnel. This arrangement ensures that Pullapproach continues to co-develop its technology and product offering for our market segments.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
Our partnership with Socialab has given us insight into the needs of social incubators. Helping our partners to scale quickly is essential to expanding our database of business models exponentially. Meanwhile, our Singularity partnership enables us to interact with leaders and adds disruptive new initiatives to our database.
We work with senior in-house developers to enhance the platform for development-oriented actors and with designers to establish our online presence.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
So far, working with Global Incubator has been an incredible asset. Pullapproach can defray high development costs and yet offer immediate access to an advanced suite of tools being used by institutions around the world. At times, our team must dedicate itself towards core technology improvements but the partnership also ensures that Pullapproach technology will continually improve as Global Incubator enhances software to meet the needs of its growing user base.
In sumary, given the solution & model earlier, we need fund support on creating radio studio in schools in other parts of Indonesia as well as running LEADER ABC course for 30x meetings (one academic school year). The 2 schools running now are self-financed by the schools themselves. Kindly watch us: www.youtube.com/carlystiana.
Our market is huge i.e.all over Indonesia and it is extremely important to invest in our next generation's education as they are the future of Indonesia. With the power of media, LEADER ABC aims to hinder youths from both disasters; natural and man-made.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Developing Innovations.
Created on 12/4/2012 by snoovy
Developing Innovations is an online platform which presents and monitors relatively small-scale development projects, to build communities of supporters for these projects.
Developing Innovations was brought forth with the aims of exploring the potential of an online platform for bigger development projects.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すTell us about yourself/your team.
I am a lover of innovation, but a humanitarian at heart. Our aim is to see that the less privilege get equal opportunities like every other individual born of a woman. How happy I am does not really matter to me, but how happy others can be because of me.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
I am always in the quest of sufficient invaluable soft skills that could help ameliorate my interpersonal, communicative and teamwork skills which happens to trigger the success of a business. I do not believe in sufficient knowledge for as long as innovation exist, enough is like a comma, which means, slow down, but keep moving. I do not totally rely on my self understanding, but I keep in touch with other people in the business world and every idea is welcomed.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
Youth unemployment happens to be my main area of focus. In every country around the world today, the issue of youth unemployment is very much addressed, but unfortunately, its more in a theoretical sense rather than the practical sense. Politicians make this their top priority so as to get into power, but yet accomplish nothing while in power. The world can only be a better place if youths are given the chance to express themselves in a professional way, for they constitute basically the work force of every country globally.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The main solution will be to acquire sufficient skills so as to better manage the project and its finances for a professional knowledge and communication skills, I believe is key to a successful business, and lets not forget that in so many cases where the money is available but without no sense of direction, communication skills, planning and technical know-how, the money could be wasted.
To acquire sufficient and adequate invaluable soft skills so as to ameliorate my interpersonal, communicative and team work skills which will facilitate the setting up of more and more projects for the good of all.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
For every business to be very successful, a professional communication must always exist between the staffs and board members. This can only happen when the subjects involved are very well trained and orientated. Another issue is that of finance which serves like a bullet in a gun. Without a solid financial background, no business whatsoever can be established. Money moves the train while the knowledge serves as the pilot.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
Ever since this project was established from our little professional skills, at least three bigger projects have participated in the pilot and have been presented on an existing online platform(Facebook) and have been monitored real time online. Online communities have been founded around these three projects that are made up by people/organisations/companies directly supporting or funding the projects and by people/organisations/companies that are directly being supported by the projects. The project data of these online projects is tagged and searchable so it can be used for learning by others. Also, a final lessons learnt document is developed, describing the challenges encountered by the organisations that have piloted their projects on the online platform, describing the requirements of an online platform that can deliver on the goals listed above, and recommending ways forwards.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
This project however has enabled us to learn how to better create employment opportunities that can better the lives, and businesses of others, most especially the youths which happens to be our main group of focus. From our example, we make people understand that it's not the obligation for the government to grant employment for all, but it's every individual's responsibility to create employment opportunities that could be of benefit to others. I am very much available and willing to lend a helping hand whenever need be.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
When I noticed back in my home country that so many young people like myself had so many ideas but with no medium to expose them, I then decided to put in place a medium of exchange of ideas. Its over a year and a half ever since my idea came to life, back then in Cameroon. For me, its not the responsibility of the government to create job opportunities for all, but its the responsibility of all to create opportunities that can be of help to others. Just like the late American president John F Kennedy said; "Ask not what your government has done for you, but rather ask what you have done for your government". I think positively and so I act positively
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Many projects have been monitored and sponsored. This led to the creation of bigger projects which are now sponsoring other projects online.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
More and more projects will be created and this will result to lower unemployment rates, for those involved shall have the opportunity to demand for support from others thereby giving them the opportunity to work, and that is employment in a technical sense
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
Creation of a medium of innovative idea exchange, whereby, little ideas are brought to light.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
Currently, we lack sufficient funds and this has really slowed down the growth of the project. We are currently in touch with so many organizations seeking for their sponsorship.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Forex. I am currently undertaking intensive Forex lessons for we intend to use the foreign exchange market as our main means of finance. The profits shall be invested in a fixed saving account with withdrawal only done yearly.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
Currently, we do not have many partners, for those participating in the project online only do so for their personal interest, but that not withstanding, we are happy that we are able to create an opportunity worth trusting.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
More and more volunteers assist with social media marketing, and we are glad with that even though it hasn't yielded any fruits yet.
Developing Innovations is an online platform which presents and monitors relatively small-scale development projects, to build communities of supporters for these projects.
I believe that my project has potential to change the mindset of a rural small businesses especially young entrepreneurs who are fully of big dreams of entering the business world.
These young unsupported businesses have potential to turn around the economy and social disadvantages within their communities.
Created on 11/14/2012 by MarionC
“Team up for good” is an internal community inviting all our employees to “team up” and collaborate to change the World. Collaboration is the key to undertake meaningful actions toward the environment, our Human Resources and our communities. We can do so much together…
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すTell us about yourself/your team.
I’m an inspirer and I believe in inspiring people to lead meaningful change. “Team up for good” is the result of this spirit aiming to make people collaborate for change.
I’m Marion Chevalier, changemaker.
The first time I got aware of the power of collaboration to drive happiness was during a trip in Laos. I then created the Sustainability area in my multinational company. I’ve always told my CEO that if we wanted to succeed this meaningful mission, we had to involve the employees and enable them to make the change come true.
Instead of one, we are now 5000 brains around the World to make our company a responsible brand.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
I started my professional life as an intern in a worldwide communication agency. After few months, I noticed some habits in the offices that I considered irresponsible. With my boldness spirit, I talked to the CEO and convinced him to implement an internal CSR activity, starting with an awareness campaign about green practices. I’m now leading a team of volunteers in 30 countries to make my company sustainable.
My strongest skills as an intrapreneur are my values. I couldn’t conform to how the company was acting so I took the opportunity to improve it. My values give me the strength to inspire others to rally around my vision.
I define myself as a transformational leader, empowering others to think out of the box and innovate. This is what “Team up for good” is all about.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
I work for a World top 5 communication agency. Its influence on our society is huge in terms of consumption, stereotypes and trends. I’m revolted when I see advertising using women’s body to sell cars, brands using children’s innocence to make them sick or weak families getting into debt to buy irresponsible products…
Even within agencies there are many incongruities. Why do men always get more paid than women? Is it necessary to travel all around the World to meet clients? What about transparency?
Communication agencies have the influence to change their employees’, clients’ and society’s behavior toward sustainability. Why not start with that?
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
I rely on collaboration to solve such a massive challenge so I created an online community where all the employees of my company are encouraged to become leaders of change.
The platform first provides environmental and social information to make them all aware of the challenge we face. This works as a motivational drive for them to share thoughts and good practices with their clients, suppliers, and communities…
As in any online communities, employees are able to connect one with each other, team up and collaborate to respond to issues such as: How to use communication as a driver for greener behavior? What initiatives can we implement to reduce our CO2 emissions? How to create a mentoring system to empower women within the industry?
We can do so much together…
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
Before this global community, every local agency was doing their own business for local causes. It is how most global companies operate.
We are now globally connected for good. The projects have bigger impact, the resulting ideas to solve social or environmental issues are more creative thanks to more people involved.
We still give priority to local causes, but now, someone in Spain or a project done in China can inspire a new initiative in the USA.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
The first action we implemented thanks to the community responds to both the environmental and social goals of our CSR strategy.
I started a new topic online asking “How can we make sure that the waste we recycle in our offices are actually dropped in the correct public cans at the end of the day?”
People teamed up and came up with a new initiative: to recruit persons with Down syndrome to take charge of our waste management. They will first act on reducing and reusing resources (eg. create notepad with used paper). Then, they will recycle the trash in the correct public cans. This solution enable us to go even further and organize regular collect of goods from the employees for local NGOs such as clothes, toys, medicine drugs, hygiene products, food, etc.
The team has now contacted an agency helping disabled people to recruit 3 new part-time employees. 3 persons are going to be able to work. Even though it will be few hours a day, I know it means a lot to them, having their first job…
This community has the power to do good, for the company, for our employees who see direct results of their actions and for the society.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Most of the companies have a CSR department nowadays. All the main communication agencies have formed a dedicated team to solve sustainability issues, volunteers or not.
We are differentiating ourselves because we rely on everyone. We know that nobody could improve our employees’ daily work better than themselves. We empower them to become leaders and make the change come true. This is the only way our actions will be meaningful and smoothly integrated into everybody’s tasks, from the top executives to the account directors and the secretaries.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Sustainability is a subject that should be addressed all together instead of by individuals.
I first started with a blog which purpose was to open the dialogue within my office of 30 employees. I asked questions and they answered in the comments section. It worked well, people were participating and I noticed that the actions implemented were better accepted due to its bottom-up decision process.
At the same time, my global colleagues were always asking me about what the group was doing and CSR reports, because this information was not available in any webpage.
The community became then evident. We need a platform where all employees can collaborate to respond to sustainability issues, implementing all together new initiatives. Additionally, it should include an informative part with training, best practices and reports.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
So far, the community has been launched only in Spain where we have around 1000 employees. It is the first step before a global launch.
The first result of its launch is an innovative initiative responding to both the social and environmental criteria of our CSR strategy: Reducing, Reusing and Recycling our waste with the help of 3 recruited employees with Down syndrome.
These persons will come every day in our office, collecting all the papers to recreate notepad for the employees, recycling waste, and controlling the overconsumption of energy (air-conditioning and light) in the offices. This process will reduce and recycle our annual 25,000kg of waste in Spain, 127,000kg globally.
In addition, they will collect goods to donate to local NGOs for people in need: clothes, toys, medicine drugs, hygiene products, food, etc.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
The community plans to initiate new local projects every 3 months at the beginning by identified leaders. In the first year, we will have 4 projects initiated in 30 countries, in total 120 projects will be growing. These projects include green initiative to improve the offices’ impact, human resources actions to improve our employees’ wellbeing and development, social projects to improve our local communities, such as fighting hunger, poverty, human rights, and supporting social entrepreneurship, women recognition, education…
In 3 years, we’ll count 120x3= 360 local projects, more the international ones and initiatives started by rising leaders. We expect a total of 500 projects around the Word by the end of 2015.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
For now, two obstacles have occurred: the group’s lack of budget (due to the crisis) and people too busy to participate (due to the crisis…)
I consider it as a good exercise to even more innovate. The ideas resulting from the collaboration process must be “low-costs” which make the employees work their creativity and problem-solving skills. It will definitely be useful for their own development.
The low participation level is an issue we have been thinking for long. That is why we developed a “gaming” dimension to our community. All users participating will win medals with different values depending on their commitment. It brings recognition to the collaborative process.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
For a global communication agency, we gain mostly in terms of reputation toward our clients.
We have been selling a wide study about Meaningful Brands and how companies with sustainability initiatives will remain on the market while the other won’t. We explain our clients how to start sustainable practices so it’s crucial for our credibility to have a strong CSR program ourselves.
It helps as well increasing our employees’ wellbeing, development and so productivity.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
I think my main strength is my inspirational skills. After convincing the CEO of my company of the community’s high potential and to invest in it, I succeeded to move our internal departments’ interest to participate with the lowest cost possible. Our web designers are so motivated that they voluntarily work on additional features that we need. An internal programmer whom I talked to has succeeded to convince his boss to reduce the initial budget for me.
I also lead a worldwide team of CSR volunteers who are always supporting the community, giving recommendations and new ideas to improve. (see question about partnerships across the company)
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
In terms of the concrete community platform, the investment has been done at the very beginning, from the top executive global committee to internal areas within our companies (design and programing). The funds are moving within the company, allowing its growth even in a crisis situation.
Now, the only investments that will be done in the long-term will be to support the local actions (results of the community collaboration). The costs will be low.
In terms of support, thanks to a gaming system, the employees will be encouraged to take leadership positions within the community. The community will then be auto-managed by itself.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
I cannot manage a community of 5000 worldwide users by myself. So I created a network of volunteers in each country where we operate in order to support the community.
They have been a precious help when we defined the platform’s structure, functions, and design… Their strength is their diversity: IT employees, account managers, corporate communication leaders, marketing, HR, finance, media planners, etc. I’m certain the community reaches every profile in our company.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
The first person who gave me support was the CEO of our company. He is the sponsor of this project. It was useful for me to reach all our country managers and team leaders.
I also have support from the head of Human Resources and the director of strategy.
A wide CSR network of volunteers are supporting the community and many punctual persons who were just interested to collaborate.
According to a study by Marketdata Enterprises in 2010, the motivational self-improvement market is worth $10.5 billion. This includes programs and services developed into books, CDs/DVDs, audiobooks, infomercials, motivational speakers, seminars/workshops, retreats, webinars, personal coaching, online education, websites, training organisations and more.
Created on 10/26/2012 by GeorgSeiler
Tailered, corporate rap songs and videos to engage audiences and foster positive engagement accross companies and communities.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すTell us about yourself/your team.
I am originally from Austria, but have grown up predominantly in the UK. I have a 1st Class Masters Degree in Comparative Jurisprudence but have worked in Business Development activities since graduating in 2007. I love music, people and big ideas.
What makes you an intrapreneur? What are the skills, capabilities, and personality traits that make you an intrapreneur?
I am never satisfied with the status quo. I’m always on the hunt to identify and set up collaborative opportunities, I take calculated risks and I have an understanding of how to connect with audiences. I can be a bit cheeky and am gutsy. I love to experiment and take feedback well. I never lose my optimism.
Primary country where this project is creating social impact
United Kingdom, LND, London
Additional countries or regions
Can be replicated everywhere
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The Need: What social or environmental problem are you trying to solve?
Simply, communication and engagement for employees. Business is people. Without motivated people there is stagnated business. Bringing ideas to life and communicating in a fun and memorable way applies to all industries and causes. This Includes fund raising as well as for commercial purposes.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Tailored rap songs and videos. Using the medium of music, we take briefs from clients that wish to communicate specific key messages to target audiences and write a tailored song for the organization to use. This is coupled with a custom video that emphasizes the key points.
The Solution: Why is this solution innovative for your company and industry?
By packaging the key messages into a rap song, it acts as a playful but impactful & engaging "call to action".
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities.
Recently I took part in a charitable initiative with the "Princes Trust" - in order to raise funding and awareness I decided to create a rap song in tribute along with a video. My offer to potential sponsors was that if they gave me £15 or more, I would include their name in the scrolling tickertape along the bottom of the video. Everyone I spoke to/heard about it were genuinely very interested in this due to its originality. I worked with my network of designers and producers to create a song, write the lyrics and record/edit the footage. I then worked with Accenture's executive, communications and corporate citizenship team to gain formal sign off on the content. The content got superb endorsement and the song is being released to the entire UK/I workforce (~12k) with the aim of helping achieve a £40k sponsorship rate for the cause. Furthermore I am working with the Princes Trust directly to use the song to promote the great work the Trust is doing and our contribution. There are discussions about monetizing the song further via iTunes and radio with proceeds going to the cause. Ultimately the value lies in reaching the relevant target audiences and making an emotional connection to communicate key messages in a memorable way.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are many communications, digital and event facilitation companies working with corporate entities, charities and governments. However, there is not a company offering a service such as this. The key differentiation lies in a deep understanding of the client's requirement and an appreciation of the style, desired effect and brand of a specific client then delivering outputs in a highly engaging way. This tailored, KPI focused approach woven with existing client initiatives creates an unprecedented level of engagement. People are fascinated with the "coolness" of rap, but they feel it is an inaccessible world to them. This bridge allows people to have fun, feel young and embrace the messaging. A challenge is getting material signed off. Companies need to be brave.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I have always been fascinated by poetry and music. At university I founded a music society (Beats and Bass) where members put on professional nights and radio shows for and by members in an entrepreneurial way. This was hugely successful and profitable (all profits reinvested intp growing the society). The society still thrives today 8 years on. At work, I was running a training course and thought "how can I engage the audience and deliver the key messages?" I decided to write a parody of a well known song whereby I changed the lyrics to deliver my key points. The level of engagement was incredible. I have since performed at many events and created projects against numerous briefs. The response is always overwhelmingly positive. It changes the dynamics of what you are communicating and it is fun and engaging. Also the consultative approach to the brief requires business acumen. My dream is to raise awareness on key issues & inspire people through this medium and develop artists.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The impact of this solution is to deliver a message through a new and unique form of communication. The key measure is whether the intended message is being delivered or whether the song creates merely hype. The deliverables in the past have received universal endoresement accross levels and ages. They have informed, increased engagement and generated calculable revenue towards fund raising causes. The impact to businesses is on a commercial and emotional level.
What is your projected impact over the next 1 to 3 years?
Depending on the projects being taken on (there is a very strong pipeline), I believe this will become incredibly popular – and I intend to make it so. Growth areas for the company will include performers, producers, graphics designers etc to meet the demand of our clients. The potential of the social impact is also very large. This medium can be used to create awareness on important issues (every topic in the "key word" section of this application is potentially relevant). I plan to engage young people in rap workshops to foster positive communications and to relay important messaging. These work shops can also be incorporated into corporate projects. The only limit for its application is ones imagination...
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The main barrier will be getting sign off from branding. I will overcome this by working in a collaborative manner from the outset with the relevant stakeholders to ensure that this is a credit to the brand, not a dis-service. Another challenge I foresee is delivering original material consistently and managing client demand. I plan to overcome this through expectation management and having the highest standards of QA. Getting a clear brief and extracting the value criteria is important to creating the right tone.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat is the benefit or value you're creating for your business?
This is a services business, therefore there is not a large financial outlay. The USP rests on the network of talented music and film producers and the consultative business output focused approach to gathering the "brief" of each project. I am the founder and am currently writing the content (working with an established artist network). The business will work with the community to bring this creative medium into the business environment. I also am working with prospective and current clients to build and deliver against the strong sales pipeline.
How are you leveraging internal resources (funds, time, knowledge, etc.) to support this initiative?
My employer works with 96 of the Fortune 100 companies and there is great support for this initiative both from an internal call to action/fund raising perspective as well as potentially utilizing this with our change management work with clients. I am receiving coaching at a senior level both in terms of content creation and sign off delivery. It will take time to completely integrate the offerings and leverage the corporate citizenship strategy but there is a huge wealth of support and encouragement. People love the original and novel approach to content distribution.
Expand on your answer, explaining the long-term funding and support plan.
Long term this business has a high potential growth trajectory and is entirely self funding through organic growth. The reason for this is that companies, clients and charities already have their own established platforms for distributing content. In addition there is plenty of established media platforms (e.g. YouTube) if the deliverables are to be used externally. This means that Corporate Rap is responsible for the creation of content rather than its hosting. Also, the nature of the work means that demand will drive number of people needed. There are a wealth of community projects, live and corporate initiatives possible and this will involve collaboration with leading organizations to scale as required.
Tell us about your partnerships across your company and externally that are key to your project's success.
The success of the company lies firstly with its human capital (musicians, producers and artists) and secondly with a collaborative partnerial approach to business. Demand for projects comes through word of mouth and an integration with offerings of other companies. This can take many shapes from educational institutions, charities, 3rd party offerings, events and workshop companies amongst many others.
What internal support have you gotten for your project? What kind of push-back have you received?
Bridging original musical with serious underlying messages has received universal appeal and support. Once the initial surprise passes (which is a key part of the strategy), executives have seen an impressive response rate to the communication. This has been accross a wide range of areas,topics and sectors. One push back and challenge is getting global branding sign off. Close collaboration and transparency with these teams is critical to the successful delivery,
FlashCast operates a network of location-aware, dynamically refreshing text displays installed in public transit vehicles. We leverage this novel technology to offer micro to small-sized enterprises an affordable, geotargeted channel to capture new business. We enable NGOs, government agencies, and social enterprises to broadcast vital information to a notoriously difficult to reach demographic.
GroundTruth gives journalists and social entrepreneurs the tools to hyper-efficiently connect with the right people via mobile phones -- to understand their needs, their experience and to gather accurate on-the-ground information.
GridGiver is an online fundraising tool which enables small and medium non-profits and charities to visually illustrate their progress toward a donations goal.
In the offline world, charities and non-profits have long used a part of a larger whole as a mechanism for fundraising. For example, donors purchase a brick in the wall of a new hospital, or 'buy' a seat as part of a theatre renovation.
International NGOs have transferred this approach to the online space by enabling donors to buy a piece of a virtual space. Here are some recent examples:
Net Tuesday brings together community leaders interested in the use of technology to bring about positive social change. It is the largest convener of its kind in Vancouver, with 1000 members representing nonprofit organizations and foundations, government agencies and service providers, designers and developers, innovators and social entrepreneurs. Net Tuesdays are part of a dedicated network of volunteers operating in 25 countries around the world.
Created on 09/12/2012 by DaveJES
CyberSafeBC.ca will provide videod-based information for BC youth to help them learn about the dangers of being digitally active.
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Justice Education Society
Country where this solution is creating social impact
Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver, Coast and Mountains, Vancouver Island, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Columbia Basin.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Digital technologies enable users to communicate and exchange information through many channels. Youth use these new technologies.
- 93% of teens use the Internet
- 80% + are online at least once a week
- 73% of teens have profiles on social networking sites
- 75% of teens own a cell phone
- 97% of teens play computer, web, portable, or console games.
Digital technologies provide countless opportunities for creativity, learning and sharing. Unfortunately, they are also the domain of phishers, scammers, hackers, bullies and sexual predators.
CyberSafeBC.ca will help youth be aware of the dangers when they share information and images via email, text, social media, online and through gaming systems. It will target youth through a video-based, certificate-granting course.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
CyberSafeBC will arm youth with information to help them be CyberSafe on the internet, on their phones and on gaming systems. Upon completion of a video-based training course, users will be able to take an exam to get certified by CyberSafeBC.
The training will deal with four areas:
• Online Safety-phishing (scammers of financial information) and money/security issues (visa and banking);
• Digital Footprint-Sharing text and images-once it is out there, it is impossible to get back;
• Online Ethics-what can be posted, cyber-bullying, uploads and downloads of intellectual property and best practices for email, texting and social media; and
• Online Criminality-luring, youth porn (sexting of images of youth under 16) and piracy (theft of copyrighted intellectual property).
This website will be unique because it is targeted to youth, includes a complete video-based curriculum, tests for knowledge competency and provides a certificate. Also applicable to parents & seniours.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
CyberSafeBC.ca will provide an online course that helps young people understand the dangers of being digitally active. The course will be hosted by two video facilitators who lead users through the video content. Upon completion, users can take a competency-based exam and with a passing score, receive a CyberSafeBC Certificate that confirms that they are aware of online dangers and know how to be cyber safe.
Case 1: A thirteen your girl wants to have a Facebook account – like ALL her friends, but Mom says “No, you’re too young. It’s dangers to post your personal information online”. Daughter agrees. But, she has taken the online course at CyberSafeBC,ca and she is now CyberSafe certified – she know the dangers and she talk to her Mom about what she will do to stay safe.
Case 2: A 10 year old boy wants his parents to buy him a cell phone – like ALL his friends, but Dad says “No way. You wouldn’t use it responsibly”. But the son has been CyberSafe certified and he tells his Dad about the steps he will take to be sure to stay safe when he calling or messaging his friends.
Case 3: Dad thinks he may they have infected their home computer with a virus. Mom says she received another email asking for her bank information and suggests maybe the virus came from there. Their child jumps into the conversation and says, “You guys need to get CyberSafe Certified so that you know how to stay safe online. The online video course will teach you about hackers, phishers, spammers, luring and a lot more. If you pass the test, it means you know what to do to stay safe”.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
No other websites provide this solution. CybeSafeBC will be targetted at youth, will included a complete curriculum on online safety and will provide a certificate to confirm competency.
There are a number of terrific online resources that provide information in this area: BeWebAware.ca, MediaSmarts.ca, ProtectChildren.ca, Deal.org, TheDoorThatsNotLocked.ca, KidsintheKnow.ca, ZoeandMolly.ca, Cyberwise.org, Cybersmart.gov.au, Cybersafekids.com.au, InHope.org, etc. In addition, there are several YouTube channels that include excellent videos.
CyberSafeBC.ca will integrate the best of this content into a complete curriculum. All content will be introduced, presented and then discussed by facilitators.
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The founders had their “Aha!” moment when developing the Online Safety section of www.LegalRightsForYouth.ca and looking at the information provided on other websites about cyber safety. There are some great resources mainly for educators and parents, but not many sites focus on the youth who need to be CyberSafe. JES wants to pull together these existing internet resources and create new resources that will become part of a youth focused online certificate training course.
JES is a curriculum specialist having developed thousands of pages over 20+ years so it is well positioned to consolidate resources and create a dynamic course for youth. The course will target youth ages 11-17 but the content will be useful also to older and younger youth - as well as teachers, parents, seniors and other members of the public.
Plus, beyond youth, the content is 100% applicable to adults as well. In this digital era, we all need to be aware of the online dangers - we all need to be Cybersafe.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
The goal of this initiative is to help British Columbians be more safe and confident when they use their phones, the internet and gaming systems. With funding success, the Justice Education Society would create a dynamic online certificate granting course on Cyber Safety - primarily for youth but also useful for parents, teachers, seniors and other members of the public.
The course would live online at www.CyberSafeBC.ca and it would combine a range of video modules that cover:
- Online Safety
- Digital Footprint
- Online Ethics
- Online Crime
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
This is a new initiative for JES which arises out of the work done in the past years. JES has delivered several workshops on Cyberbullying to teachers and has attended recent workshops on Sexual Luring and Social Media. We will be presenting a workshop in October on Social Media and the Law as well. Our staff are active within the online safety topic area, but the CbyerSafeBC course has not been developed and there is no impact to date.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
JES provides in-person instruction to over 18,000 students each year. Through websites like LegalRightsForYouth.ca, CourtsofBC.ca, and LawLessons.ca, we have an established audience of youth, teachers and students. We reach 20,000 students each year and we have strong community partners that can provide valuable resources. CyberSafeBC.ca will be promoted through all JES channels and the website maintenance and promotion will continue for at least 5 years. Within its first two years online, we anticipate the site will receive at least 50,000 unique visitors. With traction among youth, the site has the potential to attract over 100,000 visitors per year. This course has the potential to become national in scope as it could be easily adapted for different provinces.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The first challenge will be to prevent as much as possible the “gaming” of the system. Clever youth could find a way to get a certificate even though they did not take the course. JES will require that they cover at least 90% of the pages of the course before they are able to take the exam and then we will auto-generate test questions so that they are randomized and different for every test.
The second challenge may be creating interest in the course among the target audience. We will use student-created videos on online safety. We will market the course to teachers who already use our programs. We will introduce the course to the 20,000 students we see each year. The course can also be promoted to parent advisory groups in schools and to seniors in community centres.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Create committee / Research and assess existing resources
タスク 2:
Content development and script writing
タスク 3:
Online course development Website development
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Beta-testing of the online course and launch of CyberSafeBC.ca
タスク 2:
Promotion of CyberSafeBC.ca
タスク 3:
Evaluation, on-going promotion and maintenance
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The Justice Education Society (JES) will engage community partners to help develop the course content. These partners will include representatives from: BC Ministry of Justice (Crime Prevention Division), Vancouver Police Department, RCMP, BC Teacher's Federation, Vancouver School Board, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and other strategic partners.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
We will target youth ages 11-17 and teachers mainly through our orientations, newsletter and teacher professional development workshops. We will target parents and seniors through the school advisory committees and community centres respectively.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
JES legal education and information are used by over 350,000 British Columbians each year. JES facilitates professional development workshops for service providers and teachers, provides training for separating parents and delivers public seminars on a range of legal topics from cyberbullying to residential tenancy. The Society has published legal resource materials in print and online on over 30 websites and in 200+ videos.
JES objectives include:
• To continually identify new ways the justice system can be made more accessible to all.
• To provide hands-on educational programs and services to the general public.
JES is a leader in the development public legal education and information. For a detailed list of our programs and resources, please visit www.JusticeEducation.ca.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
JES is always open to collaborating and networking with others to produce excellent justice resources. We have an extensive networking of teachers, service providers and others which can be accessed to promote resources. Our web and communications team is young, talented and passionate.
Design-thinking workshops for non-profits, activists and social entrepreneurs. Empowering people to find new solutions to existing challenges.
Created on 09/12/2012 by dbarefoot
GridGiver is an online fundraising tool which enables small and medium non-profits and charities to visually illustrate their progress toward a donations goal.
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver, Coast and Mountains, Vancouver Island, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, Columbia Basin.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Cost.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
For BC non-profits and charities, fewer and fewer cheques are coming in the mail. Their donor base is aging--one organization I spoke to had an average donor age of over 60. More importantly, those offline donations aren't sufficiently being replaced by online donations. NGOs are finding it difficult to convert engaged online followers and friends to donors, and face competition not only from other NGOs, but from the distracting, enchanting Internet at large.
Larger NGOs have the capability and budget to run robust, creative fundraising campaigns. Small and medium-size NGOs do not.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
In the offline world, charities and non-profits have long used a part of a larger whole as a mechanism for fundraising. For example, donors purchase a brick in the wall of a new hospital, or 'buy' a seat as part of a theatre renovation.
International NGOs have transferred this approach to the online space by enabling donors to buy a piece of a virtual space. Here are some recent examples:
* Conservation International: http://www.conservation.org/act/get_involved/protect_forests/Pages/defor...
* Golden Hat Foundation: http://www.goldenhatfoundation.org/
* Charity Water: http://www.waterforward.org/
These are costly and intensive projects.
GridGiver is an online tool which enables small and medium non-profits and charities to emulate this behaviour, visually illustrating their progress toward a fundraising goal. GridGiver is also an innovative fundraising platform that leverages the social web to more deeply engage online donors.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Wildsight, a small NGO based in Kimberly, BC, is working to protect the Flathead River Valley in southeastern BC. They want to collect donations to further their work protecting wild places and habitats.
They visit GridGiver's site, and sign up for an account. They launch a campaign, uploading a large, scenic photo of the Flathead Valley. They're guided through configuring their grid, identifying how many squares it will display and how much each square will cost. They also set up their financial details for donation processing.
The GridGiver site provides an embeddable app that's as easy to work with as a YouTube video. Wildsight creates a campaign page on their own site, and embeds the app within it. See the early mockups attached to this application for an example of how the grid might look.
Wildsight then embarks on their fundraising campaign, driving traffic to their own site through email, social media and other online and offline channels. When a user wants to donate, they pick a square of the grid to "buy". They enter their credit card or PayPal details and purchase the square. They then have the option of adding a social media avatar--their Facebook or Twitter avatar--to the square, and sharing their action with their friends and followers on those social media channels.
Wildsight pays a small fee ($99?) to set up the app, and then GridGiver takes a small percentage of each donation.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
The number one competitor in this space is in-house, one-off developments like the examples I've listed above. They're built by in-house staff and agencies, and typically cost anywhere from $30K to $100K.
Secondary competitors are all the innovative online channels for fundraising. For BC and Canada, these include Weeve.it, Indigogo, ChipIn and the like.
GridGiver's main differentiation is that it offers a visually-rich experience for the NGO and user. We've seen the use case made for this approach by the ad-hoc examples I've cited. In GridGiver, we're first and foremost trying to commodify this approach so that it's available to BC-based organizations with smaller budgets.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
At Capulet, we work with a lot of NGOs, of many different sizes. We’d admired this model of fundraising, and wanted to implement it for one of our clients. However, when we investigated what it would cost to build a fully-functional app for them, the client’s budget wouldn’t nearly reach the $50K price tag.
We realized, then, that if we could amortize the cost of the development over a bunch of organizations, we could make this kind of functionality available to any British Columbian (or elsewhere in Canada) NGO that wanted to use it.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
We want to enable British Columbian NGOs to raise their game with regards to fundraising by giving them access to technology they otherwise couldn’t afford. GridGiver will enable them to attract new donors online, and more deeply engage with existing ones.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
As we’re still in the prototype phase of GridGiver, we haven’t had a chance to have an impact yet.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
In its first year, we’d plan to develop and launch GridGiver’s beta program. We’d work with six to eight British Columbian NGOs to test drive the solution, and we’d further develop the product based on their feedback. In years two and three, we’d hope to reach 100 and 250 NGOs respectively. In years four and five, we’d build to 500 and 1000 NGOs (at this stage, we’d expect to reach beyond BC into other provinces).
If, at the end of five years, we’d helped 1000 NGOs raise a project average of $8000, we’d have generated $8 million in new revenue for the sector.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
We see two major barriers to success for the project:
Promotion – The contemporary marketplace is very busy, with lots of vendors vying for the attention of BC NGOs. It can be difficult to break through the noise to reach decision-makers. Happily, Capulet is a web communications agency that’s worked with the NGO sector for years. So, we have a combination of deep experience and good connections. Capulet has had many NGOs as clients—Ecojustice, Covenant House Vancouver, Rainforest Solutions Project, etc—and we’ll draw on these connections for GridGiver’s beta customers.
Donation processing and handling – This is the thorniest technology issue, and one we continue to wrestle with. NGOs use a broad variety of donation systems to collect money, and we need to interoperate with as ma
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
At the six month mark, we’d plan to have developed the first version of GridGiver, and launched it with three beta sites.
タスク 1:
Kick off development on GridGiver.
タスク 2:
Deploy three beta campaigns.
タスク 3:
Promote those campaigns to encourage interaction with the new tool.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
We’d like to have completed six to eight campaigns using GridGiver, and made substantial upgrades to the platform.
タスク 1:
Collect feedback from initial beta customers.
タスク 2:
Deploy three to five more beta campaigns.
タスク 3:
Continue development on the GridGiver platform.
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Most importantly, we selected an excellent local development firm to design and build the first version of GridGiver. We have a long working relationship with the principles at Denim & Steel (http://denimandsteel.com), and they’re ideally suited to build this kind of online platform.
Thanks to our deep relationships in the non-profit sector, we’ve already lined up a number of possible beta customers. Getting GridGiver in the field and receiving feedback on its performance is essential to building a useful, sustainable product.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Our first target market will be small and medium-sized British Columbian NGOs with at least one full-time paid staff member. We’ll eventually look to expand to the rest of Canada. The underlying technology of GridGiver has applications for other sectors, but we plan to focus on NGOs unless other opportunities arise.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
We have extensive experience in the startup sector, having worked for and in many companies over the last decade. We’ve learned valuable lessons and methodologies around how to develop and launch a product effectively, and how to be nimble and agile in doing so. Additionally, Capulet has a culture of trial-and-error, and navigating from ideas to successes. That began with Flowers for Al and Don (http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/flowers/), an ad-hoc fundraising effort back in the early days of the web, and extends to our launching of Northern Voice (http://2012.northernvoice.ca/), a community conference that, at its peak, attracted 500 attendees and a successful series of technology training workshops we still run today.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We’ve run Capulet successfully for 10 years, so we have confidence in our ability to run GridGiver as an ongoing, sustainable project. We can imagine needing access to some legal or financial advice, particularly with regards to interacting with donations raised on behalf of BC NGOs.
We’d also be happy to share our marketing and communications expertise. We’re veterans in the field,
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Connecting Steps.
Created on 09/11/2012 by ndelgado
Design-thinking workshops for non-profits, activists and social entrepreneurs. Empowering people to find new solutions to existing challenges.
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Quality.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
In 2003, there were approximately 161,000 incorporated non-profit and voluntary organizations operating in Canada. An estimated 13% of which were established in British Columbia. These organizations touch all aspects of our life and have become a fundamental part of Canadian society. Unfortunately, non-profit and voluntary organizations experience many difficulties fulfilling their missions or achieving their organizational objectives, which limits their ability to contribute to the community. Having to manage with limited economic resources is challenging enough, but usually it is the lack of strategic orientation, leadership and management struggles what stands in their way towards establishing a plan and generating ideas on how to reach their goals.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Connecting Steps is a series of dynamic workshops for non-profits, activists and social entrepreneurs that uses the design-thinking and co-design framework to empower them in the development of better solutions to social problems.
Connecting steps looks to empower those involved to create a meaningful change through their own effort, ideas and concepts. Participants engage in activities to accelerate meaningful collaboration and learn the skills, tools and techniques that they need in order to tackle the complex problems that affect them.
The project seeks to generate a ripple effect, where workshop participants will multiply the benefit of building their creative confidence by effectively pursuing their organization's objectives and fulfilling their community's needs.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
“Teach a person to fish…. “
The Connecting Steps hands-on interactive workshops will introduce the framework around design thinking and co-design as creative problem solving approaches. Design-thinking uses the ability to combine empathy for the context of a problem, creativity in the generation of insights and solutions, and rationality to analyze and fit solutions to the context. Co-design emphasizes the collaborative work, which requires mutual learning between the stakeholders, creating a process that is more democratic and open.
During the workshop, participants will learn tools and techniques in the areas of discovery, definition, visualization, ideation, experimentation and implementation, and immediately apply them to the problems faced by their own organizations. The collaborative approach allows everyone to learn not only from the instructor but also from every participant in the workshop.
After the workshop the instructor will continue with a follow-up which each of the participants to aid them in the application of the skills they have learned. The Connecting Steps website and social media strategy will also allow for participants to stay in touch and learn from each others progress as they apply the concepts learned to their own organizations.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
While there are a few organizations that offer design thinking services, they are mostly focused on business innovation and don’t specialize in the small non-profit groups. Connecting Steps is particularly interested in the small and medium organizations that don't have a marketing or communications department. There is currently no one addressing this market, and there is a huge need and demand for this type of service.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
I have over ten years of teaching experience in the areas of design, marketing and creativity, working as a professor in Mexico and Canada. In 2011 I started to work with the international NGO Poster for Tomorrow and had the opportunity to travel to Africa as part of their Pan African and Draw me Democracy workshops, which aim to strengthen participants’ knowledge and skills in the fields of design, social communication and advocacy advertising. This provided me with the opportunity to see the amazing benefits that could be achieved in a small amount of time.
For my PhD at the University of Victoria I decided to focus on co-design and design-thinking. I was looking for a project to collaborate with and posted an ad asking for any non-profits that would like to work with me. I received an overwhelming response with emails from all kinds of organizations eager to receive help. After talking to many of them I realized that there was a huge need that nobody was addressing.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
I want to help others to help others. I would like to create a ripple effect where the work I do with the leaders of these organizations is translated to the work they do with their communities and causes. I want to empower small and medium sized organizations and individuals so they can achieve their goals and make a positive impact on the world.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
This program is in the idea stage. But I have extensive experience as a workshop facilitator. I have worked with undergraduate students and professionals in Mexico, Argentina, Ghana and Canada, aboriginal communities in Canada and locally with the Green Streets Games project in Vancouver.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
I would like to create a strong network with local charities and non-profits. While it would be great to take this across Canada I am more interested in building a strong foundation in BC first. It's important to measure the results of the workshops and build strong case studies, so the workshops become stronger each time and their impact is visible to the communities involved.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The two main barriers are cost and continuity.
Cost implies the expenses involved in the planning, promoting and execution of the workshops. I will address this by initially covering the costs myself, and look for external sources of support, such as grants and sponsorships. Volunteers and partnerships are also key elements of this section.
Continuity refers to what happens after the workshops are finished. It's very important to ensure that participants are able to apply the skills they have learned in their own organizations. This will be addressed by establishing a follow-up plan and a resource kit accessible to participants, as well as a social media strategy that allows communication between stakeholders and display of success case studies.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Launch project. Create a network of participants/collaborators. Teach workshops. Follow-up.
タスク 1:
Establish the project in vancouver. Launch Website. Make connections with non-profits and individuals.
タスク 2:
Teach 1-2 Workshops. Create a strong network of collaboration. Launch toolkit.
タスク 3:
Follow-up with participants. Launch Social Media Strategy. Present first results obtained from the workshops
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Create website and establish key partnerships.
タスク 1:
Recruit volunteers. establish strategic partnerships with universities and organizations.
タスク 2:
Present success stories obtained from first workshops. Strenghten online network of collaborators
タスク 3:
Establish a yearly schedule for workshops. Possibly include other instructors.
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Since the project is on the idea stage there are no current partnerships. However future partnerships would include non-profit organizations and universities.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
I am a graphic designer which allows me to create the technical/creative elements needed for the project and I'm also an experienced instructor and workshop facilitator, which allows me to ensure the quality of the content of the project.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Created on 09/11/2012 by Lucky Ofurum
Projectiles Enterprise, IT Enabled Service-Business process outsourcing for SMEs.
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Yes - We won the Southern Nigeria Unilever Ideatrophy Business Challenge - 2011
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Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
With over 250,000 Good Profit-Making SMEs in Nigeria there exist little or no BPO agencies (especially Information Technology Enabled Services ITES) for them.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
We will meet Nigerian SMEs needs by delivering best-in-class ITES-BPO solutions. These solution are provided by an experienced and qualified team of reliable ITES-BPO professionals with the right processes and technology. Part of our services will be to educate and help provide e-banking & loan requisition/tracker solutions.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
we will start by enlightening the local SMEs and amplify the benefits of IT-BPO to their business, and while we provide this services with continuous R&D, BCM, we engage in multi level marketing campaigns.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
We will enter the market that have not been penetrated thereby, aggressively taking the leader’s position and systematically making entry difficult by unmatched competitiveness. The Industry have only Accenture Nigeria as its leader and a relatively few others that provides similar services but to only Multinationals. Many SMEs have proved profitable but yet to benefit from our kind of services.
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すFounding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
After, I worked with an SME, I observed this supply gap that goes unnoticed. but now, the marketing is growing for many reasons, one of them is because SMEs is at the heart of economic and skill development in Nigeria.
Please describe the goal of your initiative; outline what you are trying to achieve
Provision of IT-BPO solutions to help client SMEs achieve better results without wasting much time and money.
Which barrier(s) to financial inclusion does your solution seek to address? (select all applicable)
Physical and other accessibility obstacles that prevent communities from reaching financial services, The lack of affordable financial products tailored to the needs of underserved and excluded communities,, Powerful incentives for financial service providers to move up-market.
If you selected 'other' above, please specify which other barriers to financial inclusion you solution seeks to address:
For which underserved or excluded communities will your solution create access to valuable, affordable, secure and comprehensive financial services?
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes, Other Sub-sahara countries
If your solution is dramatically successful, how will things be different in 10 years?
What will have had to have changed to make this happen?
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We are yet to start but from our feasibility study, the impact of our solutions will huge.
What is your projected impact over the next five years?
Reaching over 250,000 Good Profit-Making SMEs in Nigeria.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Political & Economic unrest, but we will move to safe zone.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Establishing our corporate presence
タスク 1:
Registering with corporate Affairs commission and all appropriate bodies
タスク 3:
Providing our solutions to our first 10,000 Clients
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Covering the western part of Nigeria
タスク 1:
Engaging in Zonal Enlightenment campaign
タスク 3:
Providing our solutions to our first 20,000 Clients
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Our financial partners are Bank of Industry of Nigeria & United Bank of Africa.
Our support agency is Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your innovation? If so, where and why?
We are started in Lagos, but will target the southern and Northern part of Nigeria.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Many researches even from the World Bank proves that Nigeria is a profitable haven for investors because of our huge resources.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We meet Nigerian SMEs needs by delivering best-in-class ITES-BPO solutions. These solutions are provided by an experienced and qualified team of reliable ITES-BPO professionals with the right processes and technology. We educate client SMEs on how to access financial services like E-banking, online-loan requisitor/tracker whilst helping them outsource hardware/software components specific to their business need.
Created on 09/5/2012 by Titus Mawano
Ffene is a business platform on which SMEs can carry out various business processes cheaply. It is designed for SMEs that want to harness the power of ICT but cant afford the price options currently on the market
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The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Businesses in Uganda (and africa in general) have largely been left behind in IT use. Due to this, they experience unnecessary loses due to inefficiency. The overwhelming majority use manual (pen and paper) methods to facilitate business processes including accounting and customer relationship management. This is obviously quite inefficient. Quite a few businesses have, however, realised that in order to survive the information age, they must adopt ICT solutions. There are quite a few barriers to actually doing this, particularly for african businesses. Popular solutions in more developed countries, such as quickbooks and sage pastel are too expensive and not conducive for the average african business' workflow. In addition, support for these packages is not readily available .
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Ffene is a low cost platform on which SMEs can carry out various business processes including CRM, product/inventory management, accounting and internal communication. Businesses also get a web page inorder to provide them with an online presence. This is provided via a mobile accessible web-application and thus users do not experience any geographical constraints as they access their data. It is provided on a low cost subscription model, costing $10 a month for full access. Our philosophy is to provide an intuitive solution that only requires the entry of raw data. Thus far we have achieved our goal, providing all necessary calculations automatically, including generation of income statements.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Ffene is currently being used by a legal consultation firm in uganda. Prior to ffene, they recorded all their records in books. This meant that in order to find out how much a customer owed them, they had to retrieve all their books and tally all the transactions related to that customer. This was a resource heavy task that sometimes took up to two days. Currently with ffene, this task takes a few seconds and can be done anyway. They are also tracking their cashflow now and are able to make sure that they are always in healthy financial stunding.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are a few up coming players in this space. The notable ones include uhasibu, easypay and cleanbill. While they are good solutions, none of them provides a full package like ffene. Those that provide various services, provide them separately meaning one has to log into multiple systems. ffene provides all these services from one data source making management that much easier. Our biggest challenge will be getting the customers to differentiate between what we and our competition offer, as these are quite new concepts in the african market.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The solution has not been made available to the general public yet, as it is currently being tested for market readiness. However, we have been working with quite a few businesses and thus far the impace has been quite profound. On average we have been able to save businesses 10hours per week, a metric we hope to grow as we learn more .
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We hope to have a presence across east africa, not just facilitating business management, but also cross border trade. This is a key area as East africa looks to form a political federation.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Problematic internet access is a major huddle we face. We plan to combat this by developing an offline client that can be used an synchronised online when a steady internet access is acquired. Lack of knowledge on the benefits of utilising ICT is also a challenge. We shall be providing informative materials (articles, videos etc) on a regular basis, geared towards educating business owners on various business concepts and how they can be better facilitated by the use of ICT.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
To have made a substantial impact on the SME scene in uganda and establish ourselves as the go to name in business software
タスク 1:
Achieve a minimum of 1000 businesses registered on our platform
タスク 2:
Provide our educational materials to atleast 10000 people each month
タスク 3:
Acquisition of atleast 5 full time employees
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
To have established ourselves on the east african level, facilitating cross border trade
タスク 1:
Achieve a minimum of 10000 businesses registered on our platform
タスク 2:
Introduction of a ffene app store with industry specific applications to cater to specialized businesses e.g dental clinics
タスク 3:
Opening of offices in either Kenya or Rwanda
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
As a son to medical entrepreneurs, I was able to see first hand how lack of proper ICT solutions was hurting the growth of african companies. Access to relevant software was reserved for those who had the necessary contacts, and deep enough pockets. It therefore was not such a big leap of faith to develop this solution, as the need for it was one I had seen all my life. As a computer science major at Virginia tech, I was able to acquire the skills necessary to create such a tool. The rest, as they say, is history
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We are partnering with pesapal to enable mobile payments on the platform. We eventually hope to enable our receive money from their customers by mobile money, easily and seamlessly. We are also working with enterprise Uganda to access SMEs and educate them on the need to adopt ICT in their workflows.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Culture Cause is all about making high quality cultural projects possible.
a financially cooperative system,that unionize and develop people within a community to see to the affairs of each other. It's also a system that seek to popularize and attract the interest of external organisation.
Bangalore India
12° 58' 17.7564" N, 77° 35' 40.4268" E
Collaborative Community provides quality creative services to help social sector organizations and enable impact start - ups in marketing, branding, communication or bringing design intervention to their organization.
Services they offer are:
Strategy: Branding, Communication, Product, Retail.
Design: Identity, graphics, website, campaigns, space, craft & product development.
Services: Social media, brand/ design/ craft workshops, design standardization and training programs.
Our target clients would mean:
Created on 08/30/2012 by Chalenga
ALIMI is a Limited Responsibility Cooperative, based in Cuamba, Niassa, Mozambique, which was established in 2010. It serves membership base is made up of famers from seven districts in southern Niassa province. ALIMI provides members with services for the processing and sale of selected products, access to inputs and some extension advice.
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Mozambique, NI, Cuamba, Mecanhela, Mandimba, Metarica, Maua, Nipepe, Marrupa
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Growing Small Farmers' Businesses Through Access to Market Data
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The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Small famers lack the market data necessary to get fair prices for their crops. Because farmers are geographically spread out and have limited access to technology, it is very difficult to share information about current prices. This also leads to serious difficulties in coordinating shipping. Ultimately, these small farmers are not able to build their business and increase household income without access to real-time communication.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
ALIMI is a farmer-owned cooperative, serving approximately 11,000 small farmers in Mozambique's Niassa province. It is dedicated to serving its farmer members.
To overcome the communication challenge, we will implement a data base that includes the latest local and international market prices for specific crops. Farmers will be able to contribute to this data base by texting sales/pricing information from their cell phones. This data will be automatically uploaded to the data base.
This data will be at the farmers' finger tips: they will be able to simply send a text message to query the latest local and international market prices.
Additionally, this system will allow farmers to log any room that is available for other farmers' goods on rented trucks. Farmers will be able to query the system for this information, saving on transportation costs and increasing profits.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
In the past, small farmers in the region would often be forced to blindly accept the price offered by a buyer. They would also make transportation decisions without any knowledge of opportunities to share these expenses with neighboring farmers.
With this communication system, a farmer planning to sell corn would send a text message to our database. The data base would respond with the pricing information. The farmer could then negotiate with the buyer as an informed participant in the transaction. The farmer would later supply pricing information to the system.
Likewise, they would be able to coordinate transportation by querying the system for information on any trucks that can be shared.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Many other organizations in the region have the same problem. Farmer unions and associations, which serve a very small area, attempt to communicate with their members. However, they have very limited access to data.
At least one NGO has introduced a communication system to share market data. However, this system is based on e-mail. Very few if any small farmers have access to e-mail. Many do have access to a cell phone. By focusing on the technolgy available, our system would serve small farmers.
There would likely be opportunities in the future to collaborate with NGOs and farmer unions/associations in the expansion of our system.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
It has not yet been implemented.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Following implementation, farmers would be able to negotiate for fair prices.
As they become more comfortable with the system, they would be able to reduce transportation expenses through resource sharing.
Ultimately, they would be able to grow their businesses and increase household income.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The cell network in the area is not 100% reliable. This means that the farmers would have times when they are not able to access data on their cell phones. To overcome this challenge, we would use the most wide-spread and reliable cell phone network available. Additionally, we would encourage farmers to seek market information with enough lead time to get the information even if there is a temporary network outage.
The cost of sending a text message to get market information could also be a serious obstacle. The farmers we serve are very poor. To overcome this obstacle, we would automatically send information daily to the farmers during key growing/selling periods.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Have fully operational system that is used in one district
タスク 1:
Establish data feed with international market data
タスク 2:
Establish data base with local market data
タスク 3:
Have farmers sign up for service at ALIMI's member meetings and local union/association meetings
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Expand the service to all seven districts that ALIMI serves
タスク 1:
Establish system to provide pricing information by district
タスク 2:
Establish system for coordinating transportation data/availability
タスク 3:
Have farmers sign up for service at ALIMI's member meetings and local union/association meetings in all seven districts
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
During meetings, ALIMI's farmer members frequently express frustration over their lack of access to market data. Without this information, they're not able to negotiate fair prices. This idea came about as a way to better serve our members and help them build their business. With the growth of cell phones and the expansion of network coverage in our area, we realized that we had the opportunity to use this technology to serve our members and meet this need.
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We work closely with farmer unions/associati.ons. We have worked with international NGOs, and we would be able to seek support from these NGOs for this project
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
We would need technology development support.
The Ambassador Program is about bringing communities together. It aims to connect people and place by strengthening local knowledge and sharing information with area visitors. The program gives a healthy and accurate profile of the different opportunities to explore and enjoy in the area and reinforces positive service and leadership behaviour to not only enhance visitor experience but also encourage community mindfulness.
Created on 08/22/2012 by tilzmatictech
Delhi Metro Navigator (Launched on 28th June’2011) is the leading Android application in the relative market with more than 1 lack downloads in last year with user ratings of 4.6/5. It provides an easy-to-use, step-by-step interface full of guidance, help, and glossaries, with a powerful navigation model. Your one stop solution for any problem you have while travelling in Delhi Metro.
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India, DL, Delhi, Mumbai , Bangalore and Kolkata
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The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Transportation issues which are very common in metropolitans like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata using simple mobile technologies.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
To solve problems of commons using innovative solutions and basic mobile technologies. Android apps is what we have started with but planning to expand to even cheaper technologies.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
The Delhi Metro app by Tilzmatic Tech is a free android phone app working on the location based mobile application model. The creators did intensive research before launching the app. It serves an average routine metro commuter with possible all his needs and more. From routes between stations, where to interchange between lines, the fare involved and above all whether a parking space is available at a particular metro station or not along with the ever increasing charges for parking, this is one app which doesn’t leave any question unanswered.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Tilzmatic Tech is participating in Google android market of net worth of more than $3 billion which have been growing at more than 300% rate for the last three years. Tilzmatic Tech will be targeting five customer segments: Android Phone User, Android Tablets User, I-Pod touch user, I-phone User and I-Pad User. More than 50,000 android phones are selling per day and apple devices too have huge promises for future. Right now in Delhi, we are the market leader with 1,00,000+ download and almost every second android phone user who uses Delhi metro is our customer.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to technology.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Every common person who uses Delhi Metro navigator and Everyone directly or indirectly using these technologies- Android Phone, Android Tablets, I-Pod touch, I-phoneand I-Pad.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Connecting all the major Cities of India using Metro, Bus, Train Application and bring every domain on a single platform.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
1. Present Competition
Solution- Affordability and Simple designs. Our applications are absolutely free of cost and our designs our simplest to use.
2. Financial sustainability
Solution - By offering partnership and investment from private and govt. parties.
3. Change in technology
Solution - We are working on multiple platforms like android,IOS and windows to counter any issues which may happen due to obsolescent of one technology.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
After one year of Delhi Metro Navigator, We stand on 1,00,000 downloads. We expect same number of downloads for Mumbai app.
タスク 1:
Enhanced the basic version of Mumbai app to more information rich app
タスク 2:
Counter the existing competition by getting partners windows/Intel platforms.
タスク 3:
Use our existing channel partners (Spice/HCL) to push our products to gain market share.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Launch 10 more applications for other cities/capitals and work on different domains like Buses and trains.
タスク 1:
Get investors on board to inject cash to speed up the back-end operations.
タスク 2:
Research and analysis to identify right cities and domain to target.
タスク 3:
Effective management for design-development-distribute phases.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Two years into an IT firm,Vikash Kumar now a first year PGDM student and his partner Anupam Dutta, a software engineer and android programmer, had a thought: Rather than just helping their firm with innovative ideas and initiatives in telecom and mobile telephony, why not create one of such product under their own name? And so they took their first step in the much hyped Android Market. Other so-called hybrid agencies which already had many applications with screaming success gave these developers a new hope.
They picked up an area which was related to problems of commons and still un-tapped. The solution that they had thought was to address the Metro transportation problem. They launch Delhi Metro navigator on June 7th'11.
It was 3 months they launched their application they got offer from HCL to join them as partners...!!! Today they are with highest downloads for any metro navigation app for Delhi they are partner with Intel and Spice as well
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Technology partners with Intel in their latest Ultrabook developer program.
Application partners with HCL technologies and Spice mobiles.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Legal help to protect information rights.
Created on 08/16/2012 by evieastia
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United States, CA, San Francisco , San Francisco County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
United States, CA, San Francisco , San Francisco County
Gender of Innovator
Female
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Astia: Where women innovators succeed
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The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Women are a resource that can dramatically improve the state of the North American and global economies. There is an abundant body of research validating that now is the time to ensure that entrepreneurial women are able to access the networks that provide the resources, expertise and capital required for high-growth, innovative start-ups.
The economy is in critical need of high-growth entrepreneurs to create jobs. Women represent a promising, untapped opportunity to meet this need; research shows:
* all net new jobs in the US in the last 30 years were created by high-growth companies under 5 years old; and
* if women entrepreneurs had the same access to capital as their male-counterparts we would see 6M jobs created in the US within 5 years, 2M in year 1 alone.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Guided by a proven philosophy that gender diversity is an essential element of innovation, Astia is a pioneer in the space, uniquely sourcing innovation and achieving an unparalleled success rate. Designed for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs, Astia connects entrepreneurs to investors, industry , advisors, and service providers encircling the entrepreneur with a comprehensive value-added network and learning opportunity.
Research validates the need for a unique offering focused on including men and women. High-growth entrepreneurs are similar in almost every respect; however women place greater importance on the support, expertise and financial backing of business partners. This desire for community support and engagement is what Astia fulfills. This competition will support the Astia community, focused on providing women entrepreneurs and innovators with the access to networks and opportunities to compete and become dominant market players in high-growth arena.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Women entrepreneurs remain an under-served community within the high-growth arena.
Astia's offering for women-led, high-growth start-ups is three-fold:
1. Astia Access - A broad offering for exceptional start-ups that aspire to high-growth and who seek expert-level feedback. Access members receive timely, targeted, and unfiltered feedback - an invaluable tool for any smart entrepreneur's toolbox - as well as access to online tools and community.
2. Astia Global Entrepreneur Program - A premier offering for exceptional entrepreneurs leading emerging companies who are poised to take advantage of Astia's global community. Chosen by the community via in-person screening, companies participate in the Astia Global Entrepreneur Program that includes a week-long boot-camp followed by three months with a team of Astia Advisors. Advisor teams drive to mission-critical business milestones and are comprised of an investor, a c-level entrepreneur, and two other industry leaders.
3. Astia Portfolio - A premier offering for breakout companies on the fast track to success. By invitation-only, best-of-class companies from around the world will present to and be selected by industry leaders to join this elite cohort.
For each level of engagement, companies will receive:
* Unparalleled access to the global community of entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders.
* Unfiltered feedback, strategic guidance & high-level introductions.
* The opportunity to engage with and learn from a global cadre of exceptional entrepreneur peers.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Main peers and competitors
- Women 2.0
- Springboard Enterprises
- Girls in Tech
- The NextWomen
Astia differentiates itself from these organizations due to:
- our approach of actively seeking to mix men and women into the solution for the under-served women entrepreneurs within the high-growth arena
- Astia seeks entrepreneurs who are past the idea-stage of their entrepreneurial venture and are ready to take advantage of the Astia community as they reach the inflection point for hyper growth
- Astia is global, serving women-led start-ups irrespective of where they are based
Challenge to success: as Astia targets entrepreneurs past idea-stage, we rely on the work of other organizations to inspire and support these entrepreneurs through the initial stages of growth.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to financing, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Since 2003, we have worked with over 250 women-led companies that have:
- Rasied over $1 billion
- Maintained a greater than 60% funding success rate within one year of joining Astia
- Achieved 25 exits, including 2 IPOs
Designed for high-growth companies at all stages, the Astia offering is implemented by more than 1,500 volunteer members of the Astia Advisor Network that includes more than 300 former and current CEOs and 300 investors. Astia is an extremely committed community of advisors, investors, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs. Astia has spent considerable effort in building such a large, diverse, experienced community for the benefit of under-served women in high growth entrepreneurship.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Astia's impact is far wider and broader than the individuals we serve and connect within our community. Astia works tirelessly in order to achieve an end to the dearth of women in the high-growth economy within the decade. The subsequent benefits to society, the economy and to innovation are well researched and documented. Companies with women in executive roles out-perform for investors, create more jobs, and fully leverage the untapped talent of half of the population. Further, research demonstrates that innovation requires diverse teams and in particular teams with women out innovate and out perform those without.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Sustainability and financial security of the organization. As a 501(c)(3) organization, Astia relies on its corporate supporters and individual donors. In difficult economic times, donations to charitable organizations come under strain. We therefore have in place a thought-out and both short-term and long-term fundraising strategies to ensure that the organization continues to grow and deliver its impact.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Execute successful Global Entrepreneur Program in Silicon Valley in Fall 2012 for women-led start-up companies
タスク 1:
Receive and assess applicants from diverse companies for the program. Each applicant receives bespoke feedback.
タスク 2:
Finalizing program agenda to educate high-tech, life sciences and clean tech companies. Secure appropriate experts as speakers.
タスク 3:
Assign each start-up a team of 4 Astia Advisors to work together for a period of 3 months on specific business issues
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Execute We Own It Summit in London Spring 2013, broadcasting important messages to the market
タスク 1:
Identify suitable attendees for invite-only event, with the necessary experience to provide discussions around agenda topics
タスク 2:
Secure a challenging Summit agenda, together with appropriate industry expert speakers
タスク 3:
Ensure wide ranging PR interest & attract appropriate funders
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Previously known as the Women's Technology Cluster, Astia was founded in 1999 by Catherine Muther, former CMO of Cisco Systems, Inc., as part of her foundation, the Three Guineas Fund.
During celebrations for the company's IPO, Catherine realized that women were not participating at senior positions within the company, despite suitable qualifications and experience.
"We started Astia to address the issue of women's access to capital, specifically venture capital by women entrepreneurs building technology companies…" Catherine Muther
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Astia places emphasis on scaling through collaboration and partners with a variety of organizations to ensure that as many women-led start-ups can benefit from our work. We partner with organizations to help us disseminate details of our work to as broad an audience as possible so that entrepreneurs that would benefit from Astia's offerings and community hear about us.
Our partners play an essential role in the success of our programs, clients, and initiatives. Many offer complimentary services to our entrepreneurs, thereby extending our community and the value of Astia services.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
For appropriate organizations, Astia would use its social media and digital newsletter presence in order to spread the word on other initiatives' ideas and activities to over 10,000 individuals. We happily share sources of research that have guided our work, especially as they relate to gender diversity within innovation.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: LEASUP System.
Created on 08/16/2012 by Henfady
a financially cooperative system,that unionize and develop people within a community to see to the affairs of each other. It's also a system that seek to popularize and attract the interest of external organisation.
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Student In Free Enterprise
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アイデア（スタートする準備を整えている）
運営期間を選択してください。
アイデア段階だが間もなく始動する予定
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
We are eradicating the major vices that cause the fall of most small scale business
The issue of finance,
The requirement of communion service and team participation
The Skills and practical technics needed for business growth
The cash flow system of the small scale business within Imo state, Nigeria.
This system is meant to address the financial difficulties facing most small scale business in underserved communities. From experienced, I have come to realize that most of the small businesses that fails within Owerri metropolis, happen because they don’t practice capital circulation or advancement (channeling the capital back into the business and also increasing the capital base) because daily we are meant to satisfy our human necessities like food shelter, cloth, medicatio
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Our SOLUTION is tag '’LEASUP’’, a financially supportive system.
LEASUP is a system that brings different small scale business together, with the sole aim of educating and fostering the development of each of its members.
This system work by creating a means of bringing small scale entrepreneur together, they come together and contribute and equal amount of money, this money is then used to purchase goods for 10% of the members. On monthly basis they come together to share their problem and challenges,or a seminars will be organized for the members, to help motivate and tackle their areas of difficulty in their respective business.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
-20 or more small business owners comes together and each bring about $100 (the amount should be easily affordable by each member); thus fostering unity and cooperation among people within a locality
- We will use the acquired $2000 to purchase good for 10% of her members; Hence providing sufficient capital base, for each participating business.
- The good in need by those members are purchase or supplied in bulk from the producer; thence, we are integrate the small scale businesses to a higher chain of supply. - The next week the $100 is paid by each member, and we use it to purchase good for the next 10% of her member; there by channeling their profit and capital back to enhancing their business. - The process continues still the last 10% receive their commodity.
For each next stage of this system, (10 weeks after successfully circulating commodity worth $2000 to each 2 members of the union), the next stipulated amount would be $150 for each participant (hence increasing returns); As the goods are purchased in bulk, so will their profit increase.
Periodically (monthly) seminars or a social gathering will be organized for the members, to help motivate and tackle their areas of difficulty in their respective business. This help in bringing new trends and advance means of solving their individual challenges.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
There are organizations also working towards associating workers together, like trade unions, but theirs is for employees and only seek to protect their right. LEASUP system moves forward in educating and sustaining the cash flow of its participants.
There are also networking companies like FOREVER living product, GREEN world, which helps network people together and seek to help in financing their future. These companies reputable companies, but LEASUP is distinctive in its approach, it seeks to maintain daily/weekly cash flow, and also requires little finance from participants. It also protects futuristic needs, by constantly increasing business profit as the stipulated amount increases.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive in underserved communities? (select all applicable)
Access to financing, Access to supply chains, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
we are still in the concept stage
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
We should have engaged about 500 graduates and also must have incorporated 50 groups of 30 participants in each.
We should have enrolled the entire Owerri political zone’s small scale businesses, into LEASUP system.
We should have sufficiently enlighten participants on favorable business practices and environmental safety
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
The challenges which most of individuals have undergone, in some misguided systems, might make them reluctant toward abiding towards a new kind of financially supporting system.
-Trust worthiness of participants towards ensuring that they comply with the weekly payment of this system
-Number of participants willing to enroll in this program should be high.
This barriers is expected to diminish, when
The identity of intending participants are taken and their location verified
Dues are paid by participants use in providing amenities and also in enlightening of participants.
Lastly adequate publicity will be made to ensure more people are aware of this program and its important.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 3:
Enlightenment of participants
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
EXPANDING AND MAINTAINING LEASUP SYSTEM
タスク 1:
RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING
タスク 2:
ENVOLVING THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT
タスク 3:
PARTNERING WITH ADVISARY FIRMS
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
the inspiration came while discussing with a friend.
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The union is meant to partner with top production firms like indomie noodles NIG. LMT, nestle NIG LMT, since it purchase in bulk. It also will partner with advertising firms like Radio Nigeria, Cool FM and Nigeria Television Authority. There will also be a need to incorporate advisory firms to help educating the participant on the modern trend of their business activity.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
I can help improve the innovation of others by supplying ideas.
If an idea satisfies my interest, I can be willing to make donation/invest toward its realization
we can collaborate with resourceful group for mutual benefits.
Our project brings together two of the world’s most powerful tools: the media and the internet. The media informs public opinion and steers policy, charity, investment, tourism and political will. Yet while the world has never been more connected, digital media is riddled with black holes and blind spots.
Women and girls are globally sidelined as critics and contributors, particularly those with low economic status, those living with disabilities or struggling with low literacy. As a result their voices are excluded and their stories hidden.
Created on 08/13/2012 by tsmri
The Texas Social Media Research Institute is an organization focused on training and research tied to social media and its impact on our girls, women and society at large.
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Texas Social Media Research Institute
団体の所在国
United States, TX, Stephenville, Erath County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
United States, TX, Stephenville, Erath County
Gender of Innovator
Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Yes, various members in the organization have received honors for their contributions to the organization. These honors included the university's highest award for service.
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The Texas Social Media Research Institute - Social Media in a Semi-Rural Community
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成長（試験運営を続けながら拡大を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Cost.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
Currently, many teenage and adult female users of social networking websites do not realize the potentially negative implications of some pictures, conversations, and videos that they choose to post. These images remain on the internet for years and even decades to later and usually these women do not realize the negative implications of their posts until they are actively searching for a job, applying for college, or running for political office.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
To address this need, we plan to offer an ongoing monthly workshop series for adult women and a yearly conference for teenage women focused on the positive and negative implications of communication on social networking websites. These workshop topics will range from digital dirt and the job search to how to utilize social media for professional networking purposes. The yearly conference will focus on teenage female empowerment and social networking websites with topics focused on (but not limited to) the following: a) positive communication on social networking websites, b) how to put your best foot on social networking websites when you are applying to college, c) case studies focused on positive and negative social networking profiles.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
This solution makes a difference because it utilizes a proactive educational approach to reach teenage women and adult women who utilize social networking websites to communicate with others. Our primary activities will include a monthly workshop series for adult women and yearly conference for teenage women.
Through these primary activities, we will reach women of every age and educational background in Texas. In addition, we will strive to recruit women of different ethnicities and races in Texas.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
In our rural area of Texas, our peers include the Texas Workforce Commission (Work in Texas) and various church-based education groups for children. We plan to work with the TWC and various church-based organization for recruitment purposes. In addition,we plan to work with TWC for co-sponsorship purposes for the monthly workshop series and the conference. We do not have any competitors in this area of Texas.
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to education/training.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 2011, the team saw a need for discussion on social media effects. In just six months, they created a day-long conference devoted to social media. More than 200 met in rural Texas to discuss social implications of social media and technology. The invited keynote, an attorney specializing in social media, shared privacy legalities and horror stories with conference attendees. Many changed their social media privacy settings immediately following the meeting. Our student interns felt strongly about students (and especially their female peers) becoming more aware of how poor choices in social media can affect you later. They developed seminars devoted to keeping teenage and college students safer online, having fun, saving money and better using technology for learning. An all-female board and a dozen female students made the institute a reality. The interns help run the institute giving them skills needed to participate in their communities, get jobs and excel in their future careers.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Over the next three years, the Texas Social Media Research Institute would like to see the conference grow to 500 attendees annually, expanding our outreach. Archiving broadcast feeds from our monthly seminars will also increase our impact to attendees who cannot be physically present at a particular time. Each year, about 24 interns help run the institute. As TSMRI grows, we will be able to offer internship experiences to more undergraduate and graduate students. Interns leave with skills in project management, event planning, group communication, problem solving, critical thinking and are experts in social media. Board members are discussing ways to reach teachers (and pre-service teachers) and the multiplier effect of their students and parents.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Sustainability for our second year was one barrier, but we have overcome that by adding four more board members and extra student-interns to perform the growing tasks of our expanding institute. We use technology to keep a historical record of our institute to ensure longevity and productivity. Funding the conference and institute is the largest barrier. We plan to overcome this barrier by applying for grants and seeking additional members to join the institute, creating a stream of funds to support our mission of educating teenagers and adult women. By utilizing interns and volunteers, we are able to run the institute on a minimal budget.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Market and sell memberships and training modules to the Texas Social Media Research Institute
タスク 2:
Organize and facilitate monthly social media training for adult women
タスク 3:
Organize, promote and execute annual social media conference for more than 300 attendees from a multi-state region
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Secure funding to sustain the needs of TSMRI to accomplish its objectives
タスク 2:
Find ways to extend reach of TSMRI to other semi-rural areas (broadcast webinars, or other means)
タスク 3:
Offer a certificate program in social media training for parents, teachers, girls, businesses, entrepreneurs and non-profits
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
Founder Jennifer Edwards was eating chips and salsa when we had our aha! moment. She and colleague Cristi Horton were discussing opportunities we could create for our students and a social media emphasis hit a chord. Out of that brainstorming session, a social media conference was devised and then it blossomed into an institute, with board members from various disciplines. We wanted to better prepare our students to be successful in today's social media climate and that grew into helping our community members also. The all-female board has been a positive influence for the undergraduate women who interned at TSMRI.
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TSMRI has partnered with campus departments. For example, the Tarleton State University Career Services, Center for Instructional Innovation, Marketing and Communication, Dick Smith Library, and R.E.A.L. Committee provided funds or donations in-kind to help develop the first conference. The mayor of Stephenville and university president attended our conference.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
Needs: We are grateful for any help spreading our message and social media presence. We are interested in partnerships for research and information sharing and always seeking ways to expand our network. Resources: Our board and interns are an energetic group that is creative and good at problem-solving. We love to brainstorm. Our group members have various talents like K-12 experience & marketing.
Created on 08/12/2012 by EDEPA
Our organization is a professional women group engaged for 20 years in social projects and technical assistance related to health, education, environment, and youth and women emporwement in local area
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Equipo de Proyectos y Asesoría Social
Gender of Innovator
Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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Portal Red Turismo Local diseñado y administrado por mujeres rurales de Camatagua, Venezuela
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立ち上げ（試験的な運営を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
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What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to education/training, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Recruitment of women to be involved in the training process, organization and execution
タスク 2:
Searching and registration of the potential small and medium enterprises
タスク 3:
Preparation, definition and design of the portal, as well as administrative operation
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Development of comunication, publishing and customers plan to introduce the product
タスク 2:
Management of the Portal and marketing process
タスク 3:
Monitoring, evaluation and analisis of results to introduce changes and lessons learn
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
The importance of this project is to allow rural women in an integrated local network to lead a techonological process of marketing to rural tourism within the country in a more wild market orientation, to be part of the small domestic market as well to spread the big market at the international level for new areas or rural sustainable tourism en the world
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O "Cooperóleo de Sabão: O óleo de cozinha usado, criando oportunidades empreendedoras" é um projeto que visa à capacitação de 50 mulheres para a coleta de óleo de cozinha usado, em suas comunidades, e para a fabricação de sabão artesanal, com a consequente comercialização desse produto, no nível de cooperativismo. O projeto busca, por via da tecnologia da web, disseminar conhecimento produzido ao longo do processo e se estender a outras comunidades, formando novos grupos.
Created on 08/12/2012 by asiaville2
Maendeleo Foundation reaches out to communities and schools with up to date computer skills and information access.
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Female
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
A grant was awarded by Electronic Information For Libraries (EIFL) in 2012 for a pilot of the Connect Uganda Project.
In 2009, Maendeleo Foundation won Intel’s “Inspire-Empower Challenge,” in the category of education.
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立ち上げ（試験的な運営を開始している）
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your innovation addresses? Choose up to two
Access, Cost, Quality, Equity.
The Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
In Uganda, the electrical power grid reaches only a small percentage of the population (5%-10%), mostly in urban areas. Rolling blackouts, poor maintenance of the grid, lack of infrastructure, and high prices make this source of electricity unreliable.
Sitting on the equator, Uganda is ideal for efficient use of solar power.
New low power netbooks provide the possibility of inexpensive solar computer installations. Lately internet accessibility has grown to allow access in nearly all areas of the country.
Most of Uganda’s population live in rural areas and are involved in agriculture but lack relevant information to help them improve on their practice and lack markets as they have no way of accessing market information.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
Through Connect Uganda Project we are reaching out to hard to reach rural communities with relevant information through powering each partner library with 3 Classmate PCs,an internet router and a solar system.In addittion to this,we have developed a database with information localized to meet the information needs of the local community.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Training farmers and girls in computer skills will enable them to access relevant data in local languages and the ability of community users to communicate with others in their field will help improve community development, local economic development.
Networking workshops will enable us link the various women farmers groups we work with to organizations and people that can provides services to them.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
While there are several organizations aimed at helping farmers by showing them modern farming techniques, they are based in urban areas and reach very few of their target audience.
Working with community libraries located in rural areas enables us to directly serve the people in need and disseminate such information to all in their area using local language data from our server.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThis Entry is about (Issues)
What solution(s) does your initiative address to better the lives of girls and women by leveraging technology? (select all applicable)
Access to technology, Access to education/training, Access to economic opportunity.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We have just started the pilot project and therefore have not yet measured the impacts.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Through our project,over 90 community libraries in Uganda will be powered with computers and internet access to serve local information needs.
More so through linkages with service providers,over 100 farmers groups will be able to move from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
At the moment,there's no public agricultural database in Uganda and through our project we will be able to avail the public with a fully built agricultural database.
What barriers might hinder the success of your project? How do you plan to overcome them?
1)The community libraries we work with are scattered all over the country and it foresaw hardships in monitoring and managing the project so we embarked on training librarians and information officers that will be equipped with the skills to manage the project.
3)The current erratic power supply in the country.for which power is a critical input since we need to power the computers and internet routers.We have put a budget together to have Solar Systems installed in each of the libraries we are working with.
4)Language diversity in the country is likely to have a negative impact on the project.We have therefore resorted to translating the content into local languages for easy acess.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Communication and information skills training to librarians and library information officers
タスク 2:
Translation of data into local languages
タスク 3:
Soliciting for partners that can work with the rural farmers by providing services to them
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Update the database regulary
タスク 2:
Source for agricultural information
タスク 3:
Training of farmers on how to use information after they have trecieved it
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world.
It was during our Library Tour Project where we visited over 15 community libraries in different districts in Uganda with our Mobile Solar Computer Classroom.After having given an introduction and basic computer training to an average of 500 people in each location we realized that those we trained did not have the ability to use the skills they’ve learned. And during our training session that included a brief introduction to the internet we noticed that most people were looking for information about pest control and markets and we received so many people who needed help with thier crops and healthy problems.Being no experts in either field we realized that we could use the internet and our database to provide information and link communities to various services.
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The project is currently run in partnership with Uganda Community Libraries Association which provides us with libraries and librarians to assit with the project.
We also work with Makerere Center for Lifelong Learning who provide the team off researchers and translators.
Since we aim at linking farmers to service providers,we are also working on partnerships with NGOs and Companies that work in the field of agriculture.
Please elaborate on any needs or offers you have mentioned above and/or suggest categories of support that aren't specified within the list
